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Giles’ deal falls through

Padres right fielder Brian Giles will remain in San Diego despite trade talks. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Padres right fielder Brian Giles will remain in San Diego despite trade talks. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

A possible trade to send Brian Giles from San Diego to Boston fell through Friday, and the Padres outfielder said he was upset that details of the talks became public.

“I didn’t know everybody was supposed to know, especially when it wasn’t a done deal and it wouldn’t go down,” Giles said before the Padres opened a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies.

Giles was claimed off of waivers by the Red Sox on Wednesday, and the teams had 48 hours to complete a deal. Giles had to consent to be traded, and the Red Sox were one of eight teams on his no-trade list. He wouldn’t say who killed the deal – several reports said he refused to give his consent.

“It’s kind of between myself and my agent and Boston and the Padres,” he said. “I don’t think really anything needs to be said other than I made a commitment to play for this team for three or four years, and at the end that’s where I still stand.”

Chamberlain to return

Joba Chamberlain plans to start a throwing program next week and expects to rejoin the New York Yankees’ rotation this month.

Chamberlain was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with rotator cuff tendinitis in his pitching shoulder. The right-hander saw Dr. James Andrews on Wednesday, one day after an MRI on the rookie’s ailing shoulder.

Clearing the bases

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones was activated from the 15-day disabled list and started against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his first action in two weeks. … The Cincinnati Reds have hired former Seattle and Anaheim general manager Bill Bavasi as a special assistant. Bavasi was vice president and general manager of baseball operations for the Mariners from 2003 through June 15, when he was fired. … Philadelphia reliever Tom Gordon will see Dr. Lewis Yocum on Monday for a second opinion on his injured right elbow, and could be facing Tommy John surgery. … Paul Lo Duca and the Florida Marlins agreed to a minor league deal. … Seventeen minor leaguers have received 50-game drug suspensions since July 25, and 16 of them tested positive while playing in the Dominican and Venezuelan summer leagues.