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John Fay / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Here's Jay — 21-year-old could start in center field tonight against Pirates — digg us! del.icio.us! — The Reds will make the move every Reds fan from Zanesville to Addyston has been calling for: — Uber-prospect Jay Bruce will be promoted to the big club in time for today's opener …
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Joe Kay / Associated Press:
Reds call up top prospect Bruce — CINCINNATI (AP)—Outfielder Jay Bruce, the Cincinnati Reds' top prospect, was called up from the minors Tuesday in a move that represents another step toward the franchise's future. — The Reds promoted the 21-year-old outfielder from Triple-A Louisville …
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds set to bring up prospect Bruce — Touted outfielder was leading International League in batting — CINCINNATI — The time is finally now for Jay Bruce. — Bruce, considered the consensus top prospect in all of professional baseball, will be promoted to the Reds from Triple …
Peter Bendix / Beyond the Box Score:
Why wasn't Jay Bruce called up sooner? — The Reds have announced that they are calling up Jay Bruce. Bruce is currently hitting .364/.393/.630 through 49 games in triple-A with ten homers, nine doubles, five triples, and eight steals. Sure, his K/BB ratio is a miserable 45/12 but even so: why hasn't he been in the majors sooner?
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds designate Hatteberg for assignment — CINCINNATI — To make room on the roster for the call-up of top prospect Jay Bruce, the Reds designated first baseman Scott Hatteberg for assignment on Tuesday. — Hatteberg was batting .173 with no home runs and seven RBIs in 34 games this season.
Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Joba could start after one more relief outing — BALTIMORE - Joba Chamberlain's next relief appearance could be his last. — The Yankees are aiming for Chamberlain to throw 50 to 55 pitches tomorrow as they continue to prepare him to join the rotation. He threw a career-high 40 pitches Saturday.
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Phil Pepe / Yes Network:
The metamorphosis of Joba — Making Chamberlain a starter could be a mistake — The metamorphosis of Joba Chamberlain from set-up reliever to starting pitcher is afoot. — It began with a curious two-inning, 40-pitch outing against the Seattle Mariners.
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Red Sox dominating AL All-Star voting — Defending champions have five players leading their positions — It has been a young baseball season of shockers. The tops of the standings are clogged by teams recently more familiar with the other end. Individual statistical races are led by some very unusual suspects.
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Mike Berardino / Sun-Sentinel:
New Marlin Jones draws high praise — NEW YORK - Johan Santana was surprised to hear Jacque Jones' name before Monday's game, unaware his old friend had joined the Marlins over the weekend. — “Is he over there?” Santana said with a smile. — Told Jones was in the Marlins' starting lineup …
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The Times-Tribune:
Yankees sign Broussard; Update on Horne … Shortstop Alberto Gonzalez was also officially added to the roster this afternoon, with Matt Carson and Scott Strickland going on the disabled list to make room for Gonzo and Broussard. No word on their injuries and I'm not with the team to ask.
Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Phils score 20 in win over Rockies — Where was this in October? — You remember October, right? The Phillies roared into the playoffs like a lion and exited like a lamb. They lost three straight ball games to the Colorado Rockies and hit just .172 in the process.
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:Big injuries, slow start and now there's this ...
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Russ Smith / SPLICETODAY.COM:
The National Pastime is Stronger Than Ever — Let the baseball whiners and chronic complainers switch to cricket if they're so perturbed. — Memorial Day weekend is the one of the laziest times of the year, a mini-reprise of the black hole of time between Christmas and New Year's Day …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox' winning formula starts with Pedroia — Dustin Pedroia follows the flight of his run-scoring ground-rule double in the eighth. Pedroia also made several sparkling defensive plays in Boston's win. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) — SEATTLE - When you play the word-association …
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Met players: It's on us and not Willie Randolph — The Mets arrived at Shea Stadium Monday not knowing the status of their manager, and after an uninspired 7-3 loss to the Marlins Monday night they supported Willie Randolph - even if their play didn't show it.
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Alex Nelson / Mets Geek:
Welcome to RaysGeek! — Over the past three years, MetsGeek has provided readers with top-notch analysis and writing about the New York Mets. I regret to inform you that those days have passed. Writing about the team just became too much for our staff to take.
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Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
How To Fix Randolph's Squad — When a manager is not fired, as Willie Randolph was not after a long meeting yesterday with Mets owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon and general manager Omar Minaya, it is usually not news. Managers are not fired all the time. Only rarely, though …
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Josh Kalk / Hardball Times:
Preliminary aging curve for fastball speed — Understanding how players age is very important when examining them and their careers. It is essential when people try to look in the crystal ball to determine just how good a hot prospect could be in a few years or if an aging star might have a good year or two left in him.
