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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Mock Draft 4.0 — Bonus demands adds more confusion to wide-open draft — When team officials head to bed the night before the draft, they usually have a pretty good idea of who they're going to take in the first round. They may not know exactly who's going to fall to them …
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Steve Henson / Yahoo! Sports:
Mock draft: No. 1 pick a no-brainer — Buzz up! — Attention: This is only a test. — This is not the real draft. — Not even close. — This is a mock draft, meaning I will undoubtedly be ripe mocking material Tuesday night after the real draft is conducted by real major league baseball decision-makers.
Baseball America:
John And Jim's Fantasy Draft — Manuel and Callis make their first-round picks — What's more fun than playing scouting director? Playing scouting director for 16 teams. Our draft experts, Jim Callis and John Manuel, alternate picks and let you know who they'd choose if they were running …
Dave Sheinin / Washington Post:
Strasburg Negotiations Between Nationals, Boras Could Result in Historic Signing — Nationals, Boras Set to Negotiate After MLB Draft — They are separated by 2,700 miles, a negotiating gap that could be as large as $40 million and a philosophical chasm regarding players' rights …
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Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Chipper no fan of Citi Field — Longtime Mets nemesis Chipper Jones did so much damage at Shea Stadium that he named one of his sons “Shea” in honor of it. It's safe to say the Atlanta slugger won't be making any similar tributes to Citi Field. — Jones ripped the Mets' new park …
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Mike Silva's …, MetsBlog.com, Walkoff Walk, Amazin' Avenue and The Musings and Prophecies …
Joe Posnanski / Sports Illustrated:
Talkin' about the underappreciated base on balls, with Bill James … People have violently different views about walks in baseball. I like them because I believe that they are still the most underappreciated weapon in baseball. Bill likes them because they epitomize team play — “Hey …
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Associated Press:
Braves edge Pirates in 15 innings as Cox gets 2,000th win with Atlanta — ATLANTA (AP) — David Ross' bases-loaded infield single in the 15th inning drove in Jeff Francoeur to give the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game that lasted almost 5 hours Monday night.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox diligent in shortstop search — The Red Sox have left no stone unturned in looking at or discussing deals for shortstops. Whether they actually pull the trigger on something is up for debate internally as the team patiently awaits the return of Jed Lowrie, who has a great chance …
Sky Kalkman / Beyond the Box Score:
Interview With John Sickels & Open Draft Day Discussion Post — Happy Draft Day, everybody! In addition to this post serving as an open thread to discuss the draft's developments, I had the pleasure to sit down with John Sickels and ask him a few questions.
Yahoo! Sports:
West, Marlins shut down Giants 4-0 — Buzz up! — MIAMI (AP)—The tall left-hander had not allowed a hit through six innings— and Randy Johnson — was already out of the game. — Facing the Big Unit, 6-foot-8 rookie Sean West — flirted with a no-hitter in his fourth career start.
Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Yankees pitchers try their hand at batting practice — C.C. Sabathia will try his luck at the plate as the New York Yankees prepare for interleague baseball in the upcoming weeks. (Photo by David Pokress / June 8, 2009) — Yankees pitchers enjoyed taking batting practice Mondayin preparation …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards ‘always open’ to deals, DeWitt says — Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. emerged from a 25-minute, closed-door meeting with manager Tony La Russa on Monday morning, but DeWitt said no trades were imminent. — “It was usual, catch-up stuff,” he said.
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Ted Berg / SNY.tv:
Notes from the Minors — On Buffalo, Binghamton, Buttzville and beyond — If you read Matt Cerrone's MetsBlog.com, you know that I spent the weekend on a two-city tour of the upper levels of the Mets' Minor League system. It was a fun but tiring trip, and because I'm still recovering …
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Associated Press:
Cust's solo shot helps A's win seventh straight, nip Twins — OAKLAND (AP) — Down three runs, rookie Josh Outman just kept pitching and maintained his approach. He even struck out Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau back-to-back. — And the offense eventually did its part.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
McCarthy has stress fracture in shoulder — Rangers right-hander to be out of action ‘several weeks’ — ARLINGTON — The Rangers learned on Monday that they will be without starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy for an extended period of time. — The right-hander is sidelined with a stress fracture …
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MLB.com:
Padres reinstate right-haned pitcher Mike Adams from 60-day disabled list — Club announces additional roster moves — San Diego, CA — The San Diego Padres today announced they have reinstated right-handed pitcher Mike Adams from the 60-day disabled list.
