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Market for Lee is wide open this time — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — The Cliff Lee sweepstakes are somewhat democratic, as these things go.
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Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times:
Pressure mounts for Mets to acquire Cliff Lee from Mariners sooner rather than later — Last week, I wrote about two players the Mariners could be looking at from the New York Mets in a Cliff Lee trade — pitcher Jenrry Mejia and outfielder Angel Pagan. And today, as Lee gets set to face …
Howard Megdal / SNY.tv:
Injuries saving the Mets — Young players, journeymen stepping up to answer call — Post on facebook Fan Comments print email — It can be argued that injuries have played just as much of a role in the success of the 2010 Mets as they did in the failure of the 2009 Mets.
New York Post:
Mets on Twitter — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — These are the kind of nights that make you believe the Mets are not contenders. — R.A. Dickey's knuckler couldn't handle the tropical heat against the Marlins, who crushed the Mets 10-3 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium.
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24 Hours From Suicide
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Turnaround? Hardly. Cubs can't beat woeful Pirates — Pittsburgh ends 17-game road losing streak, improves to 8-2 this season against Piniella's crew — Alfonso Soriano can't catch ball hit by Pirates pitcher Paul Maholm in the fifth inning. (Scott Strazzante, Chicago Tribune / June 28, 2010)
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
CUBS IN BRIEF: Hendry defends Z's big contract
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Martinez to be placed on the disabled list — Victor Martinez, as the Red Sox said in their release, will not need surgery on his left thumb. But sources told the Globe that the Red Sox will place him on the 15-day disabled list tomorrow. — Gustavo Molina, who was not in the lineup …
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Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Ironman Utley leaves early as Phils fall — Infielder to have MRI; Kendrick stumbles after shining — CINCINNATI — Phillies second baseman Chase Utley once said an injury is an injury only if it keeps him off the field. — Utley could not take the field in the ninth inning Monday night …
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Joe Kay / Associated Press:
Rolen's 300th HR leads Reds over Phillies 7-3 — CINCINNATI—Scott Rolen hit his 300th career homer Monday night, and Johnny Cueto shut down the team that gave him an historic loss the last time they faced, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Dunn deal has appeal — GM Williams said to be ‘itchy’ for more ‘O’ from left side — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Throughout the SoxFest convention last winter, White Sox general manager Ken Williams proudly walked from ballroom to ballroom and back to his suite with a list of left-handed power hitters tucked in his pocket.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Zumaya injured in eighth vs. Twins — Collapses to ground after pitch, leaves field holding right arm — MINNEAPOLIS — Joel Zumaya has already had to battle through more arm injuries than a 25-year-old probably deserves. But for everything he endured, he never looked in as much pain …
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Associated Press:
Tigers top Liriano, Twins, take over first place in AL Central — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Reliever Joel Zumaya's (FSY) painful right arm injury marred Detroit's move into first place, after the Tigers used four first-inning runs against Francisco Liriano (FSY) to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on Monday night.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Super Two Cutoff Less Than Expected — The next Super Two cutoff will require fewer days of service time than usual, MLBTR has learned. Last year's Super Two cutoff was at two years and 139 days of service time. In previous years, the cutoff was never less than two years and 130 days.
Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Who was the dude in the white shirt at the Braves-Nats game? — The most remarkable thing about he Braves-Nats game last night was not that Atlanta got to Stephen Strasburg a bit. It was not that the Nats' defense melted down. It was not even that Tim Hudson quietly shut down Washington.
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Stan Grossfeld / Boston Globe:
Bo knows — Son of Mike Greenwell aware of odds but still happy to make bid for majors — It's the dream of Bo Greenwell, the son of Mike Greenwell and a minor leaguer in the Indians' system, to patrol left field at Fenway Park . . . (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff) — EASTLAKE, Ohio — It's not easy being Son of Gator.
Associated Press:
Jimenez improves to 14-1 with win over Padres — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ubaldo Jimenez was perfect through three, took a no-hitter and an 8-0 lead into the sixth and was done by the end of the inning. — The Colorado Rockies went on to win 10-6 Monday night, supporting their ace with two-run homers …
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Mike Bauman / MLB.com:
Giants need to get Fielder — Pitching could be attractive to Brewers for slugger — SAN FRANCISCO — There would be one way for the San Francisco Giants to dramatically change their equation, the one with fine pitching and not enough hitting. That would be a trade for Prince Fielder …
