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Michael O'Keeffe / NY Daily News:
Fred Wilpon tells Sports Illustrated that Mets are ‘bleeding cash’ in article to appear this week — The Mets are ‘bleeding cash’ and could lose as much as $70 million this year, Fred Wilpon said in a story that will appear in this week's Sports Illustrated.
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Mets Merized Online, USA Today, HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
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Sports Illustrated:
Mets owner Fred Wilpon sounds off on his beloved team's troubles … New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon, as profiled this week in Sports Illustrated, provided a blunt picture of the team's finances: The team is “bleeding cash” at the rate of a possible $70 million loss this year and his ownership …
Discussion:
MLB Rumors, The Knobler Blog and New Yorker
New York Post:
Mets, Bartoszek group close to deal — The New York Mets' beauty contest is almost ready to crown a winner. — Team ownership has chosen a preferred bidder — the group led by former commodities trader Ray Bartoszek and investor Anthony Lanza — and have been in advanced talks since …
Discussion:
MLB Rumors, MetsBlog.com and HardballTalk
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Ouch, that really hurts! — Injuries to indispensable players have impacted pennant races — If Josh Hamilton can start launching homers about 12 seconds after returning to action and the Phillies could score 10 runs on Chase Utley's first night back, we can only wonder: What's next?
Discussion:
MLB Rumors and ESPN
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Fred Wilpon to SI: The Mets are bleeding cash — “I think the club became in jeopardy when he filed (for) this billion dollars,” Fred Wilpon told Tom Verducci, for a detailed story in this week's Sports Illustrated. “That's when I decided to sell part of the club and maintain control …
Mark Thompson / MLB.com:
Black: ‘Room to talk’ on moving PETCO fences — SAN DIEGO — For whatever reason, the Padres have struggled to hit since returning home after scoring 55 runs in an eight-game road trip. — The problem for the Padres is, they aren't quite sure what's causing the offensive deficiency.
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HardballTalk
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Dan Hayes / North County Times:
PADRES: Venable demoted before latest loss — The shakeup began Monday afternoon. Padres general manager Jed Hoyer said he hopes further moves aren't necessary. — One day after manager Bud Black and his team held a postgame get-it-together meeting, Hoyer demoted outfielder and leadoff hitter Will Venable to Triple-A Tucson.
Tom Krasovic / MLB.com:
Boggs sent down to work as a starter
Discussion:
HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
MLB.com:
Padres select OF Blake Tekotte from Double-A San Antonio and option OF Will Venable to Triple-A Tucson
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Ducksnorts
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Schumaker activated; Boggs sent down
Discussion:
Brew Crew Ball
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pedroia's injury considered minor — Terry Francona makes the call to remove Dustin Pedroia, who injured his left leg in the eighth inning when he rounded second base and fell awkwardly. Pedroia limped back to the dugout. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters) — CLEVELAND — For a few moments last night …
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SawxBlog
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NY Daily News:
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista converts some doubters but not all in MLB drug-testing era — Nearly two months into the season, it seems safe to say that Jose Bautista is not Brady Anderson, the ultimate one-year wonder. But who is Bautista, exactly?
Discussion:
HardballTalk, Getting Blanked, Baseball Nation and It's About The Money
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
The Jose Bautista smear campaign continues
Discussion:
The Platoon Advantage and baseballmusings.com
Dave Caldwell / New York Times:
In Battle of Unlikely Sluggers, Jays' Bautista Bests Yanks' Granderson
Discussion:
Bluebird Banter, Pinstripe Alley and Yahoo! Sports
John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
After A's lose, Brian Fuentes blasts Bob Geren — Brian Fuentes has been the A's closer all season. Now he doesn't know what he is. Thanks to manager Bob Geren. — “The games in San Francisco were unorthodox managing,” said Fuentes, who criticized Geren after Monday night's 4-1 loss …
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HardballTalk, The Knobler Blog and MLB Rumors, News, Opinion
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David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
More loose lips: Fuentes rips A's manager after picking up 7th loss
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USA Today and baseballmusings.com
Jane Lee / Major Lee-ague:
Fuentes criticizes “unorthodox managing”
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Athletics Nation and Baseball Nation
Joe DiGiovanni / MLB.com:
Ankiel plays in Eastern League game — MILWAUKEE — Rick Ankiel went 0-for-4, striking out each time, for Harrisburg in a Monday night game on his rehab assignment. — Ankiel, on the disabled list with a sprained right wrist, batted leadoff in Double-A Harrisburg's 12-8 loss to Akron in an Eastern League contest.
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Joe DiGiovanni / MLB.com:
MLB disciplines Rizzo, fines Rodriguez
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HardballTalk, Washington Post and Yahoo! Sports
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Coke placed on 15-day DL with foot injury — Wilk recalled from Triple-A; prospect Oliver to slide into rotation — DETROIT — Phil Coke's ill-fated step coming off the mound Monday night will cost him at least the next couple weeks. It will also push prospect Andy Oliver into the Tigers' rotation.
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HardballTalk
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Doug Miller / MLB.com:
Talented bloodlines to be displayed in Draft — Sons of Smith, Dunston, and yes, Gretzky, anticipating big day — It's called the First-Year Player Draft, but with the early-summer date and the number of sons and brothers of former and current Major Leaguers in the mix …
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HardballTalk
Colin Fly / Associated Press:
Hart hits 3 HRs for streaking Brewers — MILWAUKEE—Corey Hart hit his first three home runs this season and drove in seven to tie both club records, lifting the surging Milwaukee Brewers past the Washington Nationals 11-3 on Monday night. — Hitless in his previous 11 at-bats …
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boston.stats.com, HardballTalk and Brew Crew Ball
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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Cubs: Synder awaits something new as hit streak ends in loss — Oh, baby. — Iowa Cubs outfielder Brad Snyder is anxiously awaiting the day his wife, Susan, delivers their first child. The couple is having a son, due June 4, and they're going to name him Gavin.
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MLB Rumors and Chicago's Inside Pitch
