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11:40 PM ET, May 24, 2011

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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 and The Knobler Blog
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New York Post:
Mets, Bartoszek group close to deal
ESPN:
Caught up in a Wilpon scheme
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:   Fred Wilpon to SI: The Mets are bleeding cash
Michael O'Keeffe / NY Daily News:
Fred Wilpon tells Sports Illustrated that Mets are ‘bleeding cash’ in article to appear this week
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers expected to bring up De La Rosa  —  Club hopes top pitching prospect can help beleaguered bullpen  —  LOS ANGELES — Rubby De La Rosa, the organization's top pitching prospect, is expected to be promoted to the Dodgers this week as a reliever because of the club's bullpen crisis.
Discussion: Purple Row and True Blue LA
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Denver Post:
Rockies' Jorge De La Rosa likely out for the season with torn elbow ligament  —  Rockies starting pitcher Jorge De La Rosa left Tuesday's game against Arizona after he suffered what the team said is “a complete tear of his ulnar collateral ligament” in the left elbow.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
De La Rosa has torn elbow ligament; surgery to follow soon  —  Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa struggled before leaving the game in the third inning.  —  Jorge De La Rosa began Tuesday in the conversation for the all-star game.  He left the game early with a completely torn ulnar collateral ligament …
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.
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MLB.com:
Padres select OF Blake Tekotte from Double-A San Antonio and option OF Will Venable to Triple-A Tucson
Discussion: Ducksnorts
Tom Krasovic / MLB.com:
Boggs sent down to work as a starter
Discussion: HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
Mark Thompson / MLB.com:
Black: ‘Room to talk’ on moving PETCO fences
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Schumaker activated; Boggs sent down
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball
Associated Press:
Pujols ends longest HR drought, Cards beat Pads
Associated Press:
Teixeira Has Winning Hit in 9th for Yankees  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Curtis Granderson had a tying RBI single in the ninth inning then stole second before Mark Teixeira singled him home to give CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Associated Press
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Mike Mazzeo / ESPN:
Yanks' Soriano shut down, to see Dr. Andrews  —  NEW YORK — After an MRI showed possible damage in his right elbow, New York Yankees righty reliever Rafael Soriano will head to Alabama to meet with renowned specialist, Dr. James Andrews.  —  The Yankees are waiting to discuss the severity …
Discussion: NESN.com
Dave Caldwell / New York Times:
In Battle of Unlikely Sluggers, Jays' Bautista Bests Yanks' Granderson
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?
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
The Jose Bautista smear campaign continues
Dan Rosenheck / Bats:
Keeping Score: Bautista's Stats Approach Those of the Greats
Discussion: Lady Loves Pinstripes
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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Jane Lee / Major Lee-ague:
Fuentes criticizes “unorthodox managing”
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
More loose lips: Fuentes rips A's manager after picking up 7th loss
Discussion: USA Today and baseballmusings.com
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Jenks reports no pain after bullpen session  —  CLEVELAND — When Red Sox reliever Bobby Jenks threw his first side session since being placed on the 15-day disabled list, he felt no discomfort whatsoever in his right biceps.  —  “Everything felt great today,” Jenks said following a 25-pitch session on Monday afternoon.
Discussion: HardballTalk
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Dice-K to get second opinion on right elbow
Discussion: joy of sox and ESPN
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pedroia's injury considered minor
Discussion: SawxBlog
Associated Press:
Jones' Homer Gives Orioles 5-3 Win Over Royals  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Jones capped a ninth-inning uprising with a two-run walkoff homer against Joakim Soria, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.  —  Jones hit an 0-2 pitch far over the center-field wall to cap a three-run rally.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Camden Chat
Associated Press:
Jay Bruce's 3-run double in 9th leads Reds over Phillies  —  PHILADELPHIA — Jay Bruce hit a tiebreaking, three-run double in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.  —  The Reds had lost eight straight …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Red Reporter
Associated Press:
Jair Jurrjens shines as Braves beat Pirates 2-0  —  PITTSBURGH — Jair Jurrjens pitched six-hit ball into the eighth inning to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.  —  Jurrjens (6-1) struck out four and walked one in 7 2-3 innings while dropping his ERA to 1.56.
Discussion: Bucs Dugout
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 …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Robneyer / Baseball Nation:
Matt Garza Injury: Out With Elbow Contusion, Replaced By Randy Wells  —  Chicago Cubs starter Matt Garza missed his scheduled start Sunday night against the Red Sox, but management was hoping he would miss just the one.  Alas, the elbow's still barking so Garza's going to miss more time.
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
ESPN:
Brandon Webb has longest rehab start  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Brandon Webb took a step forward in his long journey back from shoulder surgery by going six innings in an Arizona Rookie League game on Tuesday, his longest outing since 2008.  —  The former NL Cy Young winner …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Beckett, Red Sox hand Indians rare home loss  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Beckett picked up first regular-season win in Cleveland - where he pitched an October gem four years ago - to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 win Tuesday night over the Indians, who couldn't quite muster another late-inning rally …
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Associated Press:
Indians Slip by Red Sox 3-2
 
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