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Keith Law / ESPN:
Cole still No. 1 in final 2011 mock — UCLA righty goes to Pirates; Nationals are poised to add another potential superstar — I'll call this the “final” first-round projection, but I'm hoping to update this throughout the day on Monday. Many high-level sources are telling me they're …
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Pirates will take Cole with No. 1 Draft pick — Power right-hander from UCLA eyed as durable, front-line starter — The Pirates will take UCLA right-hander Gerrit Cole with the No. 1 overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft on Monday, a baseball source told MLB.com.
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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Final Mock Draft — As draft morning dawned, one thing was certain: The Pirates will take UCLA righthander Gerrit Cole with the No. 1 overall selection. After that, teams were still scrambling to line up their picks. — The consensus in the industry is the Mariners will choose Rice third …
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Future Shock — The 2011 Mock Draft — 1. Pittsburgh Pirates: Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA. Upgrade this call from “lean” to “heavy lean.” It seems clear that Anthony Rendon is out of the picture, so it's between Cole and Danny Hultzen, who did himself few favors by throwing out a big bonus number over the weekend.
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Are the Pirates Making a Mistake with Cole?
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NY Daily News:
Madden: David deserves to be dealt — These are both strange and estranged days for David Wright, who is seen regularly strolling the clubhouse at Citi Field, occasionally stopping to chat with the media regulars, scarcely casting a glance at the handful of bats in his locker.
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The7Line:
Don't Trade Reyes! — The Don't Trade Reyes movement went national last night! — Here's the story: — I made the sign for the official “Don't Trade Reyes” event that was posted on Facebook by a few of the fans. That was on Friday night and I brought the EXACT same sign.
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Brian Costa / Wall Street Journal:
Mets Look to Open Their Wallets — With their finances in distress, the Mets need to stay in the good graces of Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig. And yet, now more than ever, it's essential that they ignore Selig's wishes in one critical area: the amateur draft.
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Andy McCullough / New Jersey Online:
As mind behind Mets' future, Paul DePodesta tasked with replenishing farm system
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Patrick Mooney / CSNChicago.com:
Zambrano rips Marmol and this ‘Triple-A’ team — To view this site, you need to have Flash Player 9.0.115 or later installed. Click here to get the latest Flash player. — CSNChicago.com — ST. LOUIS - It took less than 60 seconds for Carlos Zambrano to torch his teammates and perhaps …
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Associated Press:
Pujols cranks another walk-off HR
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Austin Laymance / MLB.com:
Berkman sits after getting cortisone shot in wrist
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Fox Sports:
Cubs mess just getting worse — The worst thing about the Cubs? You can't even blow them up. — Left fielder Alfonso Soriano, immovable. Third baseman Aramis Ramirez, immovable. Right-hander Carlos Zambrano, movable only if he is in the right mood to approve a deal.
Toni Ginnetti / Chicago Sun Times:
DL likely for White Sox' Jake Peavy — The frustration of this White Sox season might be epitomized by starter Jake Peavy, who likely is headed to the disabled list again. — Less than a month after his return from shoulder surgery, Peavy left the game Sunday against the Detroit Tigers with a strained right groin.
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
MLB draft: Opportunity knocking for Tampa Bay Rays — SEATTLE — The numbers are staggering and unprecedented, and that's just the miles flown, reports filed, videos watched and words spoken over the past year in preparation for the largest top-round haul in the 37-year history of baseball's draft.
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TMZ.com:
Dykstra — To Be Charged with 2 Dozen Alleged Crimes — Lenny Dykstra will be hit with 25 criminal charges today — including auto theft ... TMZ has learned. — Sources connected with the criminal probe tell TMZ ... Dykstra got a heads up this weekend, informing him the Los Angeles County District Attorney …
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Derek Jeter eyes reaching 3,000-hit milestone during 10-game homestand beginning with Red Sox — ANAHEIM - Derek Jeter is in the home stretch in his quest for 3,000 hits. Now comes the hard part: trying to reach the milestone at home. — Jeter stands 14 hits away from the magic number following …
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