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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds tab high school power arm with 27th pick — Stephenson started senior season with consecutive no-hitters — CINCINNATI — A high school kid that pitched back-to-back no-hitters this season could be joining a team that had the only Major Leaguer to throw consecutive no-hitters.
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Cincinnati Reds, Baseball America and Britt's Bird Watch
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Alex Ruppenthal / MLB.com:
Cubs tab high school shortstop with ninth pick
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Baseball America
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers draft Stanford lefty Reed 16th
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Britt's Bird Watch and True Blue LA
Keith Law / ESPN:
Cole still No. 1 in final 2011 mock — UCLA righty goes to Pirates; Nationals are poised to add another potential superstar — Note: I will add periodic updates throughout Monday as new information comes in. — I'll call this the “final” first-round projection, but I'm hoping to update this throughout the day on Monday.
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Baseball America, Sports Illustrated, FanGraphs Baseball, Scout.com, NATIONALS NEWS NETWORK, MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com, Federal Baseball, Lookout Landing, Royals Review, U.S.S. Mariner, Projo Sox Blog, Beyond the Box Score, The Crawfish Boxes, River Avenue Blues, Washington Post, Over the Monster, Bucs Dugout, MetsBlog.com, Steve Melewski, MLB Rumors, Where Have You Gone … and AZ Snake Pit
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
MLB Draft live blog: Red Sox take Barnes and Swihart in first round — The MLB Draft has started. The teams are calling into their picks into a MLB Network studio in New Jersey to be announced by commissioner Bud Selig. — The first pick, as expected, was UCLA righthander Gerrit Cole to the Pirates.
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Lone Star Ball, The House That Dewey Built, Over the Monster, Lookout Landing and Baseball Nation
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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Steve Melewski and Baseball Nation
Dave Sheinin / Washington Post:
Draft surprise: Rice 3B Anthony Rendon falls to Nationals with sixth overall pick — Toss out all the projections and mock drafts, which were rendered obsolete two picks into tonight MLB draft. By the time the Nationals' turn came with the No. 6 overall pick, the players most frequently linked …
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Federal Baseball and Nats Enquirer
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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Toronto Sun, Dodgers Blog, Batter's Box Interactive …, Over the Monster, Camden Chat, Lone Star Ball and South Side Sox
Associated Press:
Hosmer Has Winning Hit in 11th for Royals — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Hosmer hit a game-ending single in the 11th inning Monday night, helping the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 to snap a four-game losing streak. — Hosmer had a hand in all three of Kansas City's runs with two RBIs and scored a run.
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Globe and Mail, Royals Review and TSN.ca
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National Post:
Blue Jays take a pitcher with first pick
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MLB.com, Baseball America and Bluebird Banter
John Manuel / Baseball America:
Pick 1/21: Blue Jays Select Tyler Beede
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Batter's Box Interactive …
Associated Press:
Mortensen, relievers lead Rockies over Padres — SAN DIEGO—Clayton Mortensen and five relievers combined to help the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Monday night. — Mortensen (2-3) and the Rockies relievers shut down San Diego for its 10th shutout of the season, tops in the majors.
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Purple Row
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Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Rockies' Fowler considered for disabled list; Blackmon possible replacment — SAN DIEGO — With their offense struggling mightily, the Rockies couldn't stomach having a position player unavailable for another game. So Dexter Fowler might land on the disabled list with a sore left abdomen …
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HardballTalk, NotGraphs Baseball and Call to the Pen
Michael Diaz / MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com:
A deeper look at Brandon Nimmo — Brandon Nimmo, OF, East HS (WY.) — 6'3″, 195lbs — [DOB]: 3-27-1993 — Brandon Nimmo is a tremendous athlete with outstanding tools across the board. Very high upside, with size, speed, and defense. Smooth left-handed hitting swing, with a lot of room to fill out.
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Amazin' Avenue and Baseball America
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Tony Jackson / ESPN:
Gordon's promotion among moves by Dodgers — PHILADELPHIA — Dee Gordon, one of the top prospects in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization as well as one of the most compelling, is on his way to the major leagues. — The club purchased the contract of the lanky shortstop from its Triple …
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True Blue LA and ESPN
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Associated Press:
Konerko, Dans help White Sox beat Mariners 3-1 — CHICAGO—Paul Konerko homered and John Danks pitched into the eighth inning for his first victory of the season, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. — The White Sox beat the Mariners …
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South Side Sox and Associated Press
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Stephen Ellsesser / MLB.com:
Johnson moving up, though not to Majors — CLEVELAND — Nick Johnson was in the Indians' clubhouse before Monday night's game against the Twins, but Manny Acta said not to read anything into it. — The veteran first baseman, signed in early March and assigned to Double-A Akron, is headed for Triple-A Columbus.
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MLB Rumors
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Associated Press:
Orioles Hand Athletics 7th Straight Loss, 4-2 — BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Matusz and three relievers combined on a seven-hitter, and the Baltimore Orioles beat Oakland 4-2 Monday night to extend the Athletics' losing streak to a season-high seven games. — Matt Wieters had two hits …
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Yahoo! Sports, Camden Chat and Athletics Nation
Associated Press:
Gomes and Stubbs homer, Reds send Cubs to 7th straight loss — CINCINNATI, Ohio — Jonny Gomes hit a three-run homer and drove in four overall, and the Cincinnati Reds sent the frustrated Chicago Cubs to their seventh straight loss, 8-2 on Monday night. — Gomes has only two homers since April 17 …
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Associated Press and Red Reporter
Beth Harris / Associated Press:
Rays defeat slumping Angels 5-1 — ANAHEIM, Calif.—David Price took a shutout into the eighth inning, Justin Ruggiano homered and drove in three runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 Monday night. — Price (7-5) allowed five hits and one run in seven-plus innings, struck out seven and walked none.
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Retired Pettitte doesn't think he will pitch again — NEW YORK — The retired Andy Pettitte says he still has no interest in returning to pitch for the New York Yankees this year and beyond. — “I'm not dying to be playing baseball right now,” Pettitte said on the Michael Kay Show on ESPN New York 1050.
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Bronx Baseball Daily and Confessions of a She-Fan
