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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Opening Night draws curtain for World Series rematch — Hmmm. Kansas City Royals vs. New York Mets. Why does that sound familiar? — Oh, right! — Technically, Opening Night at Kauffman Stadium is just Game 1 of 162. But tonight's 8:37 ET Interleague arrangement …
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — The 2016 MLB season gets underway at 1 PM EDT as the Cardinals visit the Pirates. The Cardinals won the NL Central in 2015, with the Pirates just two games behind. Both lost the third place Cubs (three back of the Cardinals) in the NL playoffs.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
CARDS MISS SHOT AT LIRIANO — The Cardinals had their shot at Pittsburgh lefthander Francisco Liriano on Sunday. But they couldn't pull the trigger in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings as they stranded eight runners in that time. — The latest misfire came in the sixth …
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Associated Press:
Royals hold off Mets in opening rematch of World Series … KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Edinson Volquez would rather sit on the bench than stand on the mound on opening day, especially when it happens to be the first game following a World Series triumph. — “I like to enjoy the show,” Volquez explained with a grin.
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Andrew Both / Reuters:
Hard-Luck Cubs Open Season as World Series Favorites — (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs made huge strides last year, and a series of off-season moves have raised expectations among their legion of fans that this might finally be the year they end their 107-year World Series drought.
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Yahoo Sports:
Source: Gregory Polanco, Pirates agree to five-year extension — Gregory Polanco and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed on a five-year contract extension with two club options that locks in the prime years of the young outfielder, something with which the Pirates have found significant success in recent years …
Fox Sports:
Pollock emerges from ‘nightmare,’ Diamondbacks move on — PHOENIX (AP) A.J. Pollock emerged as one of baseball's best players a year ago. Now the Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star center fielder is out for the foreseeable future after fracturing his right elbow in a head-first slide at home plate in an exhibition game Friday night.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
A.J. Pollock To Undergo Surgery For Fractured Right Elbow
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NBC Bay Area:
California Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Wayward Chihuahua After Chasing It Across Bay Bridge — Highway patrol officers noticed the small dog on the bridge's north side catwalk heading toward San Francisco — California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a Chihuahua.
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Yankees face nemesis Dallas Keuchel in opener against Astros … Meet the 2016 Yankees … Yankees — Scouting the 2016 Yankees … Yankees — Yankees Opening Day fun facts
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USA Today:
Taylor Teagarden - shown in Al-Jazeera documentary - suspended for violating drug policy — Taylor Teagarden, a free agent catcher who was named in the same Al-Jazeera report that connected Peyton Manning and baseball stars Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard to anti-aging clinics, was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball on Friday.
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Zach Links / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Release Reed Johnson — The Nationals have released outfielder Reed Johnson, as Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com tweets. The Nats also cut Sean Burnett on Sunday morning, though Burnett had already decided to opt-out of his deal. — Johnson, 39, inked a minor league deal with the Nats in November.
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Alex Gordon / Associated Press:
Led by Alex Gordon, Royals rank 15th in baseball payroll for 2016 at $137.3 million — LA Dodgers lead baseball at $234.6 million Royals were 16th at start of last season at $113.6 million — Alex Gordon is highest-paid Royal for 2016 at $12 million — NEW YORK
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers Sign Carlos Torres — 10:49am: The Brewers have announced that they've signed Torres to a one-year big-league deal. To make room on the 40-man roster, they've moved outfielder Rymer Liriano (face) to the 60-day DL. To clear active roster space, they optioned Cravy to Triple …
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