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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals' Raul Mondesi Jr. Receives 50-Game PED Suspension  —  3:57pm: Quinn points out (links to Twitter) that Mondesi Jr. is the first player to receive a reduced suspension — a possibility that was added to the latest drug agreement.  Had he tested positive for a stronger substance …
Discussion: MiLB News and Yahoo Sports
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Associated Press:
MLB Suspends Royals Prospect Mondesi for 50 Games for PED
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Brewers Win Rematch Against Marlins' Conley, 10-2  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 10, 2016, 11:00 P.M. E.D.T.  —  MIAMI — Jonathan Villar got two hits, stole two bases and scored twice, and the Milwaukee Brewers won their rematch Tuesday night against Adam Conley, beating the Miami Marlins 10-2.
Discussion: Fish Stripes and Brew Crew Ball
Associated Press:
Jones Breaks Out of Slump to Lift Orioles Over Twins, 5-3  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 10, 2016, 11:30 P.M. E.D.T.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Adam Jones broke out of a long slump in a big way, delivering the go-ahead, two-run single in the ninth inning after a towering homer in the fifth to lead …
Discussion: Camden Chat
Associated Press:
Ortiz Rests, Red Sox Bats Stay Hot in 13-5 Win Over A's  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 10, 2016, 10:45 P.M. E.D.T.  —  BOSTON — Mookie Betts, Hanley Ramirez and Travis Shaw each homered and the Boston Red Sox continued their strong hitting with a 13-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Discussion: Over the Monster
ESPN:
Bartolo Colon and the 10 unlikeliest home runs ever hit  —  How do you break Twitter?  Have Bartolo Colon hit the first home run of his career, that's how.  When the veteran Mets starting pitcher homered on Saturday, he became the oldest player — 42 years old — to hit his first career home run in MLB history.
Joe Lemire / Vocativ:
Baseball's New “Secret Weapon”: High-Tech Vision Training  —  Through the 3-D glasses, the red triangle and blue square just won't line up.  Even when the shapes appear to overlap, the vision training program assures me they did not.  One eye perceives the triangle and the other perceives the square and …
Reuben Fischer-Baum / FiveThirtyEight:
The Best MLB Teams Of All-Time, According To Elo  —  One hundred and 10 years ago, the Chicago Cubs ended the regular season with a 116-36 record.  That .763 winning percentage is the best in modern baseball history by a comfortable margin, but the Cubs went on to drop the World Series to the White Sox in six games.
Discussion: DRaysBay
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Injury Notes: Young, Peralta, Canha, Hendriks  —  Royals right-hander Chris Young is leaving the team to travel back to Kansas City, where he'll receive an MRI on his right forearm, tweets MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan.  Via Flanagan (link), Young says that he's felt some soreness in his forearm since Spring Training ended.
Associated Press:
Chapman Gets 1st Yankees Save as NY Overcomes Cain's 3 HRs  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 11, 2016, 12:09 A.M. E.D.T.  —  NEW YORK — When Aroldis Chapman takes the mound at his new home, the Yankee Stadium scoreboard spells his name in animated flames.  —  “Mucho fuego,” he said, meaning “there's a lot of fire.”
Discussion: Royals Review
Associated Press:
Tulowitzki, Happ Lead Blue Jays Past the Giants, 4-0  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 11, 2016, 1:03 A.M. E.D.T.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Troy Tulowitzki homered and drove in three runs, J.A. Happ allowed five hits in 8 2/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 4 …
Discussion: McCovey Chronicles
Associated Press:
Carpenter Homers Twice as Cardinals Rout Angels, 8-1  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 11, 2016, 1:39 A.M. E.D.T.  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Matt Carpenter homered twice, including a leadoff shot on the fifth pitch of the game, and the St. Louis Cardinals had nine extra-base hits Tuesday night in an 8-1 rout of the Los Angeles Angels.
Discussion: Viva El Birdos
Fox Sports:
Nationals announce $175M, 7-year deal with Strasburg  —  WASHINGTON (AP) A day after Stephen Strasburg deflected questions about a new contract, the Washington Nationals announced that they had, indeed, agreed to a seven-year deal with the right-hander that starts next season.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
 
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