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Jimmy Hascup / USA Today:
MLB history: Yankees' Aaron Judge ties for tallest center fielder to ever play — Here are two things you don't expect to see in the same sentence: Aaron Judge, center fielder. — The 6-foot-7, 282-pound Judge tied Walt Bond as the tallest center fielder in MLB history with his first appearance …
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Associated Press:
Yankees' Hicks is injured — The New York Yankees have placed Aaron Hicks on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right ribcage in the latest injury to one of their outfielders. — The Yankees made the move Friday, a day after Hicks got two hits in a season-opening 6-1 win at Toronto.
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Pinstripe Alley
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees' Billy McKinney forced out of game in the 1st after crashing into left-field wall
Yankees' Billy McKinney forced out of game in the 1st after crashing into left-field wall
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FanRag Sports
Peter Botte / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge continues to be the center of attention for the Yankees
Larry Millson / UPI:
Yankees look to contain Blue Jays again
Yankees look to contain Blue Jays again
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MLB Trade Rumors, Pinstripe Alley and Bluebird Banter
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs need Yu Darvish to spare taxed bullpen — Chicago Tribune — Yu Darvish can make a favorable impression on the Cubs' fatigued bullpen Saturday night with a lengthy performance against the Marlins at Marlins Park. — The Cubs' bullpen has hurled 16 1/3 innings in the first two games of the season …
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Walter Villa / UPI:
Yu Darvish to make Cubs debut at Marlins
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Taxed bullpen leaves Cubs with limited options
Associated Press:
Cards finish Greg Holland deal; reliever Brett Cecil on DL — NEW YORK (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have completed their deal with free-agent closer Greg Holland and put left-handed reliever Brett Cecil on the 10-day disabled list with a strained pitching shoulder.
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Cincinnati.com:
Next Slide — Luis Castillo was the best of the young starting pitchers for the Reds last year. That doesn't mean he won't have bad days. — Saturday was a very, very bad day for young Mr. Castillo and the bullpen. Castillo put the Reds in a hole they could not get out of.
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Alan Robinson / UPI:
Strasburg, Nationals aim to blank Reds again
Strasburg, Nationals aim to blank Reds again
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Listless in Queens: Cardinals, Wacha slip to Mets, 6-2 in sluggish start to season — NEW YORK • For the second consecutive year the Cardinals hopscotched out of Florida feeling good about the crispness of their game, the momentum of their lineup, and some of how the starters have been throwing in recent weeks.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals trade Lucas to Athletics for pitcher, send same lineup out vs. Mets — NEW YORK • The Cardinals' flurry of opening-season transactions continued Saturday morning as they dealt reliever Josh Lucas to Oakland in a move necessitated by the reorganization of the 40-man roster this week.
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MLB Baseball News … and Minor League Ball
New York Daily News:
Giants' Joe Panik beats the Dodgers with a home run for the second straight game — LOS ANGELES — Homering off All-Stars Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen in consecutive games isn't something Joe Panik expects to do. — Thanks to another solid swing from the second baseman …
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Historic start: It's Panik time in San Francisco
Historic start: It's Panik time in San Francisco
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Sporting News and True Blue LA
Roger Mooney / Tampa Bay Times:
For starters: Rays honor inaugural team before tonight's game with Red Sox — The Rays have lefty Wilson Alvarez on the mound and Wade Boggs, who is inching toward 3,000 hits at third base and Quinton McCracken in center. Wait, being told that was 20 years ago.
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Fred Goodall / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Price sparkles in return to Red Sox rotation, beats Rays 1-0
Price sparkles in return to Red Sox rotation, beats Rays 1-0
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Associated Press, Over the Monster and DRaysBay
George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers want MLB to explain overturned Opening Day call — Detroit Tigers bench coach Steve Liddle talks about overturned call in the 10th inning on Opening Day against the Pittsburgh Pirates. They lost in the 13th, 13-10. George Sipple, Detroit Free Press — CONNECT
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Alex Butler / UPI:
Umpire reverses call, Tigers' walk-off victory
Umpire reverses call, Tigers' walk-off victory
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CBSSports.com, Pirates Breakdown and Detroit Free Press
Kyle Downing / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals Sign Kyle Lohse To Minor-League Deal — 2:58pm: FanRag Sports' Jon Heyman tweets that Lohse stands to make $800K if he makes the club's MLB roster, with $700K in incentives also available. — 9:04am: The Royals have announced the signing of right-hander Kyle Lohse to a minors deal.
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John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds add veteran right-hander Yovani Gallardo — The Cincinnati Reds signed veteran right-hander Yovani Gallardo to a one-year deal Saturday. — Gallardo, 32, was released the by Milwaukee Brewers after spring training. Gallardo will pitch out of the bullpen for the Reds.
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MLB Baseball News … and MLB Daily Dish
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Bob Baum / Associated Press:
Ahmed's career-best 5 RBIs lift D-backs past Rockies 9-8 … PHOENIX — Nick Ahmed had a career-best five RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks regrouped after blowing a five-run lead, topping the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Friday night. — Ahmed hit a three-run homer in Arizona's five-run first inning and an RBI single in the third.
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Jack Magruder / UPI:
Veteran Greinke faces Rockies' young gun Marquez
Tim KeownESPN Senior / ESPN:
As Shohei Ohtani takes the mound, what should we expect? — Shohei Ohtani is doing this, and when Sunday dawns, the magnitude of this moment should not be minimized. Strip away all the angst about his spring training and remember those four words: He is doing this.
Associated Press:
Polanco's homer lifts Pirates past Tigers in kooky opener — DETROIT (AP) — Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer in the 13th inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 13-10 victory over Detroit on Friday — about an hour after the Tigers spilled onto the field to celebrate what they thought was a game-winning hit of their own.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
John Harper / New York Daily News:
HAL BALL! Steinbrenner's directive to reduce payroll, overhaul farm system paying huge dividends for Yankees — So which was the most headline-making development on Opening Day: — Giancarlo Stanton going deep twice in his Yankee debut? — Gabe Kapler getting roasted …
Joe Knowles / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox manager Rick Renteria expects a more stable lineup in 2018 — Chicago Tribune — After a lot of lineup changes — and roster changes — last season, things could be more settled for the White Sox in 2018. — Saturday's starting lineup was the same one manager Rick Renteria wrote down on opening day.
Eduardo A. Encina / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
After breakout season last year, what can the Orioles' Jonathan Schoop provide as an encore? — Jonathan Schoop broke out last season, a year in which he emerged as the Orioles' top offensive player and made his first All-Star Game while ranking among leaders in several offensive categories.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Delino DeShields has broken hamate bone; how this impacts the entire roster — ARLINGTON - Just three days into the season, the Rangers are facing the possibility of a lineup-changing, alignment-shaking injury situation with Delino DeShields. — DeShields, who felt discomfort during …
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