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Peter Botte / New York Daily News:
As injuries pile up, Yankees outfield suddenly needs Jacoby Ellsbury's help — TORONTO - Admit it, you never thought Jacoby Ellsbury could be so missed, so early, this season. — The Yankees continue to fly through outfielders like the fictional band Spinal Tap mythically used to go through drummers …
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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 …
Erik Boland / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Yankees lose another outfielder, and maybe a reliever in loss to Blue Jays
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Dan Martin / New York Post:
Two freak accidents cost Yankees more players to injury
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Pinstripe Alley
Steve Popper / Daily Record:
Mets win, but Anthony Swarzak tweaks oblique — NEW YORK - While just about everything has gone right for the Mets in the first two games, the first cause for concern surfaced in the eighth inning when reliever Anthony Swarzak had to call to the bench, asking out with a sore left oblique.
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Tim Healey / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Todd Frazier drives in three runs as Mets beat Cardinals, improve to 2-0
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Listless in Queens: Cardinals, Wacha slip to Mets, 6-2 in sluggish start to season
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals trade Lucas to Athletics for pitcher, send same lineup out vs. Mets
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Associated Press:
Hot-hitting Bogaerts homers, Red Sox hold off Rays 3-2 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Xander Bogaerts homered, Rick Porcello carried a shutout into the sixth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Saturday night. — Bogaerts also doubled in a run …
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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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Paul Sullivan / Baltimore Sun:
Yu Darvish knocked out early in debut with Cubs — Chicago Tribune — Yu Darvish's Cubs debut couldn't have been much more low-key going into Saturday night's game at Marlins Park. — Now only was the attention of Chicago focused on Loyola's Final Four appearance in San Antonio …
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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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Associated Press:
Polanco's homer lifts Pirates past Tigers in kooky opener
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Anthony Fenech Detroit Free / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Tigers-Pirates postponed, will play doubleheader Sunday
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Flaherty's 4 hits highlight Braves' 15-2 rout of Phillies — Ryan Flaherty came back to haunt his former team, posting his second career four-hit game to pace the — Atlanta Braves to a 15-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday at SunTrust Park in Atlanta.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Photos: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies … The Diamondbacks have placed slugger Yasmany Tomas on outright waivers, according to sources, a move that could amount to little more than his removal from the 40-man roster. — Tomas, who was optioned to Triple-A Reno last weekend …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Photos: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies … When he slammed his bat down after a called third strike on Friday night, earning himself an ejection by the home-plate umpire, the Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte looked like a player mired in a weeks-long slump, not someone who had only a couple of games under his belt in a new season.
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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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
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Delino DeShields placed on DL with broken left hand — ARLINGTON, Texas — Rangers center fielder Delino DeShields has been moved to the 10-day disabled list after breaking his left hand during an at-bat Friday night. — Rangers manager Jeff Banister said DeShields will have an MRI Saturday afternoon.
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Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies place Pat Neshek on the disabled list with should injury, could ‘be something serious’ — ATLANTA — Pat Neshek is concerned that the shoulder injury that landed him Friday on the disabled list could “be something serious.” — The Phillies reliever said he started feeling discomfort …
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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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Associated Press:
Eaton leads Nationals past Reds 13-7 — CINCINNATI (AP) — Adam Eaton had solo homer among his career-high five hits and Brian Goodwin hit his first career grand slam on Saturday, powering the Washington Nationals to a 13-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
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.
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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.
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Martin Gallegos East Bay / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
A's defensive mishaps lead to second loss in a row to Angels — OAKLAND, Calif. — There's days where a pitcher's final line doesn't tell the whole story. Daniel Mengden had one of those days. — A quick glance at the A's starter's numbers in Saturday's 8-3 loss to the Angels shows …
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Kevin Pillar's gamble pays off as he steals home to seal Jays' win — TORONTO — On the eve of Opening Day, Toronto Blue Jays speedsters Kevin Pillar and Curtis Granderson had a conversation about taking extreme base-running gambles. — They were discussing a spring-training video …
