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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Heredia has 4 RBI, leads DSL Twins to 15-4 win over DSL Cardinals Blue — , (AP) — Victor Heredia drove in four runs, while Carlos Aguiar and Francisco Martinez drove in three apiece as the DSL Twins beat the DSL Cardinals Blue 15-4 on Monday. — Aguiar homered and tripled, scoring three runs while also driving in three.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Gonzalez's single leads DSL Red Sox2 to 9-2 win over DSL Dodgers Guerrero — , (AP) — Angel Gonzalez hit a run-scoring single in the fifth inning, leading the DSL Red Sox2 to a 9-2 win over the DSL Dodgers Guerrero on Monday. — The single by Gonzalez started the scoring in a four-run inning and broke a scoreless tie.
Dave Hogg / Associated Press:
Severino wins 7th straight as Yanks top Tigers 7-4 in opener — DETROIT (AP) — Aaron Boone's pitching strategy for the first game of Monday's doubleheader was simple. — “We sent our ace out there for the first game and counted on him giving us a big performance,” the New York Yankees manager said.
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Pinstripe Alley
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Yankees threaten to boycott ESPN as team, MLB, union negotiate schedule solution — Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are in negotiations with ESPN to reschedule a New York Yankees game that would require them to start three games within 24 hours in two different cities …
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees option Tommy Kahnle to Triple-A, activate Adam Warren from 10-day DL — DETROIT — The Yankees have optioned Tommy Kahnle back to Triple-A Scranton in a surprising move that clears the way for Adam Warrren's reinstatement from the disabled list. Warren had been out with a back injury.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors and Pinstripe Alley
Keith LawESPN Senior / ESPN:
Keith Law's 2018 Mock Draft 4.1 — It is draft day, the most wonderful time of the year, so here is my final — ahem, “final” — projection of first-round selections, but one I present with the caveat that multiple general managers told me Sunday that nothing would really be final until …
Discussion:
Lone Star Ball
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Keith LawESPN Senior / ESPN:
Keith Law's 2018 Mock Draft 4.0 — It is draft day, the most wonderful time of the year, so here is my final — ahem, “final” — projection of first-round selections, but one I present with the caveat that multiple GMs told me Sunday that nothing would really be final until at least Monday afternoon …
Discussion:
Detroit Free Press, MLB Daily Dish and Purple Row
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Casey Mize: Draft ‘probably the best moment of my life’
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mock drafts bet that Cardinals return to their comfort spot, select big men on campus
Discussion:
Baseball America, MLB Trade Rumors, DRaysBay and Talking Chop
Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — What happened: The Detroit Tigers (28-32) lost, 7-4, to the New York Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader on Monday afternoon. ... The Yankees scored six runs on six consecutive hits in the fourth inning off Drew VerHagen to take a 7-1 lead.
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com
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Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Yankees echo Joe Maddon's ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ schedule gripe, weigh ESPN boycott — Cubs' Joe Maddon on short rest, and on Mike Montgomery batting 8th. (Mark Gonales/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — It was one thing when Cubs manager Joe Maddon complained about traveling …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox take Oregon State infielder Nick Madrigal with No. 4 pick — Oregon State's Nick Madrigal lays down a bunt against Yale during an NCAA regional tournament game in Corvallis, Ore., on June 4, 2018. (Mark Ylen / AP) Chicago Tribune — The White Sox selected 5-foot-7-inch infielder Nick Madrigal …
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ESPN:
Power Rankings: Make way for new contenders in NL shakeup — Another week into the season, the same three American League power houses rule the roost — and in the same order for the time being — but things are getting interesting in the Senior Circuit as the National League's top teams sort out their own pecking order.
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
MLB power rankings: Once-dismal Dodgers continue climb toward top — They're not yet a .500 team, far from a prohibitive choice to win their division and still have damaged or misfiring parts. — Yet, the Los Angeles Dodgers are very much alive, a status that amazingly seemed in doubt just one month ago.
Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies insist ‘everything is fine’ as they limp into big test against Cubs — The Phillies lineup has been in a five-week slump, their starting pitching is starting to show some cracks as they work with such little room for error, and Jake Arrieta is furious. Nothing to see here.
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David Haugh / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Jake Arrieta, returning to Wrigley Field with Phillies, transformed Cubs into a team to be feared
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Jake Arrieta, Yu Darvish and decision time: Inside the Cubs' take-it-or-leave it offer
Discussion:
San Francisco Chronicle and Sports Illustrated
ESPN:
Report: Rays' Anthony Banda to undergo Tommy John surgery — Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect Anthony Banda will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair the left-hander's pitching elbow, according to the Tampa Bay Times. — Banda, who joined the Rays in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks in February …
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Tampa Bay Times and DRaysBay
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Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Two-time World Series champion Bruce Kison dies at 68 — Bruce Kison, the lanky right-hander who was part of two Pittsburgh Pirates World Series-winning teams in 1971 and 1979, died Saturday at the age of 68. — Kison was the winning pitcher in the first night game in World Series history …
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MLB Baseball News …
Associated Press:
Veteran pitcher Oliver Perez's deal with Indians is for $1.75 million — CLEVELAND — Pitcher Oliver Perez has a $1.75 million salary while in the major leagues under his deal with the Cleveland Indians. — The 36-year-old left-hander signed with the Indians on Saturday and pitched …
Discussion:
Let's Go Tribe
Richard Morin / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks select SS Matt McLain with No. 25 pick in MLB draft — The Diamondbacks selected California high school infielder Matt McLain with the 25th overall pick in the MLB draft on Monday. — McLain, who just finished his senior season at Beckman High in Irvine, Calif., is committed to UCLA.
Discussion:
AZ Snake Pit
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves reliever Ramirez has setback in shoulder rehab — Braves reliever Jose Ramirez had a setback in his recovery from a strained shoulder and was to be examined in Atlanta to determine the cause and extent of the issue causing his problems. — He felt pain in his right shoulder 18 pitches …
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Talking Chop
