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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
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Watts scores winning run in 11th, DSL Giants beats DSL Royals2 8-7 in walk-off finish — , (AP) — Omar Medina hit a sacrifice to drive in Enoc Watts with the winning run in the 11th inning, as the DSL Giants beat the DSL Royals2 8-7 on Monday. The DSL Giants swept the short two-game series with the win.
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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 …
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Lone Star Ball
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Casey Mize: Draft ‘probably the best moment of my life’
Keith LawESPN Senior / ESPN:
Keith Law's 2018 Mock Draft 4.0
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Detroit Free Press, MLB Daily Dish and Purple Row
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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Logan Newman / Arizona Sports:
Diamondbacks select Kristopher Negron, option Socrates Brito — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced they selected infielder/outfielder Kristopher Negron from Triple-A Reno and optioned outfielder Socrates Brito to Reno on Monday. — In eight games this season for the D-backs, Brito had just two hits in 17 plate appearances.
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AZ Snake Pit and MLB Trade Rumors
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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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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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 …
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.
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MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
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ESPN:
Aaron Judge becomes first player to strike out 8 times in a doubleheader — DETROIT — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge became the first player ever to record eight strikeouts in a doubleheader, including five punchouts in the nightcap, on Monday against the Tigers.
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
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Teheran gives up 3 homers, exits early — SAN DIEGO — Braves pitcher Julio Teheran left Monday night's game against the Padres after allowing three home runs in the first four innings and issuing a four-pitch walk to Jose Pirela to start the fifth inning. — There was no immediate …
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Talking Chop
Kerry Crowley / Mercury News:
Bochy's aggressive call pays off, Giants extend win streak to five games — SAN FRANCISCO-In a season in which his starting staff has been decimated by injuries and his bullpen taxed on a daily basis, Giants manager Bruce Bochy hasn't played much poker. — The cards have rarely been in his favor …
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McCovey Chronicles
Nick Tricome / Philly.com:
Phillies minor league report: Reading wins in walk-off fashion after 10 innings — Reading beat Richmond in walk-off fashion, Clearwater fell flat against Daytona, and the Dominican Summer League is underway. — Here's a rundown of the Phillies' farm system from Monday. — INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE (AAA)
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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South Side Sox
Chicago Tribune:
Mount Carmel's Josh Stowers and Alek Thomas taken in second round of MLB draft — Mount Carmel's Alek Thomas throws during a 4A Sectional final game against in Burbank, June 2, 2018. (Allen Cunningham / Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — Two Mount Carmel outfielders …
Jerry Beach / UPI:
Mets, Orioles open brief interleague series — After a rough weekend in which they committed plenty of self-inflicted mistakes against pennant contenders, the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles will hope a brief interleague series against each other provides the cure — or at least a temporary respite …
Alan Robinson / UPI:
Colorado Rockies, Cincinnati Reds meet after lost weekends — Kyle Freeland can only hope June resembles May. Anthony DeSclafani can only hope the rest of this season resembles 2016. — The Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds, both coming off disappointing weekends …
Jim Ingraham / UPI:
Corey Kluber aims to pick off where he left off as Indians host Brewers — After a historic month of May, two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber will make his first start in the month of June on Tuesday night as the Cleveland Indians host the Milwaukee Brewers in a brief two-game interleague series.
