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Red Sox trade minor leaguer to Reds for $1.5M in bonus allocation — BOSTON — The Red Sox traded minor league outfielder Lorenzo Cedrola to the Cincinnati Reds for $1.5 million in international amateur signing bonus pool allocation. — The 20-year-old Venezuelan hit .318 with 17 doubles …
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David Price on approach vs. Yankees: ‘Go back to that drawing board’
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Associated Press:
Aaron Hicks Launches Three Homers as Yankees Take Series From Red Sox
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Harvey Valentine / UPI:
Red Sox's Rick Porcello, Nationals' Max Scherzer look forward to ‘reunion’
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox Select William Cuevas
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Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Nationals vs. Red Sox series preview: No more time to waste
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Arizona Republic:
From hitting to stolen bases, Zack Greinke does a lot more than pitch for Diamondbacks — The Diamondbacks' best “hitter” received a very nice compliment the other day from Marlins manager Don Mattingly, who had a .307 career batting average during his playing days with the New York Yankees.
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San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks … Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was named the National League's player of the month for June. — Goldschmidt ranked first among NL players in batting average (.364), hits (39) and runs scored (25) and finished in the top-three in home runs …
Toronto Sun:
Freeland, Rockies look to slow down Giants, Bumgarner — DENVER — The surging San Francisco Giants open a three-game series Monday at Coors Field, where they have fared poorly. But ace left-hander Madison Bumgarner, who is in vintage form, will start against the Colorado Rockies in a sequel of sorts.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks
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Steve Buffery / Toronto Sun:
Borucki earning rave reviews and comparisons — Rookie pitcher Ryan Borucki received rave reviews on Monday from the Rogers Centre crowd, his Blue Jays teammates and manager John Gibbons, who paid the young left-hander the ultimate compliment. — Gibbons acknowledged that Borucki …
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Larry Millson / UPI:
Relieved Detroit Tigers to finish series at Toronto Blue Jays — TORONTO — There was a sense of relief in the Detroit Tigers' clubhouse after their 9-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon. — The victory, propelled by a grand slam from Nicholas Castellanos …
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Associated Press:
Indians' Danny Salazar done for season after shoulder surgery — CLEVELAND (AP) — Indians right-hander Danny Salazar will miss the remainder of the season after having shoulder surgery. — The team said Salazar had an arthroscopic debridement and bursectomy.
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Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
Cleveland Indians RHP Danny Salazar to miss rest of 2018 season after undergoing shoulder surgery — Cleveland Indians right-handed pitcher Danny Salazar will miss the remainder of the 2018 season after undergoing shoulder surgery Monday. — CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians took …
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
John Ricco the hot name to replace Sandy Alderson but JP Ricciardi has support — John Ricco has been a constant in the Mets front office since he arrived in 2004. — He first served as the assistant general manager to Jim Duquette, and when Omar Minaya replaced Duquette, Ricco stayed on as the No. 2.
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David Murphy / Philly.com:
The Phillies think they are for real. Who are we to argue? | David Murphy — The seating bowl was like a floodplain, its patches of blue expanding steadily throughout the game until the playing surface looked like an island surrounded on all sides by a three-tiered wave.
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Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Hunter Greene's 10-strikeout night for Dayton Dragons is his best start yet as a pro — Reds No. 2 pick Hunter Greene is in Goodyear, Arizona, for his first experience at spring training The Enquirer/Adam Baum — Cincinnati Reds prospect Hunter Greene, the 18-year-old 2017 first-round pick of the team …
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds nearing historic number of grand slams this season — Chicago White Sox outfielder Adam Engel, from Loveland, talks about playing the Reds for the first time in his career. He's expecting more than 100 family members and friends at Monday's game. The Enquirer/Bobby Nightengale
ESPN:
Power Rankings: Who is on top at the halfway point? — Where things were tighter just a few weeks ago, the voters were unanimous this week in picking the Astros as baseball's No. 1 team after 13 weeks of regular-season baseball. But just because Houston is riding high doesn't mean clubs …
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
For starters: Red-hot Rays at Marlins, with a DH-less look — UPDATE, 3:18: Here is the Marlins lineup, with former Rays prospect Derek Dietrich (traded in the Dec. 2012 Yunel Escobar deal) batting leadoff: — Dietrich lf — Anderson rf — Realmuto c — Bour 1b — Castro 2b — Riddle ss
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Twins Reinstate Jorge Polanco, Option Byron Buxton, Designate Ryan LaMarre — 2:56pm: In addition to the previously reported moves, the Twins announced that they've optioned lefty Adalberto Mejia to Triple-A. More interesting, though, is the fact that they've reinstated Byron Buxton …
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