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Jerry CrasnickESPN Senior / ESPN:
Trade talk we're hearing: Will the Rays deal Chris Archer? — The Tampa Bay Rays jumped into the trade deadline fray Wednesday and sent Nathan Eovaldi to the Boston Red Sox for prospect Jalen Beeks. Eovaldi is a pending free agent with overpowering stuff and a medical history that makes …
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Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Yankees GM: Catcher Gary Sanchez out until at least late August — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The New York Yankees are expecting injured catcher Gary Sanchez to be shelved until late August or early September, according to general manager Brian Cashman. — “Thankfully what Gary …
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Yanks Go Yard
Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
New York Yankees frustrated after latest loss to Tampa Bay — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Circles on the Yankees' calendar are reserved for the Red Sox and a handful of other notable series. — No one had pinned these games against the Rays as anything important, yet the Yankees' failure …
Associated Press:
MLB: Gary Sanchez back on disabled list — New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez was put back on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday because of a strained right groin, a day after failing to hustle on a pair of key plays in a 7-6 loss to Tampa Bay. Sanchez missed 20 games from June 25 to July 19 because of the groin injury.
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MLB Baseball News …
Kirk Meyer / New York Daily News:
Yankees reveal Gary Sanchez will be out at least a month with latest groin injury — The Yankees will be without Gary Sanchez for at least another month, according to general manager Brian Cashman. — The Yankees catcher was placed on the disabled list on Tuesday after aggravating …
Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Diamondbacks Acquire Matt Andriese
Diamondbacks Acquire Matt Andriese
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MLB Baseball News …, AZ Snake Pit and MLB Daily Dish
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays trade Nathan Eovaldi to Red Sox
Rays trade Nathan Eovaldi to Red Sox
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NESN.com, NBCSports.com, Pinstripe Alley and MLB Baseball News …
Aaron Bracy / Associated Press:
Plouffe's homer in 16th leads Phillies over Dodgers — PHILADELPHIA (AP) Trevor Plouffe hit a three-run homer off infielder Kike Hernandez with one out in the 16th inning as the Philadelphia Phillies outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 Tuesday night in a game that lasted nearly six hours.
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MLB Baseball News …, The Good Phight and True Blue LA
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Stephen Pianovich / UPI:
Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers face short turnaround
Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers face short turnaround
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MLB Baseball News …
Matthew Moreno / DodgerBlue.com:
Dodgers Activate Pedro Baez, Place Zac Rosscup On 10-Day Disabled List
Dodgers Activate Pedro Baez, Place Zac Rosscup On 10-Day Disabled List
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True Blue LA
George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Alan Trammell still hopeful Lou Whitaker will join him in Hall of Fame — Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell on the 1984 World Series victory Detroit Free Press — Former Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker will be in Cooperstown this weekend for the Baseball Hall of Fame ceremonies.
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Royals Review
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Associated Press:
Moustakas gets RBI double in possible Royals' home finale — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Moustakas had two hits, including a run-scoring double, in what might have been his final home game for the Kansas City Royals, an 8-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.
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MLB Baseball News …
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds win in Sal Romano's return, 7-3, take series from the St. Louis Cardinals — Sal Romano's short sabbatical from the starting rotation seemed to do him good. — Romano went six innings and allowed two runs on seven hits to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 before a crowd of 20,940 at Great American Ball Park.
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Associated Press:
Indians top Pirates 4-0, end Pittsburgh's 11-game win streak — CLEVELAND (AP) — Trevor Bauer struck out 10 over seven innings, Brad Hand got his first save for Cleveland and the Indians stopped the Pittsburgh Pirates' winning streak at 11 with a 4-0 win on Wednesday.
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Associated Press:
Marte, Polanco, Bell HR; Bucs beat Indians for 11th straight — CLEVELAND (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has a simple philosophy when it comes to hot streaks. — “I have a saying that I use all the time,” he said. “I'm not superstitious but just in case, there's some things I'll continue to do.”
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MLB Baseball News …, Let's Go Tribe and Bucs Dugout
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Javier Baez and Kris Bryant out of Cubs lineup against Diamondbacks — Chicago Tribune — Javier Baez's left knee bruise will keep him out of the Cubs lineup Wednesday against the Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field. — Baez joins Kris Bryant on the bench as the Cubs try to snap …
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MLB Baseball News …, Bleed Cubbie Blue and AZ Snake Pit
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Tyler Chatwood / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Late error helps Cubs salvage series against D-backs
Late error helps Cubs salvage series against D-backs
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AZ Snake Pit
Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Cubs' Brandon Morrow (biceps) not coming off DL Saturday
Buster OlneyESPN Senior / ESPN:
Olney: Buyers or sellers? These five teams need to decide now — Better than any of their peers, the good folks who run the Minnesota Twins' front office have demonstrated how wrenching the decision to buy or sell can be. A year ago today, they decided to be buyers …
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Al's Ramblings
Jacob Bogage / Chicago Tribune:
Major League Baseball wants to expand. Montreal wants its Expos back. — The Washington Post — Major League Baseball is bound for expansion one of these days. Commissioner Rob Manfred has kicked around the idea of a 32-team league for a while now and brought up the notion again during last week's All-Star festivities.
Corey Seidman / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Latest trade rumor strangely links Phillies to Orioles OF Adam Jones — Fancred's Jon Heyman reported Wednesday afternoon that the — Phillies are “considering” trading for — Adam Jones. — There are multiple reasons why this would be a strange fit. Jones hasn't played a position other than center field since 2007.
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MLB Trade Rumors and Phillies Nation
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Shane Greene's workouts pick up as trade deadline nears — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Shane Greene's work day began at 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, in front of the Detroit Tigers' dugout, with his trusty workout buddy. — He brings his buddy nearly everywhere he goes.
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Royals Review
Tim Booth / Toronto Sun:
Gordon's error in 9th allows Giants to beat Mariners 4-3 — SEATTLE (AP) Pablo Sandoval hustled out of the box, and once the ball trickled past pitcher Edwin Diaz, he knew there was a chance of reaching base to keep San Francisco's ninth-inning rally alive.
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Lookout Landing