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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 …
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays trade Nathan Eovaldi to Red Sox
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Diamondbacks Acquire Matt Andriese
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MLB Baseball News …, AZ Snake Pit and MLB Daily Dish
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
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Matthew Moreno / DodgerBlue.com:
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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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' trade bait Matt Boyd, Jose Iglesias shine in 8-4 win — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There was a plate of meatballs on manager Ron Gardenhire's desk after Wednesday afternoon's game. — For so long, the Detroit Tigers have not been feasting. In many games over the past month and a half …
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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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
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AZ Snake Pit
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Yoenis Cespedes injury: Five questions surrounding NY Mets slugger's heel surgery — Yoenis Cespedes' season is over, and he will not be available for a sizable portion of the 2019 season with the slugger set to undergo heel surgery later this week. — The surgery will remove bone calcification …
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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.
Erik Brady / Tennessean.com:
Expect lots of haters when Josh Hader takes to the road starting Thursday — You're Josh Hader. You've got four games coming up in San Francisco against the Giants, beginning Thursday. And you just know you're going to get booed like you play for the damn Dodgers.
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
