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Alden GonzalezESPN / ESPN:
Kenley Jansen tagged for back-to-back homers in return, takes loss — LOS ANGELES — The third cutter, up and away, came in at 91.6 mph and traveled 393 feet just slightly to the left of center field. The fifth one, right down the middle, was thrown 92.2 mph and sailed 399 feet to almost the exact same location.
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen is cleared to pitch — Kenley Jansen, sidelined since Aug. 9 because of symptoms related to an irregular heartbeat, was cleared to pitch after a follow-up visit with his cardiologist on Monday, providing a huge boost to a Dodgers bullpen that has floundered in the absence of its dominant closer.
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Scott Boeck / USA Today:
Kenley Jansen returns as Dodgers closer, not thinking about heart: ‘If it goes, it goes’
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David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
Bryse Wilson gives Braves another 20-year-old who's a keeper — The Atlanta Braves may win the NL East. Maybe the Phillies win it. It's not out of the question that the Nationals somehow pull off a miracle run in September and surge past them both, although that seems pretty unlikely …
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Talking Chop
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Bryse Wilson latest standout in Braves' pitching prospects parade
Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Out of nowhere, Bryse Wilson makes his major league debut
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Select Bryse Wilson, Designate Ryan Flaherty, Outright Chad Bell
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Buster OlneyESPN Senior / ESPN:
Machado, Harper ... Eovaldi? Red Sox righty could get big payday — Sometime after Nathan Eovaldi was traded to the Boston Red Sox, the surgeon who performed the pitcher's second elbow reconstruction texted a picture to the right-hander. But what Dr. Chris Ahmad sent to Eovaldi …
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Sarah Langs / ESPN:
The 100s tracker: Can Red Sox stay on record-setting pace?
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Associated Press:
White Sox manager Rick Renteria taken to hospital as precaution — MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago White Sox manager Rick Renteria has been taken to a hospital after complaining of lightheadedness. — The 56-year-old Renteria was at the ballpark when the issue arose and was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center as a precaution.
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Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Giancarlo Stanton returns to Miami, still rooting for the Marlins — MIAMI — By the final time Giancarlo Stanton put on a Miami Marlins home uniform last season, he was worn down, beaten up, drained. — But that wasn't all. — At what would prove to be the end of a decade-long roller-coaster ride …
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
The only bats Yankees could get are not that enticing
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MLB Trade Rumors and Federal Baseball
Peter Schmuck / The Charlotte Observer:
Another trade deadline looms, but Adam Jones seems to want to stick around for Orioles' rebuild — Just when you probably thought it was safe to relax and enjoy watching Adam Jones in an Orioles uniform for at least the rest of the season, another trade deadline looms next week.
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Adam Jones faces rookie who was part of minor league host family — Orioles outfielder Adam Jones and Blue Jays rookie catcher Danny Jansen are 10 years apart in age, 13 years apart in MLB service time and aren't related, yet Monday's game in Toronto was a reunion of sorts for the two.
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds held to 3 hits, Homer Bailey can't hold off Milwaukee Brewers in loss — MILWAUKEE - As fireworks exploded from Travis Shaw's go-ahead, two-run home run in the sixth inning Monday at Miller Park, Reds pitcher Homer Bailey stood on the mound and stared into the outfield.
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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds shortstop Jose Peraza surprises himself, teammates with his newfound power
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Tim Booth / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Cano homers late, lifts Mariners to 7-4 win over Astros — Robinson Cano hit his first home run since returning from an 80-game suspension, a three-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning and lifted the — Seattle Mariners to a key 7-4 win over the — Houston Astros on Monday night.
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Associated Press:
Davis homers in jersey signed by fan, A's top Rangers 9-0 — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — On a night they both homered — and Ramon Laureano for the first two times in his career — the rookie learned far more about teammate Khris Davis than just his ability to clear fences.
Fred Kerber / New York Post:
Epic Mets blunder leads to most embarrassing defeat yet — The Mets were in a 13th-inning mess largely of their own doing. A single, errant pickoff and wild pitch had a runner on third with no out. Then came a walk and, after a foul out, a stolen base. — The Mets got one reprieve …
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McCovey Chronicles
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Associated Press:
Doc Edwards, manager of Indians from 1987-89, dies at 81 — SAN ANGELO, Texas — Doc Edwards, a major league catcher who went on to manage the Cleveland Indians for three seasons in the 1980s, has died. He was 81. — His death in San Angelo was announced by his family through longtime friends.
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USA Today:
Tyler Austin's dad takes shots at Yankees' Greg Bird on Twitter — Is Tyler Austin better than Greg Bird? — Austin's dad, Chris, certainly thinks so, and he took to Twitter to make that point. — The tweets have since been deleted, but they were captured by one user on Twitter.
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New York Post
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Gibbons “didn't think twice” about punishing Pillar for base-running gaffe — John Gibbons sat back in his office chair and laughed that laugh that has endeared him to Blue Jays fans for years now. — Perhaps mildly surprised that a day later he was being asked why Kevin Pillar wasn't being …
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Mark Suleymanov / Sporting News:
Danny Jansen leaves injury troubles behind as historic Blue Jays debut continues
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Bluebird Banter
Tim Bannon / Chicago Tribune:
Unlikely ex-Cubs pitchers fueling Athletics' stunning surge — Chicago Tribune — Tucked away in the story of the Oakland Athletics' remarkable surge is a surprising sub-plot: Former Cubs pitchers. — Edwin Jackson, Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson and even Fernando Rodney …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Jason Heyward might worth a look at leadoff spot for Cubs against Tigers — Chicago Tribune — Manager Joe Maddon has used eight leadoff batters this season, including four in the Cubs' last four games. — Those hitters have combined to produce a National League-best .374 on-base percentage.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
