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Joon Lee / ESPN:
Where are the Red Sox headed after their weekend in the Bronx? — NEW YORK — You can't really characterize the 2019 Boston Red Sox as a bad baseball team. Two months in, they sit just outside the wild-card race, trailing the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers for the two playoff spots …
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Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Yankees send message, but they're not perfect yet — NEW YORK — Youth and inexperience have been among the driving forces behind the New York Yankees' early-season success. — They've also, at rare moments, been the source of some of the Yankees' troubles.
Alex Speier Globe / BostonGlobe.com:
Adam Ottavino could have been a difference maker in Red Sox bullpen
Peter Abraham Globe / BostonGlobe.com:
A much-needed victory, for both David Price and the Red Sox
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Associated Press:
MLB notes: Phillies acquire outfielder Jay Bruce from Mariners — Former All-Star outfielder Jay Bruce was traded to Philadelphia by the Seattle Mariners, a deal that will cost the Phillies just $2.75 million over the next 1 1/2 seasons. — As part of the trade finalized Sunday …
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Erik Erickson / Associated Press:
Pujols HR, Suarez wins in debut, Angels rout Mariners — SEATTLE (AP) - Albert Pujols hit his 643rd career homer and drove in five runs, Jose Suarez won in his major league debut and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners 13-3 on Sunday. — Called up from Triple-A Salt Lake …
Todd Zola / ESPN:
Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Second Dallas Keuchel bidding war begins today; Yankees need him more than most — Just watching CC Sabathia gingerly walk back to the mound after running over to cover first base on Sunday night was a reminder of why the Yankees are actively scouting starting pitchers across baseball.
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La Velle E. Neal III / Star Tribune:
Twins confirm interest in signing pitchers Dallas Keuchel, Craig Kimbrel — ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - It's not a matter of the Twins choosing between lefthander Dallas Keuchel and closer Craig Kimbrel. At least for now. That's because the Twins are interested in signing both …
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MLB Trade Rumors, The Runner Sports and Beyond the Box Score
Brendan Kuty / New Jersey Online:
MLB rumors: Latest on Yankees' ongoing talks with Dallas Keuchel — The Yankees and free agent starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel have started talking dollars but, right now, one side thinks the other doesn't make sense. — That's according to MLB Network's Jon Heyman, who said that Keuchel and the Yankees were apart on money.
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MLB Trade Rumors, Pinstripe Alley and True Blue LA
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Knizner enjoys solid big-league debut — On Saturday night, after a 3-hour 37-minute rain delay, rookie catcher Andrew Knizner took to the Busch Stadium turf and began sprinting and stretching in the outfield as if he was about to enter the game. He didn't.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Trust him: Waino is ‘not over the hill’ and proves it as Cardinals sweep Cubs — Sunday's matchup of Chicago Cubs veteran Cole Hamels and longtime Cardinals linchpin Adam Wainwright marked the 406th start of Hamels' career and 297th of Wainwright's. In that collection of 703 starts …
Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wong's defensive gem stymies Chicago rally — Kolten Wong did a little of everything Sunday afternoon as the Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Chicago Cubs. — But he had no trouble picking his personal play of the day. — “Definitely, that play in the eighth,” he said.
Bernie Wilson / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Alfaro's 4 RBIs help carry Marlins over Padres 9-3 — Jorge Alfaro homered, doubled and drove in a career-high four runs for the — San Diego Padres 9-3 on Sunday in a game delayed 28 minutes after a swarm of bees settled on a microphone on the netting near the home dugout.
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Field Level / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Phillies, Padres set for Harper-Machado Round 1 — Since the start of March, many people in baseball have had the next three days at Petco Park in San Diego marked down on their calendars. — The — Phillies vs. the — Padres. — The two most costly free agents from the 2018-19 cycle on the same field for the first time.
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Padres News and Phillies Nation
Associated Press:
Fired-up Scherzer strikes out 15 at Nationals beat Reds 4-1 — CINCINNATI (AP) — Max Scherzer struck out a season high 15, allowing three hits over eight innings to lead the Washington Nationals over Cincinnati 4-1 on Sunday, their 12th win in 14 games against the Reds.
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Paul Daugherty / Cincinnati.com:
We won't see many pitching performances like Scherzer put on anymore
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
From dominating Triple-A to hitting off Reds' bench, Josh VanMeter adjusting to role
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Federal Baseball and MLB Baseball News …
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Ron Gardenhire will keep pushing Detroit Tigers' starting pitchers. Here's why — ATLANTA - Sure, if Ron Gardenhire knew that Daniel Norris was going to allow a two-run home run to Atlanta Braves rookie Austin Riley in the bottom of the sixth inning on Saturday afternoon, he wouldn't have sent him back out.
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Bryce Miller / Miami Herald:
Padres slugger Franmil Reyes in Home Run Derby would add tasty subplot — No one has owned a better vantage point to witness Franmil Reyes' unflinching abuse of baseballs than Padres bench coach Rod Barajas. He's seen it across Triple-A, when he managed El Paso.
David Ginsburg / Star Tribune:
Crawford hits 2 HRs to help Giants breeze past Orioles 8-1 — BALTIMORE — The San Francisco Giants and Evan Longoria came to Camden Yards looking to break out of extended slumps. — Having accomplished that objective at the expense of the horrid Baltimore Orioles, both the team …
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
‘Maybe one day.’ The march to the big leagues begins Monday for prep star Bobby Witt Jr. — The moment Bobby Witt Jr. has been awaiting arrives this week. — “This is what we've worked for since August, even the last three years,” he said Saturday. — No, it's not the MLB First-Year Player Draft on Monday night.
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Jesse Yomtov / USA Today:
2019 MLB draft: Order, time, TV info for first round and Day 1 — Major League Baseball's 2019 first-year player draft begins Monday with the first 78 selections. — The draft takes place over three days at the MLB Network studios in Secaucus, N.J. and can run up to 40 rounds.
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Pinstripe Alley
Associated Press:
Sampson gets first win as starter as Rangers top Royals 5-1 — ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Sampson provided evidence Sunday that he doesn't need to follow a closer to the mound for the Texas Rangers to be successful. — The 27-year-old right-hander struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings …
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Rangers News, Dallas-Fort Worth Sports News and Lone Star Ball
Eduardo A. Encina / Tampa Bay Times:
Another foul ball incident spurs talk about increased safety netting at MLB ballparks — After a foul ball injures a 4-year-old in Houston last week, the league considers ways to prevent batted ball injuries — ST. PETERSBURG — Just beyond the far end of both dugouts at Tropicana Field …
