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Jim Bowden / The Athletic:
Jim Bowden's Trade Deadline Diary: With nine days left, who needs what — and where can they get it? — There are now just nine days left until the “hard” July 31 4 p.m. ET trade deadline. The landscape of sellers and buyers remains fluid. The Texas Rangers were once buyers; they are now sellers.
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MLB Baseball News …, NBCSports.com, DRaysBay, Athletics Nation and McCovey Chronicles
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Field Level / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Bailey prepares for second A's start vs. Astros — Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. — But Bailey was acquired to help Oakland beat teams like the — Houston Astros, who he faces Monday night in the opener of the teams' big three-game series at Minute Maid Park in Houston. — That Bailey knocked off the
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Lone Star Ball and The Crawfish Boxes
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Marc Topkin's takeaways from Rays' 4-2 Sunday win over White Sox — On ex-Met Travis d'Arnaud's all-around impact on Rays, the need to just get a W, why Matt Duffy will be worth waiting for. — Marc Topkin's takeaways from Rays' 4-2 Sunday win over White Sox: — * Travis d'Arnaud hasn't only been a hit at the plate.
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Beyond the Box Score and DRaysBay
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Mark Didtler / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Snell, d'Arnaud help Rays beat White Sox to end 5-game skid — Blake Snell struck out 10 in six scoreless innings, — Travis d'Arnaud hit his first grand slam and the — Tampa Bay Rays stopped their longest losing streak of the year at five games by beating the — Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Sunday.
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South Side Sox
ESPN:
‘It stinks,’ Lindor says after foul ball strikes child — CLEVELAND — Francisco Lindor wasn't thinking about his home run that helped the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Sunday. Instead, the All-Star shortstop said he was concerned only about the young child who was struck by a line drive he hit.
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MLB Baseball News … and True Blue LA
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Steve Herrick / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Lindor hits foul ball that injures child; Indians top KC 5-4
Lindor hits foul ball that injures child; Indians top KC 5-4
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Let's Go Tribe
Ben Weinrib / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
In the heat of a playoff race, Brewers lose All-Star pitcher Brandon Woodruff to oblique injury — One of the Milwaukee Brewers' best surprises of the year has been Brandon Woodruff, who became the team's — first starting pitcher to earn an All-Star nod in over a decade.
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Brew Crew Ball and MLB Trade Rumors
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Twins Select Cody Stashak, Place C.J. Cron On IL — The Twins have selected the contract of righty Cody Stashak and recalled fellow reliever Lewis Thorpe, per a club announcement. They'll take the active roster places of first baseman C.J. Cron, who's headed to the injured list with a thumb malady …
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Twinkie Town
Associated Press:
Mets Waste a Solid Steven Matz Start in Extra Innings Loss — SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Yastrzemski homered with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 3-2 victory over the Mets on Sunday. — The Giants had not had a hit since the fourth …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and MLB Baseball News …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers, Edwin Jackson Agree To Minor League Deal — The Tigers have agreed to a minor league contract with veteran righty Edwin Jackson, as was first indicated on the league transactions log at MLB.com. Jason Beck of MLB.com tweets that Jackson is joining the club's Triple-A affiliate in Toledo.
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MLB Baseball News … and Bless You Boys
The Athletic:
Nick Castellanos? Jarrod Dyson? As trade deadline approaches, Cubs zero in on potential targets — Cubs manager Joe Maddon rarely criticizes a player in the Wrigley Field interview room, preferring to deliver that message in private or let one of his coaches be the bad cop.
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NBCSports.com, MLB Baseball News …, MLB Trade Rumors, Bluebird Banter, Bleacher Nation and Cubs Insider
Patrick Dunne / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
New Red Sox starter Andrew Cashner has a ‘beard clause’ in his contract — has had a couple of rough starts for Boston but fits right into this pitching staff. Appearance-wise, at least. — The beefy (6-6, 235) right-hander sports one of the most impressive beards in baseball and now …
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NBCSports.com, Union-News and Over the Monster
Sarah Trotto / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Mejia homers as Padres beat Cubs 5-1 to avoid sweep — Francisco Mejia homered, Fernando Tatis Jr. drove in three runs and the — San Diego Padres avoided the sweep, beating the — Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Sunday. — Mejia and Tatis had two hits apiece for the Padres …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and Gaslamp Ball