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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees drop series finale to Reds after 10th inning rally falls short — The Yankees took two losses Thursday. Hours before first pitch, the Bombers lost Luis Severino to the injured list. Then they went out and lost to the best pitcher who will be on the trade market over the next two weeks.
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Orange County Register and Denver Post
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Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Yankees, Dodgers early favorites for Reds' Luis Castillo — MORE FROM: — The Yankees love Luis Castillo and have been trying to acquire him off and on for a couple of years, and word is the Yankees and Dodgers are best-positioned to land the All-Star right-hander, who's likely the best starter on the market.
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Brew Crew Ball, Bleacher Nation, New Jersey Online and MLB Trade Rumors
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Luis Severino leaves with shoulder tightness; Yankees rally to beat Reds 7-6 in 10 — DJ LeMahieu scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Yankees 62 wins before the All-Star break, tying a franchise record. Clay Holmes found the feel for his sinker again.
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New Jersey Online and New York Post
Ken Rosenthal / MLB - The Athletic:
How Reds ace Luis Castillo became the darling of the MLB trade deadline
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Sports Illustrated and New Jersey Online
Carlos Collazo / Baseball America:
2022 MLB Mock Draft V 6.0 — Unlike our last mock draft, which was released during a relatively quiet week for industry chatter, there has been plenty of draft chatter and rumor mongering that is reflected in V 6.0 today. With the draft starting on Sunday, this will serve …
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Bleacher Nation, Battery Power, Lone Star Ball and Padres
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Mock: Is the best overall prospect a lock for No. 1 pick? — Welcome to our penultimate mock draft of 2022. And yes, we look forward to this edition every year just to use the word “penultimate.” — Jim Callis and I will have one more projection of the first 39 picks coming to you in the hours …
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Camden Chat, Red Reporter, Bleacher Nation and Lone Star Ball
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
2022 MLB Mock Draft 3.0: Kiley McDaniel predicts the first two rounds — The 2022 MLB draft is just days away, and it's time for my third mock draft projecting the full 80-pick first day of this year's event. — The draft will take place July 17-19 in Los Angeles, and I'd estimate …
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New Jersey Online and MLB Baseball News …
Mike Axisa / CBSSports.com:
2022 MLB Mock Draft: Orioles take Termarr Johnson at No. 1; Padres scoop up Kumar Rocker — The 2022 MLB Draft is only a few days away. Last year MLB pushed the draft back to the All-Star break in an effort to better market the event, and that will be the norm moving forward even though many executives don't like it.
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MLive.com
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago's U.S. attorney sues Cubs, alleging disability law violations in Wrigley Field renovations — ExpandAutoplay — 1 of 21 — Windows frame the view past the outfield at the new Catalina Club in the upper deck behind home plate at Wrigley Field on April 6, 2019, in Chicago.
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Associated Press, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Orange County Register
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Chicago Tribune:
Read the lawsuit: U.S. attorney sues Chicago Cubs alleging disability law violations — Windows frame the view past the outfield at the new Catalina Club in the upper deck behind home plate at Wrigley Field on April 6, 2019, in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
ASK IRA: Will Heat extension waiting game create a strain with Tyler Herro? — Q: Ira, why can't we sign Tyler Herro to an extension first and then worry about if we need to put him in a trade? - Stephen. — A: If only it were that simple. Because Tyler Herro would be receiving …
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat, Highsmith fall 75-71 to 76ers in summer league, as Nikola Jovic, Omer Yurtseven sit
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Reading Eagle
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat's Caleb Martin moves up on pay scale, now must scale challenge at power forward
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Mercury News and Denver Post
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
How the Orioles — yes, the Baltimore Orioles — became the hottest team in MLB — CHICAGO — The last time the Baltimore Orioles took the field vying for their 10th consecutive win, Cal Ripken Jr. was starting at third base and Albert Belle was manning right field. — It was Sept. 18, 1999.
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Forbes and Camden Chat
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Mike Petriello / MLB.com:
What you need to know about Statcast bat tracking — Early returns indicate Julio Rodríguez has elite swing speed — One hundred years ago, Babe Ruth was redefining how baseball was played, and understood. In 1920, Prof. A.L. Hodges, “the Well-Known Physicist,” wrote Ruth had …
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U.S.S. Mariner and Covering the Corner
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets knock three HRs on way to 7-3 win over Braves, clinching series — ATLANTA — The Mets broke out the bats and poured it on in the series finale at Truist Park. They took advantage early and left no doubt about which divisional playoff contender would snatch the critical three-game set …
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New York Post
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Francisco Lindor stepping up at the plate crucial to Mets winning series against Braves
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The Athletic and Newsday
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Andrew Benintendi, Whit Merrifield among 10 unvaccinated Kansas City Royals players out for Toronto Blue Jays series — MLB, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays — Ten Kansas City Royals players, including four of their top hitters and their best two starting pitchers this season …
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Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
John Henry takes stock of the Red Sox' present and future — The Red Sox' present and future await definition. — In the present, the team is a contender but hardly a lock for the postseason. The Sox entered Wednesday with the third-best record in the American League East (47-41) …
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Union-News and NBCSports.com
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Rob Bradford / Audacy:
J.D. Martinez knows why this trade deadline is ‘very weird’
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NBCSports.com
