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Jake Crouse / MLB.com:
Oneil Cruz crushes hardest-hit ball possibly ever — PITTSBURGH — Oneil Cruz was born to break Statcast. — The Pirates' 6-foot-7 shortstop has already set marks with his crazy strong arm, but in Wednesday's 14-2 loss to the Braves, he recorded the hardest-hit ball in Statcast history …
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NBC Chicago:
Oneil Cruz Has Hardest-hit Ball Recorded by MLB: 122.4 Mph — The 23-year-old Cruz is expected to be a key part of the Pirates' rebuild — If the goal of swinging a bat is to hit the ball hard, then Oneil Cruz did it better than anyone. — The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie recorded …
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MLB Baseball News … and Bleacher Nation
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants lefty José Álvarez likely headed for Tommy John surgery — MINNEAPOLIS — The San Francisco Giants, who have needed a reliable left-hander in the bullpen much of the season, won't be getting a veteran lefty back down the stretch as they'd hoped.
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
‘This is what we did to ourselves’: Can White Sox overcome ‘demons’ in time to make playoffs? — BALTIMORE — They were supposed to be great but are merely good. Expected to dominate, but instead are bafflingly inconsistent. And as an oft-maddening 2022 season jerks toward a conclusion …
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Big hits elude the Chicago White Sox once again — 'everybody's frustrated' — in a 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles — ExpandAutoplay — 1 of 20 — Orioles pitcher Félix Bautista, right, fish bumps catcher Adley Rutschman, left, after striking out White Sox's José Abreu with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.
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Reading Eagle, Camden Chat, South Side Sox and Associated Press
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
All 30 Major League Baseball teams to play one another in a season for first time in 2023 — play — All 30 teams will play one another in a season for the first time in the interleague era, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday as it released the schedule for the 2023 season.
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MLB.com:
MLB announces 2023 regular season schedule — 2023 Campaign to Feature New Balanced Schedule as All 30 Clubs Play Each Other; 93rd All-Star Game Presented by Mastercard at T-Mobile Park to be Played on July 11th — Major League Baseball today announced its master 2023 regular season schedule …
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins camp: Tua hits Tyreek deep at joint practice with Eagles; plus stock up, stock down — Sun Sentinel reporters Chris Perkins and David Furones discuss QB Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins' joint practice with Eagles ahead of their preseason game. (, /South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Is it vanilla preseason play calls? Can FB Alec Ingold help? Dolphins look for answers in run game
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Mercury News
Ken Rosenthal / MLB - The Athletic:
What would Angels sale mean for Shohei Ohtani? Plus AL MVP, Dansby Swanson and more — Now what for the Angels? — Fans are in an understandably celebratory mood over Arte Moreno's plan to sell the club. The franchise's potential under new ownership is almost dizzying.
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ESPN:
Philadelphia Phillies to welcome back Bryce Harper on Friday, but Zack Wheeler lands on IL due to right forearm tendinitis — MLB, Philadelphia Phillies — PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies will welcome back Bryce Harper on Friday, but when he gets there, they'll be minus ace Zack Wheeler.
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Lindsey Adler / MLB - The Athletic:
Yankees' Nestor Cortes placed on injured list with groin injury — The New York Yankees placed starter Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list with a groin injury on Thursday. They called up right-handed reliever Greg Weissert from Triple A to join the team in Oakland.
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Evan Drellich / MLB - The Athletic:
Inside MLB's Astros cheating investigation: GM Jeff Luhnow deleted phone data — The following is an excerpt from “Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess,” to be published by HarperCollins, © 2023 by Evan Drellich.
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New York Post, Sports Illustrated and FanSided
Associated Press:
Judge 48th HR, Yanks beat Mets 4-2 to sweep Subway Series — NEW YORK — If this is what the regular season Subway Series was like, imagine the Yankees and Mets meeting in October for baseball's biggest prize. — “You'd like to think ahead a little bit, because of the pace they're …
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Yankees snatch first game of Subway Series, 4-2
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