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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Andrew Benintendi leaves game with right wrist injury — As if things weren't bad enough for the spiraling Yankees, they lost one of their few productive hitters Friday night. After taking a swing at a pitch in the third inning of the Yankees' game against the Rays at Tropicana Field …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Rays embarrass Yankees, 9-0, as division lead shrinks to 5 games — ST. PETERSBURG — It was embarrassing and alarming. The Yankees played sloppy defense behind a solid Domingo German and couldn't get a run across Friday night as the Rays shut them out 9- at Tropicana Field to cut …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees hope epidural will help Anthony Rizzo's back pain — ST. PETERSBURG — The Yankees are hopeful that Anthony Rizzo will be able to get some relief from the nagging back pain that has limited him this season after having an epidural on Thursday. Rizzo stayed behind in California …
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
‘Weirdest ending’: 2nd walk-off celebration sticks as the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 to pull within 3 games of 1st place — ExpandAutoplay — 1 of 29 — Chicago White Sox players celebrate as Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Jorge Lopez (48) pounds the turf after giving …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
White Sox manager Tony La Russa will see heart specialists, out indefinitely
White Sox manager Tony La Russa will see heart specialists, out indefinitely
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Dan Pompei / The Athletic:
Bears president and CEO Ted Phillips to retire after the 2022 season, ending a 23-year run — After 23 years as president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Bears and 39 years as a member of the team's front office, Ted Phillips is retiring at the end of the 2022 season …
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Mets Notebook: Buck Showalter misses hanging out at batting practice — The home team taking batting practice on the field has become increasingly rare. That's one of the main things Buck Showalter has noticed since coming back to a managerial role after three years away.
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Pete Alonso hitting slump comes as stress of playoff race heats up — Pete Alonso has never really played in meaningful games in his time as a major leaguer. — During his rookie season in 2019, the Mets entered September with a 14-game deficit in the National League East.
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Hold the Heat angst, Donovan Mitchell price tag was absurd — This is what the Miami Heat attempted to pre-empt in July, when the franchise that rarely, even surreptitiously, alludes to personnel deliberations did just that. — “We have enough,” an Erik Spoelstra favorite …
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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Cavaliers acquire Donovan Mitchell, beating out Knicks: source
Cavaliers acquire Donovan Mitchell, beating out Knicks: source
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Cleveland Guardians place Zach Plesac, Aaron Civale on injured list — CLEVELAND — Trying to hang on to their slim lead in the American League Central, the Cleveland Guardians lost two starting pitchers to injury on Friday. — Both Zach Plesac (broken hand) and Aaron Civale …
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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
A month since the MLB trade deadline, these acquisitions have paid off — and these haven't — For the intrepid general manager, winning the MLB trade deadline is a relatively straightforward proposition. There are exceptions, but generally aggressiveness is hailed, while passivity is panned.
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Cubs prospect notes: Cade Horton, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Moisés Ballesteros — After seeing a University of Oklahoma game this spring, Cubs area scout Ty Nichols sent a text message to vice president of scouting Dan Kantrovitz on March 30 that read: The one inning line doesn't show it, but that Cade Horton is a Bad Man!
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Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles prospect Grayson Rodriguez savors return to pitching: ‘I was gonna let it eat’ — The last time a manager visited him on the mound in the middle of a start, Grayson Rodriguez exited with an injury. On Thursday, Aberdeen's Roberto Mercado came out to issue an apology.
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