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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Nightengale's Notebook: Twins' Carlos Correa finds peace after bizarre free agency saga  —  PHOENIX — He watched his 13-year, $350 million contract go up in flames just three hours before his press conference in downtown San Francisco.  —  Three weeks later, his 12-year …
MLB.com:
Complete All-Star Game rosters include familiar faces, 32 first-timers  —  The full rosters for the 2024 All-Star Game have been revealed.  —  Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the American League and National League on Sunday, adding the pitchers and reserves …
Ken Rosenthal / New York Times:
Why the defending champion Rangers could be deadline sellers; plus more MLB notes  —  Shocking as it might be for a defending World Series champion to sell at the trade deadline, the strategy would not be unprecedented.  And if the Texas Rangers sell, they could go even further than the last champion to reboot, the 2014 Boston Red Sox.
Craig Mish / Miami Herald:
With the Marlins set to be big sellers, here's who is most likely to be traded  —  With about three weeks to go until the Major League Baseball Trade Deadline, the Marlins are clear sellers.  —  The club is expected to move multiple players on or before the deadline and here is where they stand on some of them.
Grant Young / Sports Illustrated:
Yankees' All-Star Breaks Silence on Team's Ongoing Struggles  —  Yankees' slugger Juan Soto was honest about his team's current losing skid.  —  The New York Yankees are experiencing a brutal downward slide in the MLB season.  —  After holding an MLB-best 49-21 record on June 12 …
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Devers puts Sox on his shoulders with 2 more HRs in Bronx  —  NEW YORK — Through six innings, Sunday Night Baseball at Yankee Stadium felt like a silent movie as Boston's Kutter Crawford and New York's Luis Gil traded zeroes at a strikingly crisp pace.  —  But in the seventh …
Associated Press:
Ex-Dodger Raúl Mondesi sentenced to 6 years in Dominican Republic jail  —  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Raúl Mondesi was sentenced Friday by a Dominican court to six years and nine months in jail and fined $507,000 for corruption during …
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks pound San Diego Padres, climb back to .500 on season  —  SAN DIEGO — The Diamondbacks' West Coast swing began last week with their general manager stating plainly that he needed his team to play better to warrant him being a buyer at the upcoming trade deadline.
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Mets' Drew Smith scheduled for elbow surgery Friday  —  PITTSBURGH — Drew Smith is scheduled for season-ending elbow surgery on Friday, but the Mets reliever doesn't know yet what kind of surgery it will be.  —  Smith has an appointment Thursday in Texas with Dr. Keith Meister …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
ESPN:
Cubs' Colten Brewer breaks hand punching wall after rough outing  —  The Chicago Cubs placed right-handed pitcher Colten Brewer on the 60-day injured list Sunday because of a broken left hand after he punched the dugout wall in frustration the day before.  —  Brewer entered Saturday's game …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
10-year veteran Kevin Pillar says he's likely to retire after 2024 MLB season  —  Just two months ago, 35-year-old outfielder Kevin Pillar was sitting home in Scottsdale, Ariz., unemployed, and released by the worst team in baseball, the Chicago White Sox.  —  He hated the idea that his 9-year …
 
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