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Raleigh (oblique strain) makes first career trip to IL — HOUSTON — For the first time in his career, Cal Raleigh is heading to the IL. — The Mariners placed the reigning American League MVP runner-up on the 10-day injured list ahead of Thursday afternoon's 8-3 series-finale win over the Astros with a right oblique strain.
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Ben Clemens / FanGraphs Baseball:
You're Probably Underrating Dylan Lee — One of my favorite article genres to produce is “you've never heard of this reliever, but he's great now.” Generally speaking, it's either some dude who has been in the majors for a while but recently learned something new, or someone who burst onto …
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Pete Grathoff / Kansas City Star:
White Sox continue to flip script in 2026, defeating visiting Royals 6-5 — again — AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. — White Sox beat the Royals 6-5 for their fourth victory in six meetings this season. — Royals dropped to 19-24 after their third straight loss and were 2-for-10 with RISP.
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
2026 MLB mock draft 1.0: Who will go No. 1 to the White Sox? — The MLB draft is two months away, so it's a perfect time for our first 2026 mock draft. — Starting with a suddenly very intriguing race to go No. 1 and going through the 40th pick of the draft, we project what all 30 teams will do.
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A's get lefty reliever Suarez in trade with Mariners — WEST SACRAMENTO - The Athletics acquired left-hander José Suarez from the Mariners on Thursday in exchange for cash considerations. — Suarez will be joining his third different organization this season.
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Roshane Thomas / The Athletic:
Mateus Fernandes has filled the Paqueta void at West Ham - but might now have outgrown them — There has been an increase in the number of European scouts attending games at the London Stadium to monitor a talent who is not expected to remain at West Ham United for much longer.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' crushing, walk-off loss comes with a silver lining … ARLINGTON, TX — The Diamondbacks had just suffered what might have been their most crushing defeat of the season — they were walked off, 6-5, by the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the ninth after rallying for the lead …
Roger Rubin / Newsday:
Mets' Carson Benge hits walk-off single but Juan Soto leaves with injury — A day that started with bad news about Francsico Alvarez going on the injured list, and began to look bleaker when Juan Soto had to be removed from the game due to pain after fouling a ball off his right foot …
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Alex Pavlovic / NBC Sports Bay Area & California:
Willy Adames ‘ashamed’ by poor baserunning mistake in Giants' loss to Dodgers — LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani hit 100.6 mph on a pitch to Bryce Eldridge in the first inning Wednesday. He struck out eight Giants overall, lowering his ERA on the season to 0.82 and his ERA against the rival to 0.32.
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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Fan at White Sox game hospitalized after fall into visiting bullpen — CHICAGO — The Royals-White Sox game at Rate Field was delayed for a brief time Wednesday after a fan fell into the Kansas City bullpen in right field. — The fan can be seen on video tumbling over a rail above …
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Matt Gelb / The Athletic:
The Mattinglys, Phillies' father-son manager-GM duo, are embracing an unexpected season — By the time Preston Mattingly was a teenager, his famous father had retired from baseball but still hung around the game. The Mattingly name is synonymous with certain things in this sport …
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Tim Healey / The Boston Globe:
Garrett Crochet hopes to accelerate return to Red Sox by skipping rehab assignment — Garrett Crochet already has missed more time than he hoped he would, but he was upbeat Wednesday afternoon at Fenway Park after taking a meaningful step forward in his recovery from a left shoulder injury.
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