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Yankees put CC Sabathia on DL — New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia is headed to the disabled list with a Grade 1 strain of the adductor muscle near his left leg, the team announced on Wednesday. — Sabathia will miss his next two starts and return after the All-Star break.
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Andy Pettitte out at least 6 weeks — NEW YORK — New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte has a fractured left ankle and will miss at least six weeks. — The 40-year-old Pettitte was hit on the ankle by a line drive in the fifth inning of Wednesday's game against the Cleveland Indians.
Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Pregame notes: Sabathia expected to miss two starts — During Sunday's fourth inning, CC Sabathia felt some discomfort near his left groin. He never mentioned it to the Yankees until the pain lingered during Tuesday's bullpen session. An MRI revealed a Grade 1 strain of his adductor muscle …
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River Avenue Blues and An A-Blog for A-Rod
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Pettitte fractures ankle, to miss six weeks
Pettitte fractures ankle, to miss six weeks
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MLB Daily Dish and Sliding Into Home
Howard Ulman / Globe and Mail:
Red Sox rough up Romero, Blue Jays 10-4 — The Red Sox scored six runs in the first inning against a wild Ricky Romero, David Ortiz hit his 399th career homer and Boston beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 on Wednesday for its fifth straight series win. — Adrian Gonzalez had three RBIs …
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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Red Sox's Buchholz diagnosed with esophagitis
Red Sox's Buchholz diagnosed with esophagitis
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Boston Globe and Yahoo! Sports
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Jacoby Ellsbury to start rehab Friday
Jacoby Ellsbury to start rehab Friday
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Boston Globe and Over the Monster
Associated Press:
Escobar, Butler, Moustakas all homer to lead Royals over Rays — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Billy Butler greeted reliever Burke Badenhop with a solo home run in the eighth, powering Kansas City to a 5-4 victory on a scorching Wednesday afternoon and a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Yahoo! Sports and Royals Review
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Yankees fielder drops ball, fan picks it up in the stands, ump calls Indians batter out anyway — Check out this screen capture from the YES Network's broadcast of last night's Indians-Yankees game: — See the big fella holding his hand up? He's got the ball that Indians third baseman …
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NY Daily News and Pinstriped Bible …
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Erik Malinowski / Deadspin:
The Greatest Trick Dewayne Wise Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World He Caught This Ball [UPDATE]
The Greatest Trick Dewayne Wise Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World He Caught This Ball [UPDATE]
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lenNY's Yankees and CBS Chicago
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Reds Land Gelalich For $825,000 — The Reds have signed supplemental first-round pick Jeff Gelalich for $825,000. — After hitting a combined .284 with four homers in his first two seasons at UCLA, Gelalich led the Bruins to the College World Series by batting .351 with 11 longballs this spring.
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MLB Rumors
Paul Hagen / MLB.com:
Utley appears good to go for return to Phillies — “I think the more ... at-bats I get, the more repetitions in the field, I think I'll continue to improve,” said Chase Utley. (AP) — ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The lights over Coca-Cola Park had barely taken hold when Chase Utley stepped …
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Phillies Nation, Philliesflow.com, The Good Phight and MLB Daily Dish
Dom Cosentino / Deadspin:
Pitching Prospect Stops Line Drive With Face — Scary moment last night for Gerrit Cole, the No. 1 overall choice in last year's MLB draft. Cole was making just his second start for the Altoona Curve, the Pirates' Double-A affiliate, when what you see in the video above happened in the first inning.
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Getting Blanked
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Ethier exits finale with left oblique injury in first — SAN FRANCISCO — Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier was removed from Wednesday's game against the Giants in the first inning after suffering a left oblique injury. — Ethier, who walked, was erased sliding into second base on an inning-ending double play by Juan Rivera.
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True Blue LA
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Matheny will make sure on substitutes — MIAMI • After what he called a sleepless night of replaying Monday's ninth-inning lineup confusion in his head, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny will alter how he notifies umpires of his player substitutions. — Crew chief Jerry Layne suggested …
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HardballTalk
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Notebook: Carpenter suffers setback
Clark Goble / MLB.com:
Vincent recalled, makes big league debut — HOUSTON — When right-hander Nick Vincent was called up to the Padres for the first time on May 18, his mechanics weren't in good shape. He was with the club for two games, and didn't pitch in either before being optioned to Triple-A Tucson on May 20.
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