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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Top 20 International Prospects Tracker — There has been a wave of signings today, which you can find here on the Baseball America Prospects Blog. To help stay organized, we will track the signing teams for the Top 20 international prospects on this page.
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Giants Sign No. 5 International Prospect Gustavo Cabrera
Giants Sign No. 5 International Prospect Gustavo Cabrera
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Yankees Sign No. 2 International Prospect Luis Torrens
Yankees Sign No. 2 International Prospect Luis Torrens
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Blue Jays Sign No. 1 International Prospect Franklin Barreto
Blue Jays Sign No. 1 International Prospect Franklin Barreto
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Mets Sign No. 11 International Prospect Amed Rosario
Mets Sign No. 11 International Prospect Amed Rosario
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R.B. Fallstrom / Associated Press:
Craig hits 2 homers, Cardinals rip Rockies 9-3 — ST. LOUIS—Allen Craig hit a pair home runs, Carlos Beltran extended his RBI streak to a major league high nine games and Kyle Lohse worked into the eighth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' 9-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
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Associated Press:
Lance Berkman eyes return — ST. LOUIS — Lance Berkman expects to be back in the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup soon after the All-Star break. Maybe even the first day back. — “Yeah, it's possible,” Berkman said Monday after joining the team to continue rehab from a right knee injury.
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Viva El Birdos
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Final: A's 6, Red Sox 1 — Game over: Daisuke Matsuzaka set the wrong tone for the Red Sox getting bombarded for five runs in his 1 inning of work while Oakland's Jarrod Parker was outstanding over 6-2/3 innings. There would have to be real concerns about Matsuzaka's status …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Middlebrooks out of lineup, could head to DL
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Red Sox may be dealing with Will Middlebrooks injury
Red Sox may be dealing with Will Middlebrooks injury
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Associated Press:
Jones, Walker homer, Pirates beat Astros 11-2 — PITTSBURGH—Garrett Jones and Neil Walker hit back-to-back homers off the right-field foul pole to ignite Pittsburgh's offense and the Pirates beat the Houston Astros 11-2 on Monday night. — James McDonald pitched seven effective innings for Pittsburgh …
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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Lee mum on trade to Dodgers falling through
ESPN:
The final All-Star spot — Making a case for the last man on the All-Star rosters — 1. The least deserving All-Star is __________. — Christina Kahrl (@ChristinaKahrl ), SweetSpot: It's a tough call, because the easy suspects involve a lot of relievers (Ryan Cook, Huston Street and Fernando Rodney) …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
La Russa aims to continue NL's momentum
La Russa aims to continue NL's momentum
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Canadian Press:
Moustakas has five RBIs, grand slam as Royals beat Blue Jays — TORONTO — Mike Moustakas had five RBIs and his first career grand slam and Everett Teaford pitched seven strong innings as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3 on Monday.
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Fred Goodall / Globe and Mail:
Teixeira's first error helps Rays beat Yankees — B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena homered and the Tampa Bay Rays took advantage of Mark Teixeira's first error of the season to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Monday night. — Pinch hitter Brooks Conrad's RBI double with two outs …
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Associated Press:
Weaver, Angels Blank Indians 3-0 — CLEVELAND (AP) — Jered Weaver carried a shutout into the eighth inning, squirming out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-0 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night. — Weaver (9-1) allowed five singles …
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Associated Press:
Richard, Amarista Lead Padres Over Diamondbacks — PHOENIX (AP) — Clayton Richard came within one out of a complete game, Alexi Amarista hit one of three San Diego home runs and the Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 Monday night. — Cameron Maybin hit a 485-foot home run …
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Associated Press:
Aoki's bunt hit lifts Brewers over Marlins — MILWAUKEE — Pinch-hitter Norichika Aoki drove in the go-ahead run with a safety squeeze in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 6-5 on Monday night. — Rickie Weeks sparked the winning rally with a leadoff double.
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Fish Stripes
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Mariners Ink Zunino For $4 Million — The Mariners have signed Mike Zunino, the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, for $4 million. — Baseball America's College Player of the Year, Zunino led Florida to its third straight College World Series appearance by batting .322/.394/.669 with 19 homers.
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MLB Rumors and Lookout Landing
Scott Bell / Texas Rangers Blog:
Texas Rangers broadcaster Dave Barnett to take leave of absence expected to last for remainder of season — Dave Barnett is taking a leave of absence that is expected to last the remainder of the season. — By BARRY HORN — Staff writer — A frustrated Dave Barnett …
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