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The Call-Up — Zack Wheeler — The Situation: With the Mets struggling at the big-league level and the “Super 2” timeline squarely in the rearview mirror, it was time for the club to call upon their other high-end pitching prospect to pair him with right-hander Matt Harvey.
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Amazin' Avenue and Minor League Ball
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — Wil Myers bats sixth for the Rays in his MLB debut Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports — Extra-action Tuesday offers a pair of double headers, each featuring a headline major league debut. The Rays play two against the Red Sox, Wil Myers making his first big league start.
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MLB Rumors, Metsblog and DRaysBay
Maggie Wiggin / Metsblog:
Final Score: Braves 2 Mets 1 — Dillon Gee was on the verge of one of the best starts of his career, giving up just 3 hits in the first 8 innings, before Freddy Freeman hit a 2-run walk-off homerun to hand him the loss. Gee also drove in the Met's only run.
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Amazin' Avenue and Talking Chop
Tim Elfrink / Miami New Times:
MLB Steroid Scandal: How Porter Fischer Exposed the Coral Gables Clinic — The first thing Porter Fischer spotted was the trunk of his silver Corolla. It was wide open. Then he noted a bashed-in passenger window and shattered glass littering the parking lot outside the Boca Tanning Club on North Federal Highway.
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Steven Marcus / Newsday:
Fred Wilpon confident in Mets' plan, direction — Mets principal owner Fred Wilpon said he believes the franchise is headed in the right direction and that general manager Sandy Alderson is on course to improve the team. — The Mets had a record of 25-39, 13 games behind the division-leading Braves …
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David Murphy / Philly.com:
Ruben Amaro Jr. doesn't “do” five-year plans, but the Phillies need a good one — Any professional who talks to the media about his area of expertise is succeptible to a certain level of contrarianism. Legend has it that even God the Creator once answered a question with the words …
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USA Today, The Good Phight, Phillies Nation and BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
And in other news: Longoria, Cobb and rotation updates — In other news not related to Wil Myers: — * 3B Evan Longoria said his right foot felt better today and h would play 3B in the day game but probably DH in the night game. Never having had plantar fasciitis before he's not sure exactly …
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HardballTalk
Brian Costa / Wall Street Journal:
Scully Was Nearly a Yankee — A Move That Could Have Altered the Course of Baseball History — Vin Scully is in his 64th consecutive season as the play-by-play announcer for the Dodgers. — Los Angeles — The greatest free agent the New York Yankees ever failed to sign was a skinny redhead from the Bronx.
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MLB.com, Dodger Thoughts, True Blue LA, Pinstriped Bible, HardballTalk and Los Angeles Times
Tyler Emerick / MLB.com:
No surgery needed for Coghlan — PHOENIX — Chris Coghlan saw a spine specialist on Monday in Dallas and the doctor confirmed that the 27-year-old won't need surgery on his injured back. Instead, the Marlins outfielder, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 9, will treat the injury with rest.
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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Ask BA: Updating The Pirates Top 10 — The draft ended just 10 days ago, yet entering this morning 15 of the 33 first-round picks had officially signed or are known to have agreed to terms. Another half-dozen are on the verge of having deals done and/or announced, and by the end of the week …
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Pirates Prospects
MLB.com:
Tigers find themselves riding closer carousel — DETROIT — If the Tigers' closer situation is starting to feel like a soap opera to you, manager Jim Leyland can relate. — When Leyland was asked Monday afternoon how he would handle the ninth inning, he made the analogy.
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Bless You Boys
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Jerry Remy to miss another week — NESN announced that Jerry Remy will miss the Red Sox games this week. Remy has been out since May 28 because of illness. — Remy wrote on Twitter on May 28 that he was suffering from allergies and would be out for three games.
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Surviving Grady
Andrew Marchand / MLB:
GM: ‘Leaning’ toward putting Teixeira on DL — NEW YORK — Yankees GM Brian Cashman thinks it is likely that first baseman Mark Teixeira will go on the disabled list again because of his injured right wrist. — “I'm leaning, personally, toward a disabled list there,” Cashman said on a conference call Monday.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Notes from Cashman conference call
Notes from Cashman conference call
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The Strike Zone and Pinstriped Bible