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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Curtis Granderson, Juan Lagares hurt — PHOENIX — The New York Mets went from an impending outfield surplus to an outfield shortage in the span of a few innings. — Curtis Granderson and Juan Lagares departed Monday's 7-3 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks in consecutive innings with injuries.
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Associated Press and Metsblog
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets OFs Granderson, Lagares both injured — PHOENIX — New York Mets manager Terry Collins spent his pregame interview session discussing how he would juggle a surplus of outfielders once Chris Young returns from the disabled list Friday. — Suddenly, the Mets may have a shortage instead.
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AZ Snake Pit
Metsblog:
Granderson, Lagares both leave game with injury — Curtis Granderson and Juan Lagares were both removed from Monday night's game with injuries. — Granderson ran into the outfield fence in the first inning, tracking a fly ball. He stayed in the game for a few innings, even picking up an RBI single, but was later removed.
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Amazin' Avenue
Sports Xchange / Chicago Tribune:
Pirates, Reds hit 10 HRs before game suspended … Sports Xchange — CINCINNATI — The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds combined for 10 home runs during a wild six innings on Monday night before steady rain resulted in a suspension with the score tied 7-7 at wet, windy Great American Ball Park.
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Bucs Dugout
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Chapman ‘outstanding’ in return to mound — CINCINNATI — Reds closer Aroldis Chapman has continued to make a rapid recovery in the nearly one month since he was struck in the face by a line drive during Spring Training. The latest milestone came on Monday, when Chapman pitched off of a bullpen mound for the first time.
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HardballTalk
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays' Matt Moore to have surgery, out for season — BALTIMORE — Rays All-Star pitcher Matt Moore has decided to have surgery on his left elbow next week and will be sidelined for about a year. — Moore told the Tampa Bay Times after Monday's 7-1 loss to the Orioles of his decision …
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HardballTalk, MLB Daily Dish and CBSSports.com
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Red-Hot Brewers Win by Swinging Freely, Always — MILWAUKEE — No team in the major leagues swings as aggressively as the Milwaukee Brewers. No team in the major leagues has as many victories, either. The Brewers believe these facts are related. — “It has to be, like …
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Disciples of Uecker
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
After getting paycheck, Wang makes debut — MILWAUKEE — Left-hander Wei-Chung Wang received his first Major League paycheck on Monday afternoon, and then the Brewers made him earn it. — It was a day of firsts for Wang, a 21-year-old Rule 5 Draft pick who is rated the Brewers' No. 11 prospect by MLB.com.
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Brew Crew Ball
Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:
La Russa: Still ‘premature’ to question replay — Tony La Russa told ESPN.com on Monday that while he respects manager John Farrell and understands his frustration over two key replay calls that went against the Boston Red Sox this weekend, it's “premature” to question the integrity of baseball's …
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CBSSports.com, NESN.com, ESPN and Associated Press
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
New replay system isn't helping MLB see what we're seeing
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MLB.com, MLB Daily Dish and The Strike Zone
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Red Sox's Pedroia, Uehara both day to day — CHICAGO — Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia and closer Koji Uehara will be rejoining the team Tuesday in Chicago, the team announced Monday night, after both players underwent exams in Boston by the team's medical staff on Monday.
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NESN.com, Over the Monster and CBSSports.com
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Minor tentatively set to join rotation next week — PHILADELPHIA — Mike Minor allowed one hit in five scoreless innings for Class-A Rome in his third minor league rehab start Friday, and the left-hander is tentatively set to join the Braves starting rotation April 23 or April 25.
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HardballTalk
Stats Llc / MLB:
RECOMMEND — In his first full season as a starting pitcher, Jesse Chavez has been a pleasant surprise for the Oakland Athletics. — Despite two very strong outings, he's still without a victory due to a lack of run support and some poor work by his bullpen.
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Halos Heaven, Associated Press and ESPN
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
D-backs, agent spar over promotion of top pitching prospect Bradley — The agent for right-hander Archie Bradley, one of the game's top pitching prospects, says his client deserves to jump into the Arizona Diamondbacks' struggling rotation. D-backs general manager Kevin Towers disagrees.
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MLB Rumors
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Mike Trout impresses Terry Collins a little too much — ANAHEIM, Calif. - Before his Mets arrived in town for a three-game interleague series against the Angels, Terry Collins called himself a fan of the game. He looked forward to getting an up-close glimpse at Angels phenom Mike Trout.
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Metsblog
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