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D.J. Short / HardballTalk:
Report: Cubs calling up top prospect outfielder Jorge Soler — Another big piece of the Cubs' future is on the way to the majors, as David Kaplan of CSNChicago.com reports that top prospect outfielder Jorge Soler will be promoted from Triple-A Iowa tomorrow.
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Baseball Prospectus
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Vince Lara-Cinisomo / Baseball America:
What To Expect: Cubs RF Jorge Soler — Periodically, Baseball America will take a look at a prospect who is either just arriving to the majors or on the cusp of the majors to give a look at what can be expected from them both as a player and for fantasy purposes.
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MLB.com, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Red Reporter
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
The latest on NY Mets' Bartolo Colon trade market; Yankees win again; a hitting coach's odd comment — Bartolo Colon has cleared waivers, leaving us right back where we were a month ago — with a trade possible, and similar factors standing in the way. Gathered from talking to folks around …
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Los Angeles Times, HardballTalk, Metsblog, MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Daily Dish and Amazin' Avenue
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Scott Feldman, Bartolo Colon Clear Waivers
Scott Feldman, Bartolo Colon Clear Waivers
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MLB Daily Dish, HardballTalk and Amazin' Avenue
csnphilly.com:
Burnett baffles Nats, softens take on retirement — A.J. Burnett sounds a little like that golfer everybody knows, the one who's ready to give up the game and sell his clubs until one great round pulls him back in. — After getting beaten by the Seattle Mariners last week …
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Philly.com, MLB Trade Rumors, The Good Phight and HardballTalk
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Stats Llc / MLB:
Few pitchers have proven more difficult to take deep this season than Lance Lynn. — Considering much of the Pittsburgh Pirates' offense lately has come via the long ball, they could be in trouble Tuesday night against Lynn and the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park.
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baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
Mikolas Strong Start Lifts Rangers Over Mariners — SEATTLE — Miles Mikolas allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings, J.P. Arencibia singled home the go-ahead run in the fourth and the Texas Rangers opened a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners with a 2-0 win on Monday night.
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Lookout Landing
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
AFL announces preliminary rosters for 2014 season — Twenty of Top 100 prospects slated to participate, including No. 1 Buxton — The Arizona Fall League announced its preliminary rosters for the 2014 season on Tuesday, and for the second year in a row, the game's top prospect is heading to the desert for some extra baseball.
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Red Reporter
Brian Macpherson / Providence Journal:
Money can't buy success for MLB teams anymore — bmacpherson@providencejournal.com — BOSTON — Money can't buy happiness. Money can't buy love. — In recent years, money can't even buy a spot in the playoffs like it once did. — It seems incongruous, if not inexplicable …
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HardballTalk, BBTF's Baseball Primer … and Over the Monster
MLB.com:
Angels fly to top of Power Rankings — Division-rival A's unseated at No. 1 by Halos despite Richards' injury — The Angels are back on top in the American League West and find themselves looking down at every other team in the Major Leagues with five weeks remaining in the regular season.
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baseballmusings.com and Brew Crew Ball
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Q&A with Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers — PHOENIX — Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers recently completed a tour of the organization's Minor League affiliates, visiting Triple-A Reno, Double-A Mobile as well as both Class A teams in Visalia and South Bend.
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HardballTalk
MLB:
Rays' protest denied by MLB — Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday that it has denied the Tampa Bay Rays' protest of Saturday's 5-4, 10-inning loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. — Rays manager Joe Maddon played the game under protest after an incident in the fourth inning when he felt …
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Associated Press
Matt Monagan / wapc.mlb.com:
75 years ago today, the first Major League Baseball game was televised — Before August 26, 1939, the only way you could watch Major League Baseball was by actually going to the stadium. Sure, you could listen to the games on the radio since 1921 (which was enjoyable and continues to be enjoyable) …
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HardballTalk
Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Robinson sustains shoulder injury during slide — Cardinals first baseman Adams also shaken up while chasing foul ball — PITTSBURGH — The Cardinals escaped serious injury to Matt Adams when he face planted against a railing after making an attempt at a foul ball on Monday night …
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HardballTalk