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Brad Johnson / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire John Mayberry Jr. — The Phillies announced that they have traded outfielder/first baseman John Mayberry Jr. to the Blue Jays in exchange for infielder Gustavo Pierre. — Mayberry, 30, has hit .213/.304/418 on the season, good for a 104 wRC+ (roughly league average).
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Canadian Press:
Bautista homers in fifth straight game as Jays beat Yankees — TORONTO — Jose Bautista homered in his fifth consecutive game and Munenori Kawasaki singled in the go-ahead run Sunday as the Toronto Blue Jays came back to defeat the New York Yankees 4-3. — The Blue Jays took the final two games of the three-game series.
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Bluebird Banter and Phillies Nation
Andy McCulloughthe / Kansas City Star:
Heavy rain forces suspension of Royals-Indians game, which will resume Sept. 22 — › — ‹ — The wind punished the flags hanging high above the outfield walls. A hail of plastic bags and paper napkins whipped through the sky. During a rain delay that postponed …
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Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Royals announce instructional league rosters — KANSAS CITY — Nine players from the Royals' Top 20 prospects, as ranked by MLB.com, are included on the rosters for the Arizona instructional league, which begins play in two weeks. — The Nos. 1-2-3-ranked players — shortstop Raul Mondesi …
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Canadian Press:
Dominguez hits tying HR to help Astros rally past Rangers — HOUSTON — Matt Dominguez hit a tying homer and Jose Altuve's fourth hit drove in the go-ahead run as the Houston Astros rallied in the eighth inning to beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Sunday. — Dominguez connected off reliever Neal Cotts …
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Craig Davis / Sun-Sentinel:
Miami Marlins: Jarred Cosart aims to make Astros regret deal — Trades can only be effectively graded over the long haul. — But the string of impressive starts Jarred Cosart has put together in his first month has kept the Miami Marlins' long-shot playoff hopes alive, and perhaps induced some seller's remorse in the Houston Astros.
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Fish Stripes and MLB Trade Rumors
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Gomez's wrist injury needs more examination — Brewers center fielder feels pain after swinging strike; X-rays negative — SAN FRANCISCO — After experiencing an alarming “pop” in his left wrist during a Sunday strikeout, Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez needs further tests …
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Brew Crew Ball
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Hummel: Sandberg's HOF credentials no help in Philly — • By Rick Hummel rhummel@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8196 — There hasn't been a Hall of Famer player take a team to the World Series as a manager since Yogi Berra with the New York Mets, who lost in seven games to Oakland in 1973.
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A's get Adam Dunn from White Sox — The Oakland Athletics have acquired slugger Adam Dunn in a trade with the Chicago White Sox. — The Athletics announced the trade Sunday on their official Twitter account, saying that the White Sox received minor league pitcher Nolan Sanburn in exchange …
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Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Lineup comes through for Phillies in win over Mets — NEW YORK - For the 16th time this season, Ryne Sandberg assembled a lineup designed last winter to keep the Phillies competitive. No team in baseball has employed the same batting order as many times as Sandberg's familiar combination.
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Chapman poised to set record for fastball velocity — PITTSBURGH — Reds closer Aroldis Chapman's fastball has established its presence with authority since he broke into the Majors in 2010. But he's got a chance to do something that neither he, nor anyone else, has done before — have a fastball average 100 mph for an entire season.
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Prospect Bethancourt to be among September callups — Constanza, Terdoslavich, Jaime and Shreve also likely to join Braves this week — ATLANTA — Highly regarded catching prospect Christian Bethancourt will headline the list of Minor League players that will attempt to help the Braves gain a postseason berth in September.
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Talking Chop
Canadian Press:
Wood whiffs 12 in eight innings as Braves nip Marlins — ATLANTA — Alex Wood struck out 12 in eight dominant innings and Evan Gattis homered to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 on Sunday. — The Marlins had gone 60 games without getting shut out, the longest active streak in the majors.
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Talking Chop and Fish Stripes
Canadian Press:
Anderson's pitching, Hill's hitting lead D'backs past Rockies — PHOENIX — Chase Anderson pitched six strong innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 6-2 on Sunday. — Anderson (8-6) gave up five hits and one run while matching his career high with eight strikeouts.
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