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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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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:
Mauer helps Hughes earn 15th win as Twins beat Orioles — BALTIMORE - Joe Mauer drove in four runs, Phil Hughes held Baltimore without an earned run over eight innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Orioles 6-4 Monday to avoid a four-game sweep. — Nelson Cruz hit his major-league leading 36th home run …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
K R — Hold on. Wait. Stop! — Theo Epstein cannot possibly be talking about Manny Ramirez. — “It opened my eyes about how people can change,” said Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations, about Ramirez's stint as a Triple A player-coach.
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Fox Sports:
FARQUHAR ACHIEVED MUCH OF HIS SUCCESS AS AN INDEPENDENT LABORER … It makes sense, on a day like Labor Day, to highlight the struggles of a middle reliever. Even a great one like Danny Farquhar has had to work hard to find a niche on the fringes of the big leagues.
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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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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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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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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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ESPN:
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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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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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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