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8:40 PM ET, September 16, 2014

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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Shoemaker set for MRI after mild side pain  —  9/15/14: Matt Shoemaker throws 7 2/3 innings against the Mariners, allowing one run and striking out five, before leaving with an injury  —  ANAHEIM — Angels right-hander Matt Shoemaker was forced to exit deep into his start on Monday night with what he deemed …
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Angels part ways with scout involved in Trout pick  —  9/13/14: Mike Trout launches two solo home runs in a win over the Astros, giving him 34 total on the season  —  ANAHEIM — Greg Morhardt, a scout who played a key role in the decision to take Mike Trout in the first round five years ago …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Angels Clinch Playoff Spot, Beat Mariners 8-1
Discussion: Lookout Landing
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Sharp Harvey touches 95 mph in simulated game  —  Mets righty shut down for season after final throwing session  —  9/15/14: The Mets' broadcasters discuss Matt Harvey, who earlier in the day participated in his final workout of the year at Citi Field  —  NEW YORK — For the first time …
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets' Harvey closes '14 with simulated game
Discussion: HardballTalk
Ben Lindbergh / Grantland:
Dear Clayton; Love, Pedro  —  Pedro Martinez's 2000 season here.  I heard you were having a pretty good year, so I took a look at the stats, and wow: We have so much in common.  We're almost identical ERA brothers!  Me at 1.74, you at 1.70.  Both of us leading our leagues in most of the major categories.
Discussion: U.S.S. Mariner
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yankees to start Tanaka (elbow) on Sunday … New York Yankees rookie Masahiro Tanaka will start Sunday at home against Toronto in his first appearance since being diagnosed with a small ligament tear in in his right elbow.  —  Tanaka (12-4, 2.51) last pitched for the Yankees on July 8.
Nick Groke / Denver Post:
NOLAN ARENADO REMAINS OUT OF ROCKIES LINEUP WITH EARLY-ONSET PNEUMONIA  —  The Denver Post  —  Nolan Arenado's MRI & CT scan revealed that he has a chest contusion and early-onset pneumonia.  (AAron Ontiveroz, Denver Post file)  —  Nolan Arenado remained out of the Rockies lineup Tuesday …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Blue Jays plan to extend qualifying offer to Melky, hope to keep him  —  Melky Cabrera can double his salary if he desires.  —  The Blue Jays have decided to extend him qualifying offer, which is expected to be in the range of $15 million to $16 million this winter.
Metsblog:
Game Recap: Marlins 6 - Mets 5  —  Recap: The Mets dropped their series opener to the Marlins, 6-5, on Monday night at Citi Fiel  —  Need to Know: Mets starter Jacob deGrom dominated early, striking out the first batter he faced en route to 13 for the game. deGrom tossed six scoreless innings and was cruising into the seventh.
Discussion: sny.stats.com and Amazin' Avenue
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets' deGrom whiffs first 8 batters in defeat
Discussion: Fish Stripes and Amazin' Avenue
John Lowe / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers have yet to reveal rotation for Royals series  —  Justin Verlander's blister could have something to do with it.  —  CONNECT  —  MINNEAPOLIS Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus hasn't yet named the rotation for the three-game weekend series in Kansas City.
Discussion: MLive.com and Bless You Boys
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
MLB, PLAYERS TAKING CAREFUL APPROACH IN CRAFTING DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE POLICY  —  It's easy to say, “Baseball needs a domestic-violence policy.”  Writing an appropriate policy is considerably more difficult.  —  The sport apparently is going to try; commissioner Bud Selig said Monday …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Stanton could return to Marlins this season  —  Slugger will have stitches out, undergo more tests on Tuesday  —  9/11/14: Giancarlo Stanton is carted off the field after swinging and being hit in the face with a pitch from Mike Fiers in the 5th inning  —  PHILADELPHIA — Don't rule out a Giancarlo Stanton return just yet.
Discussion: Fish Stripes
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Welington Castillo hopes to be a key part for Cubs  —  He wants it.  He believes it.  He's trying to show it.  —  But Welington Castillo knows how this works.  And he's not about to claim he's one of the Cubs' core players at this point, much less their catcher of the future.  —  “I feel like it,” he said.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and ESPN
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES' PLAYER PAYROLL FOR 2015 TURNING INTO PUZZLE  —  The Denver Post  —  From left, Troy Tulowitzki, Carlos Gon- zalez and Jorge De La Rosa will receive a total of $48.5 million in 2015.  (Denver Post file)  —  The Rockies are in a hard place.  —  Not just in the standings, but on the business ledger.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and Purple Row
 
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