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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wainwright out for season with torn Achilles tendon — Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright tore his Achilles tendon and will undergo surgery this week, General Manager John Mozeliak said Monday afternoon. — Recovery will be about 9 to 12 months. — Wainwright suffered the injury …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
(Getty Images) — MIAMI — Nationals ace Max Scherzer cringed when he saw the replay of the Adam Wainwright injury that will likely sideline the Cardinals star pitcher for the season. And while Scherzer said he enjoys hitting, after seeing the Wainwright accident, Scherzer said it's probably …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wainwright's season probably is finished — MILWAUKEE • As Cardinals staff ace Adam Wainwright heads for a diagnosis of his injured left ankle and Achilles tendon on Monday, which almost certainly will end his season, general manager John Mozeliak said the first move in replacing Wainwright would be to look internally.
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Max Scherzer: No one wants to see pitchers bat
Max Scherzer: No one wants to see pitchers bat
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mozeliak says Cards will try to fill Wainwright loss from within
Mozeliak says Cards will try to fill Wainwright loss from within
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Bernie Miklasz / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Bernie: Mulling Cards' options to replace Waino
Bernie: Mulling Cards' options to replace Waino
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Rangers GM: Bringing back Josh Hamilton was an ‘easy decision’ — 37m - MLB LOS ANGELES ANGELS TEXAS RANGERS + more — Jerry Crasnick discusses the trade that sends Angels OF Josh Hamilton back to the Rangers.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers top Angels, suddenly find life as Josh Hamilton deal looms — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Official records will show that the Rangers through 18 games have not had anything that constitutes a winning streak, which officially makes it the longest the team has ever gone without winning consecutive games at the start of a season.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Marlins Designate Jarrod Saltalamacchia For Assignment — In a rather surprising move, the Marlins announced that they have designated catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia for assignment. — Saltalamacchia, 29, is less than a month into the second year of a three-year, $21MM pact with the Marlins.
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Source: Matt Harvey to get at least 30 starts but no more than 32 … DATABASE — Matt Harvey's career starts
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Nick Cafardo / BostonGlobe.com:
Plenty of room for improvement on Red Sox roster — BALTIMORE — The 2015 Red Sox are capable of a lot of things, including getting absolutely demolished as they were Sunday, 18-7, by the Orioles, losing two out of three at Camden Yards. — They have won close games, lost close games.
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Matt Baker / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays' Longoria has hits in career-best seven straight at-bats — ST. PETERSBURG — Rays 3B Evan Longoria followed up Saturday's 4-for-4 night with another perfect stat line Sunday. — Longoria singled in his first three at-bats, extending his career high to seven consecutive hits.
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Nick Groke / Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB — ADAM OTTAVINO HEADS TO DISABLED LIST WITH TRICEPS INFLAMMATION — The Denver Post — Rockies closer Adam Ottavino was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday afternoon due to right triceps inflammation. (Daniel Petty, The Denver Post)
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Steve Popper / NorthJersey.com:
Mets in unfamiliar territory — NEW YORK — In these heady days with the Mets atop the standings, it is worth remembering that the last time the franchise found itself finishing with a record above .500 was 2008, when Willie Randolph was fired in midseason and Carlos Beltran was playing in 161 games in the outfield.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Marlins owner Loria endorses Mike Redmond: 'He's the manager. Period' — MIAMI — With the Marlins on a five-game winning streak a week after stories surfaced indicating manager Mike Redmond may be on the hot seat, team owner Jeffrey Loria gave Redmond his first public endorsement Sunday.
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Gonzalez is making $16 million this season, ranking second on the team behind Tulowitzki — The Denver Post — Carlos Gonzalez has been fielding questions about his deep April slump on a daily basis. For the most part, the Rockies outfielder has handled the queries with good humor.
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