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Peter Botte / New York Daily News:
Don Mattingly says Dodgers will have ‘hands full’ against Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Matt Harvey — LOS ANGELES — The Mets will be facing two of the top pitchers in baseball in the first two games — and possibly twice more — in the NL Division Series.
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Ron Darling adds perspective to Matt Harvey's late arrival to Mets' practice … Mets want to move on from Harvey incident — Mets vs. Dodgers: Who has the edge in the NLDS?
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Fox Sports:
Mets' Syndergaard: 'We're going to give it to the Dodgers anywhere' — FOX Sports — Noah Syndergaard finished his rookie season with a 9-7 record and a 3.24 ERA. — Noah Syndergaard may only be a rookie, but he's not afraid to speak his mind, and had some words to send along …
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Amazin' Avenue and GammonsDaily.com
New York Daily News:
Matt Harvey misses Mets' mandatory workout at Citi Field, was boozing night before, has a few different stories — Embattled Mets ace Matt Harvey struck out with teammates Tuesday when he missed a mandatory pre-playoff workout — hours after sources say he downed a couple of cocktails and wine with friends.
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Yahoo Sports and Metsblog
Justin Tasch / New York Daily News:
Mets Insider: Matz says ‘I feel better’ after pen session — Things are looking up for Steven Matz. The southpaw threw a successful bullpen session on Tuesday at Citi Field and will fly to Florida to pitch in a simulated game on Thursday, Sandy Alderson said.
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Baseball Prospectus and Inside the Dodgers
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Barbara Barker / Newsday:
Mets' Yoenis Cespedes learned early in life that his mother knows best … VOTE — Mets vs. Dodgers: Who has the edge in the NLDS? … OUT OF HIS ELEMENT — Mets — 7 Mets-Dodgers NLDS fast facts … Mets — Mets work out ahead of NLDS against Dodgers … WORTH EVERY PENNY
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
A.L. Division Series Preview: Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals — Carlos Beltran is 38 years old, more than a decade removed from his early career with the Royals and the Astros, who meet in an American League division series starting Thursday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City …
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Blair Kerkhoff / Kansas City Star:
Breakdown of the Royals vs. Astros in the regular season … The Royals' season series with the Astros got off to a rough start. Joe Blanton started the opener in Houston and surrendered five runs in 2 2/3 innings as the Royals fell 6-1. The Astros went on to become the second team to sweep the Royals during the season.
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Royals Review
Teddy Cahill / Baseball America:
2015 Pacific Coast League Top 20 Prospects — PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE TOP 20 PROSPECTS — Last fall's affiliation shuffle changed the look of the Pacific Coast League, as six of the league's 16 teams went into this season with a new parent club. Some of the league's longest standing relationships ended …
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Lone Star Ball
Associated Press:
Besides Lackey in Game 1, Matheny Mum on Rotation — ST. LOUIS — John Lackey gets the start in Game 1 of the NL Division Series for the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. — At the beginning of a two-hour workout for the NL Central champions on Tuesday, manager Mike Matheny said he was not ready …
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Viva El Birdos
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers Claim Junior Guerra, Designate Nevin Ashley — The Brewers have claimed righty Junior Guerra off waivers from the White Sox, per a club announcement (hat tip to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, on Twitter). To create roster space, Milwaukee has designated catcher Nevin Ashley for assignment.
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Al's Ramblings
Craig Edwards / FanGraphs Baseball:
Arrieta-Cole, Objectively One of Best Playoff Matchups Ever — Individual performances tend to be magnified in the postseason, and that is especially true of pitchers. While 16-18 other players appear in the lineups and many others will have profound impacts on the outcomes of games over the next month …
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Daryl Van Schouwen / Chicago:
Pirates' Cole on Arrieta: ‘You want to face the best’
Pirates' Cole on Arrieta: ‘You want to face the best’
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, Bucs Dugout, Viva El Birdos, Camden Chat and MLB Daily Dish
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Yanks better than we thought but not good enough; so what's next? — NEW YORK -Yankees general manager Brian Cashman stood in the hallway outside the team's quiet clubhouse and expressed a plain truth he hoped never to have to say. — “Obviously, we're not good enough right now.
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