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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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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Matt Harvey misses mandatory workout; ‘I screwed up,’ says Game 3 starter — 17m - MLB MATT HARVEY STEVEN MATZ JUAN URIBE NEW YORK METS LOS ANGELES DODGERS + more
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
The Mets, assembled: How - and who - got the downtrodden franchise back in the playoffs
The Mets, assembled: How - and who - got the downtrodden franchise back in the playoffs
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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’ — PITTSBURGH — It's a big ask of Gerrit Cole. He has been given the responsibility of validating an historic 98-win season for his Pittsburgh Pirates by getting them into a playoff series, and he'll have to out-perform the hottest pitcher …
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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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Owen Watson / Fox Sports:
Year of the rookie — OW — Every season is a great season of baseball. It's fair to say, however, that some seasons might be better than others. If unexpected teams succeed, records are broken and exciting rookies debut on the biggest stage, we can witness something that transcends …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Walt Weiss To Return As Rockies Manager In 2016 — Walt Weiss will return to the Rockies as manager in 2016, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. There had been some uncertainty surrounding the situation, with Weiss himself even recently acknowledging the possibility that he could be dismissed at season's end.
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J. Brady McCollough / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Could Pirates' window of success soon be closing? — Neal Huntington wants Pirates fans to be emotional about the team he's put together, and tonight he will get his wish. — The Pirates are one inspiring performance in this Wild Card playoff game against the Cubs from keeping the possibility …
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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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Associated Press:
Cincinnati's Chapman throws 62 fastest pitches of season — 2 photos — NEW YORK (AP) — Cincinnati reliever Aroldis Chapman threw the 62 fastest pitches in the big leagues this season, according to Major League Baseball's new Statcast computer system. — Chapman's fastest pitches ranged …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2016 — As explained here, Matt Swartz and MLB Trade Rumors have developed an accurate model to project arbitration salaries. Many MLB teams and agencies reference our projections in their work. You won't find anything else like this on the Internet!
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David Aldridge / NBA.com:
Q & A: JIMMY BUTLER — He didn't see it, he says. All of a sudden, there was Derrick Rose — Can't Get Right, from the movie “Life” — on the court, and injured, again. As if Jimmy Butler didn't already know that things were changing with the Chicago Bulls, with their new coach …
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