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Associated Press:
Rangers' Prince Fielder may need neck surgery; Shin-Soo Choo on DL — Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder is facing the prospect of season-ending surgery after an MRI revealed a herniation of disks in his neck just above an area that was repaired two years ago.
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MLB Daily Dish and baseballmusings.com
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners, Cubs Swap Mike Montgomery, Dan Vogelbach In Four-Player Deal — The Cubs have long been tied to left-handed relief help, and they landed just such an asset today (although not one that many expected), announcing that the acquisition of Mike Montgomery and minor league right-hander Jordan Pries from the Mariners.
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NBCSports.com, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Lookout Landing, MLB Daily Dish and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Pineda Pitches 6 Strong Innings, Yankees Beat Orioles 5-0 — NEW YORK — The Yankees are finally hitting and pitching well at the same time, and that may keep these batters and hurlers together in New York for at least a little while longer. — Michael Pineda didn't allow a run …
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Camden Chat and Pinstripe Alley
Associated Press:
Homer-Happy Hanley (3) Powers Boston to 11-7 Win Over Giants — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJULY 21, 2016, 12:00 A.M. E.D.T. — BOSTON — Hanley Ramirez told his Red Sox teammates in the dugout that he wasn't going to swing for the fences in his final at-bat. — It doesn't work for him that way.
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Surviving Grady and Sportsnet.ca
Associated Press:
Gyorko Hits 2 More HRs, Cardinals Beat Padres 3-2 for Sweep — ST. LOUIS — Jedd Gyorko homered for the fifth straight game off San Diego pitching, connecting twice with all three RBIs in a 3-2 victory that gave the St. Louis Cardinals a doubleheader sweep Wednesday night.
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MLB Daily Dish, Gaslamp Ball, Lone Star Ball, Viva El Birdos, Fish Stripes and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Hellickson, Goeddel Lead Phillies to 4-1 Win Over Marlins — PHILADELPHIA — Jeremy Hellickson struck out eight in eight impressive innings, Tyler Goeddel hit a two-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 4-1 on Wednesday night. — Hellickson (7-7) …
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MLB Daily Dish, The Good Phight and Fish Stripes
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians, Brewers Discussing Jonathan Lucroy — JULY 21: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that Cleveland, above all else, is still seeking to upgrade its bullpen, downplaying the Lucroy matchup. Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, meanwhile, tweets that …
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Brew Crew Ball, MLB Daily Dish, Let's Go Tribe and Al's Ramblings
Associated Press:
Marte Homers, Angels Sweep Rangers to Get Out of Last Place — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJULY 21, 2016, 1:21 A.M. E.D.T. — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jefry Marte hit a three-run homer and the Angels shut down a late rally by the AL West-leading Texas Rangers for a 7-4 win Wednesday night that gave Los Angeles a three-game sweep.
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Halos Heaven and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Naquin, Carrasco Send Indians to 11-4 Romp Over Royals — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the span of three innings, the Indians' Tyler Naquin homered to left field, sent a two-run double down the right-field line and connected on a three-run homer over the center-field wall. — Talk about using all fields.
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Royals Review and Sportsnet.ca
FiveThirtyEight:
Are Juiced Balls The New Steroids? — Maybe it was the 23 first-half homers hit by unknown outfielder Adam Duvall. Maybe it was when Giancarlo Stanton kept making Chris Berman say “back-back-back,” or when Bartolo Colon broke into a 30.6 second trot around the bases.
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — The two best games take place Thursday afternoon, starting with the rubber game of the series between the Dodgers and the Nationals. Julio Urias takes on Stephen Strasburg. The 19-year-old rookie Urias posted a high strikeout rate so far.
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True Blue LA
Associated Press:
Twins Homer Twice Off Rodriguez, Beat Tigers 4-1 — DETROIT — Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario homered off Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth, and the Minnesota Twins scored three runs in the inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Wednesday. — Detroit wasted a fine start by Justin Verlander …
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Twinkie Town