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Associated Press:
Turner, Dodgers Hand Nats' Strasburg First Loss of Season  —  WASHINGTON — Justin Turner homered twice and drove in five runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended Stephen Strasburg's undefeated streak by beating the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Thursday.  —  Turner hit his 16th and 17th home runs …
Discussion: True Blue LA
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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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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Potentially devastating news for Prince Fielder leaves Rangers scrambling for answers - What's the plan?
Discussion: Todays Knuckleball
Associated Press:
Rangers' Prince Fielder may need neck surgery; Shin-Soo Choo on DL
Yahoo Sports:
Rangers' Fielder may need neck surgery; Choo also put on DL (Yahoo Sports)
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
Tillman Gets 14th Win, Orioles Avert 4-Game Sweep vs Yankees  —  NEW YORK — Chris Tillman tied for the major league lead with his 14th win, pitching four-hit ball for seven innings and helping the depleted Baltimore Orioles avert a four-game sweep at Yankee Stadium, beating New York 4-1 Thursday.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs shore up left-handed relief with addition of Mike Montgomery  —  The Cubs acquired relief pitcher Mike Montgomery from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for minor league left-handed hitter Dan Vogelbach.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The Cubs addressed an urgent need Wednesday …
Discussion: Lookout Landing
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Randy Miller / New Jersey Online:
Yankees' fire sale coming?  Mark Teixeira big fan of MLB Trade Rumors app  —  NEW YORK — Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira has heard a portion of his team's gigantic fan base doesn't want a late July hot streak.  —  He's heard that there are Yankees fans who want management to give …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox Reportedly Open To Dealing Veteran Bats, Relievers  —  4:34pm: GM Rick Hahn acknowledged that his club will not be pursuing short-term upgrades to the MLB roster, as Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago was among those to tweet.  He added that the Sox will be willing to consider all other transactions.
Discussion: Bless You Boys
Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
Stewart defends D-backs from unnamed accusations  —  The trade of Brad Ziegler incited some unexpected controversy when unnamed executives complained to a couple reporters that their teams offered a better package (or packages) for the reliever.  And one exec even told Peter Gammons …
Discussion: FenwayNation and Lone Star Ball
Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
Dodgers looking for outfield help, CarGo and Bruce will get looks  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking hard for a bat as well as an arm, and seem to be in win-now mode.  While they are expected to at least talk about Carlos Gonzalez, they are expecting the price to be quite high.
ESPN:
MLB looking at possible limits on the use of relief pitchers  —  Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged that MLB is looking at possibly limiting the use of relief pitchers in games.  —  Average length of MLB games  —  YearAvg.  —  Manfred was a guest Thursday on ESPN's Mike & Mike …
Discussion: CBS Chicago
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles' Hunter Harvey To Undergo Tommy John Surgery  —  Orioles top pitching prospect Hunter Harvey will undergo Tommy John surgery, general manager Dan Duquette revealed on today's Baseball Tonight Podcast with ESPN's Buster Olney (audio link).  “He's had a strain in his elbow …
Discussion: ESPN, School of Roch and Camden Chat
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.
Discussion: South Side Sox and ESPN
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.
Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:
In Iowa, Dexter Fowler itching for return to Chicago lineup  —  The Chicago Cubs have desperately missed Dexter Fowler as the jump-starter of the offense ever since he went down with a hamstring injury in June.  —  He'll be back helping the lineup soon.  —  Fowler said he planned …
 
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