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Burning Questions with Baltimore Orioles' Zach Britton — Who was your favorite player growing up? — Britton: I had a couple. The guy that I watched the most was Tom Glavine. But growing up in Southern California, from a hitting standpoint, I used to like Shawn Green. He was on fire.
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Camden Chat
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Ben Lindbergh / The Ringer:
Baltimore Closer Zach Britton Isn't Just a Surprise Cy Young Contender—He's the AL MVP — Last week, my colleague Michael Baumann had the audacity to suggest that Orioles closer Zach Britton could be a defensible selection as the American League's Cy Young Award winner.
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ESPN, NBCSports.com, Bless You Boys, Boston and FanGraphs Baseball
Associated Press:
Betts Has 2 HRs, 5 RBIs as Red Sox Beat Orioles 5-3 — BALTIMORE — Mookie Betts homered twice and drove in five runs, helping the resurgent Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. — Betts hit a three-run drive in the fifth inning …
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
No Hit Injury — Eduardo Rodriguez of the Red Sox pitched four no-hit innings. He was pitching to his first batter of the fifth inning, and it looked like he had trouble with one of his knees. The Red Sox removed him from the game, so it's up to the bullpen to keep the no-hitter going.
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Over the Monster and Camden Chat
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves To Promote Dansby Swanson — The Braves will promote top shortstop prospect Dansby Swanson tomorrow, according to a team announcement. President of baseball operations John Hart says that the youngster will be in the starting lineup tomorrow, David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution tweets.
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MLB Daily Dish, Baseball Prospectus, MiLB News and Talking Chop
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers Acquire Erick Aybar — The Tigers have announced a deal to acquire shortstop Erick Aybar from the Braves. Headed in return to Atlanta are infielder Mike Aviles and catcher Kade Scivicque. Detroit will receive cash in the deal, per David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via Twitter).
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Talking Chop and Bless You Boys
Seth Berkman / New York Times:
Yankees Drop Game to Blue Jays and Lose Pitcher Nathan Eovaldi — The Yankees' rickety chances of making a postseason run incurred two staggering body blows on Tuesday. — First, starter Nathan Eovaldi announced before the game against the Toronto Blue Jays that he expected to miss 14 …
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Bluebird Banter
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nathan Eovaldi Requires Elbow Surgery, Will Miss 2017 — Yankees righty Nathan Eovaldi is set to undergo surgery to repair both a torn flexor tendon and a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow, ESPN New York's Wallace Mathews was among those to report (Twitter links).
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Pinstripe Alley and MLB Daily Dish
Fox Sports:
Holliday needs surgery, could miss rest of regular season — HOUSTON (AP) St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday will have surgery Wednesday on his right thumb, an injury that could sideline him for the rest of the regular season. — Holliday was hit by a 94 mph fastball from the Chicago Cubs' Mike Montgomery last Thursday.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Maness goes back on DL with elbow trouble; Cards recall Tuivailala
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MLB Trade Rumors and Viva El Birdos
Associated Press:
Mondesi Hits First HR in Royals' 6-1 Win Over Tigers — DETROIT — Raul Mondesi hit 271 home runs in 13 major league seasons. — Eleven years after his career ended, his son is on the board. — The younger Raul Mondesi broke open a scoreless tie with a home run off Justin Verlander …
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Bless You Boys
Associated Press:
Utley Hits 2 HRs, Gets Curtain Calls in Philadelphia Return — PHILADELPHIA — Chase Utley got curtain calls after each of his two home runs — including a grand slam — in his first game in Philadelphia since a trade last season to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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True Blue LA, Phillies Nation and The Good Phight
Associated Press:
Pennington's Triple Lifts Angels Over Mariners to End Skid — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAUG. 17, 2016, 1:30 A.M. E.D.T. — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Cliff Pennington hit a go-ahead triple in the eighth inning, Albert Pujols slugged his 22nd home run and the Los Angeles Angels came back twice to beat …
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