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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers have a blast at home vs. Seattle Mariners, 19-9 — For everything that went wrong during the past road trip, for every Detroit Tiger who fell to the wayside with an injury, there was a hit. And another hit. There were runs. Many of them.
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Detroit Free Press:
Their run differential is 23rd, their ERA and WHIP are both the worst in baseball, but here they are atop the division — Here come the Detroit Tigers, back home, in first place, and what's that, you say? First place? The Tigers? With that bullpen and those injuries and John Hicks playing first base?
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Bless You Boys, Lookout Landing and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Detroit Free Press:
Tigers left-hander was ejected after throwing behind Sano in Minneapolis — Major League Baseball announced today that Detroit Tigers pitcher Matthew Boyd has been fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch at the Twins' Miguel Sano Saturday in Minneapolis.
Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
Jeb Bush-Derek Jeter Group Said to Win Auction for Miami Marlins — Sale price for Major League Baseball team isn't known — Other bidders were Tagg Romney and Quogue Capital's Rothbaum — A group led by former Florida governor Jeb Bush and former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter …
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Barry Jackson / miamiherald:
Marlins expect to finalize $1.3B deal to sell team to Jeb Bush-Derek Jeter group — Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has reached an agreement in principle to sell the team to a group led by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and including former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter …
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Business Insider, MLB on Yahoo! Sports, Fox Sports and Fish Stripes
USA Today:
Report: Derek Jeter, Jeb Bush-led group set to buy Marlins — Derek Jeter, still baseball's most recognizable face, and former Florida governor Jeb Bush have reportedly reached agreement to purchase the Miami Marlins. — Bloomberg reported that Jeter, 42, and Bush - who made a failed bid …
Mike Ozanian / Forbes:
Miami Marlins Sale Down To One Group And Zero Bids
Miami Marlins Sale Down To One Group And Zero Bids
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miamiherald, Pinstripe Alley and MLB Trade Rumors
Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com:
WATCH: Blue Jays baserunner pulls off the acrobatic home plate dive of the decade — We haven't seen this since ‘Major League 2’ — Ever since the rules were put in to limit collisions at home plate, I've lamented that runners on close plays haven't been creative enough with slides.
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Surviving Grady
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Lindsey Foltin / Fox Sports:
Watch Chris Coghlan fly (literally) over Yadier Molina to avoid tag at home
Watch Chris Coghlan fly (literally) over Yadier Molina to avoid tag at home
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Bluebird Banter
Kyle Glaser / Baseball America:
What To Expect: Cody Bellinger — The Dodgers called up top prospect Cody Bellinger from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, completing a four-year journey that began when the Dodgers drafted him in the fourth round in 2013. He entered the year ranked No. 7 on the Top 100 Prospects.
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Baseball Prospectus and True Blue LA
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Rojo / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 12-1 at home. — The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 12-1 on Apr 24, 2017 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. — Tags — After the Cardinals' series victory in Milwaukee, the NL Central is a mosh pit of teams with eight, nine, or 10 wins.
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Royals Review
Mark SaxonESPN / ESPN:
Cardinals' Carpenter suspended 1 game for contact with ump — ST. LOUIS — Cardinals first baseman Matt Carpenter was suspended for Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays for making contact with an umpire in Sunday's game after being ejected for arguing a called third strike.
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Viva El Birdos and baseballmusings.com
Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Encouraging night for Hyun-Jin Ryu, but Dodgers offense is ew — By the time Justin Turner realized his mistake, by the time he recognized the sudden distance between himself and second base, the ball was in the air and the outcome of this 2-1 Dodgers loss to the San Francisco Giants was finalized.
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Forbes
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Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Giants find right mix to snap skid against Dodgers
Giants find right mix to snap skid against Dodgers
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True Blue LA, McCovey Chronicles and Minor League Ball
Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
As a hitter, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw takes an outside-the-box approach
As a hitter, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw takes an outside-the-box approach
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Sportsnet.ca
Joe Totoraitis / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Thames hits 9th, 10th HRs as Brewers beat Reds 11-7 — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bryan Price knew exactly what Eric Thames did to carry the Milwaukee Brewers past the Cincinnati Reds. — Thames homered twice to raise his major league-leading total to 10, Hernan Perez added a three-run shot …
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Brew Crew Ball
Stats / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Rockies' Marquez set for season debut vs. Nats — DENVER — After an unusual beginning to the season, German Marquez will make his 2017 debut for the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday with a start against the Washington Nationals. — The right-hander officially will be recalled Tuesday from Triple …
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Federal Baseball
Evan Drellich / CSNNE.com:
Dustin Pedroia forgets own words on leadership after Matt Barnes throws at Manny Machado — Dustin Pedroia has some explaining to do. — Maybe he can clarify everything. Maybe he called Matt Barnes on Monday to explain what he meant when he told Manny Machado on the field for all the cameras to capture, “It's not me, it's them.”
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Lookout Landing, Beyond the Box Score, Bless You Boys and ESPN
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees' trip to face Red Sox will show what this club's made of
Yankees' trip to face Red Sox will show what this club's made of
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Pinstripe Alley