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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
NL East Notes: Nats, Syndergaard, Marlins — Following the loss of Adam Eaton for what could be the remainder of the season, Yahoo's Jeff Passan touched on the possibility of a Royals/Nationals trade in his latest Ten Degrees column. The Nationals, according to Passan …
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MRI confirms partial lat tear for Mets' Noah Syndergaard — Noah Syndergaard is out indefinitely after an MRI on Monday showed the New York Mets pitcher suffered a partial tear of his right lat muscle, the team announced. — “Pitcher Noah Syndergaard underwent an MRI this morning at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Noah Syndergaard leaves with arm injury as Mets routed by Nationals
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ESPN:
Ultimate guide for SNB: Will Cubs' Kris Bryant sizzle in Fenway Park? — Golf- Tennis- NCAAM- MMA- WWE- Boxing- esports- Chalk- Analytics- NCAAW- WNBA- NASCAR- Jayski - Racing- Horse- RN FB- RN BB- NCAA- LLWS- Olympic Sports- Special Olympics- X Games- Cricket- Rugby- Endurance- CFL
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Extension? Kris Bryant likes incentives, prefers to ‘play it out’ — Sign-Up for our Sports Newsletter … BOSTON - Talk to Cubs star Kris Bryant about things like contract extensions, and he might bring up his long track record of thriving when he has incentives to chase.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Heyward reworks swing, sees production at plate
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Kyle Schwarber saves his anger for the baseball
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George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers enter May with the worst pitching in MLB — After one month, the Tigers rank dead last in team ERA, WHIP and opposing batting average — The Detroit Tigers enter May with some of the worst pitching statistics in baseball. — The Tigers have a 5.19 team ERA, which ranks the worst among 30 major-league teams.
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Royals finish opening month with 9-game skid, look to bounce back — The Kansas City Royals hope May treats them better — because it can't get much worse than their April performance. — The Royals expected to bounce back after a subpar and injury-plagued 2016 season and return to the form …
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Max Rieper / Royals Review:
Yeah, it is probably about time to panic — It's still early, but this season is looking like a stinker. — The Kansas City Royals have lost nine in a row. They have the worst record in baseball. They have scored the fewest runs in baseball. I would typically be president of the …
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers' April record sinks to 11-14 after loss to Angels — ARLINGTON — April is over, and the Texas Rangers are 11-14 after the season's first month and grateful that the Oakland A's and Seattle Mariners are keeping them out of last place in the American League West.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Jon Daniels on why Rangers demoted Jurickson Profar to Triple-A
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Jim Ingraham / UPI:
8 was enough as Cleveland Indians rout Seattle Mariners behind big sixth inning — CLEVELAND — Eight-run innings are a manager's best friend, and Terry Francona enjoyed the Cleveland Indians' third inning on Sunday at Progressive Field. — Francisco Lindor had two hits …
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MoiseKapenda Bower / UPI:
Houston's Dallas Keuchel goes to 5-0 as Astros beat Oakland A's — HOUSTON — Left-hander Dallas Keuchel often sets the tone for the Houston rotation and the team, so when he scuffled last April, so too did the Astros. The opening month of this season was significantly better for both parties.
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The Crawfish Boxes
Peter King / SI.com:
‘Ready to Be a 49er?’ Inside San Francisco's Draft Room — Trades to move up, deals to slide down and the selection of a player not even on the board. John Lynch's first draft had everything, including historical parallels that gave the rookie GM goose bumps.
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Associated Press:
Braun leaves game with upper back tightness — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun left the Milwaukee Brewers' game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday because of tightness in his right trapezius, a large muscle that extends from the shoulder into the upper back. — Braun was removed after the sixth inning.
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Associated Press:
John Bormann started day in Single A, then made his major-league debut for Pirates — MIAMI (AP) — It's a long way from the Florida State League to the majors, which is why catcher John Bormann was in such a rush on Interstate 75. — A catcher for the Class A Bradenton Marauders …
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