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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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baseballmusings.com and Faith and Fear in Flushing
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Noah Syndergaard leaves with arm injury as Mets routed by Nationals — In the worst possible scenario for the Mets, Noah Syndergaard sunk them Sunday. The Mets righthander, who bristled after he was pushed back Thursday and refused to take an MRI, got shelled in the first inning and left …
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Lone Star Ball and The Big Lead
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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WFAA-TV, Dallas Morning News and The Crawfish Boxes
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Jon Daniels on why Rangers demoted Jurickson Profar to Triple-A
Jon Daniels on why Rangers demoted Jurickson Profar to Triple-A
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MLB Trade Rumors and Lone Star Ball
Detroit Free Press:
Perhaps Saturday's ninth inning helped Detroit score seven runs Sunday, four in the fourth inning — It wasn't powerful, it wasn't pretty, but the Detroit Tigers peppered ball after ball into the outfield in the fourth inning after a soggy start at Comerica Park on Sunday.
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Bless You Boys and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
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Detroit Free Press:
Prized prospect not dominated as he did in minor leagues, still tweaking on the fly — Back in the minor leagues, Joe Jimenez wouldn't have to answer for it. — He wouldn't have to stand inside the clubhouse the morning after allowing a couple of runs in a two-run game, surrounded by reporters …
Max Gelman / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Game blog: Cardinals fall to Reds after blowing four-run lead — The Cardinals and Reds played a tightly contested, back-and-forth affair Sunday afternoon, but ultimately the Cardinals ended up on the short end of the stick. — After blowing a 4- lead, the Cardinals could not rally …
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.
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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ESPN:
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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Royals Review
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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Cubs Insider, Bleacher Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
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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ProFootballTalk, FanRag Sports and USA Today
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — The AL East dominates the schedule early with the Blue Jays visiting the Yankees and the Orioles traveling to Boston to face the Red Sox. Marco Estrada and Luis Severino take the mound in the Bronx. Estrada pitched fine in April, but despite a 2.70 ERA did not get a win in five starts.
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Camden Chat
Chicago Tribune:
Series preview: Phillies at Cubs — Chicago Tribune — All games on WSCR-AM 670. — Season series: First meeting. Cubs 5-1 in 2016.
ESPN:
Freddie Freeman tweaks Miller Park as ‘bad-lit Little League field’ — Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman will be looking forward to Sunday's series finale against Milwaukee, mostly because he is apparently tired of playing at the Brewers' Miller Park.
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