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Alex Butler / UPI:
New York Yankees call up prospect Tyler Wade … Infield prospect Tyler Wade will join the New York Yankees Tuesday after getting called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. — Multiple sources reported the Yankees move Tuesday. He'll join the club for its 8:10 p.m. game against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field.
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Sporting News and New York Post
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Arizona Republic:
Dbacks get sloppy, Cardinals up 5-2 — In the sixth, the Diamondbacks finally got to Carlos Martinez. — After walking Jake Lamb and Daniel Descalso, the St. Louis right-hander threw a 97 mph two-seam fastball to Chris Iannetta that caught too much of the plate.
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AZ Snake Pit and FanRag Sports
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
D-backs rally against Cards' bullpen, win 6-5 in 10 — PHOENIX • Seung Hwan Oh allowed his third ninth-inning homer in the last 13 days Tuesday night when former Cardinals minor league pitcher David Peralta lined an opposite-field drive to left field to bring the Arizona Diamondbacks back into a tie with the Cardinals at 5-5.
ESPN:
Nationals swipe team-record 7 bags off struggling Cub Miguel Montero — WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals stole a team-record seven bases Tuesday night in a 6-1 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs and their beleaguered catcher, Miguel Montero. — The seven steals are the most the Nationals …
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Federal Baseball
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
After crazy win, Cubs' next obstacle is Max Scherzer — Cubs' Javier Baez talks about his big catches against the Nationals. (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — Monday's series opener between the Cubs and Nationals lived up to the hype with great plays …
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, Federal Baseball and MLB Daily Dish
MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Maeda dominates in spot start, Dodgers beat Angels 4-0 … Kenta Maeda pitched four-hit ball over seven innings in a spot start, — Joc Pederson hit a three-run homer and the — Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Angels 4-0 on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
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Halos Heaven
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Angels' Ricky Nolasco pitches to his strengths in win over Dodgers
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Angels are not buying analytics report on Albert Pujols
Angels are not buying analytics report on Albert Pujols
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FanGraphs Baseball
Fox Sports:
Gausman snaps winless skid, Orioles beat Blue Jays 3-1 (Jun 27, 2017) — TORONTO (AP) In his final start before the calendar changes, Kevin Gausman made sure he didn't finish the month of June without a win. — Gausman won for the first time in four starts, Mark Trumbo hit an RBI double …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / Sportsnet.ca:
Blue Jays set to promote right-handed reliever Chris Smith
Blue Jays set to promote right-handed reliever Chris Smith
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, Camden Chat and Bluebird Banter
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Designate Jason Grilli
Blue Jays Designate Jason Grilli
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, Bluebird Banter and Sportsnet.ca
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Former Mets pitcher Anthony Young dead at 51 — MIAMI — Anthony Young, a part of the Mets' colorful history of struggles, died Tuesday in Houston after a long illness, the team announced. — The pitcher who lost a major-league record 27 straight games was 51 years old.
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Faith and Fear in Flushing, Amazin' Avenue and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
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ESPN:
Ron Darling questions training regimen as RHP Robert Gsellman hurts hammy — Another Mets pitcher left a game with an injury Tuesday night, and broadcaster Ron Darling speculated that the training regimen throughout Major League Baseball is to blame. — New York right-hander Robert Gsellman left …
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Detroit Free Press:
Report: K-Rod signs minor league deal with Nationals — It appears Francisco Rodriguez will have another opportunity to resurrect his pitching career. — Rodriguez reportedly has agreed to a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals, according to ESPN's Buster Olney and other reports.
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ESPN
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Marc Narducci / Philly.com:
IronPigs 2B Scott Kingery hits 2 HR in his second AAA game — ALLENTOWN — It didn't take Phillies second base prospect Scott Kingery long to flex his muscles in his new surroundings in Triple-A. — Playing in his second game for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs after being promoted from Reading …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves could trade for starter, Archer and Quintana top wish list — The Braves are again interested in trading for a top-of-the-rotation caliber starting pitcher and have circled back to a couple of their targets from last winter: the Rays' Chris Archer and White Sox left-hander Jose Quintana.
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MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Daily Dish, The Good Phight, Talking Chop, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle
Kyle Cardoza / Fox Sports:
Red Sox: Mitch Moreland providing power for stagnant offense — Kyle Cardoza/FanSided via Call to the Pen — The Boston Red Sox aren't crushing home runs as often as they usually do, and they sit in the middle of the pack in runs scored because of it. Yet even as the offense struggles …
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Over the Monster
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Pitch command no issue for Braves prospect Newcomb so far — Braves lefty pitching prospect Sean Newcomb walked too many batters in Triple-A. seems logical he will walk even more in the big leagues. Major league hitters may not know his tendencies but that's more than offset by their superior talent and plate discipline.
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Ausmus shakes up Tigers' lineup again: Mahtook second, then Upton, Cabrera — No indication of where V-Mart would hit when he's scheduled to return off DL on Wednesday — It was a new-look lineup for the Detroit Tigers once again tonight. — A game after Miguel Cabrera hit in the second spot …
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports