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Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
DeJong homer, Lynn pitching have Cards up 2-0 after five — The Cardinals jumped on top in the first. Matt Carpenter led off with an opposite-field single and came around to score on Paul DeJong's one-out homer to left-center field. — It's the 13th homer of the season for DeJong …
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Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
DeJong"s homer has Cardinals up 2-0 after one inning at Busch — The Cardinals jumped on top in first. Matt Carpenter led off with an opposite-field single and came around to score on Paul DeJong's one-out homer to left-center field. — It's the 13th homer of the season for DeJong …
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Wainwright, Fowler put on DL by Cards, who bring up Bader — ST. LOUIS (AP) Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright went on the disabled list with back tightness, and St. Louis put outfielder Dexter Fowler on the DL because of a strained left wrist. — Harrison Bader, the Cardinals third-round draft pick …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals promote Bader as Fowler hits DL with arm injury
Cardinals promote Bader as Fowler hits DL with arm injury
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Fox Sports:
Contreras homers again as Cubs beat White Sox 7-2 (Jul 25, 2017) — CHICAGO (AP) Willson Contreras drove in four runs and Carl Edwards Jr. provided some timely relief, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 on Tuesday. — Ben Zobrist reached four times from the leadoff spot …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' Ben Zobrist returns to leadoff spot; Jose Abreu to bat second for White Sox — Photos from the White Sox-Cubs game at Wrigley Field on July 25, 2017. — Chicago Tribune — Ben Zobrist will return to the leadoff spot Tuesday as the Chicago Cubs try to rebound against the rival White Sox at Wrigley Field.
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USA Today:
Kris Bryant earns first career ejection after questionable called third strike
Kris Bryant earns first career ejection after questionable called third strike
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Ranking all 20 Cubs-White Sox City Series
Ranking all 20 Cubs-White Sox City Series
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Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
Trevor Cahill will make first start for the Royals on Saturday in Boston — The Royals are hopeful starting pitcher Trevor Cahill can fill out their rotation following a two-month search for an answer at the back end. — His first assignment: facing the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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ESPN:
Rangers ready to move ace Yu Darvish in ‘right deal’ — The Texas Rangers are ready to move ace pitcher Yu Darvish. All it's going to take is someone to meet their asking price. — Sources told ESPN.com that Rangers general manager Jon Daniels began calling potential suitors Monday …
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LEADING OFF: Darvish Texas finale? ; Cobb on mound for Rays — A look at what's happening all around the majors Wednesday: — DARVISH TEXAS FINALE? — Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish makes his final scheduled start before Monday's non-waiver trade deadline with growing speculation …
ESPN:
With nerve impingement improved, Nats hope Stephen Strasburg will be ready for next start — WASHINGTON — The issue that caused Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg to exit early from his start this past Sunday was nerve impingement in his right forearm. — EDITOR'S PICKS
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Paxton, Seager pace Mariners past Red Sox, 4-0 (Jul 24, 2017) — SEATTLE (AP) James Paxton allowed four singles over seven innings to win his fifth consecutive start in July and Kyle Seager homered to pace the Seattle Mariners to a 4-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
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Dave Del Grande / UPI:
Two 3-run homers spark Pittsburgh Pirates' rout of San Francisco Giants — SAN FRANCISCO — Pittsburgh Pirates star Andrew McCutchen likes the direction his team's offense is taking lately. — At AT&T Park the past three seasons, that direction often has been out of the ballpark.
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Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
How the Royals became the streakiest team in baseball — If there was a better way to explain this, Royals manager Ned Yost would do more than just shrug his shoulders and offer his sport's equivalent of what the heck. — “It's baseball,” he says. — If there was a better way to explain this …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers, White Sox Discussing Anthony Swarzak Trade — The Brewers and White Sox are in talks about a trade that would send right-hander Anthony Swarzak from Chicago to Milwaukee, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). — After signing a minor league deal with a $900K base salary …
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Cincinnati.com:
Reds' Scott Feldman to throw bullpen soon — NEW YORK — Scott Feldman is expected to join the Reds in Miami this weekend and could throw a bullpen soon, Reds manager Bryan Price said. — Feldman, 34, has been on the disabled list since July 18 with a right knee injury.
Fox Sports:
Dodgers look to beat Twins again with Kershaw on DL (Jul 25, 2017) — LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers watched their best pitcher walk off the field in pain Sunday afternoon and then saw his name pop up on the 10-day disabled list on Monday. — Even that setback hasn't slowed the team down.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
The Yankees prospects A's covet in Sonny Gray sweepstakes — Estevan Florial, Jorge Mateo and Domingo Acevedo — Getty Images; Charles Wenzelberg; Getty Images — MORE FROM: … A game of chicken revolves around Sonny Gray with wonder if the A's will take the best offer available …
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Beltre's pursuit of 3,000 giving lift to Rangers teammates — The four hits Adrian Beltre collected Monday night moved him within single digits of his 3,000th career hit, and the media aren't the only ones making a big deal out of the impending milestone. — His Texas Rangers teammates …
ESPN:
Olney: Some GMs like to deal with each other — and some don't — Every baseball executive understood by mid-June that Washington general manager Mike Rizzo needed bullpen help — again — to help plug the gap at closer. But Rizzo's choices were far less than perfect …
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Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Jake Thompson, once Phillies' top pitching prospect, says he's learning from failure — Jake Thompson entered last season as the top pitching prospect in the Phillies' system and a key piece of the trade that sent Cole Hamels to Texas. He arrived Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park as almost an afterthought …
KHOU-TV:
Jeff Bagwell to be enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame … Jeff Bagwell lived and breathed baseball as a kid. He was born in Boston and raised a Red Sox fan. — “He could throw a ball before he could walk,” mom Jan Bagwell told the New York Times in a 1994 interview.