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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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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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Contreras thriving as Cubs resume series at White Sox (Jul 26, 2017) — CHICAGO — Unless the Chicago Cubs acquire some additional catching help, Willson Contreras is destined to carry a demanding workload through the season's final 10 weeks. — The Cubs may want to keep him busy …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' Ben Zobrist makes most of his time at leadoff spot
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Chicago Tribune
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' Ben Zobrist returns to leadoff spot; Jose Abreu to bat second for White Sox
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South Side Sox, MLB on Yahoo! Sports, Chicago Tribune and Bleed Cubbie Blue
USA Today:
Kris Bryant earns first career ejection after questionable called third strike
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and FanRag Sports
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Ranking all 20 Cubs-White Sox City Series
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Chicago Tribune
Tim Healey / Orlando Sentinel:
Marlins battered in 10-4 loss to Rangers despite Christian Yelich's big night — Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses putting first baseman Justin Bour (right oblique strain) and shortstop JT Riddle (left biceps tendinitis) on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday.
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Fish Stripes
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Associated Press:
Gallo hits 2 of Rangers' 4 HRs in 10-4 win over Marlins — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton never moved in right field when young Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo hit a towering blast. — Stanton, the Miami Marlins' own big hitter who shares the MLB lead with 32 homers …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
If this offense were a stock, Rangers Reaction would be buying — The pregame consensus among the Japanese media members covering Yu Darvish was that the Rangers would deal the right-hander unless they were to win the next two games. — One down, thanks to all that offense Monday.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers hoping Wednesday's start isn't Darvish's last — Depending on a person's preferences, the 1 in the Texas Rangers' 1-2 rotation punch started Tuesday night at Globe Life Park. — The 2 in that equation, others' 1, is scheduled to start Wednesday in the series finale against the Miami Marlins.
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ESPN
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Beltre's pursuit of 3,000 giving lift to Rangers teammates
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Lone Star Ball
Fox Sports:
Bader doubles, slides home as Cards top Rockies 3-2 in debut (Jul 25, 2017) — ST. LOUIS (AP) Harrison Bader doubled leading off the ninth inning for his first major league hit and slid across the plate to score the winning run of his debut on Jedd Gyorko's short sacrifice fly …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals promote Bader as Fowler hits DL with arm injury
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MLB Trade Rumors
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Base running blunder looms large in Detroit Tigers' 3-1 loss to Royals … Mikie Mahtook was crouched at first base in disappointment. — Victor Martinez was crouched in foul territory in disbelief. — This, the lasting snapshot from the 99th game of the season, was so Detroit Tigers.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Insider: Money still a big factor as Tigers approach trade deadline
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MLB Trade Rumors and New York Post
Associated Press:
Fisher, Morton lead Astros past Phillies 5-0 — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Derek Fisher drove in two runs just hours after arriving in Philadelphia and Charlie Morton pitched seven innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-0 victory over the Phillies on Tuesday night.
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The Good Phight
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Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phillies' Herrera a running joke in loss to Astros — When a team is 30 games under .500 in July and frustration boils, the few players who carried high expectations are targets. Odubel Herrera launched a ball 401 feet on Tuesday night and was excited. But his opponent, first-place Houston, mocked him.
Jake Kaplan / Houston Chronicle:
Astros could hold out George Springer until Friday
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The Crawfish Boxes
Associated Press:
Jake Faria gets Rays back on track in close win over Orioles — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays had to hang on for dear life Tuesday night to get their first win in a week. — And the way they see it, that might be a good thing. — “We've got to get on a roll now,” …
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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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Frazier's run-scoring triple play helps Yanks top Reds 4-2 (Jul 25, 2017) — NEW YORK (AP) Todd Frazier had an unforgettable first at-bat in his home debut at Yankee Stadium, grounding into a rare run-scoring triple play as New York beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 Tuesday night.
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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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Associated Press:
MLB experiments with shortened inning breaks for Cards-Rockies game — ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals and Colorado Rockies tried to speed up the pace of play on Tuesday. — Major League Baseball experimented with having the timing clock between half innings set at 1 minute, 45 seconds.
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Associated Press:
Encarnacion's slam sends Indians past Angels 11-7 in extra innings — Charles LeClaire-USA Today Sports Images — CLEVELAND (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion hit a grand slam in the 11th inning as the Cleveland Indians, who wasted a seven-run lead, beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-7 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win.
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Halos Heaven and Let's Go Tribe
