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2:45 AM ET, September 16, 2017

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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Didi Gregorius might be the best acquisition Brian Cashman has made as Yankees GM  —  The three-team deal in December 2014 that landed Didi Gregorius in the Bronx may turn out to be one of the best trades Brian Cashman has ever made as GM of the Yankees.  —  On a night when Paul O'Neill …
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Larry Fleisher / UPI:
New York Yankees: Luis Severino baffles Baltimore Orioles  —  NEW YORK — Luis Severino tied a career high by pitching eight innings while Didi Gregorius homered and drove in four runs, leading the New York Yankees to an 8-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
Christian Red / New York Daily News:
Yankees will not put Luis Severino on innings limit while fighting for playoff berth  —  The Yankees' 2017 ace, Luis Severino, had already obliterated his career high in innings pitched when he took the mound at Yankee Stadium Friday night against the Orioles - 176.1, which tops his previous high …
Christian Red / New York Daily News:
Luis Severino dominates over eight innings as Yankees rout Orioles, 8-2  —  If the Yankees are able to secure a 2017 postseason berth, Luis Severino could be the ace the team leans on to make a deep October run.  —  The Dominican right-hander continued his stellar '17 campaign Friday night in the Bronx …
Alex Butler / UPI:
Aaron Judge: New York Yankees star hits two homers in win vs. Baltimore Orioles
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Gideon Rubin / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Ray wins 5th straight as Diamondbacks top Giants 3-2 … Robbie Ray won his fifth straight start and A.J. Pollack hit a two-run double as the  —  San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Friday night.  —  Ray (14-5) struck out 10 and gave up two runs (one earned), six hits and no walks as the Diamondbacks won …
Discussion: McCovey Chronicles
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' magic number shrinks with win over Giants … CONNECT  —  SAN FRANCISCO - The Diamondbacks chipped away at their magic number on Friday night.  Just don't ask anyone in the visitors' clubhouse at AT&T Park what it is - or how it's calculated this time of year …
Arizona Republic:
Friday's game  —  Diamondbacks at Giants  —  Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco.  —  TV/Radio: FSAZ/KMVP-FM (98.7), KHOV-FM (105.1).  —  MORE: Just dingers: Every home run J.D. Martinez has hit for D-Backs  —  Pitching notes  —  Diamondbacks LHP Robbie Ray (13-5, 2.81) vs. Giants RHP Jeff Samardzija (9-13, 4.47)
Discussion: AZ Snake Pit
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
How much could Diamondbacks' J.D. Martinez land in free agency?
Discussion: AZ Snake Pit
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' walk-off win a quick-fix remedy to otherwise agonizing season  —  Sanchez turns back the clock with 11 strikeouts over six innings, his first double-digit performance in 13 months  —  At this moment, they weren't rebuilding.  They weren't more than 20 games below .500 …
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Mahtook's walk-off single, Sanchez's pitching lift Tigers over White Sox  —  Look around the Detroit Tigers' clubhouse these days and you will see a lot of young players.  Out of contention this season, with a rebuilding, likely for the next few seasons, that has begun …
Discussion: Bless You Boys
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:   Detroit Tigers acquire Angels prospect to complete Justin Upton deal
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Recovered from fractured jaw, Willy Garcia rejoins White Sox
ESPN:
MLB reviewing pitch by Tigers' Buck Farmer that hit umpire  —  Major League Baseball is reviewing how an umpire got hit this week by a pitch that a catcher missed in a game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
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Associated Press:
Jim Leyland: Indians' streak ‘great for baseball’
Discussion: ESPN
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
No discipline for Detroit Tigers in umpire hit-by-pitch, MLB concludes
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:   MLB rules Tigers pitch that hit plate umpire was unintentional
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB Announces Fines For Red Sox & Yankees  —  Major League Baseball has announced punishment arising out of its investigation of mutual accusations of improper gamesmanship between the Red Sox and Yankees.  Both clubs will receive undisclosed fines, with the latter said to be tagged with a lesser amount.
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees have right to be upset at MLB over letting Red Sox off far too easy in iGate  —  Major League Baseball went way too easy on the Red Sox.  —  The Red Sox admitted to iGate after the Yankees presented evidence to the league that showed the Boston Cheat Party had used an Apple Watch …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Nothing surprising about Red Sox's AppleGate wrist-slap fine  —  Come on, you didn't really expect anything more than a fine, did you?  —  When the Boston Red Sox were caught illegally stealing signs using their fancy new Apple watches, and Major League Baseball acted horribly offended …
Scott LauberESPN / ESPN:   Red Sox Hanley Ramirez misses Friday's game with biceps soreness
David Driver / UPI:
Los Angeles Dodgers blank Washington Nationals behind Alex Wood  —  WASHINGTON — Alex Wood allowed just three hits in six scoreless innings and was backed by three early home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers crushed the Washington Nationals 7- on Friday night in a showdown of first-place teams …
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Associated Press:
Wood, Dodgers bats overpower Nationals 7-0  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Wood threw six shutout innings, Corey Seager hit a three-run homer during a five-run second and the Los Angeles Dodgers' rebound continued with a 7-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday.
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:   Dodgers' single-game playoff tickets on sale next week
Paul Skrbina / Chicago Tribune:
Fielding mistake costs Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez — again  —  Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant discusses the ejections of Willson Contreras and John Lackey in the 8-2 win over the Cardinals on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017.  (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
John Lackey, Willson Contreras ejected after berating plate umpire
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wainwright, Arrieta set to pitch Saturday — just not in a game
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Cubs' Theo Epstein says bullpen improvement key down the stretch  —  CHICAGO - Exactly one year ago Saturday, Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein, along with other members of the front office, watched the team play the Milwaukee Brewers from the left field bleachers at Wrigley Field.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:   Reliever Hector Rondon sidelined with elbow inflammation
MoiseKapenda Bower / UPI:
Houston Astros move closer to AL West title with win over Seattle Mariners  —  HOUSTON — Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis recorded multi-hit games, Charlie Morton delivered a quality start, and the Houston Astros inched closer to an American League West pennant with a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners …
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Rafael Montero cools off as Mets drop fifth straight game with loss to Braves  —  ATLANTA — On this already rough road trip, even the Mets hottest starter over the last few weeks couldn't get out of the fifth inning.  Rafael Montero was chased with two outs in the fifth as the Mets fell to the Braves 3-2 at SunTrust Park.
ESPN:
Mets fan gets a kick out of Yankees adopting his thumbs-down gesture  —  NEW YORK — Mets fan Gary Dunaier never imagined that his thumbs-down response to a Todd Frazier home run would become a salute for the crosstown rival Yankees.  —  Yet here they are, using Dunaier's inverted digit as a rallying cry during their postseason push.
Associated Press:
Donaldson powers Blue Jays past Colon, Twins for 4-3 win  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Donaldson homered and drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning with an infield single that ricocheted off the mound, sending the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 victory on Friday night over the Minnesota Twins …
 
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Outright Drew Hutchison
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
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Chicago Tribune:
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Meg Rowley / Baseball Prospectus:
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Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds' Hunter Greene's future is on the mound, not shortstop, he says
Discussion: FanRag Sports
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
‘It will be soon:’ Cubs starter Jake Arrieta sees return in sight
Corey Seidman / CSN Philly:
Phillies-Athletics thoughts: No longer the worst team in baseball
ESPN:
This is going to be the wildest October in history
Associated Press:
Astros trim magic number to 3 with 5-2 win over Angels
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
 

 
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