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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
With Grichuk destined to sit often, Cardinals move him to Jays for young pitching — Mozeliak's view: 'If we were looking for playing time for Grichuk, it just didn't seem like it was going to be a great fit. Ultimately, we decided that if we
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Cardinals trade OF Randal Grichuk to Toronto for 2 pitchers — ST. LOUIS (AP) Randal Grichuk wasn't too thrilled about the idea of playing in a reserve role this season for the St. Louis Cardinals. — He won't have to worry about that any more. — The Cardinals traded the 26-year-old outfielder …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Grichuk surprised by trade to Toronto — St. Louis Cardinals' Randal Grichuk tosses his bat in the air after being called out on strikes to end the eighth inning during a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Randal Grichuk From Cardinals For Dominic Leone, Conner Greene — The Blue Jays have agreed to acquire outfielder Randal Grichuk from the Cardinals, per a Toronto announcement. Righties Dominic Leone and Conner Greene will go to St. Louis in return.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Odd man out? Grichuk will keep 'fighting for a job, even if it's not possible'
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Perez feeling bullish about availability for Rangers' opener — DALLAS — Martin Perez delivered a firm handshake with his right hand Friday night and extended his right arm to the side without a significant dip at the elbow. — He was proving his point, as if his words weren't enough.
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
With ‘nothing to worry about ever,’ this reliever could be Rangers' closer — DALLAS — This offseason likely would rate as the best of Jake Diekman's career if his life was still burdened by ulcerative colitis. — The left-hander was married Dec. 31 to his longtime girlfriend …
Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Autopsy: Roy Halladay had morphine, sleeping aids in system at death — An autopsy released Friday said that Roy Halladay had evidence of morphine, amphetamine, and zolpidem in his system in November when he fatally crashed his single-engine plane into the Gulf of Mexico.
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USA Today:
Autopsy: Roy Halladay died from blunt force trauma, had morphine in system during plane crash — Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died when a plane he was flying crashed into water in the Gulf of Mexico. Halladay was certified and licensed to be a pilot last November. USA TODAY Sports
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Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
Cleveland Indians 2B Jason Kipnis addresses report he was nearly traded to New York Mets — According to Jon Heyman, the Indians had worked out a deal to send Kipnis to the Mets before New York called off the deal. — CLEVELAND — As he approached his corner of the Cleveland Indians' clubhouse …
Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times:
Baseball America says the Mariners have 'baseball's worst farm system.' So how did this happen? — The longtime baseball publication also released its list of the Mariners' top 10 prospects, led by outfielder Kyle Lewis. — Even if you aren't a prospect geek who spends hours analyzing …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Free Agent/Trade Rumors: Cobb, Lynn, Nunez, Yelich, Ichiro — Right-handers Alex Cobb and Lance Lynn entered the offseason regarded by many as the third- and fourth-best options on the starting pitching market (in varying order) behind fellow righties Yu Darvish and Jake Arrieta.
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Inside Baseball MLB Notes | Agentless Benintendi draws frenzy
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Watch: A tribute to Braves great Chipper Jones — Braves great Chipper Jones will be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Wednesday. It will be a slam dunk. Well, a home run at least. — It's just a matter of how many votes the switch-hitting third baseman receives.
ESPN:
Indians' Andrew Miller hopes to avoid ‘big fight’ over pace-of-play plans — Cleveland Indians reliever Andrew Miller, a prominent voice in the Major League Baseball Players Association, said he hopes that MLB's plan to introduce a pitch clock in 2018 doesn't lead to a “big fight or some sort …
Associated Press:
Dillon Gee agrees to one-year, $1.7M deal with Chunichi Dragons — Pitcher Dillon Gee has agreed to a $1.7 million, one-year contract with the Chunichi Dragons of Japan's Central League, a deal that includes an additional $300,000 in performance bonuses. — A right-hander who turns 32 in April …
