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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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Maury Brown / Forbes:
As 2018 MLB Season Approaches, It's Possible All MLB Ballparks Will See Expanded Safety Netting — As word arrived this week that the Toronto Blue Jays would be expanding safety netting to the outfield end of each dugout and raised behind home plate in Rogers Centre, the topic …
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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.
John Harper / New York Daily News:
Pace of play impasse may signal larger issue brewing between players union, MLB — The implementation of a pitch clock hardly seems worth getting into a big fight about, yet the MLB Players Association has dug in its heels on the matter, perhaps forcing commissioner Rob Manfred to unilaterally impose …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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.
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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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 …
