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Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Why the Red Sox are the best team in baseball - and may retain that status — OAKLAND - It took more than three weeks and a masterful performance by one of the game's up-and-coming pitchers for the Red Sox to come to grips with a baseball reality: You don't play .900 baseball and average 6.5 runs …
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Bob Nightengale / Arizona Republic:
Patrick Corbin may be the next Yankees ace. For now, he dominates for the Diamondbacks. — PHOENIX - The greatest free-agent class in baseball history just got a whole lot better, and you better believe the New York Yankees are paying close attention. — The Yankees, who are getting below …
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New York Post, NESN.com and USA Today
Scott Boeck / USA Today:
MLB power rankings: Red Sox No. 1, but Diamondbacks remain ‘perfect’ atop NL — The Boston Red Sox, despite losing two straight to the Oakland Athletics, maintain the No. 1 spot in USA TODAY Sports' power rankings for consecutive weeks, but challengers lurk in both leagues as a week of showdowns commence.
Arizona Sports:
D-backs' Patrick Corbin named NL Player of the Week — Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Patrick Corbin earned the National League Player of the Week honor for his two performances that included a one-hit shutout of the San Francisco Giants last Tuesday.
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AZ Snake Pit
Scott Boeck / USA Today:
White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar ‘progressing well’ after surgery; condition still critical
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Chicago Sun-Times
Associated Press:
Astros win 6th straight, outscore White Sox 27-2 in sweep
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MLB Baseball News … and South Side Sox
Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox place Danny Farquhar on 60-day disabled list; Carson Fulmer replaces Miguel Gonzalez as Monday starter
Michael Wagaman / Associated Press:
Davis homers off Price in 8th, A's top Red Sox 4-1
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MLB Baseball News …, Over the Monster, Beyond the Box Score and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
As Danny Farquhar fights for life, friends from a decade in baseball balance hope, heartbreak
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Report: White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar has surgery
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MLB Trade Rumors
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees add talent and depth to lower part of lineup with Gleyber Torres debut and ‘real deal’ Miguel Andujar — Just as Tim Naehring was headed to see Gleyber Torres — a prized Cubs prospect the Yankees were thinking of acquiring as the centerpiece of a blockbuster deal for Aroldis Chapman …
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John Harper / New York Daily News:
Yankees' youth movement in full swing as Gleyber Torres finally arrives
Larry Fleisher / UPI:
Yankees, hot-shot prospect Torres face Twins, hot Dozier
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Twinkie Town and DRaysBay
Bill Shaikin / The Charlotte Observer:
Dodgers come from behind against Nationals to get back to .500 — LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers slumbered through half the game, awakening with a bolt of energy that revitalized the fans and players within the grand old ballpark. — The Dodgers were three outs from winning …
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MoiseKapenda Bower / UPI:
Houston Astros look to keep rolling vs. Los Angeles Angels — Last Sunday night, after Texas Rangers veteran right-hander Bartolo Colon carried a perfect game into the eighth inning at Minute Maid Park, the Houston Astros closed that three-game series having scored a total of nine runs …
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Halos Heaven
Doug Padilla / UPI:
Young guns on display when Marlins, Dodgers clash
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Associated Press:
Red Sox lose consecutive games for 1st time this year — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Khris Davis hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer off David Price with two outs in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat Boston 4-1 on Sunday, to deal the Red Sox consecutive losses for the first time under new manager Alex Cora.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Sports Day Tampa Bay podcast: Rays win on Carlos Gomez's walkoff home run — Carlos Gomez, who had been struggling, delivers a two-run, walkoff home run as the Rays sweep the Twins for the first time at Tropicana Field. Rick Stroud discusses the moment and the celebration tha
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Alex Cobb and Logan Morrison have ex-Ray vision. Here's what they see.
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DRaysBay
Mark Didtler / Associated Press:
Carloz Gomez homers in 9th to lift Rays past Twins 8-6 for series sweep
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DRaysBay
Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
Jake Arrieta drawing inspiration from young Phillies starters — Jake Arrieta oozed potential. It came through his every pore. He was 25, talented, and part of what then-Baltimore Orioles manager Dave Tremblay referred to as his “cavalry,” a group of young pitchers who would lead …
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Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
Back for the next chapter in Phillies history | Extra Innings
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MLB Baseball News … and The Good Phight
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' return to Cleveland brings back fond memories of 2016 World Series win — Photos from Game 7 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Nov. 2, 2016. — Chicago Tribune — Mike Montgomery uses the same glove he wore two years ago when he induced Michael Martinez …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Javier Baez plays role of enforcer in Cubs' win
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Deadspin and Bleed Cubbie Blue
ESPN:
Brewers television analyst Davey Nelson dies at age 73 — Davey Nelson, a former All-Star infielder for the Rangers and television analyst with the Brewers, has died at the age of 73. — The Brewers announced that Nelson, who was a coach in the organization for five years before moving …
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Brew Crew Ball
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ESPN:
No-hitters like Sean Manaea's will become rarer and rarer — When Oakland Athletics left-hander Sean Manaea completed a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night, you might have thought, “About time!” This has been the April of the no-hit bid, as Buster Olney relayed this weekend:
ESPN:
Power Rankings: Blue Jays crowd into more than just the AL East picture — Just three weeks into the season, there's some consensus among our voters for the Power Rankings: The Red Sox and Astros are the two best teams in baseball. And the Reds and Marlins are the two worst. But everything in between?
Ryan Lewis / The Charlotte Observer:
Motivated, refined Indians' Mike Clevinger holding his own in starting rotation — BALTIMORE — When Mike Clevinger was awarded the No. 4 spot in the Indians starting rotation this spring, he knew he'd have his work cut out for him to carry his weight in one of the best rotations in baseball.
ESPN:
Who's signed to baseball's worst contracts? — If you're one of the remaining fans wondering why analytics-friendly teams — now nearly every team in baseball — are stingy in the free-agent market, this is the list for you. Drop an easy popup? Leave a hanging curve in the strike zone?
Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Cubs outfielder Mark Zagunis: ‘I know I belong up there.’ — Triple-A baseball came to Des Moines in 1968 with the Iowa Oaks, and the Iowa Cubs have carried the torch since 1982. Here's a collection of some of the biggest names and best players during that time. Mark Marturello and Michael Zamora/The Register
Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Diego Padres … Follow our updates as the Diamondbacks take on the Phillies in the first game of a three-game series in Philadelphia on Tuesday.Tuesday's game — Diamondbacks at Phillies — Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia.
