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10:40 AM ET, May 15, 2018

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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide  —  What happened: The Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians, 6-3, on Monday night at Comerica Park.  The win snapped an 11-game losing streak against the Indians, dating back to last season.  Mike Fiers turned in his best performance of the season, allowing one run on three hits over six innings.
Discussion: Let's Go Tribe and Bless You Boys
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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide  —  Niko Goodrum has been through a lot in his baseball life.  —  He has been a second-round pick, an up-and-coming prospect, a struggling minor leaguer, finally a big leaguer and outrighted to the minor leagues.  He has been a free agent, a minor-league signing, a spring training depth player and a bench player.
Jamie Samuelsen / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers: Each move Al Avila, Gardenhire make geared to future  —  Listen to the latest episode of the Talkin' Tigers podcast, above. … Is there one player currently on the Detroit Tigers' 25-man you believe will definitely be on the roster when they “get good again?”  —  It's not about 2018.
Noah Trister / Associated Press:   Goodrum's 2 homers lift Tigers over Indians 6-3
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' DeJong benefits from extensive playing time at shortstop  —  MINNEAPOLIS  • To explain how he's shaped his preparation to play as often as possible at the infield's most demanding position, Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong began by describing what it's like in the dugout and how restless he is at rest.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Flaherty has a good chance for longer stay with Cards  —  MINNEAPOLIS  • The day after Jack Flaherty struck out 13 batters and did not walk one in what could end up being his last Class AAA start for a while, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny referenced how Flaherty seemed to have “a little more juice” on his best pitch, the slider.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards prospect O'Neill keeps slugging, has 13 homers in 27 games at Memphis  —  MINNEAPOLIS  • When the Cardinals acquired him this past season from Seattle, they saw outfielder Tyler O'Neill as a power source known to hit in surges.  Now he's sustaining them.
Discussion: Associated Press
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Milwaukee Brewers … A.J. Pollock made the slow walk from center field toward the home dugout on Monday night, a trainer by his side.  It was a sight the Diamondbacks have become conditioned to fear.  —  As if their current skid wasn't bad enough …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals
Discussion: Federal Baseball
Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:   Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals
Bernie Wilson / Associated Press:
Parra's 3-run homer lifts Rockies to 6-4 win over Padres  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — After hitting a go-ahead, three-run homer, Gerardo Parra was just as happy that rookie Noel Cuevas went deep for the first time.  —  “It's good having new talent like that and for him to hit his first homer in the big leagues …
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Bernie Wilson / Associated Press:
Padres call up Reyes, whose 14 homers lead all of baseball
Dave Eminian / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Reyes rocks in rehab start: 5 innings, 12 K's, 100-mph fastballs  —  • Some things never change.  —  Alex Reyes made his return to Dozer Park and the Peoria Chiefs on Monday, four years, a major-league stint and a Tommy John surgery later, and still flashed that triple-digit fastball he showed here in 2014.
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Associated Press:   Reyes, Rodriguez carry Peoria to 5-2 win over Clinton
Associated Press:
Color war: Zobrist defies MLB again with black spikes  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Ben Zobrist was joined by Chicago Cubs teammates Kyle Schwarber and Steve Cishek in wearing black spikes on Monday despite a warning from Major League Baseball that he was in violation of the sport's uniform regulations.
Bradford DoolittleESPN / ESPN:
Braves haven't been fazed by unexpected early success  —  CHICAGO — If the Chicago Cubs are paying attention, the breakthrough season the young Atlanta Braves are enjoying must be looking very familiar.  —  The Braves made the best of a one-day pit stop in Chicago on Monday …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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Tony Andracki / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Panic deepens as Jose Quintana's struggles return in full force
Discussion: Bleed Cubbie Blue
Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:
Will the Chicago Cubs call up Adbert Alzolay?  Iowa Cubs pitcher says he's ready to make MLB debut  —  Chicago Cubs pitching prospect makes Triple-A debut Friday  —  Iowa Cubs pitcher Adbert Alzolay, the top prospect in the organization according to MLB.com, is ready to go if Chicago needs him in the big leagues for his next start.
Associated Press:
Baseball notebook: Seattle's Cano, Texas' Beltre being evaluated  —  Seattle's Cano, Texas' Beltre to be evaluated  —  The Seattle Mariners said Monday that they'll have a better idea on the projected length of Robinson Cano's recovery time after the second baseman is examined by a hand specialist Tuesday in Philadelphia.
John Harper / The Charlotte Observer:
A Bryce Harper-Yankees marriage seems to be a longshot, but it could come down to Stanton  —  On June 9, 2015, Bryce Harper was leading off the seventh inning of a 1-1 game, his first in the Bronx, when he took his Mickey Mantle obsession to such an extreme that he convinced a person working …
ESPN:
Angels reliever Keynan Middleton has damaged UCL in right elbow  —  An MRI performed on Los Angeles Angels reliever Keynan Middleton revealed damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team announced Monday.  —  Middleton is seeking a second opinion, the team said.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Keynan Middleton Headed To DL With UCL Damage
Discussion: Halos Heaven
Michelle Robertson / San Francisco Chronicle:
Magnitude 3.5 earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area, centered near Oakland  —  An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 3.8 rattled the San Francisco Bay Area Monday night.  The quake was later downgraded to a 3.5.  —  The rolling quake was centered about 2 miles east of Oakland …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Tom Haudricourt / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Brewers 7, Diamondbacks 2: Five late runs against Arizona's top-ranked bullpen do the job  —  PHOENIX - The Milwaukee Brewers knew they had their work cut out for them on this daunting three-city trip, and thus far have been up to the task.  —  The Brewers made it four victories …
David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
Real or not?  Striking examples of failure becoming a turnoff  —  We all know strikeouts have increased.  We are seeing what is perhaps best described as obscene rates of strikeouts, although maybe your views differ.  Each team has averaged 8.72 strikeouts per game this season …
Discussion: Talking Chop
Drew Davison / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Glove love: Why MLB players are so superstitious and meticulous about them  —  Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has officially retired his first glove.  It'll be framed and on display in his home in the near future.  —  Beltre used the same Rawlings glove for the first 11 years of his career …
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
A's hit 3 solo homers as Manaea beats Red Sox again, 6-5  —  BOSTON (AP) — Sean Manaea beat the Boston Red Sox again in his first outing against them since pitching a no-hitter, and Khris Davis hit one of three solo homers by the Oakland Athletics in a 6-5 victory Monday night.
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Associated Press:
Orf's run leads Col. Springs to 8-5 win over Okla. City  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Nate Orf scored on a wild pitch in the first inning, leading the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to an 8-5 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers on Monday.  —  The play, part of a three-run inning …
 
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Greg Beacham / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
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