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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
MLB power rankings: A tie at the top as Astros complete perfect road trip — There is no true No. 1 atop USA TODAY Sports' power rankings this week, and that's probably appropriate. — It's difficult to parse greatest from great when it comes to the Houston Astros and New York Yankees …
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Detroit Free Press:
‘The ball just sounded different’ — Stewart, then 17 years old, rounded the bases with a smile on his face. He had hit another monster home run against one of Lilburn (Ga.) Providence Christian Academy's biggest rivals. — “Hey don't worry about it,” the opposing coach yelled at his pitcher …
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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — The Detroit Tigers promoted right-handed pitcher Alex Faedo and outfielder Daz Cameron to Double-A Erie from High-A Lakeland on Monday. — Tigers general manager Al Avila hinted to reporters on Sunday in Chicago that Faedo and fellow right-handed pitcher Beau Burrows would soon be promoted.
Detroit Free Press:
Oh, that good bullpen — The bullpen has as much to do with the Tigers' five-game winning streak as anything else. — Over the five-game streak, the bullpen allowed one run on 12 hits over 17 innings with one walk and 20 strikeouts. — In the three-game sweep, the bullpen combined …
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Toronto Sun:
Dodgers, Cubs square off in NLCS rematch — CHICAGO — The Los Angeles Dodgers have been hitting home runs and scoring runs at enough of a prodigious clip this month that it is rare to see their bats go quiet. — The Dodgers will enter this week's three-game series against the Chicago Cubs having won seven of their past 10 games.
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Doug Padilla / NBC Bay Area:
Hundley, Belt Homer to Lift Giants to 4-1 Win Over Dodgers
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McCovey Chronicles
ESPN:
Prospects who can deliver as soon as they get the call — While a lot of the focus of discussions this time of year is on which prospects contending teams should trade for which stars, quite often simply using their own top-performing prospect is a superior choice for a ballclub in win-now mode.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees, Mariners Interested In J.A. Happ
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David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
Free agent-to-be Bryce Harper playing way out of $400 million deal — The Blue Jays beat the Nationals 8-6 on Sunday with back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning from Teoscar Hernandez and Yangervis Solarte off Ryan Madson, who hadn't allowed a home run all season and just two in 2017 and 2018 combined:
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Mike Axisa / CBSSports.com:
MLB is hoping to convince Bryce Harper to participate in the Home Run Derby
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Let's Go Tribe and MLB Baseball News …
Shelly Anderson / UPI:
Milwaukee Brewers turn to Jhoulys Chacin against Pittsburgh Pirates — Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin could have gotten something richer than the two-year, $15.5 million contract he signed with Milwaukee during the offseason. — It turns out the Brewers certainly cashed in.
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Jim Ingraham / UPI:
Cleveland Indians welcome back Yonder Alonso vs. Chicago White Sox — CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians will welcome first baseman Yonder Alonso back into the lineup Monday night when they host the Chicago White Sox in the first game of a three-game series at Progressive Field.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Pedro Strop says 2018 Cubs bullpen is the best he has been a part of — Chicago Tribune — Pedro Strop paused before smiling when asked if this was the best bullpen he has been a part of during his six seasons with the Cubs. — “Numbers-wise, yeah,” Strop said. “It's got to be the best so far.”
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Mike Montgomery tries to force Cubs into tough decision once Yu Darvish healthy
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MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Baseball News … and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Matt Ehalt / NorthJersey.com:
Brandon Nimmo's HR caps Mets' rally over Diamondbacks — Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo on team's ninth-inning rally Matt Ehalt, Staff Writer, @MattEhalt — PHOENIX — Hours before he delivered one of the biggest hits of the season, Brandon Nimmo thought about the famous winning streak quote from Major League II.
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Toronto Sun:
Pivetta hopes to reverse fortunes as Phillies host Cardinals — Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Nick Pivetta is struggling so far in June. He will try to turn his month around against the slumping St. Louis Cardinals. — The Phillies and Cardinals open a three-game set on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park.
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Peter Baugh / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Molina ties a major-league record in Cardinals win
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Jose De Jesus Ortiz / Kansas City Star:
Cardinals' Reyes' family inspires him to keep fighting — Cardinals right-hander Alex Reyes saw the value of a father's sacrifice throughout his childhood while his father worked double shifts as a security guard at the Elizabeth, N.J., board of education. — Tomas Reyes Sr. …
UPI:
Rangers, Royals meet in series between last-place teams — The Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, two struggling teams in last place in their divisions, will open a three-game series Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. — The Royals have lost six straight and 12 of 13.
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Stephen Ruiz / Orlando Sentinel:
Former first-round picks from Central Florida connect in minors — Lake Mary senior shortstop Brendan Rodgers is considered arguably the top high-school baseball player in the country and potentially the No. 1 pick in the June draft. — Not too long ago, Brendan Rodgers and Forrest Wall …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Joe Maddon defends his decision to put Anthony Bass in over Steve Cishek — Cubs' Jose Quintana on his recent outings: ‘I feel better in my last starts.’ (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — Left-hander Jose Quintana wanted to work out of his sixth-inning mess Sunday night …
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Next Slide — Chase Anderson could only shake his head afterward and wonder what might have been after just having watched the Milwaukee Brewers' offense nearly pull off a miraculous ninth-inning comeback at Miller Park on a steamy Sunday afternoon. — Had things broken just a little differently …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
ESPN:
Brewers RHP Adrian Houser vomits twice on mound, finishes frame — Milwaukee Brewers reliever Adrian Houser made it through the top of the eighth inning of a 10-9 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday despite vomiting twice during the inning. — The right-hander, who was called …
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