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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — At Comerica Park. — Monday afternoon's game between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics featured a — perhaps unexpected — pitching duel between Jordan Zimmermann and former Tiger Edwin Jackson. It also featured a vintage performance from the Tigers' bullpen …
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Dana Gauruder / UPI:
Oakland A's turn to well-traveled Edwin Jackson to start against Detroit Tigers — Edwin Jackson has pitched for a lot of teams. The Oakland A's have burned through many starting pitchers this season. — In a case of harmonic convergence, Jackson will join the A's on Monday and immediately jump into the rotation.
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MLB Baseball News …, Athletics Nation and South Side Sox
Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — The Detroit Tigers, losers of five straight, are slumping, and manager Ron Gardenhire says there's only one solution. — “We just need to come up with a way to get some hits and score some runs,” Gardenhire said at Comerica Park before Detroit's game against the Oakland Athletics on Monday …
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Bless You Boys
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Bob Castellini's .500 prediction could send Paul Daugherty to Flying Wallendas in Germany — Joey Votto talks about the Reds' seven-game winning streak following their 8-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. The Reds completed a 6-0 homestand. Bobby Nightengale/The Enquirer — CONNECT
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John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Jim Riggleman may make managerial search for Cincinnati Reds unnecessary — ATLANTA - President of baseball operations Dick Williams said the other day that the managerial search has not really begun. — “It's something that'll be more of a second-half exercise,” Williams said.
Stephen Pianovich / UPI:
New York Yankees stay on road after getting swept to play Philadelphia Phillies — The New York Yankees are in the midst of their longest losing streak of the season. — It's only three losses in a row for the Yankees, but they enter the week with an injured starting catcher and a meeting with a surging opponent.
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Pinstripe Alley, Phillies Nation and The Good Phight
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Hard to get a handle on these bipolar Cubs — “You've got to keep big picture in mind,” Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said about the team's hot and cold season, “and there are a lot more at-bats to come. It's a day-to-day grind.” (John Minchillo / AP) — Chicago Tribune
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Steve Rosenbloom / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Cubs need to make a trade for a reliever, maybe two, maybe three, maybe . . . Chicago Tribune — Ladies and gentlemen, please return your tray table to its locked and upright position and buckle your seat belt as we experience a sentence as turbulent as your basic Cubs relief appearance:
Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Cubs, Dodgers enter four-game series moving in opposite directions
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers Sign Casey Mize — The Tigers announced today that they've signed No. 1 overall pick Casey Mize. He'll be introduced today at a press conference. Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press reports (via Twitter) that the former Auburn ace received a $7.5MM signing bonus — a new record bonus for the current draft structure.
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MLB Baseball News … and MLB Daily Dish
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Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
After tough stretch, New York Mets schedule lightens up over next two weeks — Greg Tartaglia, Staff Writer, @NJTags13 — The Mets have had better weeks. — They went 1-6 this past week and have now lost six straight after being swept by the Dodgers this past weekend at Citi Field.
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ESPN:
Power Rankings: Which AL power is No. 1 this week? — It's more of the same at the top of the rankings, with the Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs hanging on to the top three spots. Houston picked up four first-place votes, with Boston picking up the other one.
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MLB Daily Dish
MoiseKapenda Bower / UPI:
Justin Verlander faces Happ when Astros, Blue Jays tangle — HOUSTON — For a third consecutive start on Sunday, Houston Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole encountered a stretch where he wrestled with his control, a span of innings that called for his battery mate to help steer him through the rough patch and into smoother waters.
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baseballmusings.com and Bluebird Banter
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Mike DiGiovanna / Baltimore Sun:
Angels fight back but fall to Blue Jays in extras
Angels fight back but fall to Blue Jays in extras
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Bluebird Banter
ESPN:
Who's indispensable to his team's postseason chances? — As we head toward the second half and the trade deadline, the teams with the most incentive to make a splash are those living on the margins, with their playoff fates in doubt. Manny Machado is a no-doubt-about-it superstar …
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Arizona Sports
Alden GonzalezESPN / ESPN:
Angels face unique challenge in trying to get Shohei Ohtani right — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani's situation isn't just complex, it's unprecedented. — One hundred years had passed since a major league player simultaneously handled pitching and hitting the way Ohtani did during his first 10 weeks with the Los Angeles Angels.
David Haugh / Chicago Tribune:
Yu Darvish all set for rehab start with South Bend Cubs — Photos of Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish. — Chicago Tribune — Imagine how nervous 19-year-old Class A catcher Miguel Amaya felt Monday night at Four Winds Field. — Amaya was unavailable for a pregame interview …
Baltimore Sun:
Nationals' Bryce Harper could add star power to Home Run Derby in D.C. — Photos from the 2017 All-Star game Home Run Derby at Marlins Park in Miami. — The Home Run Derby held during All-Star Week usually relies on star power to be successful. Last year it had plenty …
Discussion:
McCovey Chronicles and Federal Baseball
Mike Dowling / Forbes:
So How Good Are The Red Sox, Really? — Contributor I will share with you my unique perspective on the Boston Red Sox Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. … While it was just three out of 162 games, this was a very big weekend series for the Red Sox.
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Over the Monster and NESN.com
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