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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals sign All-Star infielder Carpenter to two-year extension — ST. LOUIS • The Cardinals and All-Star leadoff hitter Matt Carpenter have agreed upon an extension that will likely allow him to finish his career with the team, as first reported by The Post-Dispatch.
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Alaa Abdeldaiem / Sports Illustrated:
Cardinals Sign Matt Carpenter to Two-Year Contract Extension Through 2021 Season — The extension will take Carpenter through the 2021 season. — The St. Louis Cardinals have signed All-Star leadoff hitter Matt Carpenter to a two-year contract extension, the team announced on Wednesday.
Curtis Pashelka / Mercury News:
First strike: Sharks earn series-opening win over Golden Knights — (CLICK HERE, if you unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.) — SAN JOSE — Forget about the troubles they had near the end of the regular season. The Sharks got the start and the end result …
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Bay Area / Mercury News:
Video: Joe Pavelski opens Sharks playoffs by scoring with his chin — The Sharks' first goal of the postseason came in unusual fashion Wednesday night. — Captain Joe Pavelski slid into his customary spot in front of the Marc-Andre Fleury, hunting for a tip-in goal on the Sharks power play.
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Daily Record:
Yankees' Miguel Andujar reports progress with right shoulder injury — Yankees' Miguel Andujar (small tear, right labrum) plays catch for the first time since being diagnosed, at Houston on Wednesday — HOUSTON - Miguel Andujar merely played catch on Wednesday, making 25 soft tosses at a distance of 60 feet.
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Kristie Rieken / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Altuve homers twice as Astros sweep Yankees for first time
Altuve homers twice as Astros sweep Yankees for first time
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Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
The White Sox are struggling. Rick Renteria says the younger players are trying to ‘eliminate some of the emotion’ to get back on track. — Photos from the White Sox-Rays game at Guaranteed Rate Field on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. — Chicago Tribune — The White Sox entered Wednesday's …
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Mike Ozanian / Forbes:
Baseball Team Values 2019: Yankees Lead League At $4.6 Billion — aseball is more lucrative than it has ever been because of the continued escalation in the value of the sport's media rights and higher profits. — In November, Fox signed a new seven-year media rights deal with MLB beginning …
Mark Medina / Mercury News:
Warriors get their wish, will face Clippers in first round — Klay Thompson subscribes. You can too for just 11 cents a day for 11 months + receive a free Warriors Championship book. Sign me up! — MEMPHIS, TENN. - Klay Thompson spoke his wish into existence.
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Gideon Rubin / scores.nbcsportsbayarea.com:
MLB Headlines — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Manny Machado came through with the type of performance the San Diego Padres hoped for. — Machado put the Padres ahead with his third home run of the season and made some sparkling defensive plays in a 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Why question-filled present for Red Sox mirrors what future could look like — For those in Boston panicking about the Red Sox's sequel to a World Series championship starting with a 3-9 record and the worst run differential in the American League, fear not. That thing in the distance — it's not the sky falling.
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Associated Press:
Atlantic League delays robot umps experiment — NEW YORK — Robot umpires will get some more warm-up time. — Major League Baseball and the Atlantic League said Wednesday the experiment with radar-tracking technology to call balls and strikes will not be used when the independent minor league starts play on April 25.
David Wilson / Miami Herald:
Marlins hope day off for Brian Anderson could snap third baseman's career-worst slump — The follow up to his impressive rookie season hasn't gone the way Brian Anderson hoped. After leading all National League rookies in hits and doubles in 2018, Anderson is off to a brutal start to 2019.
Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
Luis Severino's injury leaves a huge hole in the Yankees rotation ... here's the plan for fixing the pitching — This wasn't the plan. — A Yankee season without Luis Severino was unimaginable one short month ago, and yet that is looking more and more inevitable after the MRI …