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Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wacha injured, Ponce de Leon to make Tuesday start — The Cardinals have placed righthander Michael Wacha, who was to have started Tuesday against the Milwaukee Brewers, on the 10-day injured list. — Wacha, whose injury list time can be backdated to April 19, is suffering from left knee patellar tendinitis.
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Viva El Birdos
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Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals score seven in seventh inning, beat Brewers 13-5 — The Cardinals pushed across seven runs in the seventh inning and went on to a 13-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium on Monday night. — Holding a 5-4 lead, the home team loaded the bases when Matt Carpenter hit …
Associated Press:
MRI on deGrom's elbow comes back clean — NEW YORK — New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom remains on track to start Friday night after an MRI on his right elbow showed no damage. — New York general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said the NL Cy Young Award winner had a test Monday morning that came back clean.
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MLB Baseball News …
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Todd Frazier's back and ‘ready to rock’ — Game No. 22 for the Mets was day one for their veteran third baseman. — The Mets activated Todd Frazier from the injured list before their series premiere against the Phillies at Citi Field on Monday night. He batted sixth and started at third base behind left-hander Steven Matz.
Danny Abriano / SNY:
Todd Frazier will play 3B for Mets ‘quite a bit,’ so how will that impact Jeff McNeil?
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Amazin' Avenue
Abbey Mastracco / Daily Record:
NY Mets hoping Noah Syndergaard and slumping pitchers will ‘snap out of it’ soon
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MLB Baseball News …, Amazin' Avenue, Brew Crew Ball, NorthJersey.com and The Good Phight
Andy Martino / SNY:
Brewers interested in Gio Gonzalez, will be competition for Mets: sources — Gonzalez was released by Yankees on Monday — The market for Gio Gonzalez will be more robust than it was in the winter, with the Milwaukee Brewers now interested in bringing the lefty back, according to major league sources.
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MLB Trade Rumors, New York Post, Sporting News, Pinstripe Alley, Lone Star Ball and MLB Daily Dish
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
The Yankee rotation isn't broken, but J.A. Happ needs to get it together — ANAHEIM — In the end, the Yankees did not need Gio Gonzalez. As expected, the Yankees released him from his contract Monday. The veteran lefty is now a free agent. — Gonzalez had been signed to a minor league deal …
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Grant Gio Gonzalez His Release
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Brew Crew Ball, DRaysBay and New York Post
Jeff Seidel / USA Today:
Dustin Peterson almost got ‘decapitated’ in minors. How it brought him to Detroit Tigers — Dustin Peterson, the Tigers' new outfielder, was sitting by his locker in Comerica Park. — “I know a little bit about your background,” I said. “I know you were a high draft pick. Big bonus.”
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Detroit Free Press and New York Post
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mum's the word on Aaron Judge's return from ‘significant injury’ — Last year, Brian Cashman admitted the Yankees made a mistake announcing an expected timeline for Aaron Judge's recovery from a broken right wrist. The Yankee GM learned his lesson. — Monday, speaking on WFAN …
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Gabe Lacques / Arizona Republic:
MLB power rankings: Can Yankees stay above water as injuries mount?
Laura Albanese / Newsday:
Aaron Boone hopeful that Gary Sanchez can return this week
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Dodgers' arrival at Wrigley Field provides surging Cubs a measuring stick: ‘Right now it can go either way’ — Chicago Tribune — With the Dodgers in town for a three-game series beginning Tuesday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs get an opportunity to show their recent surge is not a mirage.
Phil Miller / Star Tribune:
Twins' hot offense carries over in 9-5 rout of Astros — After drubbing the Orioles, Twins keep hits coming vs. Houston. — TEXT SIZE — HOUSTON - The Twins now own the fewest losses and the second-best record in the major leagues, and that wasn't even the craziest fact to come out of their 9-5 victory over the Astros on Monday.
Discussion:
The Crawfish Boxes
Abbey Mastracco / Detroit Free Press:
‘He was going nuts’: Mets rookie Pete Alonso calls manager, pleads to be in lineup — ST. LOUIS — Mickey Callaway was heading to dinner with his parents in St. Louis on Saturday night when he received a phone call from his rookie first baseman, Pete Alonso. — It sounded some alarms in the mind of the manager.
Mark Faller / Arizona Republic:
Mountain Pointe product Cole Tucker taking Pittsburgh by storm with Pirates — PITTSBURGH - It was a scene right out “The Natural” as Phoenix's Cole Tucker came to the plate in the bottom the fifth for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a tie game Saturday. — As storm clouds gathered, a lightning bolt lit up the sky.
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Bucs Dugout, MLB Baseball News … and AZ Snake Pit
Jeff Sanders / Baltimore Sun:
Tatis, Machado becoming fast friends on left side of Padres infield — Fernando Tatis Jr., left, and Manny Machado do a little dance to the music being played during batting practice before a game last week at Petco Park. (Hayne Palmour IV/San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Gaslamp Ball
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Here's how Bryce Harper is doing with the Phillies so far — Bryce Harper has played the first 21 games of his Phillies career — out of a possible 2,106 regular-season games, assuming the length of the schedule doesn't change between now and 2031. That's 1 percent of the potential games he might play …
Discussion:
The Good Phight
Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox rookie Eloy Jimenez to miss Orioles series after being placed on bereavement list — Photos of Eloy Jimenez, the White Sox outfielder and No. 4-ranked prospect by Baseball America. — Chicago Tribune — White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez will return to his hometown of Santo Domingo …
