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Mike Digiovanna / The Charlotte Observer:
Cellar-dwelling Angels not fine — ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Angels keep telling themselves it's early, that the offense will come around, especially when injured slugger Shohei Ohtani returns in early May, that the rotation, which former manager Mike Scioscia always called “the heartbeat of the club …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees avoid third straight extra innings finish thanks to newer Bombers in pinstripes — ANAHEIM — They kind of look like the Yankees of the movies. You know, the generic looking baseball players they put in Yankees uniforms and have in the background for films like 'For the Love of the Game …
Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Unsung names fuel banged-up Yanks vs. Angels
Unsung names fuel banged-up Yanks vs. Angels
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New Jersey Online and Associated Press
Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
Yankees' Frazier: I don't want to join that 1L party
Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals, Brewers tied 2-2 in the sixth at Busch — The Milwaukee Brewers pulled even at 2-2 when Travis Shaw hit a solo homer against reliever John Gant with two outs in the sixth. — The Cardinals had taking the lead at 2-1 with two outs in the fifth.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
DeJong goes deep, ‘Ponce’ steps up as Cardinals beat Brewers again
Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals, Ponce de Leon set to take on Brewers
Cardinals, Ponce de Leon set to take on Brewers
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Viva El Birdos, Brew Crew Ball and MLB Baseball News …
Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals score two in the eighth, beat Brewers 4-3 at Busch
Cardinals score two in the eighth, beat Brewers 4-3 at Busch
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MLB Baseball News …
Eddie Matz / ESPN:
O's Smith Jr. robs, hits HR in win over ChiSox — BALTIMORE — Dwight Smith Jr. giveth and Dwight Smith Jr. taketh away. — In the Baltimore Orioles' 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, Smith became the third player this season to hit a home run and rob one in the same game.
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Peter Schmuck / The Charlotte Observer:
Orioles youngsters learning hard way that major league dreams can often take detour — Everyone knows that the Orioles are not going to win a lot of games during this rebuilding year, but the promising young players taking part in this competitive casting call still live and die …
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mini basketballs and a playful batting practice: ‘just another day in paradise’ for Mets — Hours before the second of a three-game set in Flushing, a pair of clubhouses within the confines of Citi Field were like yin and yang. — Mets teammates inside the home locker room picked …
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Why Pete Alonso is literally baseball's next big thing — NEW YORK — Maybe it's too easy to say that Pete Alonso was born to play for the New York Mets, the team that plays in the borough of Queens, where Pete's grandfather settled as a teenager in the 1930s after fleeing the Spanish Civil War …
Dan Martin / New York Post:
Brandon Nimmo exits Mets game with left oblique ‘twinge’
Brandon Nimmo exits Mets game with left oblique ‘twinge’
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Amazin' Avenue
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Quintana changes things up to give Cubs the top starter they traded for — CHICAGO — If you're into labels, then you might know that one of the downsides of the Chicago Cubs rotation going into the season was that they didn't have a true No.1 pitcher — at least not in the vein of a Max Scherzer or Jacob deGrom.
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Gethin Coolbaugh / Associated Press:
Red Sox' Nathan Eovaldi out 6 weeks after elbow surgery — BOSTON — Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi had surgery Tuesday to remove a loose body in his right elbow. — The arthroscopic procedure was performed by Yankees head team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
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Bless You Boys and MLB Baseball News …
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers sweep Boston Red Sox in doubleheader: 3 observations from win
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers move Josh Harrison out of leadoff spot - for now
Detroit Tigers move Josh Harrison out of leadoff spot - for now
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Bless You Boys, Over the Monster and Forbes
Paul Attfield / Associated Press:
Giants hit 4 homers, outlast Blue Jays 7-6 — San Francisco Giants Pablo Sandoval greeted by teammate Kevin Pillar after he hit a solo home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 23, 2019 in Toronto. — Toronto Blue Jays' Rowdy Tellez hits …
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Kerry Crowley / Marin Independent Journal:
Blue Jays giving Giants' Kevin Pillar the spotlight all to himself
Blue Jays giving Giants' Kevin Pillar the spotlight all to himself
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McCovey Chronicles, MLB Baseball News …, Mercury News and Bluebird Banter
ABC News:
Altuve, Bregman help Astros rally for 10-4 win over Twins — Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer and Alex Bregman added three RBIs as the Houston Astros rallied for a 10-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night to snap a three-game skid. — The game was tied in the seventh when Trevor Hildenberger …
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MLB Baseball News …, WTAW, Twinkie Town and The Crawfish Boxes
ESPN:
Dodgers' Hill (knee) set for season debut Sun. — Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Rich Hill is set to make his season debut Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday. — Hill hasn't pitched since straining his left knee during spring training and started the season on the injured list.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
One year in, is Ronald Acuña Jr. ready to claim Best Player in Baseball title? — Long before radar and camera systems that log every imaginable measurement became necessities at minor league affiliates across baseball, they were like Christmas-morning toys to those who understood where the game was going.
Fletcher Page / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds' top prospect Nick Senzel singles in season's first at-bat — LOUISVILLE - Nick Senzel quickly knocked the rust off Tuesday night, though the reality of a long layoff eventually caught up to him at the plate. — The Cincinnati Reds' top prospect smacked the second pitch …
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MLB notebook: Rays' Snell set to return Wednesday — Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell is slated to return from a fractured toe to start Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals. — The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner broke a toe on his right foot on April 14 …
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Associated Press:
Iowa Cubs pitcher Trevor Clifton finds peace after building low-cost, 104-square-foot tiny house — Iowa Cubs pitcher Trevor Clifton poses for a photo in the tiny house he built to live in during the baseball season in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 15, 2019. (Zach Boyden-Holmes The Des Moines Register via AP)
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Five things we learned from MLB's Opening Day payrolls — On the surface, Major League Baseball's official Opening Day payroll numbers do not offer any surprises. The Boston Red Sox are paying the most in actual salaries as well as the number used in luxury-tax calculations.