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Buster Olney / ESPN:
CC Sabathia is a Hall of Famer — When CC Sabathia was a free agent in the fall of 2008 and deeply skeptical about the idea of signing to play in New York, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman recruited with the Steinbrenner family checkbook, but also with a personal appeal.
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Jose M. Romero / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Diamondbacks beat Yankees 3-2 for 2-game sweep
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Pinstripe Alley and New York Daily News
Associated Press:
Former Indians All-Star CC Sabathia becomes 17th pitcher with 3,000 strikeouts
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Let's Go Tribe
Jon Tayler / Sports Illustrated:
CC Sabathia's Final Milestone Secures His Place in Baseball History
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MLB Baseball News …
John Marshall / Associated Press:
Diamondbacks beat Yankees 3-1 as Sabathia hits 3K strikeouts
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AZ Snake Pit
Associated Press:
Pollock to undergo surgery for infection in right elbow — SHARE URL EMAIL FBMSNGR WHATSAPP SMS — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder A.J. Pollock will need surgery because of an infection in his surgically repaired right elbow.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
A.J. Pollock To Undergo Elbow Surgery — Dodgers outfielder A.J. Pollock will undergo surgery to remove the metal hardware that was inserted in his the growth plate of his right elbow back in a 2016 procedure, manager Dave Roberts announced Wednesday (Twitter links via Ken Gurnick of MLB.com and Pedro Moura of The Athletic).
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Dodger Blue and True Blue LA
Michael Wagaman / scores.nbcsportsbayarea.com:
Freese, Turner homer as Dodgers beat Giants 10-3 — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) David Freese had to wait to celebrate his first homer in more than two weeks. There was no doubt about Justin Turner's shot. — Freese hit a three-run drive, Turner went deep for the first time this season …
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NBC Bay Area, McCovey Chronicles, MLB Baseball News … and NBCSports.com
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Prospect Logan Webb Receives 80-Game PED Suspension — Giants pitching prospect Logan Webb has been hit with an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. He was found to have a substance known as dehydrochlormethyltestosterone in his system.
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McCovey Chronicles and MLB Baseball News …
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Select Stephen Vogt, Option Ty Blach
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NBC Bay Area and McCovey Chronicles
MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings …:
Indians' Kluber leaves game with bruised right forearm — Corey Kluber has left his team's game at Miami with a bruised right forearm after being hit by a line drive off the bat of — Brian Anderson. — The ball rolled away from Kluber, and he tried to swat it to first base …
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MLB Trade Rumors and MLB Daily Dish
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Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
Cleveland Indians SP Trevor Bauer after win over Miami Marlins: ‘I suck right now’ — Despite advancing his record to 4-1 on the season, Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer wasn't happy with his performance vs. the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. — Entering his start against the Miami Marlins …
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Ohtani ‘a little impatient’ as he nears return — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani is now precisely seven months removed from Tommy John surgery. He has taken 31 at-bats in simulated-game environments. His timing, he said, is on point. His body “feels great.”
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Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s impact negligible in return to Angel Stadium
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MLB Baseball News … and Halos Heaven
Maria Torres / Baltimore Sun:
Shohei Ohtani won't return to Angels for at least another week
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MLB Baseball News … and Halos Heaven
Rob Bradford / WEEI:
Why there is no more Fortnite in Red Sox clubhouse — There is something missing from the Red Sox' home clubhouse this season that smacked visitors in the face upon entering last season. — No more Fortnite. — The popular video game became part of the conversation during …
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MLB Baseball News …, NBCSports.com, Boston Globe and NESN.com
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ABC News:
Moreland, Vázquez homer, Boston sweeps Oakland 7-3 — Mitch Moreland homered and drove in another run on a sacrifice fly after a lucky hop off the second base bag moved the runners along and Boston beat Oakland 7-3 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep for the previously struggling World Series champions.
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MLB Baseball News … and Athletics Nation
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' Harold Castro's day started in Toledo, ended with hit vs. Phillies — PHILADELPHIA — Harold Castro had already taken early batting practice and was hanging out when Triple-A Toledo manager Doug Mientkiewicz pulled him into his office at Fifth Third Field around 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
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Bless You Boys
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Josh Harrison gets all-clear from MRI, but diving lands him on IL — PHILADELPHIA — A day after the Detroit Tigers placed second baseman Josh Harrison on the 10-day injured list, the team received good news. — An MRI scan on Harrison's left shoulder came back clean, showing inflammation, but no tears.
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MLB Baseball News … and Bless You Boys
Richard Morin / Arizona Republic:
Resurgent Greg Holland picks up consecutive saves as Diamondbacks sweep Yankees — When Snoop Dogg's 2000 hit “Lay Low” starts blasting over the Chase Field speakers, Torey Lovullo's blood pressure drops a little. — The song has become best-known to Diamondbacks fans as the warm-up music …
Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles rally past White Sox, 5-4, in Game 1 of doubleheader to end four-game slide — In the span of three pitches — practically nothing in a game that featured 365 of them and lasted nearly four hours — the Orioles broke step with the fault that has defined this losing road trip …
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MLB Baseball News …, South Side Sox and Camden Chat
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Good seats available: MLB's early-season attendance issue continues — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At first pitch Wednesday afternoon between the Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Rays, about 500 fans dotted stands at Kauffman Stadium. It was a weekday during the school year …
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Orange County Register:
Free Comic Book Day is May 4: Here are 57 comic shops in Southern California participating — The Avengers reached the Endgame on film, but comic book fans know there are always new stories hitting the stands. — And on one day each year, they're free. Yes, it's time for Free Comic Book Day …
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Mercury News, Chico Enterprise-Record and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Despite rally in the 9th inning, Cincinnati Reds lose in extra innings to New York Mets — NEW YORK - Luis Castillo thought he had his best pure stuff of the season Tuesday and the Reds had a game-tying rally in the ninth inning, but it still wasn't enough to hold off the New York Mets in a 4-3 loss in 10 innings at Citi Field
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ESPN:
Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals … His hard-hit rate's up a little bit (40 percent), but outside of his unlucky batting average on balls in play and its intertwining squashing of his left-on-base percentage, Scherzer's performance looks normal. Much of the damage done to the 34-year-old's numbers came …
Mike Sheets / ESPN:
Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday — Another Thursday, another shortened slate. You all should know the drill by now. This Thursday gives us an eight-game slate with only two games being played at night, which isn't ideal for DFS.
