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Jose M. Romero / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Diamondbacks beat Yankees 3-2 for 2-game sweep — Merrill Kelly won his first start against the — Yankees and Arizona beat New York 3-2 Wednesday to sweep a two-game series. — New York dropped to 0-5 this year against teams that currently have winning records and is 17-7 against clubs that started the day under .500.
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Pinstripe Alley
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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.
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
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
Diamondbacks beat Yankees 3-1 as Sabathia hits 3K strikeouts
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AZ Snake Pit
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
DJ LeMahieu, Gio Urshela not yet back in Yankees lineup, but available off the bench
DJ LeMahieu, Gio Urshela not yet back in Yankees lineup, but available off the bench
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley
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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MLB Baseball News … and McCovey Chronicles
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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, MLB Baseball News … and NBCSports.com
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Select Stephen Vogt, Option Ty Blach
Giants Select Stephen Vogt, Option Ty Blach
Discussion:
NBC Bay Area and McCovey Chronicles
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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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Real or Not? Pitchers clap back against early HR barrage — On Monday night, I wrote about all the home runs in April. Well, the pitchers got a little revenge on Tuesday. For one night at least, the best games revolved around good starting pitching instead of dingers. A roll call of some of those performances:
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 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
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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MLB Baseball News … and Red Reporter
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Jeurys Familia blows save, gets bailed out by Mets bats in extras
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Jim Riggleman enjoys opportunity to see Cincinnati Reds, his former players
Jim Riggleman enjoys opportunity to see Cincinnati Reds, his former players
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Red Reporter and Amazin' Avenue
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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Bless You Boys and MLB Baseball News …
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Chris McCosky / Detroit News:
Tigers deal with more rotation juggling; Josh Harrison lands on IL
Tigers deal with more rotation juggling; Josh Harrison lands on IL
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Bless You Boys and MLB Trade Rumors
Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s impact negligible in return to Angel Stadium — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. craned his neck over a crowd of reporters and gazed at the batter's box of Angel Stadium. For six summers as a child, he tagged along with his father, Vladimir Sr. Now he had arrived in the visitors dugout …
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MLB Baseball News … and Halos Heaven
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Maria Torres / Baltimore Sun:
Shohei Ohtani won't return to Angels for at least another week
Shohei Ohtani won't return to Angels for at least another week
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Halos Heaven
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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Chico Enterprise-Record and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
David Wellham / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Three key Braves prospects on hitting tears — Braves outfield prospects Drew Waters and Cristian Pache are off to strong starts at Double-A Mississippi, while third baseman Austin Riley has made a big splash this week for Triple-A Gwinnett. — Pache and Waters each has played in 22 games this season …
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.
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
MLB Network's Eric Byrnes predicts May breakout for Cincinnati Reds' Yasiel Puig — Cincinnati Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig's batting average dropped to .192 with Tuesday's 0-for-4 effort against the New York Mets. — But during an MLB Central segment Wednesday titled, “April Showers Bring May Flower …

