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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Real or Not? This Astros offense could be the best in MLB history — There is something remarkable going on in the early weeks of 2019. Here is a list of best offenses in the past 100 years, ranked by the weighted runs created formula at FanGraphs (wRC+ adjusts for the league run environment and home park with 100 being average):
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Associated Press:
Astros extend win streak to 6 with 8-1 win over Tigers — Brad Peacock (4-2) allowed a run and three hits in five innings for Houston, which has won nine of its last 10 games. — DETROIT (AP) - Aledmys Diaz, Robinson Chirinos, Jake Marisnick and Alex Bregman homered for Houston …
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Bless You Boys
Jesse Yomtov / Cincinnati.com:
MLB power rankings: Led by George Springer, red-hot Astros take back the No. 1 spot
MLB power rankings: Led by George Springer, red-hot Astros take back the No. 1 spot
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The Crawfish Boxes, MLB Baseball News … and USA Today
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
High fastballs haunting Diamondbacks' Christian Walker in latest slump — On multiple occasions on Sunday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves attacked an area of the strike zone that is becoming increasingly popular against Diamondbacks slugger Christian Walker. — Armed with fastballs in the mid-90s …
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Richard Morin / Arizona Republic:
Torey Lovullo says he purposely kept Zack Godley in the dark about ‘opening’ start
Torey Lovullo says he purposely kept Zack Godley in the dark about ‘opening’ start
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MLB Baseball News … and AZ Snake Pit
Nick Piecoro / Associated Press:
Diamondbacks' offense explodes to hammer Pirates
Evan Grant / Dallas-Fort Worth Sports News:
Rangers have a doozy of a problem: how does the club deal with struggling Rougned Odor and Nomar Mazara? — The Rangers have been here before. — “Here” being in Kansas City with a badly struggling Rougned Odor and nearing the proverbial end of their rope on ways to get him going.
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Lone Star Ball and Rangers News
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Three areas the Rangers might be forced to address as they enter mid-May slumping — An off day Monday became a needed respite for the Texas Rangers after their lost weekend in Houston. — Emphasis on lost. — The Astros did everything better than that Rangers en route to a four-game sweep …
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Dallas-Fort Worth Sports News
ESPN:
Boone: Andujar likely headed back to 10-day IL — New York Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar is likely headed back to the 10-day injured list so that the team can “get a better handle” on his nagging right shoulder injury, according to manager Aaron Boone.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Mike DiGiovanna / Baltimore Sun:
Watch Cody Bellinger throw out Stephen Strasburg at first — The Dodgers' Cody Bellinger robbed Washington's Stephen Strasburg of a sixth-inning single Sunday at Dodger Stadium. (Getty Images) — When Gerardo Parra's eighth-inning drive one-hopped the wall in left-center field for a double …
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Daniel Starkand / Dodger Blue:
Dodgers News: Hyun-Jin Ryu Named National League Player Of The Week For May 6-12
Dodgers News: Hyun-Jin Ryu Named National League Player Of The Week For May 6-12
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True Blue LA
Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
Since April 10, the Cubs are winning at a 77.8 percent rate. Here are 5 ways they're pulling it off. — Photos from the Cubs' 4-1 win over the Brewers on May 12, 2019, at Wrigley Field. — How hot are the Cubs running? — Forget for a second about Kris Bryant hitting five home runs …
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Phil Rosenthal / Baltimore Sun:
Hey, ESPN, ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ viewers actually want to watch the game — so focus on that — Photos from the Cubs' 4-1 win over the Brewers on May 12, 2019, at Wrigley Field. — Chicago Tribune — When baseball fans tune in to ESPN's “Sunday Night Baseball” coverage of the Cubs …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Flaherty trying to straighten ‘crooked numbers’ — ATLANTA — With all his weapons, including an arsenal of well above-average pitches and a competitive ferocity, young Cardinals righthander Jack Flaherty is only 11-14 in his major-league career. And the Cardinals are but 18-23 …
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ESPN:
Resurgent Red Sox, Sale set to face Rockies — Chances are the Colorado Rockies aren't excited about their first trip to Fenway Park since 2016. — Not with the way the Boston Red Sox are playing. — The resurgent defending World Series champions, riding a season-best, five-game winning streak …
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Over the Monster and Associated Press
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MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings …:
Hernandez, Phillies rally past Brewers — Cesar Hernandez homered and had two hits, two RBIs and three runs scored to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies past the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 on Monday. — Andrew McCutchen, J.T. Realmuto and Maikel Franco each added two hits for the Phillies, who won their third in a row.
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Phillies Nation and The Good Phight
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Donald Duench / Toronto Sun:
On Deck: Blue Jays at Giants — Donald Duench, Toronto SunMore from Donald Duench, Toronto Sun — TORONTO BLUE JAYS at SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — STARTING PITCHERS — RHP Trent Thornton (0-4, 5.06 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Vincent (0-1, 2.25 ERA) — The Giants are going to the “opener” …
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Jeff Fletcher / Orange County Register:
Jonathan Lucroy has bounced back offensively with Angels — The Angels are trying to keep Lucroy fresh by limiting his time behind the plate — MINNEAPOLIS — Jonathan Lucroy has rediscovered at least part of what made him one of baseball's best-hitting catchers a few years ago.
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Halos Heaven and Daily News
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Where do baseball's elite starting pitchers come from? — The amateur draft is less than a month away and teams are starting to hunker down, getting in those final scouting trips and narrowing down their list of potential picks and players with the good faces. — Chris Paddack was once of those draft prospects.
Daily Record:
'They're fighting for their life': Dwight Gooden gains perspective in new role — The first time Dwight Gooden strolled through Hackensack Medical Center's pediatric cancer unit, he felt overcome with shame and embarrassment. — As he took it all in, he thought about the countless times …
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Angels' odd mix of Mike Trout & Co. inspires hope: ‘Nothing but belief in ourselves’ — There's a certain numbing consistency to many of the eight seasons Mike Trout and Albert Pujols have spent with the Los Angeles Angels. Trout, baseball's bullet train, amazes and inspires and stretches …
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The Crawfish Boxes