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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Yankees blow out Jays as frustration mounts for manager Montoyo — Before his first training camp as a big-league manager, Charlie Montoyo had rather simple expectations for his rookie season commanding the Blue Jays dugout. — Or so it seemed, anyway. — “Just give me a good effort …
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley and Bluebird Banter
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Ian Harrison / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Paxton wins 9th straight start as Yankees rout Jays 13-3 — James Paxton pitched five innings to win his ninth straight start, — Brett Gardner homered twice and drove in five runs and the — New York Yankees hit five homers in a 13-3 win over the — Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
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Pinstripe Alley and Detroit Tigers News …
David Brandt / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Votto, VanMeter go deep, Reds beat sinking Diamondbacks 4-3 — Luis Castillo pitched five solid innings and the — Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Friday night. — The Diamondbacks lost their sixth straight to tumble further out of the NL wild card race. They won 11 out of 12 …
Discussion:
Red Reporter and Yahoo! Sports
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Justin Leger / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Mike Hazen no longer a Red Sox GM candidate after Diamondbacks contract extension
Mike Hazen no longer a Red Sox GM candidate after Diamondbacks contract extension
Discussion:
Over the Monster, Union-News, NBCSports.com, AZ Snake Pit and MLB Trade Rumors
Michael DePrisco / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Alex Cora commends Xander Bogaerts' consistency after reaching 50-double mark
Alex Cora commends Xander Bogaerts' consistency after reaching 50-double mark
Discussion:
Over the Monster, NBCSports.com and Baseball Prospectus
Joe Rutter / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Steelers great Terry Bradshaw rips Antonio Brown: 'I wouldn't throw to him' — Terry Bradshaw regularly threw passes to a pair of fellow Hall of Famer in wide receivers Lynn Swann and John Stallworth while the Pittsburgh Steelers were winning four Super Bowls in the 1970s.
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NESN.com, The Big Lead, ProFootballTalk, New York Post and Toronto Sun
Matt Schoch / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Hicks, Reyes power Tigers past Orioles in 12 innings 8-4 — Victor Reyes hit a tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning and — John Hicks had the game-winning grand slam in the 12th to lift the — Detroit Tigers to an 8-4 victory over the — Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
Discussion:
Camden Chat
Dylan A. Chase / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mike Fiers Exits With Right Arm Nerve Irritation — 9:31 pm: The club has announced that Fiers was pulled with “right arm nerve irritation”. As Slusser points out, that descriptor can foreshadow a wide range of possible outcomes and recovery timetables; Brett Anderson was sidelined briefly …
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San Francisco Chronicle and Athletics Nation
Dylan A. Chase / MLB Trade Rumors:
Charlie Culberson Exits With Facial Injury — A very heated scene ensued in D.C. this afternoon after a fastball from Washington's Fernando Rodney struck Atlanta's Charlie Culberson squarely in the face. Though Culberson, 30, was turned to bunt when at-bat in the top of the seventh …
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News … and Talking Chop
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
NL Notes: Dodgers, Brewers, Cubs, Padres — It's “very unlikely” outfielder Alex Verdugo will return for the Dodgers' National League Division Series matchup, manager Dave Roberts told Ken Gurnick of MLB.com and other reporters Friday (Twitter links). The rookie originally landed …
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News … and Brew Crew Ball
TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
Twins DFA Marcos Diplan, Select Jorge Alcala — The Minnesota Twins designated Marcos Diplan for assignment, per MLB.com's Do-Hyoung Park (via Twitter). Diplan's designation paves the way for Jorge Alcala to join the big league club at Progressive Field for today's doubleheader against the Indians.
Discussion:
Twins News and Twinkie Town
Chris Talbott / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Abreu, Moncada lift White Sox over Mariners 9-7 — Yoan Moncada drove in four runs and the Chicago — Seattle Mariners 9-7 on Friday night. — The top half of Chicago's lineup dominated early in the game as the White Sox snapped a two-game losing streak.
Discussion:
South Side Sox and Lookout Landing
Lynn Worthy / Kansas City Star:
Jorge Lopez has put himself back in the Royals starting pitching discussion for 2020 — The Royals left the door open for pitcher Jorge Lopez when they banished him to the bullpen in May after having been battered and beaten by opposing hitters and toting a bloated ERA after 10 starts.
Sam Miller / ESPN:
How many bad teams would it take to beat the Astros, Dodgers or Yankees? — It is, like the story began, the best of times and the worst of times — an era received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. — There are three major league teams on pace to win 104 …
ESPN:
The state of MLB's terrible teams as the very worst meet — The Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers start a four-game series tonight as the two worst teams in baseball during a season in which the difference between the top-tier clubs and those on the bottom rung has never been more pronounced.