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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Benches clear as Dodgers' Joe Kelly throws behind Astros' Alex Bregman, taunts Carlos Correa  —  MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros  —  Joe Kelly sent a 96 mph fastball whizzing behind the head of Alex Bregman in the sixth inning Tuesday.  A baseball-starved populace anticipating fireworks between …
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Bill Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Dodgers, Astros square off in Houston tonight
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Astros Exercise Club Option On Dusty Baker
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Juan Soto Cleared By MLB, Waiting For D.C. Approval  —  Nationals superstar Juan Soto is making progress on the clearance process to rejoin the team.  He has been cleared to resume action by Major League Baseball after receiving two negative coronavirus tests, manager Dave Martinez told …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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Todd Dybas / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Mike Rizzo expects Juan Soto back by Mets series next week  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Here's what we know:  —  Juan Soto has tested negative twice in a row and 24 hours apart via Major League Baseball coronavirus tests conducted at their lab.
Discussion: NBCSports.com and Federal Baseball
The Athletic:
Mike Moustakas, Nick Senzel appealing over being held out for COVID-19 concerns  —  CINCINNATI — Are the Reds the victim of Major League Baseball being overly cautious with potential COVID-19 cases because of the Miami Marlins' outbreak?  —  Nick Castellanos raised the possibility …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Trade Hector Velazquez To Astros  —  The Orioles announced this morning that they've traded right-hander Hector Velazquez to the Astros in exchange for a player to be named later.  Baltimore had outrighted Velazquez off its 40-man roster just prior to Opening Day.
Tom Withers / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
White Sox score late, top Indians 4-0 after Plesac fans 11  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Yasmani Grandal and Eloy Jimenez hit sacrifice flies and the Chicago  —  White Sox scored four runs in the ninth inning - three charged to ineffective Cleveland closer
Discussion: South Side Sox and Let's Go Tribe
Tim Stebbins / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Cubs' Kris Bryant's diving grab starts triple play vs. Reds — kind of  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Cubs had a rough go of it in Wednesday's game against the Reds, but  —  Kris Bryant provided a late highlight.  —  With the bases loaded and no outs in the seventh …
Discussion: NBCSports.com and Red Reporter
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Phenom Pearson sizzles in big league debut as Blue Jays fall in extras … Behind his protective mask it was difficult to see if Blue Jays ace-of-the-present Hyun-Jin Ryu was delivering his assessment of ace-of-the-future Nate Pearson with a straight face or merely one of supreme admiration from an established veteran to a rookie.
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
ESPN:
MLB postpones all Marlins games through Sunday  —  MLB, Miami Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals  —  Major League Baseball has postponed all of the Miami Marlins' games through Sunday after the team's recent coronavirus outbreak.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Rob Manfred says Marlins' outbreak not a ‘nightmare’ scenario
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Add Three To Player Pool  —  The Phillies announced that they've added right-hander Adonis Medina, infielder/outfielder Austin Listi and infielder Bryson Stott to their 60-man player pool.  All three will report to the club's alternate training site.
Associated Press:
John McNamara, manager of ill-fated 1986 Red Sox, dies at 88  —  BOSTON — John McNamara, who managed the Boston Red Sox to within one strike of a World Series victory in 1986 before an unprecedented collapse on the field extended the team's championship drought into the new millennium, has died.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com and ESPN
John Hickey / Sports Illustrated:
Luzardo's First Start for Athletics Could Come This Weekend in Seattle  —  Rookie left-handed starter Jesus Luzardo could get his first big league start this weekend when the A's play a set in Seattle.  —  Or not.  —  Oakland manager Bob Melvin said Wednesday morning that Luzardo was …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Ethan Cadeaux / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Max Scherzer strikes out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. almost exactly 10 years after striking out his dad  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Max Scherzer continues to prove, year after year, that age is just a number.  The three-time Cy Young award winner, who turned 36 on Tuesday …
Discussion: Federal Baseball
Ryan Young / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Marlins Triple-A affiliate owner Lou Schwechheimer dies after coronavirus battle  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  The majority owner of the Wichita Wind Surge, the  —  Miami Marlins' Triple-A affiliate in Kansas, died on Wednesday afternoon due to complications related to COVID-19.
Discussion: Fish Stripes
 
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