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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Hudson's season ends with forearm injury, additional visits with doctor scheduled  —  KANSAS CITY — Although starter Dakota Hudson has yet to meet with the Cardinals' head physician has planned for Tuesday, the team elected to place him on the 45-day injury list and bring an end to his season.
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Place Dakota Hudson On 45-Day IL  —  The Cardinals have placed right-hander Dakota Hudson on the 45-day injured list, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tweets.  They activated righty Kodi Whitley from the IL to take Hudson's place on their roster.
Dave Skretta / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Gomber pitches playoff-hunting Cards to 5-0 win over Royals
Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers squander lead twice, lose 5-4 heartbreaker to Minnesota Twins in 10th  —  Detroit Tigers closer Bryan Garcia took the ball in the bottom of the 10th with plans of giving his team a victory over the Minnesota Twins.  —  The Twins had other plans.
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rockies Select Tommy Doyle, Place David Dahl On 45-Day IL  —  The Rockies announced that they've selected right-hander Tommy Doyle and placed outfielder David Dahl on the 45-day injured list with a right shoulder strain.  —  Doyle, 24, was a third-round pick of the Rockies in 2017 …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Rob Manfred exclusive: Commissioner says MLB plans to have fans at NLCS, World Series  —  There were exasperating and infuriating moments, and times when it looked like the entire thing may crumble, but with commissioner Rob Manfred knocking on his wood desk Tuesday morning for good luck …
Garrett Stepien / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Mets activate Dellin Betances, option Corey Oswalt  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Prior to Wednesday's 7:10 p.m. game against the  —  Tampa Bay Rays at Citi Field, the Mets announced that they activated RHP  —  Dellin Betances from the 10-day injured list.  The Mets optioned RHP
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Inside a final week like MLB has never seen before  —  Just like that, the fastest, weirdest, pandemickiest baseball season ever has come and gone.  Mathematics holds that a 60-game schedule is shorter than the standard 162, but the 2020 season has whistled by so quickly that in a way it feels more like it should be June than October.
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Trevor Bauer wanted to pitch on short rest.  Cincinnati Reds think it's worth the risk.  —  Trevor Bauer has lobbied for years to pitch every fourth day, instead of the typical every fifth day, because he felt his body could handle it and it would benefit his team.
Bernie Wilson / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Stassi, Canning lead Angels over playoff-bound Padres 4-2  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Max Stassi had two impressive home runs among his four hits,  —  Griffin Canning struck out 10 in six crafty innings and the  —  Los Angeles Angels beat the punchless playoff-bound
Emma Baccellieri / Sports Illustrated:
The Unbridled Joy of Being—and Watching—Fernando Tatis Jr.  —  No one is bringing more fun to Major League Baseball in 2020 than the Padres' 21-year-old star.  —  This has not been a particularly fun baseball season.  —  Start at the macro level: playing through a pandemic in a nation engaged in a social reckoning.
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Nick Piecoro / Associated Press:
Diamondbacks' bats come alive in romping win over Rangers  —  Carson Kelly had a three-run homer, Caleb Smith and Riley Smith combined to throw a six-hitter and the Arizona Diamondbacks rolled to a 7-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.  —  David Peralta had three hits, including a double.
Laura Albanese / Newsday:
Mets get some redemption from Pete Alonso, Seth Lugo in win over Rays  —  Maybe some small slice of redemption can still exist in a year like this.  Even when your team is almost completely eliminated from the postseason, and even when exactly nothing has gone right for you in a fairly long time.
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Jacob deGrom strikes out 14 against Rays in penultimate start of season, keeping Cy Young dream alive  —  As the Mets continued wasting opportunities in their disheartening season, the attention turned to Jacob deGrom and whether the righthander could still accomplish the unimaginable this year.
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CoGreen / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Yankees Takeaways from Monday's 11-5 loss to Blue Jays, including Michael King's up and down start  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … The Blue Jays ran all over the Yankees Monday night, taking this one 11-5 >>  —  Here's five things to know from Monday's game
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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Blue Jays bats boom to get them on the right end of a blowout with the Bronx Bombers
 
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