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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Three keys to how the Mets handle their upcoming grueling schedule — BALTIMORE — All season, the Mets have trailed the rest of the majors in one category: games played. — And now they have to catch up. — On Friday when they host the Padres, the Mets begin their next big test …
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets hit six home runs, get excellent outing from Taijuan Walker, in rout of Orioles — BALTIMORE - One night after getting blown out by the Orioles, the Mets returned the favor and took over Camden Yards with six home runs and an excellent performance from Taijuan Walker.
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Newsday, NorthJersey.com, BaltimoreBaseball.com and sports.MyNorthwest.com
Tim Healey / Newsday:
Orioles pound David Peterson en route to routing Mets — BALTIMORE — he Mets might have a David Peterson problem. — He had his second stinker of a start in a row Tuesday night in the Mets' 10-3 loss to the Orioles. — In 2 2/3 innings, Peterson allowed four runs and eight hits (five doubles).
Joon Lee / ESPN:
New York Mets' Pete Alonso posits that MLB ‘manipulates the baseball’ based on free-agent class — NEW YORK — Mets first baseman Pete Alonso said Wednesday that he disagrees with MLB's crackdown on pitcher-friendly foreign substances, and that the larger issue facing the sport …
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Spider Tack, goo cops and an open secret: Answering 20 questions about MLB's foreign-substance mess — Gerrit Cole, the New York Yankees' ace and owner of the biggest contract for a pitcher in baseball history, paused for an extremely awkward five seconds Tuesday and didn't answer a yes …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Covering the Corner and The Athletic
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ESPN:
Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony moved to Sept. 8 — The class of 2020 — Derek Jeter, Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons and Larry Walker — will have to wait a little bit longer to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, it was announced Wednesday.
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Talking Chop and Pinstripe Alley
ESPN:
MLB Power Rankings Week 10: Which AL team is our new No. 1? — Ten weeks into the MLB season, we have the fourth No. 1 team of the 2021 campaign atop our MLB Power Rankings. — Which American League team is playing well enough to bump the San Diego Padres from the top spot?
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Gaslamp Ball
Wade Miley / The Players' Tribune:
The 5 Toughest Hitters in Baseball — Before I jump into my list, let me just start out by addressing something right up here at the top. That no-hitter I threw a few weeks back? Where I K'd eight guys and didn't give up a single hit? How'd I do that? Well, I mean.... Your guess is as good as mine, man.
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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Sonny Gray expected to miss at least two starts. What it means for the Reds rotation. — After Sonny Gray felt pain in his groin following a warmup pitch Tuesday, one of the thoughts that ran through his head was making sure it didn't become a long-term injury.
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Bleacher Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
‘Sorry you had to see that’ — How baserunning has become an embarrassing problem in Major League Baseball — Editor's note: From rising strikeout totals and unwritten rules debates to connecting with a new generation of fans and a looming labor battle, baseball is at a crossroads.
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Defector and Pinstripe Alley
Joon Lee / ESPN:
Chris Sale certain he'll be back to help Boston Red Sox before end of season — Nearly 15 months after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Chris Sale says he is confident he will be ready to contribute to the Boston Red Sox before the end of the season. — “One hundred percent,” …
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NBCSports.com and MLB Baseball News …
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
How things went so wrong for Jarred Kelenic to begin his big-league career — Dozens of cheerful moments have bloomed from the Mets' unconventional first-place season, but now it's getting a brief addition of schadenfreude. — Mega prospect Jarred Kelenic — the one misguidedly traded …
