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12:20 PM ET, August 17, 2022

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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward in midst of fourth straight losing season  —  The Rangers are on pace for another 90-loss season.  —  ARLINGTON — From the time the Rangers finally got to spring training, Chris Woodward was direct.  There would be no excuses.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Texas Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward amid season of dissatisfactory progress  —  The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday amid a season of dissatisfactory progress despite the investment of more than half a billion guaranteed dollars in the free agent market over the winter …
Associated Press:
Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward after four seasons at the helm  —  ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday, with the team on pace for its sixth consecutive losing season and fourth since he took over the team.  —  The move came with Woodward …
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Texas Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward amid season of dissatisfactory progress  —  The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday amid a season of dissatisfactory progress despite the investment of more than a half-billion guaranteed dollars in the free agent market over the winter, the team announced.
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Fernando Tatis Sr. says ‘all of baseball’ loses with son suspended 80 games for ‘something so insignificant’  —  Fernando Tatis Jr.'s father backed up his son's claim that he violated Major League Baseball's drug policy because of a steroid that was contained within a ringworm medication and called it …
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Associated Press:
San Diego Padres swap out Fernando Tatis Jr. bobblehead night for Juan Soto T-shirt giveaway following suspension  —  SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres have replaced a planned Fernando Tatis Jr. bobblehead night with a Juan Soto T-shirt giveaway after the superstar shortstop …
Discussion: KNSD-TV
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Kiley McDaniel's 2022 midseason top 50 MLB prospects  —  We're in the midst of a changing of the guard at the top of minor league prospect lists.  Adley Rutschmann, Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodriguez had ruled these lists for months, and when they graduated early in the year, they left a pretty open field.
Jeff Agrest / Chicago Sun-Times:
Pat Foley will fulfill dream by calling Cubs game at Wrigley Field  —  Foley will call the nightcap of the Cubs' doubleheader against the Cardinals.  He'll work the first three innings on 670 The Score, move to the Marquee Sports Network booth for the middle three and finish the game on radio.
Buster Olney / ESPN:
‘What the hell are they doing up there?’  Making sense of the Boston Red Sox in 2022 and beyond  —  On the eve of the trade deadline, a Red Sox player sat on a table inside the visitors clubhouse in Houston, glancing at his phone and scrolling for news, waiting for some indication of the team's plans.
Discussion: audacy.com and NBCSports.com
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
BooBenny? Hardly. Andrew Benintendi gets rare ovation for a Yankee at Fenway Park
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Mets starter Carlos Carrasco to miss next three to four weeks with low-grade oblique strain  —  ATLANTA — Mets starter Carlos Carrasco was placed on the 15-day IL due to a low-grade strain in his left oblique.  The Mets estimate his recovery timetable to be about three to four weeks.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Pittsburgh Pirates' Rodolfo Castro suspended one game for having cellphone in pocket  —  Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro was suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball on Tuesday after a cell phone flew out of his pocket mid-slide during an Aug. 9 game …
The Athletic:
Knicks, Jazz re-engage in Donovan Mitchell trade talks, but hurdles remain: Sources  —  After several weeks of no conversations, the New York Knicks and Utah Jazz recently re-engaged in trade talks centered on Donovan Mitchell, league sources tell The Athletic.
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees shut out, 4-0, by Rays on Harry Potter night at Stadium  —  On a Harry Potter-themed night at the Stadium, the Yankees offense vanished —  again.  The Rays came in behind opener Jalen Beeks and shut down the Bombers, beating them 4-0 for their second shutout in as many games.
 
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Luis Guillorme out 4-6 weeks with ‘moderate strain’ in left groin
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