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MLB.com:
Mock draft: MLB Pipeline's final predictions — The Nationals will exercise the first pick in the 2025 Draft in Atlanta tonight shortly after 6 p.m. ET, and they'll probably use almost all of that time before making a decision. It likely will come down to one of three players …
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New Jersey Online, Dallas Morning News and Prospects Live
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Carlos Collazo / Baseball America:
2025 MLB Mock Draft 7.0: First-Round Predictions For Every Team On Draft Day — It's finally here. The Nationals will soon be put officially on the clock, and all the uncertainty and confusion that has lingered over this draft class will begin to unveil itself in real time.
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Amazin' Avenue and Battery Power
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
2025 MLB mock draft 3.1: Kiley McDaniel's final predictions — The 2025 MLB draft begins at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN, so it is time for one final update as teams lock in their Day 1 boards. — The drama starts right at the top this year, as the Washington Nationals have a difficult decision …
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Camden Chat and CBSSports.com
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
2025 MLB mock draft 3.0: Predicting the first two rounds — The 2025 MLB draft starts Sunday, so let's project how the first round could play out with my mock draft 3.0. — The drama starts right at the top this year, as the Washington Nationals have a difficult decision to make with the No. 1 pick …
Associated Press:
Paul Skenes to start 2nd straight All-Star Game for NL and Tarik Skubal to open for AL — Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes will start his second straight All-Star Game for the National League and Detroit's Tarik Skubal will open for the American League on Tuesday night at Truist Park.
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USA Today, Yahoo Sports and New York Times
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Matt Gelb / New York Times:
Phillies slam MLB for pitchers' All-Star snubs after Brewers rookie makes team: ‘What a joke’ — SAN DIEGO — A few weeks ago, the Phillies chartered another jet separate from the typical team plane. They expected a decent-sized party that would go from California to Atlanta to represent the club in the All-Star Game.
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NBC Sports Philadelphia, Awful Announcing, Phillies Nation, Yahoo Sports, New York Post, Gaslamp Ball and The Good Phight
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB draft twins Kyson and Malachi Witherspoon owe it all to their supermom — PHOENIX - The Witherspoon twins, with their older sister and younger brother, moved all across Jacksonville, Florida, from apartments to townhouses to rental homes back to apartments, changing addresses 10 times in all …
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Arizona Sports and MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
Yankees' Aaron Judge makes three outstanding catches, robs Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong — NEW YORK — As Aaron Judge jumped above the wall and tumbled to the turf, Carlos Rodón worried. — “I'm like, 'Pplease don't dive. Please stay on your feet,'” the New York Yankees pitcher said.
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Associated Press:
Shohei Ohtani pitches three scoreless innings in game against Giants — SAN FRANCISCO — Shohei Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday as the Dodgers star continues to work his way back from elbow surgery. — Working as an opener for the fifth …
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New York Times and Los Angeles Times
Associated Press:
Twins' Byron Buxton hits for first cycle at Target Field since ballpark opened in 2010 — MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton admitted to feeling a little added pressure before Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was his bobblehead day …
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Yahoo Sports, MLB.com and New York Times
Associated Press:
Aaron Judge becomes fastest to 350 homers, doing so in 1,088 games, bettering Mark McGwire's 1,280 — NEW YORK — Aaron Judge didn't just become the fastest player to hit 350 home runs, he did it in 192 fewer games than Mark McGwire. — “I just think he's playing in a different league,” …
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ESPN, New York Post, Baltimore Sun and Yahoo Sports
ESPN:
Juan Soto's 435-foot homer lifts Mets over Royals 3-1 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Juan Soto homered to lead the New York Mets past the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Saturday. — Soto's two-run shot into the right field fountains opened the scoring in the fourth. Over his last 20 games, Soto has nine home runs and 19 RBI.
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MLB.com, Newsday, New York Times, New York Post, Faith and Fear in Flushing and Amazin' Avenue
J.P. Hoornstra / Sports Illustrated:
Padres' Joe Musgrove Takes Major Step in Progression Toward Return — Throwing off a mound is table stakes for most pitchers. For Joe Musgrove on Wednesday, it was the best thing that has happened to him professionally in months. — When Musgrove threw in the Petco Park bullpen …
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Gaslamp Ball
