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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Chiefs' Travis Kelce purchases minority stake in Guardians — Travis Kelce is adding a new title to his burgeoning business portfolio: Major League Baseball owner. — The Kansas City Chiefs tight end is joining the Cleveland Guardians' ownership group as a minority investor …
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D.J. Short / NBCSports.com:
MLB Power Rankings: Jacob Misiorowski has Brewers flying high while Diamondbacks join this week's top 10 — Featured in this week's MLB Power Rankings, the NL is loaded with dominant starting pitchers, the Cubs can't decide who they are, the White Sox keep finding ways to be fun …
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Keith Law / The Athletic:
Updated top 50 MLB prospects: Jesús Made takes the No. 1 spot — We've already seen a plethora of players from my preseason top 100 MLB prospect rankings reach or appear in the majors this year, including the top two prospects, five of the top 10, four of the next 10 and 18 from the top 50.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Dodgers' Enrique Hernández back to IL with oblique tear — LOS ANGELES — Enrique Hernández was placed on the injured list Wednesday with what Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts described as a “significant tear” in his oblique, an injury that will keep him out for several weeks, if not months.
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Jen McCaffrey / The Athletic:
The key to the Red Sox offense lately? Bench players Gasper, Sogard and Kiner-Falefa — BOSTON — Given an imperfect roster, Boston Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy has been doing anything he can to find a lineup that produces. Lately, that's meant leaning on his bench players.
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Jorge Castillo / ESPN:
MLBPA makes 1st proposal in collective bargaining negotiations — The Major League Baseball Players Association made the first formal proposal in collective bargaining talks with Major League Baseball on Wednesday, opening negotiations with considerable changes to the sport's financial structure without the mention of a salary cap.
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Alex D'Agostino / Sports Illustrated:
Eduardo Rodriguez's Odd Start vs Giants Shows How Much He's Changed — The Diamondbacks' left-hander continues to flip every narrative. … It certainly didn't look like Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez had much of anything working for him on Tuesday night …
Dylan Flippo / USA Today:
Texas A&M baseball's Bryan-College Station Regional preview — For the 14th time in program history, Texas A&M baseball is set to host the Bryan-College Station Regional, with an opportunity to advance to face the winner of the Chapel Hill Regional in the NCAA DI Baseball Super Regionals on the line.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Bob Horner was a baseball legend, family man and a hero of mine growing up — SportsDay's Rangers insider paid tribute to his childhood hero, who died at the age of 68 on Tuesday. — You know the saying: Never meet your heroes. — I'm glad I met one of mine. — It was the weirdest thing.
The Athletic:
Dodgers prospect Kendall George injures knee avoiding team's bat dog: Sources — LOS ANGELES — Kendall George, an outfield prospect for the Los Angeles Dodgers and one of the fastest players in the minor leagues, injured his left knee on Monday night trying to avoid the bat dog for the Double …
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Matt Gelb / The Athletic:
Adolis García, Nick Castellanos and the Phillies' quest for a righty-hitting OF — SAN DIEGO — Adolis García took three at-bats Monday afternoon. He fell behind 0-2 in the count each time. Twice, he struck out looking. And, in the fifth inning, he took a panicked swing at a curveball well out of the zone.
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Marca:
Dodgers star hints at retirement while chasing MLB milestone after welcoming baby girl — The Dodgers star is chasing 3,000 hits, but the birth of his daughter has forced a rethink — Los Angeles Dodgers. This blockbuster Dodgers trade proposal for Tarik Skubal is a win-win for LA and Detroit
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