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Sources: Twins expected to pick up Cruz option
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Wednesday, 09 October 2019 10:39
The Minnesota Twins are expected to exercise a $12 million contract option for slugger Nelson Cruz in the next few days, sources confirmed to ESPN's Buster Olney on Wednesday.Cruz, a 39-year-old designated hitter, was seen by players and staffers as having a positive influence on the clubhouse this season. He belted 41 home runs to become just the third player…
The Dodgers' postseason nightmare scenario is becoming reality
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Tuesday, 08 October 2019 22:49
WASHINGTON -- Months ago, when the Washington Nationals weren't even a .500 baseball team and the Los Angeles Dodgers were running away with the National League, a wise executive looked at the landscape of the league and offered a prediction. "The only thing that's going to stop the Dodgers," he said, "is the Nationals in a short series."The nightmare scenario…
'They challenge each other': Can Buehler and Kershaw pitch Dodgers into NLCS?
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Wednesday, 09 October 2019 05:55
LOS ANGELES -- Walker Buehler's bravado is as discernible as it is distinguished -- but his first two encounters with Clayton Kershaw made him uncommonly uneasy.The first took place in the summer of 2015, shortly after the Los Angeles Dodgers selected him in the first round, when Buehler paid his first visit to Dodger Stadium. It just so happened to…
10 players from these MLB playoffs who could change teams this winter
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Tuesday, 08 October 2019 09:43
Does postseason performance matter for impending free agents? It might, at least a little, although modern-day front offices are less prone to emotional buying based on small sample size performances. Does Joe Kelly get a three-year, $25 million contract with the Dodgers coming off a 4.39 ERA if not for his dominant run in October for the Red Sox? Probably…
Verlander pins woes on 'bad slider,' not short rest
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Tuesday, 08 October 2019 21:26
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch asked ace Justin Verlander to do something he had never done before. It might be a while before he asks him to do it again, not that he has any regrets.Verlander was chased after 3 2/3 innings in Game 4 of the American League Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays…
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