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Smeltzer throws 6 shutout innings in Twins debut
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 23:09
MINNEAPOLIS -- Devin Smeltzer took the mound for his first game in the majors, his wife and parents among a sizable crowd at Target Field, set to face National League MVP Christian Yelich and the hard-hitting Milwaukee Brewers.Nervous?After fighting to get this far, no way.Diagnosed with cancer when he was just 9 years old, Smeltzer added another chapter to his…
Dietrich slugs 3 HRs as torrid stretch continues
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 20:10
CINCINNATI -- Derek Dietrich was describing his three-homer game for the media when Scooter Gennett walked past and put it in a slightly different perspective."Anybody can hit three, Derek,'' said Gennett, who did him one better in 2017.No, Dietrich's latest big game didn't set any records. But it extended one of the most unexpected home run tears by a Cincinnati…
Passan: Keuchel and Kimbrel STILL unsigned? How a single sentence sums up the absurdity
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 09:45
Over the next week, as the Major League Baseball draft approaches, a creative team could sign Dallas Keuchel or Craig Kimbrel.That looks like a simple sentence. In truth, it is 21 words of absurdism. It is, in many ways, the perfect summation of how baseball's economic system short-circuited. It is disparate ingredients swimming in the same stock pot and producing…
A's release veteran reliever Fernando Rodney
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:15
The Oakland Athletics have released veteran relief pitcher Fernando Rodney, three days after he was designated for assignment.The A's made the move Tuesday.Rodney, 42, had seen his ERA balloon to a career-worst 9.42 this season, posting an 0-2 record with 15 hits allowed in 20 innings. He had returned to Oakland for 2019 after the A's exercised a $5.25 million…
Astros' Altuve, Correa both undergoing evaluation
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 16:05
The Houston Astros' All-Star double-play combination was being evaluated by team doctors on Tuesday.Second baseman Jose Altuve, who had been on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Round Rock because of a hamstring injury this week, returned to Houston because of "fatigue and soreness" in his right leg, and shortstop Carlos Correa was removed from Tuesday's lineup against the Chicago Cubs…
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