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Twins call up Smeltzer, put Pineda on IL (knee)
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:42
MINNEAPOLIS _ The Minnesota Twins have placed right-handed starter Michael Pineda on the 10-day injured list with right knee tendinitis and promoted Devin Smeltzer to take his place in the rotation.The move was made Tuesday, with Smeltzer scheduled to make his major league debut against the Milwaukee Brewers.The 23-year-old Smeltzer was acquired last season from the Los Angeles Dodgers in…
New MLB All-Star vote set to begin with 'primary'
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:09
Major League Baseball's new format to elect All-Star starters is being put into place starting with the "primary" vote Tuesday, it was announced.Voting begins Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET with a "primary" phase that includes a representative from each team at every position, including designated hitter in the American League. Primary voting will end at 4 p.m. ET on June…
Phillies' Herrera arrested for domestic violence
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:34
Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera was arrested on a charge of simple assault following a domestic incident in Atlantic City on Monday night.Herrera has been placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball per the league's domestic violence policy, sources confirmed to ESPN amid multiple reports. He'll be inactive for up to seven days while MLB investigates the alleged incident.The…
Who is the Yankees' MVP? They've got plenty of candidates
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019 06:19
NEW YORK -- Since Luke Voit was called up last August at the end of his most recent minor league stint, the New York Yankees have played 91 regular-season games.Voit has appeared in nearly all of them.As a result, his name has suddenly become as recognizable among the Yankees' fan base as Aaron Judge's, Giancarlo Stanton's, Gary Sanchez's and Didi…
Machado on Bronx jeers: Great players get booed
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Monday, 27 May 2019 18:21
NEW YORK -- Yankees fans drubbed Manny Machado with the same intensity Clint Frazier, Brett Gardner and Gary Sanchez pounded the baseball.The $300 million infielder was greeted with loud boos and chants of "Over-rated!" on Monday in his first visit to New York since free agency. Machado went 1 for 4 with a too-little, too-late leadoff double in the ninth…
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