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Playoff tiers: How many teams are still in the postseason race?
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Monday, 01 July 2019 18:29
It's July 3. The good news is that 21 teams are within five games of a playoff spot (and 18 are within three games). The bad news is that only one division race is closer than 4½ games. We have good playoff races, but we won't necessarily have close division races -- although I predict that at least one of…
Reports: Machado loses appeal, will sit vs. Giants
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Tuesday, 02 July 2019 12:36
Manny Machado's appeal of his one-game suspension was denied, and the San Diego Padres star will serve it Tuesday night by sitting out against the San Francisco Giants, according to multiple reports.Major League Baseball had issued the punishment to Machado for "aggressively arguing and making contact'' with plate umpire Bill Welke on June 15. Machado was ejected for arguing a…
Yankees place Voit on 10-day IL with ab strain
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Tuesday, 02 July 2019 10:37
The New York Yankees have placed Luke Voit on the 10-day injured list after the first baseman suffered an abdominal strain during Saturday's game in London.Voit felt tightness while running the bases in the fifth inning against the Boston Red Sox and was removed from the game.He described the injury as "a little tightness, but nothing crazy," but did not…
Why the Yankees are about to invest $5 million in a 16-year-old megaprospect
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Tuesday, 02 July 2019 07:05
In the tight-knit world of baseball in the Dominican Republic, the legend of the kid spread quickly. He was a switch-hitter with world-class speed, an arm nobody would challenge and the body of a man. Someone called him El Marciano, and the nickname stuck. The Martian, it meant. Because there was no way he was from this world.The praise for…
Sources: Yanks ink top prospect 'The Martian'
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Tuesday, 02 July 2019 07:58
Sixteen-year-old center fielder Jasson Dominguez, perhaps the most highly regarded prospect from Latin America in a decade, signed with the New York Yankees on Tuesday morning in a deal that includes a $5.1 million bonus, sources familiar with the agreement told ESPN.The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Dominguez is a powerful switch-hitter with top-end speed and a well-regarded throwing arm -- a classic…
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