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Combed through all of MLB's on-field incidents since 2000. Yesterday was the first day in this century in which 2 players charged the mound in 2 different games! The closest was 3 days in a row in June 2008 (2 days of Red Sox-Rays, plus a Matt Kemp-Yorvit Torrealba scuffle)

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Joey Votto's streak of consecutive first base starts ends at 202 games tonight against the #STLCards, Votto hasn't sat out since Sept. 2, 2016, when Ivan DeJesus Jr. started at first base and went the distance for the #Reds.
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David Price passed all of his tests and may start Monday for #Redsox, Alex Cora says
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Texas #Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus will be sidelined 6-8 weeks with a fractured elbow but won’t need surgery.
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Tomorrow first day top prospects NOT on 40-man rosters can be called up with clubs ensuring extra year of control. Would apply to #Braves’ Acuna, #Reds’ Senzel, others. ATL will wait on Acuna, who is 2-for-19 at AAA. Senzel 4-for-25, but with Suarez out, played last two games 3B.
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Kevin Plawecki did not escape unscathed after all. A follow-up MRI revealed a hairline fracture in his left hand that the initial x-ray did not. The Mets have placed Plawecki on the DL. They lost their two top catchers in the same day, essentially.
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ohtani has been really good both at the plate and on the mound so far.

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3B Josh Donaldson, who’s a free agent after season and has struggled throwing, goes on DL with shoulder inflammation
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Mets make it official: d'Arnaud will have Tommy John surgery next week. Estimate on Plawecki is three to four weeks.
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Luis Perdomo suspended 5 games, Nolan Arenado suspended 5 games, Gerardo Parra 4 games, Buddy Baumann 1. #Padres #Rockies
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“Could Shohei Otani strike out Shohei Otani” is the new “Could god microwave a burrito so hot he couldn’t eat it?”
 

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“Could Shohei Otani strike out Shohei Otani” is the new “Could god microwave a burrito so hot he couldn’t eat it?”
As unique as baseball is (a batter is successful if he gets a hit every third official at-bat), he would probably strike himself out three times out of four, then give up a solo home run and the game would go into extra innings with a score of 1-1. :)
 

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Shohei Ohtani, who leads #Angels with 11 RBI, has more RBI in his first career seven games than all but only two players in baseball history: Dale Alexander (1929 Tigers) and Mitchell Page (1977 A's).
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It's early/cold/relative, but here's the attendance figures from the first four games at Wrigley Field this season: 40,144 35,596 29,949 29,775. #Cubs never dropped below 32,000 during 81 home dates last year.
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Jose Altuve has 19 hits this season and is hitting .352 -- and at this pace, he would rack up 200+ hits for the fifth consecutive season.
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The MLB leaders in run differential:
1. Angels +46
2. Red Sox +33
3. Braves +30
Trailers:
30. Reds -42
29. Rangers -34
28. Marlins -30
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I know money is the reason he isn't but man Verlander would look nice in ARZ with the way Ray and Greinke have struggled so far. Godley and Corbin are going to have to hold down the fort until they get on track.
 
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