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MLB Rumors: St. Louis Cardinals Free Agency Focus Will be Defense
Whether they make the postseason or not, the St. Louis Cardinals will focus on improving their defense in the offseason, although that might include positional changes and not just adding players to help out in avoiding runs.
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MLB Rumors: Chicago White Sox Interested in Re-Signing Robin Ventura
Despite four consecutive seasons without a winning record and never making the playoffs, Robin Ventura is likely going to be extended by the Chicago White Sox.
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MLB Scores & Standings
The Boston Red Sox lost to the New York Yankees again, but clinched the AL East after the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Both teams still hold the lead in the AL Wild Card standings, chased by the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners.
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MLB Rumors: Boston Red Sox Don’t Have Much Use for Drew Pomeranz
After making 13 starts for the Boston Red Sox after coming from the San Diego Padres via trade, Drew Pomeranz is done with rotation pitching for the season, which puts his place on the postseason roster in doubt.
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MLB Scores & Standings
A day of grand slam home runs for Aledmys Diaz, Jefry Marte and Hunter Renfroe, all the while the Chicago Cubs keep winning, the New York Yankees stay alive by stopping the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays complicating things for the Baltimore Orioles, the Detroit Tigers staying close, and the status quo in the National League remaining: The New York Mets and San Francisco Giants in the lead of the wild card standings, the St. Louis Cardinals one game behind.
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MLB Rumors: Chicago White Sox Need to Stop Fearing the Rebuild
When the 2016 MLB season ends, the Chicago White Sox will post their fourth consecutive losing record, making it 8 years since they last made the playoffs, and 11 years since they won a postseason series, coincidentally being the World Series.
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Dee Gordon Honored Jose Fernandez With the Most Important Home Run This Season
Officially, the New York Mets coming to play the Miami Marlins was about one team trying to make the playoffs, the other trying to get in the way of their division rival.
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MLB Standings & Scores
The Miami Marlins disrupted the New York Mets run to the playoffs with an emotional win that included a big early home run from Dee Gordon, honoring Jose Fernandez.
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Arnold Palmer, Jose Fernandez Unlikely Connection Through Death
On the same day, the world lost a golf legend in Arnold Palmer, and ace pitcher Jose Fernandez, who was just beginning to forge his own myth. There’s little in common between both men besides dying on the same day, but the timing creates a morbid connection.
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MLB Standings & Scores
The Los Angeles Dodgers clinch their division with a walk off home run in the 10th inning, as the San Francisco Giants lose, but thank the Chicago Cubs for beating the St. Louis Cardinals to keep them in second place of the Wild Card Standings, topped by the New York Mets, exploding with 17 runs against the Philadelphia Phillies. In the American League, the Boston Red Sox can’t stop winning (10 in a row), while the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles remain on course for a wild card playoff game meet.