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1:36 PM ET ESPN News Services The Cleveland Indians have designated outfielder Leonys Martin for assignment after his slow start in 2019. Martin, 31, was hitting .199 with nine home runs and 19 RBIs in 65 games for the Indians, who announced the move Saturday. The Indians called up right-hander Aaron Civale in the corresponding
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12:34 AM ET NEW YORK — Just when Cameron Maybin had been spared a roster spot amid the New York Yankees‘ latest roster crunch, the outfielder saw his playing time get snatched away anyway. It wasn’t Aaron Judge‘s return from the Yankees’ injured list that did it, either. A victim of his own body, Maybin
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10:54 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Dallas Keuchel labored through five innings in his Atlanta debut, coughing up a 3-0 lead as the Braves lost 4-3 to the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Keuchel signed a one-year, $13 million contract on July 7 with the NL East-leading Braves, who hope he can help lead
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10:08 PM ET Baseballs are flying out of ballparks across the major leagues this season. The one Nomar Mazara hit Friday night was the farthest yet. The Texas Rangers outfielder clubbed a 505-foot bomb off Chicago White Sox right-hander Reynaldo Lopez, a two-run shot in the first inning that sailed high into the upper right-field
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8:35 PM ET The entire New York Yankees infield could start the All-Star Game, and the entire Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros outfields. The first phase of voting for the All-Star Game is complete, and the finalists were announced Friday night. The Yankees’ Luke Voit joins the Twins’ C.J. Cron and the Indians’ Carlos Santana
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9:04 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols is back in St. Louis, nearly eight years after celebrating a World Series crown in the city that made him famous. The Hall of Fame-bound slugger has accomplished a lot during his time with the Los Angeles Angels, with whom he signed after 11 stellar seasons with
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6:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Oakland Athletics starter Frankie Montas has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance Ostarine, MLB said Friday. Montas, 26, was in the midst of a breakout
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