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From A-plus, to wait, F-minus!? First-month grades for all 30 teams
What happened in April?

 

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Mets get RHP Wilmer Font from Rays for player to be named later or cash consideration
Font, 28, is 1-0 with a 5.79 ERA in 10 appearances this season. He has 18 strikeouts and five walks in 14 innings pitched.

 

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Manager Alex Cora to skip Boston Red Sox's trip to the White House
Cora cited the fact that Puerto Rico has not recovered from Hurricane Maria in 2017 for his decision.

 

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Mike Fiers spins MLB's improbable, incredible 300th no-hitter
This is Friers seond no-hitter and the 300th in MLB history. He entered the game with a 6.81 ERA in eight starts.

 

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Albert Pujols gets 2,000 RBI with HR; Fan keeps ball
Pujols is only the third player in MLB history to drive in 2,000 or more in a career, joining Alex Rodriguez (2,086) and Hank Aaron (2,297).

 

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Blue Jays trade for Edwin Jackson, who could set a new MLB record by playing for his 14th different team
If Jackson, now 35, ever suit up for Toronto.

 

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Blue Jays trade for Edwin Jackson, who could set a new MLB record by playing for his 14th different team
If Jackson, now 35, ever suit up for Toronto.

Jackson takes mound for 14th team, sets major league record
He made his big league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2003.

 

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Braves acquire reliever Anthony Swarzak from Mariners for left-hander Jessie Biddle and right-hander Arodys Vizcaino
As part of Monday's trade, Seattle is sending Atlanta $1,788,172 to cover about one-third of the $5,667,419 remaining in Swarzak's $8 million salary this season.


Struggling Tim Tebow hits first Triple-A home run
It came in his 105th at-bat of the season. His batting average is 157 with 11RBI's.

 

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Prospects ready to help their teams win now
Phenoms such as the Braves' Austin Riley are getting the call to help contenders to keep pace.

 

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How baseball should fix the ball
Home runs are hopping at a rate that makes the game almost unrecognizable.


Study: More brain, heart deaths in NFL than MLB

 

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Mets sign outfielder Matt Kemp, pitcher Ervin Santana to minor league deals

Kemp, batted .200 with a home run and 5 RBI's for the Reds and had been sidelined since April 23 with a broken left rib.

Santana, was 0-2 with a 9.45 ERA in three starts for Chicago this season. The White Sox signed him for a $4.3 million salary this season.

 

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New MLB All-Star vote begins with 'primary'
A new format to elect starters.

 

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The Chicago Cubs and St.Louis Cardinals to play London series in 2020
The Cubs and Cardinals will play in a two-game series at West Ham's Olympic Stadium on June 13-14.

 

[The Question]

This has to be the disease for you!
Now scientists call this disease
Bromidrosis
But us regular folks
Who might wear tennis shoes
Or an occasional python boot
Know this exquisite little inconvenience
By the name of: STINK FOOT

 

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MLB attendance down for 4th straight year
MLB overall average of 26,854 through Wednesday is 1.4 percent below the 27,242 through this similar point last season, which wound up below 30,000 for the first time since 2003.

 

[The Question]

But I said look here brother
Who you jiving with that cosmik debris?
Now who you jiving with that cosmik debris?
Look here brother, don't waste your time on me

 

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Phillies acquire former All-Star outfielder Jay Bruce from Mariners
The 32-year-old Bruce is hitting.212 with 14 Homers and 28 RBI's. He struck out 53 times in 165 at-bats.

The Mariners get Class-A infielder Jake Scheiner and cash considerations.


Brewers place RHP Jhoulys Chacin on IR, to recall Jimmy Nelson
Chacin fell to 3-7 with a 5.74 ERA. Nelson went 12-6 with a 3.49 ERA for Milwaukee in 2017.

 

[The Question]

I wrapped a newspaper 'round my head
So I looked like I was deep
I said some mumbo-jumbo, then
I told him he was going to sleep
I robbed his rings and pocketwatch
And everything else I found
I had that sucker hypnotized
He couldn't even make a sound
I proceeded to tell him his future, then
As long as he was hanging around
I said the price of meat has just gone up
And your old lady has just gone down

 

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Phillies acquire former All-Star outfielder Jay Bruce from Mariners
The 32-year-old Bruce is hitting.212 with 14 Homers and 28 RBI's. He struck out 53 times in 165 at-bats.

The Mariners get Class-A infielder Jake Scheiner and cash considerations.


Brewers place RHP Jhoulys Chacin on IR, to recall Jimmy Nelson
Chacin fell to 3-7 with a 5.74 ERA. Nelson went 12-6 with a 3.49 ERA for Milwaukee in 2017.


Homer-happy: MLB-record 1,135 HRs hit in May
Hitters needed to slug 25 home runs to break the record and end up hitting 40.