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Good morning baseball fans!
Voting for the All-Star game has officially started, so fill out your ballots out early and hope your favorite player is still healthy by the All-Star break.
Here’s a look at what’s going on around the American League Central.
- Andrew Toles to have MRI on his right knee.
- The Padres have acquired Matt Szczur, so say that ten times fast.
- Iwakuma has been sent to the DL by the Mariners for shoulder inflammation.
- Mets and Blue Jays were among four clubs that attended Doug Fister’s showcase.
- The Twins have traded Danny Santana to the Braves.
- Here’s some news that’ll be hard to swallow for some fans: this is likely the end for Ryan Howard.
- Get ready folks, there’s more Harvey controversy because why wouldn’t there be...
- Wow, it just keeps getting better...or worse...how about it just keeps going and going with this Matt Havery vs. Mets issue.
- Which baseball team is most representative of the “Evil Empire’?
- This weekend, the Mets became the poster child for always double checking your social media posts.
- Manny Ramirez, King of Dingers.
- Kyle Seager hit a Rangers fan right where the sun don’t shine with his game-winning home run.
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Today in baseball: On May 11th, 2003, Marlins fire manager Jeff Torborg.