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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 National League East.
- The Astros are interested in Gerrit Cole.
- We can’t really explain some of these hits, you just need to watch the ridiculousness for yourself.
- The Phillies are listening to offers on Jeremy Hellickson, who is about to get super duper valuable.
- Jose Bautista remembers who he is, bat flips, benches clear. So let us all take solace in the fact that some consistency in the world remains.
- Cleveland promotes top outfield prospect Bradley Zimmer.
- The Athletics have some of the best PR out there ‘cause they’re buying this guy a new phone after it took a homer to the screen.
- We need to know: what’s your team’s biggest MLB Draft blunder?
- Mets FINALLYYYYY send Asdrubal Cabrera to DL with thumb injury, so let’s all move on with our lives with this trying time passes.
- Rangers ink Drew Stubbs to a minor-league deal.
- Adam Jones donated $20,000 to the Negro League Museum, is shining example of what a good baseball player and a better role model looks like.
- The Mariners place Robinson Cano on the DL with a quad strain because this year kinda sucks.
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Today in baseball: On May 18th, 2004, Randy Johnson becomes the oldest pitcher to ever throw a perfect game.