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Good morning baseball fans!
The draft is unfortunately over. Find our full recap of the first day of the draft here and the second and third days here.
What’s going on in baseball today?
- A lot (a lot!) of good players were drafted on Monday and they deserve you page view. Check out the draft tracker to see where they all went and our Q&As with a good chunk of the first round to get inside their heads.
- Here’s the latest from around the National League West.
- Yonder Alonso is “open” to an extension with the Athletics.
- The Nationals signed Edwin Jackson to a minor league deal.
- The Dodgers are reportedly interested in left-hander Jose Quintana.
- Washington could benefit from a closer but might need to add more than that this summer, according to Fan Rag Sports’ Jon Heyman.
- Jair Jurrjens was attempting a comeback with the Dodgers Triple-A club but recently tested positive for PEDs, the league announced.
- Eduardo Rodriguez could be close to returning to the Red Sox, according to Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe.
- Juan Lagares is injured, according to MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, which is genuinely bad news for the Mets.
- The Rockies activated Tom Murphy from the disabled list, the team announced. Ryan Hanigan was optioned in the corresponding move.
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Important Links:
2017 MLB Pre-July Trade Tracker
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Today in baseball: On this day in 2008, Felix Hernandez struck out the side on nine pitches.