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A.L. East Update — June 22

For most of the first two months of the 2014 season, it seemed like no team in the American League East cared to try to win the division. Near the end of May, though, it appeared that the Toronto Blue Jays started to take control. They went from an even .500 and 1.5 games out on May 15 to 5.5 games ahead on June 5. They maintained that lead for the…
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Cubs’ Prospect Kris Bryant One Step from Majors

Minor League players, even top prospects, move up and down through the farm system with little or no notice or public general knowledge. That is not the case, though, with Chicago Cubs prospect Kris Bryant, a very highly-touted "can't miss" prospect who is working his way through the Cubs system very quickly. On Wednesday, MLB.com's Carrie Muskat…
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All-Star Relief Pitchers Predictions

When selecting relief pitchers for the all-star game, managers look to take the best of the best and shoot mostly at taking closers. In recent years we've seen more set-up pitchers make the all-star game like Blue Jays' lefty Brett Cecil last year in New York and Jonny Venters in 2011 when we had tremendously low ERA, but to make the all-star game…
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All-Star Starting Pitcher Predictions

We still have a month until the Major League Baseball All-Star game, and, unfortunately, fans do not get to vote pitchers onto the roster. That does not mean, though, that we cannot voice our opinions and make our predictions of who will start for each league. As of June 13, the following pitchers for each league can make their cases to win the…
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