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Five Non-Tendered Players Worth a Look

Baseball's Hot Stove season switched into a higher gear at midnight on Thursday night. A whole new batch of free agents flooded the market with the deadline for offering contracts to arbitration-eligible players. It's not a terribly sexy list. Players get non-tendered because their potential arbitration salary exceeds...

Aggressive A's Following Giants' Blueprint

Don't look now, but the A's are positioning themselves to be the chic pick for a breakthrough season in 2011. For the second time in a week they added a piece to their dismal offense, hoping to bring it up to be a better complement to the best young pitching staff in the league. (If this sounds familiar, keep...

Jose Bautista Homers Twice for 54 as Blue Jays Pound Liriano, Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Jose Bautista hit home runs No. 53 and 54, including a grand slam, and the Toronto Blue Jays went deep six times in a 13-2 victory over the stumbling Minnesota Twins on Thursday night. Edwin Encarnacion hit two homers and Jose Molina and Travis Snider added long balls for the big-swinging Blue Jays,...

Damage Control: Gro-in Pains for Troy Tulowitzki

Infielders/Outfielders Troy Tulowitzki (SS, COL) - Tulowitzki was lifted from Sunday's contest after straining his groin. He was absent from Monday's lineup as well. He's day-to-day for now, and says the injury is mild, but keep in mind he missed three days earlier this season with a similar issue and, well, groin strains...

Yard Work: Matt LaPorta Breaking Down the Door

It was easy to understand the logic that caused the Indians to demote Matt LaPorta in early June. The 25-year-old, who is such a key piece to Cleveland's future, had struggled to a .218/.290/.277 line through June 6. The organization deemed it necessary to send him back to the minors to regain confidence in his game. Boy,...

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05/31/12 Birds of a feather not the same Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada The folks who know this stuff say there is no similarity between Edwin Encarnacion's first-half power surge at 29, and Jose Bautista's breakout season in 2010 at the same age.
05/31/12 Blue Jays 4, Orioles 1 Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA Edwin Encarnacion hit one of Toronto's four solo home runs, pitcher Brandon Morrow left the game after being struck by a line drive and the Blue Jays beat Baltimore to complete a three-game sweep.
05/30/12 Ditch the delusions, the Jays will become one of... Source: FOX Sports They are the only major league team based outside the United States.
05/29/12 American League Capsules Source: The Daily World - Aberdeen WA ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Chris Sale struck out a career-high 15, Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.
05/29/12 MLB Trade Rumors: Could Edwin Encarnacion Be on the... Source: Bleacher Report Jon Morosi of FOX Sports unleashed three straight tweets on Tuesday regarding Edwin Encarnacion and his possible availability at the 2012 MLB trade deadline.