ANAHEIM — The days of using spot starters are finally behind the Mets. Thanks to the return of Tylor Megill, the Mets rotation already looks more complete, and that’s with Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer still sitting on the injured list. On Tuesday, for the first time in two weeks, the Mets will finally play…
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Manager David Ross needed few words to describe the state of the Chicago Cubs rotation. “Short would be a good word,” Ross said Sunday after the Cubs’ 18-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Besieged by injuries to veteran starters, there are opportunities for others to step up in their absence. Over the weekend, left-hander…
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Decreasing temperatures and hazardous winds are expected to affect inland areas of Southern California early in the week before a brief heat wave is expected to reheat the region by the middle of the week, meteorologists said Sunday, June 12. On Sunday, a low-pressure trough began to work its way into the region that brought…
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Camp is out for summer on Friday. The Miami Dolphins have wrapped the offseason training program and won’t return to the facility until late July when training camp begins. Until then players are on their own to run routes, study the playbook and stay in shape. Here’s look at Omar Kelly’s superlatives of the Dolphins’…
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The best compliment Nick Boyle might’ve gotten this offseason is that he doesn’t look like Nick Boyle anymore. Or at least not like the Nick Boyle of recent memory. Said offensive coordinator Greg Roman: “He looks like a completely new guy this year. It’s unbelievable what he’s done, the hard work he’s put in.” And…
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With one day remaining in the Chicago Bears’ voluntary offseason program, there’s little question new coach Matt Eberflus has gotten his “HITS” principle across to players. The hustle — or at least the intensity — in some previous OTAs led to the NFL docking the organization a planned day on the field Tuesday. The Bears…
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The Chicago Bears were back at practice Wednesday at Halas Hall after the NFL stripped them of Tuesday’s practice for violating league rules that prohibit live contact. Along with explanations from players and coach Matt Eberflus about those violations, here are four things we heard as the Bears wrap up their third week of organized…
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Chicago White Sox starter Michael Kopech hobbled after throwing a pitch and exited Sunday’s start against the Texas Rangers in the first inning with right knee discomfort. The training staff checked on Kopech after he threw a strike to the third hitter of the game, Rangers’ Adolis García, making the count 3-2. Kopech threw 13…
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Joe Kelly threw a little more than 20 pitches during a simulated game Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field. “It’s the best I’ve probably thrown at 10:30 in the morning, velocity-wise,” the Chicago White Sox reliever joked. “But everything else is good. Obviously not as crisp as I wanted it to be, but health-wise, it went…
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SAN FRANCISCO – For all the justifiable concerns about the state of their pitching staff with Walker Buehler sidelined by a flexor strain, something else was bothering Dave Roberts before Sunday’s game at Oracle Park. “It’s getting more clear that we’re not doing enough to win baseball games,” Roberts said. “We need to win more…
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