The only Mets on the list for the N.L. were outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce, who were ninth and 10th among N.L. outfielders.
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We're going to keep guys fresh and rotate our outfielders.
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CF Marcell Ozuna leads all National League outfielders in OPS.
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"It just means we have four good outfielders," Ellsbury said.
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They added the slugging outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig.
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The list of outfielders who have done it is much shorter.
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That industrious doping is not just for cyclists and corner outfielders.
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There are no additional outfielders on the Yankees' 40-man roster.
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The 21st Club notes some important distinctions between shot-stoppers and outfielders.
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I looked to the field and saw two outfielders running toward me.
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Its inventor, Tom Tippett, had been doing rudimentary analysis of outfielders' range.
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Alonso is headlining his own production of "Frozen," co-starring opposing outfielders.
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The Giants also released two other outfielders — Cameron Maybin and Matt Joyce.
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When the off-season started, the market for free-agent outfielders developed slowly.
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Arcia, acquired while the Rays had several outfielders on the disabled list, hit .
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Mets 4, Yankees 1 The Mets outfielders have a ritual after each victory.
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With our outfielders, they're very athletic and they'll run down most pitchers' mistakes.
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I strolled outside to meet him and my fellow outfielders right on time.
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"We had three outfielders on the roster before we got him," he said.
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Outfielders Jason Heyward, Ben Zobrist and Kyle Schwarber were third, fourth and fifth.
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He is currently fifth in voting in American League All-Star balloting among outfielders.
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"Our outfielders are so good, at throwing guys out," Reds starter Homer Bailey said.
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If not, some of those shortstops may become second basemen, third basemen or outfielders.
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The Mets were torched by Rickie Weeks Jr. and Yasmany Tomas, two Diamondbacks outfielders.
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He is second among NL outfielders in the first round of All-Star voting.
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"Sometimes we'll see stuff midgame, and the outfielders will make their adjustments," Willits said.
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Tauchman joins fellow outfielders Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks and Jacoby Ellsbury on the shelf.
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Minnesota receives right-hander Jhoan Duran and outfielders Gabriel Maciel and Ernie De La Trinidad.
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Werth and Revere are both former outfielders for the Phillies, who host Washington on Monday.
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The Diamondbacks, who have 14 outfielders and 11 pitchers, will make a corresponding roster move.
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In one game against the Tigers, with Victor Martinez batting, the Orioles had six outfielders.
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It was RBI No. 2 for Bruce, who leads all NL outfielders in that statistic.
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Despite a recent hitting skid, he was still second among National League outfielders with a .
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The injury, Forst said, is more common in N.F.L. running backs than major league outfielders.
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Now the Yankees' outfielders, too, carry cards with information on how to best situate themselves.
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Cespedes and Conforto are almost certain to be starting outfielders for the Mets in 2018.
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The Yankees' outfield, led by outfielders Brett Gardner, Aaron Judge and Mike Tauchman, was stout.
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The blast helped him regain the lead in RBIs among National League outfielders with 69.
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The Yankees' roster on Friday had five outfielders, a rarity for a major league team.
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He is likely to be used off the bench to give Red Sox outfielders a breather.
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The Rays also used four outfielders on occasion against Brandon Belt, who went 0-for-3.
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Decker had struggled, pressed into duty with four outfielders injured for the Rays, and he hit .
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He was packaged with outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp in a blockbuster trade in December.
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On a roster filled with left-handed-hitting outfielders, the right-handed Cespedes provided needed balance.
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In the meantime, the shortage of outfielders could force the Yankees to use Judge in center.
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Inside Pitch The Mets' shortage of outfielders has prompted them to turn inward in their search.
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Three were credited to Derek Fisher, and the other to Jake Marisnick, both fleet-footed outfielders.
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The Twins recalled outfielders Byron Buxton on Tuesday and Max Kepler on Wednesday from Triple-A Rochester.
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In corresponding moves, the Twins optioned outfielders Jake Cave and LaMonte Wade Jr. to Triple-A Rochester.
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The Dodgers' outfielders basically had the night off by not recording one putout or fielding a ball.
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The Blue Jays were without outfielders Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (jammed left wrist) and Randal Grichuk (sore back).
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With the outfielders shaded in, Stratton lined a drive over the head of right fielder Franmil Reyes.
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Part-time outfielders Alejandro De Aza and Juan Lagares have combined to go 8-for-50 (.160).
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But the outfielders, with the ball in front of them, had a better view than the shortstop.
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Two of the Brewers' biggest stars, outfielders Ryan Braun and Christian Yelich, also live in Southern California.
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Outfielders Brett Gardner and Mike Tauchman each homered, helping the Yankees overcome three errors in the field.
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Outfielders Michael Conforto and Yoenis Cespedes, and infielders Wilmer Flores and Lucas Duda had three hits each.
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Robles, as he is prone to do, pointed skyward as though to command his outfielders: Catch that!
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Hicks's return would give the Yankees five outfielders: Aaron Judge, Brett Gardner, Jacoby Ellsbury, Hicks and Frazier.
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Outfielders Victor Victor Mesa and Victor Mesa Jr. are leaving Cuba in hopes of joining Major League Baseball.
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Outfielders available include Jay Bruce and J.D. Martinez, and among the catchers are Jonathan Lucroy and Alex Avila.
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Accordingly, the team had two first basemen in Davis and Duda, no outfielders, and no capacity to spend.
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In the mid-242s, outfielders Andruw Jones and Karim Garcia would both be called the Natural, however briefly.
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Abraham Almonte and Austin Jackson are the extra outfielders on the roster, and Almonte has an option remaining.
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Collins said De Aza and Brandon Nimmo, both left-handed-hitting outfielders, could play in center field, too.
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Outfielders Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin could be on their way soon, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said.
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He noted that the slugging outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce were about to return from extended convalescence.
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Because of that, Kipnis was charged with an error — but not the outfielders who let the ball drop.
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You wondered if balls that settled into outfielders' gloves in chilly April would bang against walls in July.
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Whether Bruce or some other outfielders are still on the roster on opening day remains to be seen.
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He is also not shy about sounding out other outfielders for feedback or advice on playing outfield contours.
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Kristopher Negron then hit a shallow fly ball to right-center that dropped between outfielders Fowler and Jose Martinez.
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This is an odd Portugal squad, featuring eight outfielders aged 30 or more and eight aged 24 or less.
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There are outfielders who hit like Sheffield hit, albeit not many, but catchers just don't hit like Mike Piazza.
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Outfielders Tyler Austin and Lane Adams, shortstop Tyler Wade and catcher Kyle Higashioka were with Rodriguez during spring training.
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But even before announcing that Lagares would need surgery, the Mets had a surplus of left-handed-hitting outfielders.
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The Cubs swung early in the count against Smith, with 10 of their first 12 outs made by outfielders.
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"There is no question that Andruw Jones was one of the best defensive outfielders of all time," Dewan said.
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It just might take some roster gymnastics to keep him around when his fellow outfielders return from their injuries.
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The franchise was sold, and new management traded its star outfielders — Yelich, Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna — last winter.
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Meanwhile, Cardinals outfielders Jose Martinez (shoulder strain) and Tyler O'Neill (wrist strain) are close to returning to active duty.
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That necessitated a conversation with the general manager, who was looking for a specific skill set from his corner outfielders.
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Opposing outfielders have been shifting toward right on him recently because he hits the ball the other way so often.
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Both are outfielders who could end up at first base to stay out of the way of Nimmo and Conforto.
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Two dynamic young outfielders — Juan Soto, 20, and Victor Robles, 21 — could help cover for the possible loss of Harper.
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The list includes outfielders Jay Bruce and Curtis Granderson, first baseman Lucas Duda, infielder Jose Reyes and reliever Addison Reed.
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Eight of them went for extra bases, despite being without outfielders Stephen Piscotty (strained hamstring) and Dexter Fowler (strained shoulder).
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Just shows you, work ahead, hit some spots, let your infielders and outfielders do some work, you can be successful.
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That day, it was a little overcast and the outfielders kept sunglasses on, sunglasses off, sunglasses on, sunglasses off — trying angles.
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Descalso's one-out line drive to left-center skipped between outfielders Andrew McCutchen and Odubel Herrera and rolled to the wall.
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For all the concerns over which outfielders will play and where, the Mets need as many able-bodied players as possible.
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They swapped left-handed-hitting young outfielders, sending Brandon Nimmo down to Class AAA Las Vegas and bringing back Michael Conforto.
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Yankees outfielders Aaron Hicks, Brett Gardner and Judge each smashed home runs, while Red Sox first baseman Michael Chavis added two.
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The Yankees have a glut of outfielders, and catcher Gary Sanchez is also a candidate for at-bats at designated hitter.
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In 22010 and 22016, the Mets had difficulty in quickly reacting to concussions suffered by outfielders Ryan Church and Jason Bay.
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There simply does not appear to be much of a market for outfielders, even for ones with a lot of power.
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Weighed on a 0-to-100 scale of difficulty, the new statistic measures the rate at which outfielders catch fly balls.
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The market for Cespedes developed slowly, as free-agent outfielders like Jason Heyward and Justin Upton signed big deals with new teams.
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The Indians could also add outfielders Lonnie Chisenhall (wrist) and Michael Brantley (shoulder) to the roster at some point in the series.
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LF Marcell Ozuna has moved up to third among outfielders in the voting for the July 11 All-Star Game in Miami.
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On most summer weekends, there's a good chance that you'll find me heckling the outfielders playing in that day's little league games.
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The Cubs roared out of the gate with three runs in the first, two coming on a huge gaffe by Cleveland outfielders.
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They have a couple of starters who profile as backend guys and some intriguing outfielders, but the overall talent is really lacking.
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If he can, he'll remain one of the more valuable outfielders in the game, as he has been so far this year.
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Only five players — Turner, Kershaw, Jansen, and outfielders Yasiel Puig and Andre Ethier — were on the major-league roster when Friedman arrived.
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In that sense, he has fulfilled his remit: eight outfielders keep it tight and he and Nani try to find a goal.
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Among outfielders (since 1913), the games-played leaders are left fielder Barry Bonds, center fielder Willie Mays and right fielder Roberto Clemente.
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The potential departure of the right-handed-hitting Cespedes is significant because the Mets' roster is heavy on left-handed-hitting outfielders.
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The relative arm strength of outfielders is one of the most critical variables in the decision whether to send or hold runners.
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The Astros were subdued at the deadline, acquiring the left-hander Francisco Liriano from Toronto for outfielders Nori Aoki and Teoscar Hernandez.
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Last season, the technology expanded to measure outfielders' defensive aptitude, including a defender's arm strength, first step, route efficiency and reaction time.
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With spring training just over a month away, the Mets still possess a surplus of outfielders despite their efforts to trade one.
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Want to know which outfielders cover the most ground or what percent of the time a similar play resulted in an out?
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He goes after gappers that other outfielders would have to dive for and ends up throttling back by the time he catches them.
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Back in April, Buss bounced between El Paso and extended spring training because there were too many outfielders and someone had to go.
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Jones, 26, one of the top defensive outfielders in the major leagues, appeared in 129 games for the Tigers last season and hit .
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Twelve of the 20 outs recorded by Peavy came on flyballs, giving his outfielders quite a challenge on a sunny and windy afternoon.
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Cespedes, who was one of the three outfielders voted to start for the National League during fan balloting, leads the Mets with a .
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RBI proved successful in fostering major league talent; former participants include outfielders Coco Crisp and Justin Upton and Yankees pitcher C. C. Sabathia.
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New York rested several regulars in the matinee affair, including outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Curtis Granderson, and infielders Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera.
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Pitchers Trevor May and Alex Meyer — acquired in separate deals years ago for outfielders Ben Revere and Denard Span — have made little impact.
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Among those outfielders currently on the ballot, only Barry Bonds (an astronomical 162.4), who'll get in eventually, can boast a higher career WAR.
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Nevertheless, if there is a team that should be aware of the dangers of outfielders running into walls, it should be the Yankees.
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But in my situation, they had a couple more veteran outfielders, so I was not gonna get a chance to play at all.
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"An outfielder can get a lot better quickly if you do it religiously," said the bench coach Rob Thomson, who oversees the outfielders.
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The postponement will give outfielders Curtis Granderson and Yoenis Cespedes — both of whom were to return from injuries — an extra day of rest.
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The Yankees sent reliever Tyler Clippard and several minor leaguers: outfielders Tito Polo and Blake Rutherford and the left-handed pitcher Ian Clarkin.
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The Reds also acquired outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig from the Dodgers, and hired friendly faces to new manager David Bell's staff.
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Outfielders: Yoenis Cespedes, who is recovering from operations on his heels, is in camp and singing along to country songs in the clubhouse.
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Both outfielders were making a play on a fly ball and Piscotty wound up diving head first into Bourjos's leg, and knocked himself unconscious.
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By contrast, the gap between the transcendent Mr Trout and MLB's weakest outfielders only comes to about ten wins over a 853-game season.
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They left spring training in 2014 with five outfielders and designated hitters: Chris Carter, Dexter Fowler, Robbie Grossman, L. J. Hoes and Alex Presley.
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Of the last four outfielders elected to the Hall of Fame — Andre Dawson, Griffey, Guerrero and Raines — only Griffey has more WAR than Walker.
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The Red Sox' young talent — with shortstop Xander Bogaerts and outfielders Mookie Betts and Jackie Bradley Jr. at the forefront — has begun to blossom.
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Other veterans the Reds have acquired this winter include the pitchers Tanner Roark and Alex Wood and the outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig.
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With walls at most other ballparks usually more than 400 feet away, the Green Monster has haunted pitchers and tortured outfielders for the last century.
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Farrell has put Amaro in charge of the Boston outfielders, including Rusney Castillo, a $72.5 million enigma the Red Sox signed from Cuba in 2014.
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Robbie Grossman, who started all three games in left field against Oakland, and Oswaldo Arcia are the only other outfielders on Minnesota's 25-man roster.
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Fans choose their favorites, with the top three at each position (nine outfielders per league) moving on to the final round, called The Starters Election.
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Kemp, the second-leading vote getter for the All-Star Game among National League outfielders, delivered his 14th home run and first since June 43.
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For good measure, the Astros sent catcher Max Stassi to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for minor league outfielders Rainier Rivas and Raider Uceta.
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Cleveland outfielders Tyler Naquin and Lonnie Chisenhall helped the Cubs by letting Russell's pop fly drop safely for a two-run double in the first.
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The Philadelphia Phillies' new manager, Gabe Kapler, even plans to flip outfielders within games, based on where the ball is most likely to be hit.
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Boone must sort through the outfielders' roles, decide if Torres and Andujar are ready for the majors, and find depth beyond his top five starters.
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By that measure, Jones ranks fourth among outfielders with 85.5 career fielding win shares, trailing only Tris Speaker (22006), Mays (22008) and Max Carey (2500).
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Without them, they needed an outfielder who hit right-handed; the original lineup Tuesday included three left-handed outfielders against the Marlins lefty Caleb Smith.
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But the Mets lured Cespedes back with a four-year, $110 million contract and, faced with a surplus of outfielders, then tried to trade Bruce.
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Another odd part of the move was the fact that the Marlins placed outfielder Giancarlo Stanton on the disabled list, leaving them with just three outfielders.
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And with fewer elite outfielders available now, Cespedes's standing in the market could actually improve, further diminishing the chance that he will return to the Mets.
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A fly ball can sometimes look a little too high and short off his bat, but while outfielders mill hopefully he starts his home run trot.
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It is still hard to know whether the Dodgers will get the All-Star versions of outfielders Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig, or something much less.
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Three homegrown first-round draft picks — outfielders Lonnie Chisenhall and Tyler Naquin, and the sublime All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor — are playing every day and hitting .
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An ugly collision in left-center between Padres outfielders Alex Dickerson and Travis Jankowski opened the door for a four-run first inning by the Reds.
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Back then, after a few years in the league as a captain of the outfield, I had virtual autonomy to reposition myself and my corner outfielders.
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Atlanta also reassigned five players to its minor league camp: outfielders Braxton Davidson and Matt Tuiasosopo, and catchers Matt Kennelly, Joe Odom and Braeden Schlehuber. (AP)
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With just days remaining until the end of the first-round of All-Star voting, a pair of Los Angeles outfielders continue to lead the voting.
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They stretched in right field, played catch with each other to warm up, and worked in the same group of outfielders, rotating among all three positions.
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Maybe right-center or left-center, but you've got to hit it in the right spot, because the outfielders there play deep because the ball carries.
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Others in the batting order included designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion, outfielders Michael Brantley and Melky Cabrera, infielders Francisco Lindor and Yonder Alonso and catcher Yan Gomes.
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And the park's dinginess fosters a freewheeling atmosphere, where bleacher die-hards bang drums and heckle outfielders, while upper-deck denizens pack picnics and pass joints.
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Players commended him for his attention to detail, and he could often be seen working with outfielders hours before the first pitch at otherwise empty stadiums.
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From the back of bubble-gum cards, it was hard to foretell that outfielders Aaron Hicks and Aaron Judge would be hitting like another Aaron — Hank.
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New York played the Independence Day matinee without outfielders Yoenis Cespedes (cramps) and Curtis Granderson (hip), and fill-in T.J. Rivera (cramps) left in the seventh.
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The Mets have been fielding offers for their surplus of outfielders, including Granderson and Jay Bruce, each of whom has a year left on his contract.
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Granderson may not be ideal as the Mets' primary player at that position, but he is the best option on a roster with numerous corner outfielders.
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As Escobar sprinted out of the box, Harvey turned around slowly to watch his outfielders bungle the play, his glove hand on his hip, his elbow bent.
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Pollock, 31, was signed to a four-year, $55 million deal this past offseason after outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig were traded to the Cincinnati Reds.
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The nuggets extracted are typically fan-friendly conversation-starters, like which outfielders reach the most fly balls or where Bryce Harper's hardest hits tend to end up.
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The deal: In a three-team blockbuster deal, the Indians traded Bauer to the Reds for outfielders Yasiel Puig and Franmil Reyes, along with three other players.
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His objective is to have Ellsbury look good this spring — and if he does, there will be a place for him somewhere in the mix of outfielders.
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In the same time period, the second- and third-best defensive outfielders in baseball, Torii Hunter and Willy Taveras, combined for 68 (Hunter had 39, Taveras 29).
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For their outfielders, the cards tell them where to play relative to their teammates, based on a rival hitter's tendencies versus a right- or left-handed pitcher.
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"Tough decisions are part of it," Boone said when he was asked how he would juggle five outfielders when Judge's injured wrist permits him to bat again.
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The price was steep, as the Yankees gave up reliever Tyler Clippard and three prospects: left-handed pitcher Ian Clarkin and outfielders Blake Rutherford and Tito Polo.
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The youngsters on Gerard Avenue in the Bronx had a better shot at it than the Mets' outfielders, as it landed far, far back in the bleachers.
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The Mets have three outfielders who hit at least 30 homers last season — Yoenis Cespedes, Curtis Granderson and Jay Bruce — and they also have red-hot Michael Conforto.
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OF Mike Trout led all American League outfielders in fan voting and is headed to his fifth All-Star Game in as many full seasons in the majors.
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Among those falling short of induction were pitchers Curt Schilling (6433 percent) and Roger Clemens (59.5 percent) and outfielders Barry Bonds (59.1 percent) and Larry Walker (54.6 percent).
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OF Brandon Guyer, one of four Rays outfielders on the disabled list, was scheduled to DH for Class A Charlotte on Tuesday as he continues his rehab assignment.
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The Rays still have three key outfielders out with injuries, but Guyer has been a spark near the top of the batting order, adding speed to their lineup.
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Arizona's Blake Swihart hit an inside-the-park homer in the eighth, with his drive to right-center caroming off the base of the wall past two outfielders.
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Torres is a stud, I think Sheffield has a chance to be a lot better than people anticipate, and there's a bunch of outfielders that are pretty good.
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They had nobody ranked among the top five vote-getters at first base, second base, shortstop, third base or designated hitter, and nobody among the top 10 outfielders.
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The Mets can now turn their attention to shoring up their bullpen and determining what to do with their glut of outfielders, most of them left-handed hitters.
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The Brewers added outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich, who must help on offense and defense because the rotation still looks shaky beyond Chase Anderson and Zach Davies.
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In 2000, Landis was voted by fans onto the White Sox Team of the Century, along with Fox, Aparicio and the outfielders Shoeless Joe Jackson and Minnie Minoso.
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The Mets' disabled list already included key players: outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Juan Lagares, relief pitchers Anthony Swarzak and A.J. Ramos, and infielders Todd Frazier and Wilmer Flores.
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He had, however, hit four line drives that were caught by outfielders, including one that Andrew Romine snagged with a shoestring catch and another sacrifice fly earlier Wednesday.
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In Chicago, Epstein has spent big on contracts for Lester, starter John Lackey and outfielders Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist, but only after building a dynamic young nucleus.
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"We had a really good thing going when we had all four outfielders going, and we were able to move around," Manager Joe Girardi said before Monday's game.
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Knowing there was a logjam of outfielders, he wanted to make the team out of spring training, which he did, in part, because of Juan Lagares's oblique injury.
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In addition, because Indians pitchers lead the majors in strikeouts and were eighth in ground-ball rate, their outfielders had the third-fewest chances in baseball this season.
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Washington has been hit by the injury bug to such regulars as outfielders Jayson Werth and Michael A. Taylor; infielders Trea Turner and Stephen Drew; and pitcher Stephen Strasburg.
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The Dodgers also recalled infielder/catcher Kyle Farmer, infielder/outfielder Tim Locastro and outfielders Andrew Toles and Alex Verdugo while reinstating left-hander Zac Rosscup from the disabled list.
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The Rockies look to continue their hot start Monday against the visiting San Diego Padres, who boast a pair of promising rookies in outfielders Manuel Margot and Hunter Renfroe.
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That revived complaints about the park and the incoming prevailing wind, which knocks down long drives between the alleys and permits outfielders to take away singles by playing shallower.
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But the quickness of Bradley's first step on all batted balls was near the top among outfielders; on balls that resulted in outs, he was the best in baseball.
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"Everybody talks about Yelich and Cain, but we've gotten contributions up and down the roster," Brewers infielder Travis Shaw said, referring to star outfielders Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain.
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The Brewers hope to find time for all the outfielders by sometimes using Braun at first base, where he could spell the slugging Eric Thames against some left-handers.
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Since then, he spent some time working with Reggie Willits, the Yankees' outfield instructor, and his fellow outfielders on his defense and plays at the wall at Yankee Stadium.
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When it was over, Harper enjoyed a choreographed celebration with his fellow outfielders, McCutchen and Odubel Herrera, that he said he had seen in a video game this winter.
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They also got to hear Yankee fans perform the roll call, a nightly feature at Yankee Stadium done in the first inning for the team's starting infielders and outfielders.
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He likes the athleticism of Dyson, Ben Gamel, Mitch Haniger and Guillermo Heredia, who are largely untested but have the center-field pedigree Dipoto wants in his corner outfielders.
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But what the Mets were not able to do was trade several other players in the last years of their contracts — Cabrera and outfielders Jay Bruce and Curtis Granderson.
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After the play, Naquin appeared to chastise second baseman Jason Kipnis, who had been charging hard into the outfield, indicating Kipnis may have disrupted the communication between the outfielders.
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Stephen Strasburg bounced back from a rough outing and young outfielders Victor Robles and Juan Soto led the Washington Nationals past the visiting Atlanta Braves 2447-03 on Friday.
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That includes their two 17-year-old outfielders—last year's No. 24 international prospect Muzziotti and No. 15 Guaimaro—as well as Antonio Pinero, Eduardo Torrealba, and Cesar Gonzalez.
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Philadelphia spent the off-season bringing in veteran talent—starter Clay Buchholz, who I'm told qualifies, alongside outfielders Howie Kendrick and Michael Saunders—intended to help bring along the kids.
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"When he's not out there it shows up not just in center, he shows up with the corner outfielders because he covers so much ground," Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
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"I'm hoping that the guys we consider to be our starting outfielders play better and then I won't need to change it up very much," Twins manager Paul Molitor said.
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NOTES: Angels OF Mike Trout led all American League outfielders in fan voting and is headed to his fifth All-Star Game in as many full seasons in the majors.
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Each of the other seven positions remain the same at the top, including all three outfielders: Betts in first, Trout in second and the Yankees' Aaron Judge (1,061,370) in third.
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With outfielders Carlos Beltran and Jacoby Ellsbury returning from stints on the disabled list, and the starting rotation intact, the Yankees were as healthy as they would be all season.
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Leading vote-getters for the Midsummer Classic can cash in, too, with MLB promising bonuses to the top three vote-getters at each position — six total outfielders — in each league.
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Then, when the workout begins, as infielders take ground balls, outfielders take fly balls and pitchers practice pickoff throws, Conti roams from field to field making sure everything runs efficiently.
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Manager Casey Stengel shifted several outfielders to center as a bridge between DiMaggio and Mantle, but Stengel and the team's general manager, George Weiss, weren't satisfied with any of them.
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Other stars from the 2017 playoff team have left via free agency over the last two winters, including starter Patrick Corbin and outfielders J. D. Martinez and A. J. Pollock.
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PT. The win was only the fifth in the past 17 games for the Giants, who received homers from outfielders Denard Span and Jarrett Parker to highlight a 12-hit attack.
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Seven others, in addition to Cespedes, rejected the offer: outfielders Jose Bautista, Dexter Fowler and Ian Desmond; infielder Justin Turner; designated hitters Edwin Encarnacion and Mark Trumbo; and closer Kenley Jansen.
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Of course, some fielders still try to create a scuff: Catchers may deliberately short-hop their throws before innings, and outfielders may do the same on routine throws to the infield.
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He took one of his outfielders and threw him in the infield, giving LSU three men on the left side of the field, along the more traditional two on the right side.
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Kole Calhoun followed with a deep fly to right-center that fell between closing outfielders Manuel Margot and Hunter Renfroe and bounced over the wall for a ground-run double, scoring Young.
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Headley said that as teams had begun to move outfielders around this year with greater precision, as they have done in recent seasons with infield shifts, more hits had been taken away.
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There is, essentially, a platform of eight outfielders always looking to resist and then spring Gareth Bale forward, using Hal Robson-Kanu's runs to drag defenders out of position and create space.
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But the new outfielders Steven Souza Jr. and Jarrod Dyson should somewhat make up for losing Martinez, as catcher Alex Avila should for the loss of Chris Iannetta, who joined the Rockies.
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Of course, not all fifth outfielders are the third highest-paid player on the team, with three years and $68 million remaining on a contract that includes a full no-trade clause.
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Phillies 3, Yankees 0 PHILADELPHIA — In early April, just after the season began, outfielders Clint Frazier and Jacoby Ellsbury would work out together at the Yankees minor league complex in Tampa, Fla.
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Their pitchers are healthy, and with outfielders to spare, they let Davis go and applied the savings to Edwin Encarnacion, the former Toronto slugger, who signed for three years and $60 million.
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Even if Bruce is dealt, the Reds still will feature one of baseball's top power-producing outfielders in left fielder Adam Duvall, who is tied for second in the NL with 23 homers.
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The Angels saw two outfielders leave the game with injuries — Daniel Nava tweaked his knee in the field and Shane Robinson rolled his ankle taking off for second base in the ninth inning.
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Candidates passed over were pitchers Tommy John and Luis Tiant, catcher Ted Simmons, first basemen Steve Garvey and Don Mattingly, outfielders Dale Murphy and Dave Parker and former players union executive Marvin Miller.
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They feature not one but two outfielders, breakout star Jackie Bradley Jr. and already broken-out star Mookie Betts, whose little ticking swings get triples rattling around in the corner of the yard.
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While outfielders are trained to instinctively know their surroundings, Engel practices "working the wall" regularly, which makes executing catches like the ones he has made this week part of his normal outfield duties.
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As the team faced the San Francisco Giants on April 2303, five Yankees who had started on opening day were on the injured list, including the star outfielders Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.
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Red Sox outfielders Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley Jr. hit two-run homers, and Drew Pomeranz won a career-best fifth straight decision as host Boston beat the Chicago White Sox, 4-1.
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Other first-timers up for Cooperstown consideration on the list released Monday include pitchers Cliff Lee and Josh Beckett, outfielders Bobby Abreu and Alfonso Soriano, and first basemen Jason Giambi and Paul Konerko.
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Alderson also told reporters that outfielders Brandon Nimmo (hamstring) and Juan Lagares (oblique) would begin the season on the 10-day disabled list, along with third baseman David Wright (shoulder) and Matz (elbow).
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The Giants are facing a Padres team that received a boost Wednesday with the arrival of several top prospects, including outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Manuel Margot, second baseman Carlos Asuaje and catcher Austin Hedges.
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In the very next at-bat, the Dodgers' Chris Taylor attempted an inside-the-park home run when his drive to the right-center gap got past Toronto outfielders Randal Grichuk and Teoscar Hernandez.
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Houston showed they mean business by adding catcher Brian McCann and veteran outfielders Carlos Beltran and Josh Reddick to a youthful roster featuring young stars Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and the emerging Alex Bregman.
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The Dodgers wanted to use markers in the Citi Field outfield to guide their outfielders on where to position themselves; the Mets refused to allow it and lodged a complaint with Major League Baseball.
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Mauer, a left-handed batter, has not figured out how to beat shifts that position the shortstop toward the middle and outfielders around to left, taking away his favorite places to hit the ball.
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Also in the deal, the Yankees reacquired pitcher Adam Warren — who had been dealt to the Cubs in December for second baseman Starlin Castro — and the minor league outfielders Billy McKinney and Rashad Crawford.
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He can serve as a defensive replacement for Beltran in right, offer a bat with right-handed pop off the bench and fill in for the often-injured outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner.
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He made each of his outfielders work, retiring George Springer on a fly ball to center, Alex Bregman on a fly to left, and Jose Altuve on a fly to foul territory in right.
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Then, on a day in late June or early July, fans will vote again, choosing from the top three vote-getters at each position in the initial round (or the top nine for outfielders).
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They have lost two outfielders because of concussions — Jacoby Ellsbury and Clint Frazier, each for at least a month — over the last 15 months, even though both were not immediately removed from the game.
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Harvey did not allow any well-hit balls that sailed into the gaps or over the heads of his outfielders, but his 101 pitches were a reflection of his inability to put away hitters.
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When the Mets returned from the All-Star break, they told the four outfielders there would be a rotation, but it has in general meant less playing time for Granderson than the other three.
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The Cubs have been bitten hard by the injury bug, with outfielders Jorge Soler and Dexter Fowler landing on the disabled list with hamstring injuries and slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo nursing a back injury.
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Although both Callaway and Bruce were hopeful he would play on Saturday, it was just one more blow for a team already short on outfielders, with Yoenis Cespedes and Juan Lagares on the disabled list.
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From Jimmy I learned angles and ballistics, footwork and strategy, reacting to the sound of the bat and the cut of the grass, communication among outfielders, even down to what kind of glove to use.
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The 14 holdovers include four players who were named on more than half the ballots in 2019: pitchers Curt Schilling (60.9 percent) and Roger Clemens (59.5) and outfielders Barry Bonds (59.1) and Larry Walker (4.6).
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The other position players include the designated hitters-first basemen Edwin Encarnacion and Mark Trumbo; outfielders Jose Bautista, Ian Desmond and Dexter Fowler; third baseman Justin Turner; catcher Wilson Ramos; and second baseman Neil Walker.
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Others were traded to Cincinnati with limited experience but could be future cornerstones: outfielders Adam Duvall and Scott Schebler, infielders Eugenio Suarez and Jose Peraza, and the injured starting pitchers Anthony DeSclafani and Brandon Finnegan.
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Cashman said he preferred to give young players such as outfielders Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks, first baseman Greg Bird, catcher Gary Sanchez and perhaps others the opportunity to establish themselves as productive major leaguers.
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The Mets plan to use Curtis Granderson and Michael Conforto, both ideally corner outfielders, mostly in center field this season, with some help from the defensive-minded Juan Lagares, who actually is a center fielder.
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He was hired to lead a team with a league MVP in Giancarlo Stanton and a pair of young All-Star outfielders, Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna, as the focal point of a core to develop.
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The other holdovers are pitchers Andy Pettitte and Billy Wagner, first baseman Todd Helton, second baseman Jeff Kent, third baseman Scott Rolen, shortstop Omar Vizquel and outfielders Andruw Jones, Manny Ramirez, Gary Sheffield and Sammy Sosa.
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The New York Yankees kicked off their 2017 regular season this week, so naturally the biggest news on Wednesday revolved around something that wasn't said by one of their outfielders in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre.
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Alas, the rest of Milwaukee's roster hasn't flourished: the Brewers rank 22nd at third base, 28th in center, and 30th in right field―the non-Braun outfielders could be replaced by chickens without a huge drop-off.
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The two outfielders were called up from the minor leagues last week because of injuries that sent Stephen Piscotty and Jose Martinez to the disabled list and kept Dexter Fowler out of the lineup for six games.
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The Miami Marlins outfielders look to continue their respective torrid stretches on Tuesday afternoon when the club hosts the Sunshine State-rival Tampa Bay Rays in the second contest of their four-game, two-city interleague series.
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Hunter Renfroe hit his second homer in as many nights in the Padres third, and doubles by outfielders Franmil Reyes and Manuel Margot off Cincinnati starter Anthony DeSclafani in the top of the fourth tied the game.
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When the Mets signed Alejandro De Aza to a one-year, $5.75 million deal this off-season, and then surprisingly brought back Yoenis Cespedes, too, they had five outfielders who were expecting to get regular playing time.
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With two runners on base following singles in the first inning, outfielders Michael Conforto and Jay Bruce did not communicate well on a fly ball by Aguilar, and a run scored after the ball fell between them.
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This year's version of the Brewers, however, are leading the National League Central, ahead of the defending champion Chicago Cubs, thanks to the hitting prowess of outfielders Domingo Santana and Ryan Braun, and third baseman Travis Shaw.
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He received two more World Series championship rings with the Dodgers, in 1963 and 1965, but his playing time had diminished as the Dodgers' rebuilding brought the outfielders Tommy Davis, Willie Davis, Ron Fairly and Frank Howard.
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Part of the plan when Upton was acquired from the San Diego Padres on Tuesday was that he could spell the regular outfielders, who could either be given a day off or be used as the designated hitter.
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In the span of a week, the New York Yankees' lineup could get a complete makeover with the addition of American League home run leader Edwin Encarnacion and the healthy return of outfielders Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge.
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Avisail Garcia and Kevin Kiermaier each homered for the second time in as many games, with the latter coming after Indians outfielders Leonys Martin and Tampa native Oscar Mercado collided in left-center field in the sixth inning.
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Alex Claudio struck out two in the eighth inning and Matt Bush got the last two outs for his seventh save after Stephen Drew drove in a run when his popup fell between two outfielders in the ninth.
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That lead held up until the Yankees were down to their final two outs and had a rookie, who was on the roster only because of injuries to outfielders Aaron Hicks and Dustin Fowler, coming to the plate.
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The Mets will enter May leading the National League East, with a 17-9 record, despite inconsistent contributions from most of the starting rotation and atypical production from their best hitters — outfielders Michael Conforto, Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce.
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Even with its most recent loss, Washington has won seven of the last nine meetings against the Mets, who are hoping that Saturday's production is a sign of things to come for struggling outfielders Michael Conforto and Curtis Granderson.
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San Francisco entered Saturday's play as the lowest-scoring team in the majors at 3.32 runs per game but could have injured outfielders Jarrett Parker (clavicle) and Hunter Pence (hamstring) back in the lineup within the next two weeks.
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Or a plethora of young outfielders, like the just-acquired Teoscar Hernandez (whom the Jays obtained from the Astros in the Francisco Liriano deal), as well as stalwarts Anthony Alford, Dalton Pompey, and all the ones behind those two.
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The only hit off Cahill was a sinking line drive to left by Carlos Gomez that fell in front of Spangenberg, who is a third baseman playing left in the absence of injured outfielders Travis Jankowski and Alex Dickerson.
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The Mets believe their window to win is for the next few seasons, while pitchers Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard, who is unlikely to be traded, and outfielders Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto are all in the same uniform.
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The list of key Yankees who are either injured or still returning from injury now contains eight players: Stanton, Andujar, shortstop Didi Gregorius, outfielders Aaron Hicks and Jacoby Ellsbury, and pitchers Dellin Betances, C. C. Sabathia and Luis Severino.
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With starters Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Tanner Roark, closer Sean Doolittle, infielders Anthony Rendon, Trea Turner and Ryan Zimmerman and outfielders Adam Eaton, Victor Robles and Juan Soto still on board, the Nationals expect to contend next season.
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Even so, the idea of McNeil joining the group of outfielders — with Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo, Juan Lagares and Keon Broxton — excites the Mets, who envision a unit there that is as versatile as the one in the infield.
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The 29-year-old tied a career high with 13 strikeouts in a no-decision at Miami earlier this season but has been hit hard by Stanton and fellow outfielders Christian Yelich (11-for-29) and Marcell Ozuna (8-for-27).
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The Mets didn't have the means to add a slugging first baseman at that point any more than they could add outfielders, but Duda was still on hand, and once Davis bottomed out the team handed him the job at last.
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In exchange for Piazza and veteran third baseman Todd Zeile, the Marlins sent Los Angeles outfielders Jim Eisenreich and Gary Sheffield, catcher Charles Johnson, right-hander Manuel Barrios, and not-choosing-a-position-is-a-still-a-choice Bobby Bonilla.
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The rough couple of months turned Bruce into a popular boo-bird target for a demanding fan base and seemed to make him the most likely candidate among the Mets' four starting-caliber outfielders to be traded in the offseason.
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Because they resisted expensive free-agent outfielders like Yoenis Cespedes, Alex Gordon and Justin Upton, the Angels — who are still paying most of the contract of the departed Josh Hamilton — will not pay a competitive balance tax on their payroll.
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He scored twice and excelled on defense in a heart-pounding Game 4 victory, getting help from the other outfielders: Jackie Bradley Jr. hit the go-ahead home run and Andrew Benintendi made the game-saving catch in the ninth.
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Third baseman Justin Turner, their leader, has played in two games here — which is two more than starting pitcher, Clayton Kershaw, or any of the Dodgers outfielders, who will have to acquaint themselves on the fly with the idiosyncratic outfield walls.
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His role for 2018 was a new position called major league field coordinator, helping Cash and the bench coach Charlie Montoyo with in-game strategy, working with the outfielders and focusing on the continued development of the team's younger players.
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The team has tried diligently to rebuild its prospect inventory and made only minor, low-risk changes over the winter, adding complementary parts like infielders Aledmys Diaz and Yangervis Solarte, starter Jaime Garcia and outfielders Curtis Granderson and Randal Grichuk.
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He is capitalizing on the absence of outfielders Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton — two of the 12 Yankees currently on the injured list — and making up for the lost season he endured in 2018 after a concussion in spring training.
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Minnesota's 83-win season in 2015 had obviously been a mirage, but the Twins do have an impressive core of young position players, led by third baseman Miguel Sano and outfielders Byron Buxton and Max Kepler, none older than 24.
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But the Diamondbacks went 85-77 last season for their third consecutive winning record, and have since added the former Gold Glove outfielders Starling Marte and Kole Calhoun as well as Bumgarner, Vogt and relievers Junior Guerra and Hector Rondon.
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A first-inning double from Russell that dropped in between the Indians outfielders scored two runs and two innings later he rocked the Cubs first ever World Series grand slam over the wall in center to make it 7-0.
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Nimmo, who has been thrust into everyday duty due to injuries to outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Juan Lagares, has reached base in his past eight plate appearances dating back to Wednesday, when he walked, homered and singled in his final three at-bats.
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Earlier in the day, Pagan considered how Baez's home run, the difference in Friday's 1-0 game, landed in the basket that was put in place years ago to catch cups of beer that would otherwise fall — accidentally or not — onto opposing outfielders.
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MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH WASHINGTON — Last season, the Washington Nationals were hit hard by injuries to everyday players, as outfielders Jayson Werth and Denard Span and infielders Anthony Rendon and Ryan Zimmerman spent extended time on the disabled list.
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The Yankees are likely to be without two star players, the outfielders Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, for opening day on March 26 against the Orioles in Baltimore, General Manager Brian Cashman told reporters at the team's spring training facility in Tampa, Fla.
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The Yankees' injured list could practically field an entire team on its own: outfielders Aaron Hicks, Giancarlo Stanton and Jacoby Ellsbury; infielders Miguel Andujar, Troy Tulowitzki and Didi Gregorius; pitchers Severino, C. C. Sabathia, Betances, Ben Heller and Jordan Montgomery; and Sanchez.
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My fellow outfielders and I always scanned the landscape looking for Piersall before a game, but we would often learn where he was the hard way: We'd make a mental error during the game and hear his agitated voice echoing off the clouds.
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INDIANS' RAMIREZ TIES A SLUGGING RECORD Jose Ramirez tied a major league record with five extra-base hits, including two home runs that deflected off Detroit outfielders, and the Cleveland Indians routed the Tigers, 11-1, in Detroit for their 213th straight victory.
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The outfielders are maybe a little more interesting, because they both are controllable through next year, and they're both pretty bad—Grichuk because of his bat (even when he was good he was bad), and Markakis because of his glove (and lack of power).
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Ian Desmond and Carlos Gomez are both free agents, and it's tough to imagine the Rangers letting both of their salvaged outfielders walk; they are without a safety net in center field after having shipped Lewis Brinson to Milwaukee as freight for Lucroy and Jeffress.
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LF Ryan Braun went hitless for the second consecutive game Friday, finishing 0-for-3 in the Brewers' 6-3 loss to the Marlins, but he did register his third outfield assist of the season, tying him for the most among National League outfielders.
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Nationals 4, Braves 3 Stephen Strasburg bounced back from a rough outing, and young outfielders Victor Robles and Juan Soto led Washington past visiting Atlanta for the Nationals' fifth win in a row and 18th in their last 25 games, pulling within one game of .
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Judge is now the 2175th Yankee on the club's injured list, completing a formidable squad of inactive position players that includes six starters from its opening day lineup: outfielders Judge and Giancarlo Stanton; infielders Miguel Andujar, Greg Bird and Troy Tulowitzki; and catcher Gary Sanchez.
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As of Thursday, the Mets' disabled list included, among others, starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard (right index finger ligament strain), infielders Wilmer Flores (back) and Todd Frazier (hamstring), outfielders Yoenis Cespedes (hip flexor) and Juan Lagares (toe), relief pitchers Anthony Swarzak (oblique) and A.J. Ramos (shoulder).
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One day in June 1958, Wolff, playing the ukulele, appeared on the Washington Mall with Sievers, his fellow outfielders Jim Lemon and Albie Pearson and a couple of Senators pitchers and joined them in song for the NBC-TV "Today" program, hosted by Dave Garroway.
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Six-time All-Star outfielder Bryce Harper, who signed a record-breaking $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in the offseason, is 10th among outfielders — just 269 votes behind Verdugo — and is in danger of not making the cut to the next round.
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The part of the story that matters is the rest of it: the presence of Vince, unrecognized except for his surname; Jesse Owens having to make a living losing races to reserve outfielders (and sometimes horses); Stengel saying don't let us win, just let us survive professionally.
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Whenever Judge returns to the lineup, though, Manager Aaron Boone will have a puzzle to solve: One of the three regular outfielders he has used lately — the veteran Brett Gardner, the dependable Aaron Hicks and the recently acquired Andrew McCutchen — will have to go to the bench.
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Oakland outfielders Dwayne Murphy and Mike Davis each gave the rapper $20,000 to start his own record label, Bust It. He assembled a crew of dancers and DJs to back him up, worked relentlessly to push his stuff to a wider audience, and eventually signed with Capitol.
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Chicago announced that it tendered 2020 contracts to star infielders Javier Baez (29 homers in 2019) and Kris Bryant (31 HRs), outfielders Kyle Schwarber (team-high 38 HRs and 92 RBIs) and Albert Almora Jr. (12 HRs), catcher Willson Contreras (24 HRs) and right-hander Kyle Ryan (3.54 ERA).
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An "Election Day" to be announced at a later date — late June or early July, according to MLB — will be held during which voters will choose the starters by voting during a set time period for their pick among the top three at every position (nine outfielders make the cutoff).
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It's the warm weather, it's the leisurely pace, it's too many Bud Light Limes—or, maybe, it's because instant replay reviews, and the minutes-long pauses in game action they demand, leave you gaping at the JumboTron while your team's outfielders sit on the grass like bored tee-ball right fielders.
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The Red Sox' three young All-Stars — shortstop Xander Bogaerts and outfielders Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts — will be paid less than $2 million combined this season and will not reach free agency until at least 2020, allowing the team to swing big (and sometimes miss) in free agency.
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Waldstein: I spoke to former Dodgers outfielder Shawn Green before the game and he said the rule of thumb at Dodger Stadium is that when there is moisture on the grass, outfielders should take five steps in, because that means there is moisture in the air, which tamps the ball down.
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The current Red Sox team, which won the American League East last season and is favored to do so again, is propelled in no small part by two African-American outfielders — Mookie Betts and Jackie Bradley Jr. That fact was cited by Jones in his remarks to reporters on Tuesday.
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The crowed was announced at 36,519 ... plus the cat, which created a stir on Twitter when it was spotted by TV cameras in the fifth inning, racing from the first-base area and eventually crawling up the center field T-Mobile sign after being approached by Marlins outfielders Christian Yelich and Giancarlo Stanton.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers shook up their pennant-winning roster on Friday, trading outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp plus the left-handed pitcher Alex Wood and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for the right-hander Homer Bailey, who threw a pair of no-hitters before three major arm operations sidetracked his career.
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Despite a battered roster with several players who came into the year slated for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (such as Frazier and infielders Thairo Estrada and Gio Urshela) or in other organizations (such as outfielders Cameron Maybin or Mike Tauchman), the Yankees will enter their series with the Diamondbacks at 17-11.
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The Yankees once had six outfielders on the roster, but now three are on the I.L. Their outfield options now consist of Aaron Judge; Clint Frazier, who was also called up from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday; Michael Tauchman, who was acquired in a trade just before the season began; and Gardner.
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By the end of the fifth, the Yankees had opened a 22014-33 lead with a homer from each of their three outfielders, and the only question remaining was whether Tanaka would join Don Larsen, David Wells and David Cone in Yankees history by throwing the 23nd perfect game of baseball's modern era.
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The Orioles might even be willing to try that, if they didn't have among the worst defensive corner outfielders in baseball: Seth Smith, who Seattle traded because they wanted a defensive upgrade in right, and Hyun Soo Kim, who was a negative 1.6 in defensive WAR last season despite playing in only 95 games.
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Even as the means of measuring outfielder defense improve and expand (to better help put to rest the AL's centerfield Kevin debate, of course) and the order of the league's top gloves get shuffled accordingly, each new metric or scale says the same thing in a slightly different way: Pillar's among the best outfielders in the game.
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Joining Bellinger in the outfield are reigning league MVP Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers and the Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. In the American League, three Houston Astros - third baseman Alex Bregman and outfielders George Springer and Michael Brantley - and two New York Yankees - catcher Gary Sanchez and first baseman Luke Voit - are among the leaders.
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Sandoval has been a bust in the first two seasons of his five-year, $95 million contract, but the Red Sox can absorb it because five everyday players make so little: Outfielders Mookie Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Andrew Benintendi, shortstop Xander Bogaerts, and catcher Sandy Leon combined to make less than $3 million last season.
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The team also has an excess of outfielders with Michael Conforto, the team's lone All-Star this season; Yoenis Cespedes, who is signed to a long-term deal; Juan Lagares, who is returning from thumb surgery; Brandon Nimmo, a former first-round pick who Alderson said the team wants to see play more; Bruce; and Granderson.
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But when the Yankees face a right-hander this season, the only left-handed batters in the lineup might be outfielders Brett Gardner and Aaron Hicks, a switch-hitter; at least, that might be the case until the return this summer of the left-handed-hitting shortstop Didi Gregorius, who is still rehabilitating from Tommy John surgery.
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Even though Epstein left Boston after 2011, all four of the All-Star starters with the Red Sox were acquired while he was their general manager: He signed designated hitter David Ortiz just after he got the job following the 2002 season, drafted outfielders Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts, and signed shortstop Xander Bogaerts as an amateur free agent in 1.
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Injuries—his back, mostly—blunted many of his tools, meaning that swing of his was often all he had left in the shed once he got to St. Louis late during the 753 season In the end, it adds up to a player who, with a career 72.6 WAR (Baseball Reference), compares favourably to his peers—his peers being outfielders of recent vintage.
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It is true that we do not have hard evidence for this, but do you have a better explanation for how, last December, Atlanta got the Arizona Diamondbacks to part with two top prospects and one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball in exchange for (to that point) good but not great 25-year-old right-handed starter Shelby Miller?
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BEST VIEW: GAME 4, 2004 From my vantage point in the front row of the auxiliary press box, down the right-field line at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, I could see the backs of two Boston outfielders at the moment the Red Sox broke the Curse of the Bambino: right fielder Gabe Kapler, who wore No. 63, and center fielder Johnny Damon, who wore No. 18.
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NOTES: The game marked the first time in major league history in which a team started all three outfielders with the last name, according to the Elias Sports Bureau Willy Garcia was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte before the game and made his major-league debut in left field, joining Leury Garcia in center field and Avisail Garcia in right field for the White Sox.
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The Marlins don't have many position players in the minors ready to contribute right now, so help is not likely to come from that direction—they presently have only three outfielders on the major league roster; when Stanton was disabled their response was to call up alumnus Robert Andino, who (a) hasn't been thought worthy of a major league roster spot since 4383, and (b) at .232/.294/.
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Among the dozens of unsigned free agents are starters Alex Cobb, Lance Lynn, Jason Vargas and Andrew Cashner; relievers Tony Watson, Francisco Liriano and Bud Norris; first basemen Lucas Duda, Matt Holliday, Logan Morrison, Mike Napoli and Mark Reynolds; catchers A. J. Ellis, Jonathan Lucroy, Carlos Ruiz and Chris Stewart; outfielders Melky Cabrera, Jarrod Dyson, Jon Jay and Cameron Maybin; and second basemen Brandon Phillips, Chase Utley and Neil Walker.
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Even now, with Bruce's departure, there would seem to be four outfielders ahead of Nimmo on the Mets' depth chart: Yoenis Cespedes; Michael Conforto; Juan Lagares, who is now returning after missing nearly two months with a broken thumb; and Curtis Granderson, who is 43 and in the final season of a four-year, $24 million deal and is a near certainty not to be back in Queens in 211.
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The way they used that 2016 flexibility didn't end up helping all that much—they brought in Drew Storen, who was a disaster (but eventually flipped for a useful piece in Joaquin Benoit); they almost traded Michael Saunders for Jay Bruce (who had a cheap 2017 contract option, which could have proved useful given the Jays' current dearth of outfielders); they added Gavin Floyd, who was OK until he got hurt; Jesse Chavez was given a good run before it became abundantly clear that it wasn't working out; Melvin Upton came over and promptly forgot how to hit; and then they took on a bunch of salary in the form of Francisco Liriano and seemed like they might have actually hit on something.
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