Didi Gregorius Does It: Phillies Shortstop Brings Many Talents

Didi Gregorius cradled a camera in his hands last week at Spectrum Field as he scanned the field from the top steps of the Phillies dugout. He turned the lens toward Vince Velasquez. Gregorius focused and snapped a few photos.

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Bryce Harper 'Pumped' For Phillies' 2020 Potential

A year ago at this time, Phillies managing partner John Middleton had not even boarded his private jet to fly to Las Vegas, Nev., to try to convince Bryce Harper to sign a record-setting contract with the Phils.

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Rejuvenated Luke Voit Ramps Up 'Elite' Yankees Hype

Bilateral core surgery in late October wasn’t optional for Luke Voit, who suffered an abdominal strain in late June that landed him on the injured list until mid-July. Voit returned to the shelf July 31 and missed almost a month with a sports hernia.

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Phillies Signed Didi Gregorius

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Brewers Remain Interested In Didi Gregorious

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Phillies Pursuing Didi Gregorious

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Robust Rotation, Cutting-Edge Pitching Approach Has Reds Rising As Central Threat

With front office execs from almost all of the 29 other clubs and definitely one from each of his National League Central rivals gathered in the same ballroom this past week, Cincinnati president of baseball operations Dick Williams surveyed the group and grinned as he considered the Reds’ position entering this offseason.

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Cole Hamels Has At Least Five Season Left In Him

Cole Hamels will turn 36 years old next month. He has thrown 1,958 innings over the past decade, sixth most in the Major Leagues during that span. Those are attributes one might associate with a pitcher nearing the end of his career.

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Reds Interested In Didi Gregorius

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Brett Gardner, Yankees Look To Continue Party

The Gardy Party appears primed to continue in The Bronx. The Yankees and Brett Gardner have opened negotiations on a new contract that could keep the club’s longest-tenured player in pinstripes, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand on Thursday. The club has not commented.

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The Luke Voit Trade Doesn't Look So Lopsided Anymore

The Luke Voit trade (as it’s now known) barely drew any headlines when it was struck last July between the Cardinals and Yankees. Chasen Shreve was the best-known player in a deal that was viewed largely as two clubs dealing from positions of organizational depth.

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SIx Pending Free Agent Hitters Who Could Receive Qualifying Offers

With this year’s trade deadline having passed, we have a better idea of which pending free agents could receive qualifying offers in the offseason.

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Luke Voit Received Cortisone Shot

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Masahiro Tanaka Surrenders 12 Runs In Lopsided Loss

As the score grew lopsided in a lengthy first inning, Masahiro Tanaka never looked toward the third-base dugout for assistance, nor would the Yankees have expected him to. Entering the rivalry weekend backed by a taxed bullpen, his assignment was clear: Soak up as many outs as possible, hopefully saving the staff for the next few days.

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Didi Gregorius' Slam Makes Aaron Judge's 'Second' Home Run Stand Up

Aaron Judge tracked the flight of his eighth-inning drive as it spun toward the 314-foot marker in right field, expecting that it would tail to the right of the foul pole. Indeed, the masses on hand at Yankee Stadium groaned when the ball arced a few seats wide.

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Gleyber Torres Hits Walk-Off Single As Yankees Storm Back

James Paxton was shaky against the Blue Jays on Wednesday, allowing six runs in just 4 1/3 innings. But with the Yankees’ high-powered offense, it didn’t end up mattering. The Yanks came back from an early five-run deficit, and Gleyber Torres delivered a walk-off single in the ninth for an 8-7 victory at Yankee Stadium after Zack Britton had allowed the game to be tied in the top of the inning.

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Giancarlo Stanton Breaks Out As Yankees Keep Rolling

Perhaps it has been easy to understate Giancarlo Stanton's expected importance to the Yankees' roster, as Aaron Boone seemed to suggest. After leading last year's club in homers and RBIs, the slugger sported a zero in both categories entering play on Saturday.

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Take A Bow, CC Sabathia: Lefty Earns 250th Career Win

CC Sabathia did not fully appreciate his first visit to Cooperstown, N.Y., representing the Indians in the annual Hall of Fame Game nearly two decades ago. A Minor Leaguer then, he had no spare time to set foot in the museum, settling for a glance from the bus as it rolled toward the highway.

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Yankees Activated Didi Gregorius From The Injured List & Transferred Troy Tulowitzki From Ten-Day To 60-Day Injured List

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CC Sabathia Expects He'll Eventually Need Knee Replacement

CC Sabathia outwardly displayed no trepidation when he landed on the injured list once again, calmly discussing the familiar procedure to lubricate his right knee the way a motorist might talk about an oil change: Just necessary maintenance to keep things moving forward.

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