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Happy Friday, everyone!
Tribe news
Carrasco returns to take on A’s in opener | MLB
Cookie hasn’t pitched for the Tribe since he exited the June 16 game after taking a line drive off of his pitching elbow. Today, he returns to the mound to get a start or two in before the All-Star break.
AL Central: Who’s buying, who’s selling? | MLB
If the photo attached to the article isn’t a giveaway, let me break it down for you: the Indians are buying, everyone else is selling.
Around the league
- The Nationals were down 9-0 and ended up beating the Miami Marlins.
- Gleyber Torres has been placed on the DL with a hip strain.
- Mitch Haniger and Mike Zunino are bruised up and on the DL.
- This water cooler had a family.
- Johnny Cueto came back from the DL and things did not go well.
- Dexter Fowler doesn’t take kindly to upper management saying that he isn’t trying.
- Watch out, Jordan Hicks is throwing fire:
.@Jhicks007 brought the again on the 4th of July.
— #Statcast (@statcast) July 5, 2018
The @Cardinals rookie got A.J. Pollock to wave at this 104.4 mph sinker -- the fastest pitch for a swinging strike since pitch tracking began in 2008. pic.twitter.com/Rvh5NOlckH