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Yankees' Aaron Judge adding top lead-off hitter to his resume
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Mariners are MLB's hottest team thanks to starting pitchers - Sports Illustrated
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Major League Baseball Players Are Swinging For The Fences. Hitters are attacking the first pitch and it's resulting in more and more home runs : r/mlb
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High school pitchers throwing harder than ever
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San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado becomes first MLB player to be ejected for arguing violation of new pitch timer, Sports
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To Swing (Or Not To Swing) At the First Pitch
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Twins will give the ball to Sonny Gray for Astros game
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San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado becomes first MLB player to be ejected for arguing violation of new pitch timer, Sports
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The Continued Decline of the First-Pitch Fastball
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How Houston's pitchers beat Minnesota's hitters - Twinkie Town
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The Continued Decline of the First-Pitch Fastball
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GSA Spotlight: Cooper Hjerpe
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As Velocity Increases, So Does Danger to Batters - The New York Times