The most-watched injury in Majors

If the Marlins hang around in the National League East through the all-star break — and don’t laugh, that’s possible — they may be best positioned to improve without even making a trade. Team officials have been encouraged by the progress of ace lefty Jose Fernandez, and while they won’t put a timetable on his potential return from Tommy John surgery — he was due to throw breaking pitches off a mound sometime toward the end of spring — they aren’t shying away from the help he could bring. This will not be, they said, a Stephen Strasburg shutdown situation.Read full article >>

















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