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The biggest move in basketball is officially happening — the LA Clippers are sending Kawhi Leonard back to Toronto, and the Raptors are paying a serious price. Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two first-round picks, a pick swap, and two second-rounders heading to LA. The question now is whether Kawhi's healthy enough to carry Toronto deep into the East, and whether the Clippers are quietly building toward something bigger.
Meanwhile on the diamond, the Reds are dealing with an injury that came straight out of a highlight reel for all the wrong reasons. Outfielder Dane Myers hit the wall hard Monday and woke up Tuesday on the ten-day injured list with a bruised left shoulder. Cincinnati activates reliever Emilio Pagan to fill the roster gap, but losing a young outfielder to a wall collision is never the way you want to rotate your depth.
Away from the field entirely, baseball showed up in a meaningful way Tuesday. Major League Baseball and the Players' Association jointly donated one million dollars to support recovery efforts following the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week. With so many players connected to that country, this one carries real weight well beyond the box score.
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