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Aaron Boone is radiating confidence heading into Monday's trade deadline, telling reporters he expects his injured Yankees stars back before the season closes out — deal or no deal. The front office is still working the phones, but Boone isn't waiting on reinforcements to feel good about where this team is headed.
Meanwhile in San Francisco, the Giants put up a jaw-dropping sixteen to three demolition of the Milwaukee Brewers, and the night belonged to catcher Daniel Susac. The young backstop launched not one but two home runs — his first pair in the majors — including a three-run blast in the second inning that traveled four hundred eleven feet. That is a statement arrival.
And down in Los Angeles, sound the trumpets — literally. Edwin Díaz is back. The Dodgers activated their star closer off the sixty-day injured list after he'd been sidelined since late April with loose bodies in his right elbow. Díaz underwent arthroscopic surgery, and now one of the most electric late-inning weapons in baseball is loaded back into LA's bullpen with the stretch run approaching fast.
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