LEADING OFF: 巨大（な）s' Kapler begins 抗議する after Uvalde
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KAPLER'S CONCERN
巨大（な）s 経営者／支配人 Gabe Kapler says he will 辞退する to take the field for the 国家の 国家 in a 抗議する over the nation´s political direction に引き続いて this week´s school 狙撃 in Texas.
"I don´t 推定する／予想する it to move the needle やむを得ず," Kapler said before a series opener at Cincinnati. "It´s just something that I feel 堅固に enough about to take that step."
Kapler said he needs more time to consider 明確な／細部 活動／戦闘s he might 示唆する be taken to 妨げる more 悲劇s of this type, such as stronger 銃砲規制 法律s. Earlier in the day, he used his personal blog to discuss the deaths of the 19 children and two teachers killed in Uvalde.
San Francisco 巨大（な）s 経営者／支配人 Gabe Kapler walks to the dugout after making a pitching change during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
In a 地位，任命する 肩書を与えるd "Home of the 勇敢に立ち向かう," Kapler wrote: "We elect our 政治家，政治屋s to 代表する our 利益／興味s. すぐに に引き続いて this 狙撃, we were told we needed locked doors and 武装した teachers. We were given thoughts and 祈りs. We were told it could have been worse, and we just need love.
"But we weren´t given bravery, and we aren´t 解放する／自由な. ... We aren´t 解放する／自由な when 政治家，政治屋s decide that the lobbyist and gun 産業s are more important than our children´s freedom to go to school without needing bulletproof backpacks and active shooter 演習s."
一方／合間, Major League Baseball is 調査／捜査するing after 巨大（な）s outfielder Joc Pederson said Reds outfieded Tommy Pham slapped him 事前の to Friday's opener over a 論争 about their fantasy football league.
Pederson said after the Reds´ 5-1 victory that he was （刑事）被告 of cheating for placing a player on 負傷させるd reserve and 取って代わるing him with a 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官. Pederson said the player he put on IR had been 支配するd out for that week, which made it a 合法的な move. He said Pham had 遂行する／発効させるd essentially the same 作戦行動 with his own team.
"There was no argument, he 肉親，親類d of （機の）カム up and said, `You remember from last year?´ and I said, `Fantasy football?´" Pederson 解任するd.
OLD FRIENDS
Corey Kluber 直面するs his former Yankees チーム仲間s for the first time since 調印 with the 競争相手 Rays, and he'll square off with New York エース Gerrit Cole.
Kluber pitched a no-hitter for the Yankees on May 19, 2021 againt another of his former teams, the Texas 特別奇襲隊員s. The two-time Cy Young Award 勝利者 調印するd an $8 million, one-year を取り引きする Tampa Bay and is 1-2 with a 4.42 ERA in eight starts.
Cole is coming off what he 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語d a "peculiar" 遠出 against Baltimore in which he 許すd five runs but also struck out 11 with no walks over eight innings.
HERE'S JOHNNY
Johnny Cueto takes a spotless 0.00 ERA into his third start with the White Sox, although t he 36-year-old is yet to get a 決定／判定勝ち（する）. He'll 直面する the crosstown Cubs after pitching six scoreless innings in each of his first two 遠出s against the 王室のs and Yankees.
Cueto 調印するd a minor league を取り引きする Chicago after Lance Lynn was 負傷させるd at the end of spring training.
C-MART SUSPENDED
Former All-星／主役にする 投手 Carlos 市場?nez was 一時停止するd for 80 games under baseball´s minor league 麻薬 program に引き続いて a 肯定的な 実験（する） for the 業績／成果-高めるing 実体 Ibutamoren, which 増加するs Human Growth Hormone.
The 30-year-old 権利-hander 調印するd a minor league 契約 with San Francisco on March 19. He was 解放（する）d and 調印するd a minor league を取り引きする the Boston Red Sox on May 7, then was 解放（する）d again May 17.
市場?nez pitched for the St. Louis 枢機けい／主要なs from 2013-21, going 62-52 with a 3.74 ERA in 139 starts and 135 救済 外見s. He was an All-星／主役にする in 2015 and 2017, and 市場?nez made five 救済 外見s in the 2013 World Series loss to the Red Sox.
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