Dear Jeffrey:<div>     Thanks for this bit of non-news about one of my non-active players. You work so hard to find bad news about my players--I really appreciate it. And although they are not on the Riptorns, I can't wait to hear what you have to say about Youk and Tex.  </div>
<div>--Brad Lee Bad Feelings </div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Jeffrey Winick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Moustakas, whose triple-slash is down to .183/.249/.279 for the season, could have until <a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/30461/jarrod-dyson" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(96,143,214)!important" target="_blank">Jarrod Dyson</a> is ready to come off the disabled list, which could be any day now. He has nine days left on his 20-day maximum rehab assignment, but the Royals can activate him anytime. <u></u></div>

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