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PITTSBURGH — Call it potential contract leverage, symmetry or just plain dominance. Doesn't matter. Bryan Reynolds is in some kind of zone right now, and the White Sox — in a Pirates home opener that was supposed to be about Andrew McCutchen — paid the price.

MINNEAPOLIS — Sonny Gray said after pitching five shutout innings at Kansas City last week: "I've got a lot of adjustments to make, a lot of self-evaluating to do. … I definitely need to attack the [strike] zone more."

CLEVELAND — The potential of all that this Mariners lineup could be and what it could produce if a few things go right has yet to truly manifest itself over the first week of the season.

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies returned to Citizens Bank Park on Friday with a different lineup than most expected. Infielder Kody Clemens, who was activated earlier that day, was in the eight hole. Bench outfielder Jake Cave was in the seven hole. Instead of batting second and third, Bryce Harper and…