How White Sox’s Lucas Giolito went from bust to ace-in-the making Some prospects hit the ground running and live up to the hype immediately — like Austin Riley or Pete Alonso this year, or Juan Soto and Ronald Acuna Jr. last year or Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger in 2017. Sometimes it takes years, as…
DetailsThreshers’ Jones fans 11 in latest gem Phillies prospect Damon Jones took a perfect game into the sixth inning and recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts in Class A Advanced Clearwater’s 3-0 win over Dunedin on Saturday night. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190601&content_id=307646020&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsAL Notes: Athletics, Kikuchi, Buttrey, Tribe The Athletics are welcoming designated hitter Khris Davis back from the 10-day injured list on Saturday, the team announced. The slugger hasn’t taken an at-bat since May 21 because of a left hip/oblique contusion. In further positive news for the A’s, injured hurlers Sean Manaea, Jesus Luzardo and Marco…
DetailsLatest On Didi Gregorius, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton There’s a “real chance” Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius will rejoin the Bombers during their June 7-9 series in Cleveland, manager Aaron Boone said Saturday (via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com). Gregorius, who has been working back from the Tommy John surgery he underwent on his right elbow last…
DetailsThe force behind the Yankees’ recent dominance The rainout that wiped away what was to be the series opener of the Rivalry was rated as “advantage, Yankees,” because it removed the need to use a reliever to start one of the four games in what now had become a three-game series. But the real edge…
DetailsBaseball Blogs Weigh In: Paddack, Trout, Trade Candidates, Bell, Wheeler This week in baseball blogs… theScore focuses on Chris Paddack’s breakout. The Dugout looks at the players who went ahead of Mike Trout in the 2009 draft. MLB & Fantasy Baseball Analyzed lists six stars who should be traded this season. The Point of Pittsburgh…
DetailsMets’ slowly realizing the only way to keep their season alive PHOENIX — The Mets need to play desperate baseball. Too often they settle for the easy way out. Too often they take a lead and fail to add on runs. All that must change. We will see how Robinson Cano handles things when he…
DetailsPadres Option Francisco Mejia The Padres activated catcher Francisco Mejia from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso on Saturday, the team announced. In other moves, the Padres sent reliever Phil Maton to El Paso and recalled left-hander Nick Margevicius from Double-A Amarillo. The most notable move here is the demotion…
DetailsJoey Gallo Could Require IL Stint Rangers slugger Joey Gallo left the team’s game Saturday with tightness in his left oblique, according to the club’s executive vice president of communications, John Blake. Gallo will undergo treatment and further evaluation, per Blake. Oblique injuries often lead to weeks-long stays on the injured list, which the Rangers…
DetailsBrewers Place Gio Gonzalez On Injured List The Brewers have placed left-hander Gio Gonzalez on the 10-day injured list with a “dead arm,” according to Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. The placement is retroactive to May 29. Gonzalez’s roster spot went to catcher Manny Pina, whom the Brewers activated from the IL. Pina missed two weeks…
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