Mark Shapiro Discusses Blue Jays’ Trades, Rebuild, Spending Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro met with reporters today to discuss a variety of topics, including future plans on and off the field for the Jays. Sportsnet.ca’s Ben Nicholson-Smith, TSN’s Scott Mitchell, and the Toronto Star’s Gregor Chisholm have some of the highlights, and you…
DetailsTigers To Select Edwin Jackson The Tigers will select right-hander Edwin Jackson’s contract from Triple-A Toledo on Friday, Mud Hens manager Doug Mientkiewicz told Brian Buckey of the Toledo Blade. Jackson’s likely to start the Tigers’ game against the Royals, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com suggests. The nomadic Jackson’s in line for his second major league…
DetailsThe Mets’ magical run has all led up to this series with the Nationals Michael Conforto is among the handful of Mets who actually remembers what it’s like to play in a big series for the team this late in the season. There was the improbable push to the postseason in 2016, when the Mets…
DetailsNelson Cruz Exits With Apparent Wrist Injury Twins designated hitter Nelson Cruz left the team’s crucial matchup against the AL Central rival Indians on Thursday with an apparent left wrist injury, Dan Hayes of The Athletic was among those to report. The Twins replaced Cruz with C.J. Cron. Cruz’s departure is particularly notable because a…
DetailsYankees banking on 2017-like rebound from Masahiro Tanaka TORONTO — The Yankees have their fingers firmly crossed that Masahiro Tanaka can pull out of a slide in time to help them in October as he did two years ago. Tanaka is scheduled to start against the Blue Jays on Saturday at Rogers Centre, and in…
DetailsTony Sipp Clears Waivers, Becomes Free Agent Three days after the Nationals requested released waivers on Tony Sipp, the left-handed reliever has cleared and is now a free agent, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. Washington will pay Sipp the remainder of his $1MM salary for this year and a $250K buyout for 2020. The…
DetailsNL West Notes: Giants, Harper, Padres, Gore, Green, D’Backs A roller coaster of a season has seen the Giants go from league doormats to wild card contenders, while deploying a seemingly endless revolving door of outfielders along the way. With this in mind, NBC Sports Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic looks back on the Giants’ pursuit…
DetailsTrying season steeled Mets for for this wild-card challenge A few weeks ago the Mets were on life support. Now they are more dangerous than ever with pitching and hitting finally in sync. They believe the hard lessons learned will carry them into October. For the first time in a long time, it doesn’t seem…
DetailsEast Injury Notes: Yankees, Braves, Mets The latest on a few notable injury situations from the East Coast… Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton has resumed baseball activities, but the club doesn’t expect him to return before rosters expand in September, George A. King III of the New York Post reports. Stanton has been on the injured…
DetailsYankees – White Sox To Play At Field Of Dreams If you build it, they will come:“Field of Dreams” will become a big-league reality on Aug. 13, 2020, when the beloved 1989 baseball movie will spring to life in the Iowa cornfields. As announced Thursday, the White Sox and Yankees will stage the first-ever Major…
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