Brewers Release Alex Wilson According to an announcement from Milwaukee’s Player Development Department, the Brewers have released veteran reliever Alex Wilson. The 32-year-old had been playing with Triple-A San Antonio since being outrighted back in May. Details are scarce on the circumstances surrounding Wilson’s release. Though he was torched 11.1 innings with Milwaukee early in…
DetailsMets’ Seth Lugo wins award he didn’t know existed PITTSBURGH — Seth Lugo wishes he could say winning NL Reliever of the Month was a goal, except he didn’t realize the award existed until Saturday, when a Mets public relations official informed him he had won it for July. “I wouldn’t have heard about the…
DetailsBlue Jays Place Nick Kingham On IL, Recall Yennsy Diaz The Blue Jays have placed pitcher Nick Kingham on the 10-day injured list with an oblique strain, per team announcement. Righty Yennsy Diaz will be recalled to the active roster and will be present for tonight’s game at Baltimore. For the 27-year-old Kingham, this news…
DetailsChris Sale tells his side of Red Sox’s ejection episode Chris Sale wasn’t blaming his performance on home plate umpire Mike Estabrook’s floating strike zone. The Red Sox southpaw wasn’t faulting him for the nine hits or eight runs he allowed on Saturday. But Sale was pointing to an issue he feels baseball needs to…
DetailsYankees’ Edwin Encarnacion hits IL in another injury mishap The injury bug has struck the Yankees again. Edwin Encarnacion was placed on the 10-day injured list with a broken right wrist following the Yankees’ 9-2 win over the Red Sox in the first leg of a Saturday doubleheader. Encarnacion was in the middle of a…
DetailsYankees Place Encarnacion On 10-Day Injured List Yankees slugger Edwin Encarnacion has landed on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist fracture, per James Wagner of The New York Times. Mike Ford has been called up from Triple-A to take Encarnacion’s active roster spot. More to come… Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/yankees-place-encarnacion-on-10-day-injured-list.html
DetailsD-backs’ Thomas earns promotion to Visalia Top Diamondbacks prospect Alek Thomas has been promoted to Class A Advanced Visalia after hitting .312 with eight homers and 48 RBIs for Class A Kane County in 91 games. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190803&content_id=309675934&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsTwins Place Buxton, Pineda On 10-Day IL The Twins have placed outfielder Byron Buxton and righty Michael Pineda on the 10-Day IL, the team reports. Buxton’s injury, the third that’s forced him to the IL this season, is a left shoulder subluxation, which is potentially serious and will likely sideline the former number one overall…
DetailsForgotten Yankees: Honoring the team that nearly had it all They will never have an Old-Timer’s Day set aside for them. There are times it seems the season they had and all the games they won didn’t happen in real life, but in a movie, some direct-to-video sequel of “Major League.” But for those who…
DetailsMLB screwed itself in this home-run saga Has MLB, never strong on foresight, painted itself into a seriously ugly corner? After all, any conspicuous drop, next season, in this year’s ridiculous, records-shattering home run totals would be highly suspicious. Why would MLB prod players to quit playing baseball games, replacing them with home run or…
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