Yankees strongly consider releasing Jacoby Ellsbury As the clock ticked toward the 8 p.m. deadline to set their 40-man roster Wednesday, the Yankees were strongly considering releasing Jacoby Ellsbury. Cutting the 36-year-old Ellsbury would mean the Yankees were swallowing the $26 million remaining on the seven-year, $153 million free-agent contract the center fielder signed prior…
DetailsBrewers Acquire Mark Mathias From Indians The Brewers and Indians announced a minor trade Wednesday, with Cleveland sending minor league infielder Mark Mathias to Milwaukee in exchange for minor league catcher Andres Melendez. Milwaukee has selected the contract of Mathias. Mathias, 25, needed to be added to the 40-man roster in order to be protected…
DetailsBlue Jays DFA Justin Shafer, Outright Tim Mayza The Blue Jays have made several 40-man roster moves, including designating right-hander Justin Shafer for assignment and outrighting left-hander Tim Mayza to Triple-A Buffalo, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com tweets. The club has also added infielder Santiago Espinal and righty Thomas Hatch to its 40-man, as Ben Nicholson-Smith…
DetailsCardinals Designate Dominic Leone For Assignment The Cardinals announced Wednesday that they’ve designated right-hander Dominic Leone for assignment. St. Louis also selected the contracts of righty Jake Woodford, infielder Elehuris Montero and right-hander Alvaro Seijas. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/cardinals-designate-dominic-leone-for-assignment.html
DetailsMark Teixeira: What it’d take to get Gerrit Cole on the Yankees Former first baseman Mark Teixeira thinks the Yankees will have to give Gerrit Cole a record-breaking contract to get him to New York. While speaking on ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” podcast about the possibility of Cole landing in pinstripes, Teixeira talked about Yankees general…
DetailsMets add prospect Andres Gimenez to 40-man roster The Mets added four players to their 40-man roster to protect them from next month’s Rule 5 draft, including Andres Gimenez, one of their top infield prospects. The 21-year-old played his first full season with Double-A Binghamton in 2019 and finished with just a .695 OPS, but…
DetailsRoyals Designate Jorge Bonifacio, Three Others For Assignment The Royals announced that they’ve designated outfielder Jorge Bonifacio, catcher Nick Dini and right-handers Conner Greene and Arnaldo Hernandez for assignment in advance of tonight’s deadline to set 40-man rosters prior to December’s Rule 5 Draft. Those four roster spots will go to left-hander Foster Griffin, right-hander…
DetailsMiguel Andujar shows off progress in Instagram videos Exactly six months removed from surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, Miguel Andujar is showing off his progress. Videos the Yankees third baseman posted to his Instagram story Wednesday show Andujar taking grounders at third, making throws to first and taking batting practice.…
DetailsAthletics Designate Jharel Cotton For Assignment The Athletics announced Wednesday that they’ve designated right-hander Jharel Cotton for assignment and selected the contract of right-hander Daulton Jefferies from Double-A Midland. Oakland’s 40-man roster remains full. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/athletics-dfa-jharel-cotton-select-daulton-jeffries.html
DetailsMets Designate Drew Gagnon For Assignment 2:18pm: The Mets announced that they’ve designated Gagnon for assignment. They’ll have a week to trade him or pass him through outright or release waivers. Furthermore, a source tells MLBTR that the reports out of Korea about negotiations with a KBO club were inaccurate. There have been no talks…
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