Yankees Outright Adonis Rosa The Yankees announced today that they have outrighted right-hander Adonis Rosa. He cleared waivers after recently being designated for assignment. Rosa, 24, was one of several hurlers cycled into the Yanks’ pen this year before being dropped from the 40-man roster. It’d be hard to glean much of anything from his…
DetailsVarsho lifts Generals to brink of title Fifth-ranked D-backs prospect Daulton Varsho went 2-for-4 with an RBI double as Double-A Jackson blanked Biloxi, 2-0, in Game 3 of the Southern League Championship Series. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190913&content_id=310723596&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsCox hurls gem, keeps Blue Rocks alive Royals No. 21 prospect Austin Cox allowed one hit over six innings as Wilmington blanked Fayetteville, 2-0, to force a decisive fifth game in the Mills Cup Finals on Friday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190913&content_id=310723232&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsDiamondbacks Extend Mike Hazen The Diamondbacks have extended GM Mike Hazen, the team announced and MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert tweeted. Terms of the multi-year pact remain unknown at this time. More to come … Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/09/diamondbacks-extend-mike-hazen.html
DetailsDavid Dahl Will Not Return In 2019 Rockies outfielder David Dahl says he won’t continue pressing to return late this year, as Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports on Twitter. That’s not terribly surprising with just two weeks left in a lost season. Dahl had been working steadily back from a high ankle sprain…
DetailsThe Rangers Need A Catcher Set to miss the playoffs for the third straight year, the Rangers reportedly plan to make third base a priority in the offseason. Understandably so, as the position has been a sore spot for the club this year. But the problems the Rangers have faced at the hot corner pale…
DetailsBlake Snell Slated To Return Next Week Rays lefty and reigning American League Cy Young winner Blake Snell is scheduled to return to action next week, he tells reporters including Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter links). Snell will take the ball on Tuesday with the expectation of throwing about three innings. Snell last…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1430: To Win or Not to Win Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Kyle Lewis’s debut, Rich Hill’s brief return, Daniel Palka’s second hit of the season, the Braves and Dallas Keuchel, and the Diamondbacks’ Brewers-style rebuild, then (18:13) talk to Will Leitch about what (if anything) Dave Dombrowski’s firing says…
DetailsHow many bad teams would it take to beat the Astros, Dodgers or Yankees? A more complicated way is to ask this: How many of these bad teams would it take to make up one of these great teams? Would a playoff superteam of the Royals, Orioles, Tigers and Marlins be able to hang with…
DetailsZack Greinke’s 8 pitch types keeps ‘em guessing Greinke is a weird duck. He throws a ton of different pitches (four-seam fastball, changeup, slider, curve, sinker, split finger, cutter, and eephus), and he throws them really slowly. No kidding on the slow thing, some of his curve balls come in below 70mph. It’s legal to…
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