Mets’ Jason Vargas is covering up his biggest flaw right now MINNEAPOLIS — The ball is flying against Jason Vargas, but he has still managed to keep his season afloat. The veteran lefty surrendered two home runs Wednesday — running his total to eight over his past six starts — but limited the damage in…
DetailsMinor MLB Transactions: 7/17/19 The latest minor moves from around baseball… Left-hander Robbie Ross recently joined the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. The 30-year-old has already thrown 7 1/3 innings with the club, striking out 13 but allowing eight earned runs on 10 hits and six walks. Ross spent last season in…
DetailsDOGS RALLY LATE FOR EXTRA-INNING WIN Chicago 9, Sioux City 6 (10 Innings) – Box Score The Chicago Dogs rallied from a five-run deficit to claim a 9-6 win in 10 innings against the Sioux City Explorers. The Dogs were trailing 6-1 heading into the top of the eighth inning before 1B Trey Vavra doubled…
DetailsYankees’ Severino, Betances keep getting rare good news Dellin Betances and Luis Severino each threw again Wednesday before the Yankees-Rays postponement due to rain, and are scheduled on Thursday to throw on back-to-back days for the first time of their latest comeback attempts from lat strains. Boone said both could be back on a mound…
DetailsScorching Lux homers twice for Dodgers Dodgers No. 2 prospect Gavin Lux belted two home runs to extend his hitting streak to 14 games — every one in which he’s played at Triple-A — as Oklahoma City fell to Iowa, 7-5, on Wednesday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190717&content_id=309181098&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsDiamondbacks Could Activate Wilmer Flores On Thursday Diamondbacks infielder Wilmer Flores has been out for almost two months because of a fractured right, but he’s on the cusp of a return. The club could activate Flores from the 10-day injured list as early as Thursday, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports. The 27-year-old Flores…
DetailsCards’ Carlson cranks pair of homers Cardinals No. 2 prospect Dylan Carlson collected three hits, including a pair of solo homers, powering Double-A Springfield to a 5-2 victory over Amarillo on Wednesday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190717&content_id=309178050&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsElijah ‘Pumpsie’ Green, the Red Sox’s first black player, dead at 85 BOSTON — Former Boston Red Sox infielder Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, the first black player on the last major league team to field one, has died. He was 85. The Red Sox said Green, who lived in California most of his life, died Wednesday…
DetailsReds Acquire Justin Grimm The Reds have acquired right-handed reliever Justin Grimm from the Dodgers, according to Doug Gray of RedsMinorLeagues.com. The Dodgers received cash considerations in return, per Andersen Pickard of MLB Daily Dish. Grimm never pitched in the majors for the Dodgers, who signed him to a minor league contract in late March.…
DetailsWebb returns to Augusta, puts up five zeros Working his way back from suspension, fourth-ranked Giants prospect Logan Webb gave up two hits over five scoreless innings as Class A Augusta beat Charleston, 4-2, on Wednesday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190717&content_id=309178062&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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