Andrew McCutchen Suffers Apparent Knee Injury Outfielder Andrew McCutchen departed after suffering an apparent left knee injury in the first inning of the Phillies’ game against the Padres on Monday, per reports from Todd Zolecki of MLB.com, Matt Gelb of The Athletic and Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia. McCutchen needed assistance getting off the…
DetailsPirates Searching For Mid-Season Acquisitions The Pirates aren’t exactly playing inspired ball at 28-30, but they remain in the hunt in a densely packed NL Central. GM Neal Huntingon indicated that he’s on the look for acquisitions in an interview with 93.7 FM The Fan (as covered by Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). The club has…
DetailsWoods-Richardson unhittable in longest start New York Mets No. 6 prospect Simeon Woods-Richardson struck out a pro-best eight over over a career-long five innings in Class A Columbia’s 5-2 win over Rome. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190603&content_id=307706746&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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Draft Retrospection: Angels Pick A Legend We’re now at the 10-year mark since the Angels stumbled on one of the greatest players in the history of baseball. With the 25th pick in the 2009 draft, the club selected a New Jersey-based high schooler named Mike Trout. At the time of Trout’s selection, MLB.com wrote of…
DetailsMLB Draft Night: D1Baseball Staff Instant Reactions The D1Baseball staff has been following the first day of the draft closely all night. Here’s a collection of our real-time reactions on Twitter. Source: https://d1baseball.com/prospects/mlb-draft-night-d1baseball-staff-instant-reactions/
DetailsCards’ Parsons strikes out career-high 12 St. Louis Cardinals righty Tommy Parsons allowed a hit while striking out 12 over eight scoreless innings as Class A Advanced Palm Beach fell to Lakeland, 2-0, in 11 innings. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190603&content_id=307706242&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsPoll: Recent No. 2 Picks With the first round of the Major League Baseball draft in the works, teams are angling to land long-term cornerstones as we speak. The Royals, for instance, tabbed high school shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. second overall on Monday. If things go according to plan, he’ll evolve into a franchise player…
DetailsMets select Brett Baty in MLB draft surprise The Mets added to the one strength of their minor league system. Need had to wait. After being linked to a number of college pitchers, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen’s first draft pick Monday night at the MLB draft was power-hitting Texas high school third baseman Brett…
DetailsL.A. City Attorney Defers Prosecution Of Julio Urias Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias will not face criminal charges arising out of his recent arrest, Richard Winton and Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times report. The decision to “defer prosecution” was announced by the Los Angeles city attorney’s office. That determination is not absolute. As stated…
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Looking For A Match In A Madison Bumgarner Trade It’s safe to say Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner will be one of the hottest commodities available leading up to the July 31 trade deadline. Bumgarner – set to turn 30 the day after the deadline (Aug. 1) – is among the game’s most accomplished hurlers in…
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