Orioles Designate Nate Karns, Promote Dillon Tate, Place John Means On IL The Orioles announced multiple pitching moves this evening. Righty Nate Karns was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and designated for assignment. Young hurler Dillon Tate was promoted for his first attempt at the majors. Righty Evan Phillips will accompany Tate onto the…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1409: Appointment Podcasting Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley follow up on the feedback to the preceding “best players of the decade” episode and minimum innings vs. three-pitch innings, then banter about Mike Trout‘s new-and-improved throwing arm (and Ross Stripling’s new-and-improved ability to retire Mike Trout), trade-deadline procrastination, the Giants’ and Mets’ outlooks,…
DetailsAngels Recall Nick Tropeano, Designate Adalberto Mejia The Angels announced that they have recalled righty Nick Tropeano from Triple-A to start tonight’s game. Maria Torres of the Los Angeles Times first reported that decision on Twitter. To create roster space, the club designated southpaw Adalberto Mejia for assignment. Mejia was recently claimed off waivers from the Twins. Source:…
DetailsMax Scherzer Dealing With Renewed Upper Back Issues After coming off of the injured list to start yesterday, Nationals ace Max Scherzer woke up with renewed stiffness in his back, Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com reports. It is not clear at this point whether he’ll skip his next scheduled start and/or require a return trip to the…
DetailsMets are ‘definitely’ trading Noah Syndergaard: source The Mets’ focus has turned strongly to trading Noah Syndergaard by Wednesday’s 4 p.m. deadline — and the likelihood of Edwin Diaz being moved has greatly increased as well. One executive who has communicated with the Mets said, “They are definitely trading Syndergaard.” Another source said no deal…
DetailsBrian Cashman: Pitching struggles won’t force me into bad trade BOSTON — If nothing else, the past week has reinforced the Yankees’ need for starting-pitching help, as each starter was smacked around over the last turn of the rotation. General manager Brian Cashman acknowledged Friday the Yankees have hit “a bad stretch,” but added it…
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Detroit’s Underrated Trade Chip Owners of a major league-worst 30-68 record, the Tigers figure to be one of baseball’s most active sellers prior to next Wednesday’s trade deadline. Three of their players – starter Matthew Boyd, reliever Shane Greene and right fielder Nicholas Castellanos – stand among the most discussed trade chips in baseball. But…
DetailsStephan cruises in Tarpons’ no-no Yankees No. 8 prospect Trevor Stephan threw a seven-inning no-hitter Friday as Class A Advanced Tampa blanked the Jupiter, 2-0, in the first game of a doubleheader. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190726&content_id=309439892&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsRelieved Edwin Diaz now awaits his trade deadline fate Edwin Diaz’s fear quickly faded. Less than 24 hours after the Mets closer was drilled in his left big toe by a Manny Machado line drive and limped out of Citi Field, Diaz was throwing and warming up on the field, ready to return when needed.…
DetailsBen Zobrist To Begin Rehab Assignment Cubs veteran Ben Zobrist is slated to begin a rehab assignment, president of baseball operations Theo Epstein tells reporters including ESPNChicago.com’s Jesse Rogers (Twitter link). Zobrist has been on the restricted list for much of the season for personal reasons. More to come… Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/ben-zobrist-to-begin-rehab-assignment.html
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