Blue Wahoos’ Kirilloff busts loose Minnesota’s No. 2 prospect Royce Lewis homered, doubled and drove in five runs, helping to lead Double-A Pensacola to an 11-8 win over Birmingham. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190801&content_id=309632476&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsHow Mets’ Marcus Stroman became must-see baseball show Each journey was unique. Each story was special, until 30 or so similar-sounding tales converged at historic Municipal Stadium in northern Maryland, for the Washington Nationals’ 2009 pre-draft workout. Marcus Stroman shagged flies in the outfield Willie Mays roamed while being racially taunted in his first professional…
DetailsCubs To Activate Cole Hamels On Saturday The Cubs attempted to bolster their roster at the trade deadline, acquiring Nicholas Castellanos, David Phelps and Tony Kemp, and now have a major in-house reinforcement on the way. As expected, left-hander Cole Hamels will come off the injured list Saturday, manager Joe Maddon announced to Mark Gonzales…
DetailsMark Trumbo Could Retire After Season It’s possible we’ve seen the last of longtime major league slugger Mark Trumbo. Out all season on account of right knee problems, Trumbo has halted his rehab assignment because of “discomfort” and is now aiming for a September return, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports. Regardless of whether he makes…
DetailsPirates Could Move On From Jung Ho Kang With the Pirates out of playoff contention and infielder Jung Ho Kang in the throes of an awful season, his time with the organization may be nearing an end. Kang’s Pirates tenure could expire as soon as shortstop Erik Gonzalez comes off the injured list on Aug.…
DetailsDJ LeMahieu returning to where Yankees need him most defensively On Feb. 20, the Yankees had Luke Voit and Greg Bird to play first base and DJ LeMahieu was viewed as a very good player signed to a two-year deal for $24 million who would move between second and third base. Yet, when LeMahieu arrived…
DetailsHow The Astros Landed Zack Greinke Just when it seemed like the 2019 trade deadline has passed without any truly major transactions, a blockbuster deal between the Astros and Diamondbacks shook things up when details emerged of the swap shortly after 3pm CT yesterday. The Astros landed one of baseball’s top arms in Zack Greinke…
DetailsMike Remmers, Kevin Zeitler looking to solidify Giants’ offensive line When Hal Hunter looks at the right side of his offensive line, the Giants position coach sees a serious, workmanlike tandem on the field and a split personality off of it. But the two steely veterans are finding out they have common interests beyond just…
DetailsReds’ Lodolo shut down for rest of season Nick Lodolo, the seventh overall pick in June, reached his innings limit and has been shut down for the remainder of the year, the Class A Dayton Dragons said Thursday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190801&content_id=309630248&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMike Rizzo: Luxury Tax Somewhat “Limited” Nationals At Deadline Washington acquired three relief pitchers – Daniel Hudson, Roenis Elias and Hunter Strickland – prior to Wednesday’s trade deadline, but the club also attempted to bolster its starting staff before then. While the Nationals “were engaged on a starting pitcher Tuesday night,” the other team bowed…
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