Kevin Cash’s Cold Call Ryan Yarbrough was in Maddux territory. He’d thrown just 89 pitches as he walked to the mound to begin the top of the ninth inning against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday with his Tampa Bay Rays leading 1-0, having allowed just three hits and no walks against eight strikeouts. The 27-year-old…
DetailsYankees clobber four homers in continued dominance over Orioles Death, taxes and the Yankees beating the Orioles. The Yankees made it 13 straight over their feeble AL East foes with an 8-5 win in the first game of Monday’s split doubleheader in The Bronx. They hit four more homers in the process, adding to their…
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Martín Pérez’s Cutter is No Longer Cutting It While the Twins going home run-crazy in a world of home run-wackiness may have been the most significant early storyline for Minnesota, one of the team’s other early bright spots was the emergence of Martín Pérez. I was extremely skeptical of the decision to bring him in…
DetailsDiamondbacks Designate Blake Swihart, Select Josh Rojas The Diamondbacks announced that they’ve designated utilityman Blake Swihart for assignment and selected infielder Josh Rojas’ contract from Triple-A Reno. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/diamondbacks-designate-blake-swihart-select-josh-rojas.html
DetailsCardinals Place Jose Martinez On IL, Select Randay Arozarena, Activate Yadier Molina The Cardinals have placed outfielder Jose Martinez on the 10-day injured list with a right AC joint sprain, selected the contract of outfielder Randy Arozarena from Triple-A Memphis, activated catcher Yadier Molina from the IL and optioned backstop Andrew Knizner, Anne Rogers of MLB.com…
DetailsRays’ Ryan leads Pitchers of the Week Rays No. 16 prospect Joe Ryan struck out a career-high 13 batters last Wednesday for Class A Advanced Charlotte to highlight the latest batch of Minor League Pitchers of the Week. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190812&content_id=309914696&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_opotw&sid=milb
DetailsVarsho vaults into Players of the Week D-backs No. 5 prospect Daulton Varsho did it all, flashing power (two home runs) and speed (two triples) while batting .421 for Double-A Jackson to headline the Minor League Offensive Players of the Week. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190812&content_id=309913658&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_opotw&sid=milb
DetailsGiants Claim Burch Smith The Giants have claimed right-hander Burch Smith off waivers from the Brewers, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com tweets. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/giants-claim-burch-smith.html
DetailsABERCROMIE EARNS FIFTH CAREER PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD MOORHEAD, MN- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Winnipeg Goldeyes’ OF Reggie Abercrombie has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending August 11, 2019. Abercrombie earned the award after hitting .433 with 10 runs scored,…
DetailsRAILROADERS’ ACE EARNS PITCHER OF THE WEEK AWARD MOORHEAD, MN- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Cleburne Railroaders’ RHP Stephen Johnson has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week for the week ending August 11, 2019. Johnson earned the award after allowing just two runs in 15 innings…
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