‘Family was everything’ to Rays’ minor leaguer whose wife, son were murdered KEELING, Va. — Blake Bivens was inconsolable as the 24-year-old minor league pitcher flew from a road trip back to southern Virginia, where his wife, 1-year-old son and mother-in-law were slain. “It was awful,” said Montgomery Biscuits manager Morgan Ensberg, who traveled with…
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Kyle Seager’s Rebound Season Not much has gone right for the Mariners at the Major League level this season, as GM Jerry Dipoto’s ongoing plan to “re-imagine” the roster has cut a lot of payroll and brought a lot of young talent into the organization at the expense of big league wins. Only five teams…
DetailsMLBTR Poll: Superstars For Sale? ESPN scribe Jeff Passan floated a very interesting tidbit in his latest column Wednesday: There’s a belief among rival executives that the Red Sox, Indians and Cubs will at least be willing to listen to trade offers for their franchise players during the upcoming winter. That means any of Boston’s…
DetailsYankees’ home-field advantage quest at critical juncture Anybody who seriously believes having home-field advantage in a best-of-seven October series isn’t a big deal probably still thinks the world is flat. When it comes to the Yankees’ final 27 games, securing that advantage is the only remaining goal as they hold a whopping 11-game lead over…
DetailsAL East Notes: Kiermaier, Holt, Pearson Some items from around the AL East… The Rays would “really would like to avoid” an injured list placement for Kevin Kiermaier, manager Kevin Cash told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times and other reporters, though Kiermaier is still “in a significant amount of pain” following a collision…
DetailsDanny Coulombe Opts Out Of Brewers Contract Left-hander Danny Coulombe has exercised a release clause within his minor league deal with the Brewers and is now a free agent, the team announced (Twitter link). Coulombe signed with Milwaukee back in July, a few weeks after being released from a previous minors contract with the Yankees.…
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Holland Series 2019: L&D Amsterdam Pirates inches closer After Sunday’s win, L&D Amsterdam Pirates was still trailing 3-1 in the Holland Series. But tonight, the club clinched another win (2-1) to get within a win from Curaçao Neptunus. With two outs in the second inning, Pirates took the lead when Max Clarijs doubled to left…
DetailsMatt Harvey Won’t Opt Out Of A’s Contract, Will Try Relief Pitching Today marks the opt-out date in Matt Harvey’s minor league contract with the Athletics, though the right-hander is going to remain in the organization, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Harvey could be changing roles, however, as the A’s have asked…
DetailsMisja Harcksen heads to Downunder Misja Harcksen, pitcher of Curaçao Neptunus, will head to Australia at the end of September. The youngster served both as a starter and as a reliever this season. In Australia, he will join the Willagee Braves, a kind of farm team of the ABL’s Perth Heat. In the past three…
DetailsOlivero, Crim lead Northwest All-Stars Rangers prospect Blaine Crim and D-backs prospect Deyni Olivero have been named Northwest League MVP and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, as the circuit announced its end-of-season All-Star selections Thursday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190829&content_id=310397440&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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