Trevor Rosenthal’s path to Yankees roster won’t be easy OAKLAND, Calif. — Trevor Rosenthal has had a miserable season pitching for the Nationals and Tigers, but that doesn’t mean the right-handed reliever has no chance of reaching the big leagues with the Yankees when rosters expand Sept. 1. The 29-year-old Rosenthal signed a minor league…
DetailsCarlos Correa Likely Headed To IL Astros shortstop Carlos Correa is likely to land on the 10-day injured list after exiting last night’s game with back discomfort, manager A.J. Hinch told reporters including Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. An official decision won’t be made until later tonight, but Hinch and the Astros are “not optimistic” that…
DetailsBehind J.A. Happ’s agony and where Yankees go from here OAKLAND, Calif. — After getting beat up by the Blue Jays on Aug. 9, J.A. Happ made a proclamation that he could blanket over nearly everything that has transpired in his professional realm since last Oct. 5. “Right now, if it can go wrong, it…
DetailsInjury Notes: Strickland, Elias, Ross, Arrieta, Eickhoff, Kluber The Nationals pitching staff has taken another hit. Per Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post (Twitter links), reliever Hunter Strickland is having X-rays taken at PNC park after a bar struck him across the face in the weight room. Strickland has been great since coming over to…
Details1977 Topps Cloth Stickers and Bill Madlock’s Subtle Badassery Looking through an album of Cubs teams sets recently, I came across the Topps cloth stickers of Bill Madlock and Jose Cardenal. As you may know, Topps issued a test set of these stickers with the same front design as their regular set in 1977. The…
DetailsA’s Release Marco Estrada The Oakland Athletics released starting pitcher Marco Estrada today, the team announced. The move doesn’t come as a total surprise, as Estrada has not pitched for Oakland since April 16th. It’s a disappointing turn nonetheless for the veteran Estrada. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser tweets that Estrada was simply unable…
DetailsMets Notes: Rajai Davis, Lockett, Pounders, Nimmo, Lowrie While dealing with the news that Robert Gsellman is likely done for the year, the Mets have made another roster move. Veteran Rajai Davis was added to the 25-man roster, tweets The Athletic’s Tim Britton. Signed to a minor-league deal, the 38-year-old Davis hit .287/.334/.410 in 84…
DetailsRobert Gsellman likely out for season with lat tear The Mets’ beleaguered bullpen will likely be without Robert Gsellman for the rest of the season. The right-hander has a partial lat tear, the Mets said on Tuesday. The team had hoped Gsellman has could be back as early as Thursday after they backdated his IL…
DetailsOrioles promote Rutschman to Delmarva The Orioles are promoting top prospect Adley Rutschman from Class A Short Season Aberdeen to Class A Delmarva. The catcher is expected to debut with the Shorebirds on Wednesday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190820&content_id=310149530&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMets Robert Gsellman Unlikely To Return This Season Robert Gsellman is likely done for the season after a source revealed he has suffered a partial lat tear, per Andy Martino of SNY.tv (via Twitter). Gsellman was placed on the 10-day injured list retroactive to Wednesday with what was classified at the time as tight right…
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