The two competing goals for Yankees on this West Coast trip OAKLAND, Calif. — Almost 3,000 miles away from Yankee Stadium the Yankees opened a nine-game West Coast trip Tuesday night that could determine whether they will have home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Three games in the dilapidated Coliseum against the A’s, who started Tuesday…
DetailsChris Archer Leaves Start With Shoulder Discomfort In a worrisome moment for the Pirates, starter Chris Archer left his start against the Nationals after throwing an errant warm-up pitch before the second inning. Per Mark Zuckerman of MASN, the Pirates are calling it shoulder discomfort for Archer. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/chris-archer-leaves-start-with-shoulder-discomfort.html
DetailsMinor MLB Transactions: 8/20/19 We’ll use this post to track the latest minor transactions from around baseball… The Royals have agreed to a deal with left-handed pitcher Jake Brentz, per Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com. After he was released by the Pirates, he’ll now be assigned to Double-A with his new organization. Brentz, 24, has had…
DetailsSteven Duggar Avoids Shoulder Surgery After receiving a second opinion on his injured left AC joint, Giants outfielder Steven Duggar has received the best possible news, tweets Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle: he won’t require surgery. Instead, the 25-year-old is looking at a four-to-six week rehab timeline. He’ll still miss the remainder of…
DetailsMets’ Jed Lowrie is finally playing competitive baseball again Crazy things are happening in Queens. The Mets are in playoff contention. Pete Alonso is breaking records. And Jed Lowrie, until now just a rumor as a Met, began a rehabilitation assignment Tuesday night. The oft-injured infielder was batting second as the designated hitter for Single-A…
DetailsTrevor 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…
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