Corbin Martin Undergoes Tommy John Surgery Astros righty Corbin Martin is down for the rest of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, GM Jeff Luhnow told reporters including Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle (via Twitter). Martin had been pitching at Triple-A on optional assignment after debuting in the majors earlier this year. More…
DetailsMinor MLB Transactions: 7/5/19 The latest minor moves from around the league… The Cardinals have released left-hander Tommy Layne from their Triple-A club, per the Pacific Coast League transactions log. Layne, 34, has previously pitched for the Padres, Yankees and Red Sox, last appearing in the big leagues with New York in 2017. He’s recorded…
DetailsSAL notes: Legends’ Tiedemann on the call Emma Tiedemann was overwhelmed with media attention in her first season as broadcaster for the Class A Lexington Legends last year, and she’s back in the booth and loving the grind in 2019. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190705&content_id=308739668&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
Details2019 Futures Game prospects ready to shine Members of the MiLB.com editorial staff select which prospects they are most excited to see put their tools on full display Sunday in the All-Star Futures Game at Cleveland. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190705&content_id=308757646&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of July 4 Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya had four hits, including a homer, for Class A Advanced Myrtle Beach, while Red Sox slugger Bobby Dalbec blasted his Eastern League-leading 19th dinger for Double-A Portland. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190705&content_id=308770186&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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A Less-Talked-About Giants Trade Chip As the baseball world collectively waits for trade season to begin in earnest, the Giants may find more eyes on their team than at any other point in 2019. Entering the season, no one gave the club a chance in a stacked NL West division, and at 39-47, the team…
DetailsYankees’ Gio Urshela dodges injury bullet ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Whenever a Yankee slides out of an MRI tube, the club holds its breath, because too many times this season the reader of the test delivers bad news to general manager Brian Cashman. Fortunately for the Yankees, that wasn’t the case Thursday morning, when Gio…
DetailsGary Sanchez racks up another tape-measure blast for Yankees ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gary Sanchez’s 10th-inning, three-run blast in the Yankees’ 8-4 win over the Rays on Thursday night was measured at 461 feet. That is the fourth-longest homer by a Yankee this season and Sanchez has three of them. His homer on June 21…
DetailsHow some of the Yankees’ injured players are progressing ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Giancarlo Stanton’s sprained right knee is improving, according to Yankees manager Aaron Boone. “A lot better … he is making progress as far as range of motion and stuff,’’ Boone said before the Yankees’ 8-4, 10-inning win over the Rays on Thursday…
DetailsYankees grinding down rivals with their relentlessness ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Now it is run-away-and-hide time. How did this all happen with all the adversity the Yankees have faced this year? How do the Yankees put themselves in the right frame of mind every game? How did they do it after Aroldis Chapman blew a…
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