Report: Yankees “Historically Have Liked” Robbie Ray At 46-45, Arizona is among a slew of clubs with realistic playoff hopes in the wide-open National League. Just 1 1/2 games back of wild-card position, the Diamondbacks don’t look like surefire sellers with the July 31 trade deadline three-plus weeks ago. Should that change, though, the Diamondbacks…
DetailsOrem’s Jackson continues power surge Los Angeles Angels No. 7 prospect Jeremiah Jackson matched a career high with four RBIs in Rookie Advanced Orem’s 12-5 win over Grand Junction. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190708&content_id=308884790&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsYasmani Grandal: Why anticipated Mets deal never happened Yasmani Grandal is a National League All-Star. By the way that FanGraphs measures Wins Above Replacement, he leads all catchers in that category ahead of fellow All-Stars such as J.T. Realmuto, Willson Contreras and Gary Sanchez. And in another sign of how their offseason and, thus, regular…
DetailsThe Indians’ mentality that could lead Trevor Bauer to Yankees CLEVELAND — The Indians are a season-high 12 games over .500. In the past three weeks they have cut the Twins’ 11-game lead in half, the 5 ¹/₂-game deficit the closest Cleveland has been to first place since May 20 and the AL Central’s top…
DetailsPoll: Disappointing National League Teams It wouldn’t have been far-fetched at the beginning of the season to expect any of the Brewers, Cubs, Rockies, Cardinals, Phillies or Mets to end up as part of this year’s National League playoff field. Three of those clubs – Milwaukee, Chicago and Colorado – earned postseason trips a year…
DetailsGOLDEYES HOLD ON TO TOP SAINTS MONDAY Winnipeg 7, St. Paul 6-Box Score The Saints scored the game’s first run on an RBI single by the reigning Player of the Week, RF Max Murphy, in the top of the third. The Goldeyes plated three in the following frame, scoring one on an RBI double by…
DetailsShuckers’ Supak strong for seven innings Milwaukee Brewers No. 11 prospect Trey Supak allowed a run on two hits over seven innings as Double-A Biloxi held off Mississippi Braves, 4-3, on Monday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190708&content_id=308883688&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_prospective&sid=milb
DetailsMets star Pete Alonso wins the Home Run Derby Pete Alonso is king of the Home Run Derby. The wunderkind Mets first baseman beat Blue Jays rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 23-22 in the final at Progressive Field in Cleveland during the Monday night. He used last-second at-bats to take down Indians’ hometown hero Carlos Santana,…
DetailsLatest On Market For Madison Bumgarner We’ll continue our evening trip around the summer starting pitching market in San Francisco, where top rental rotation piece Madison Bumgarner resides. Earlier today, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (subscription link) updated the market for the burly southpaw, cataloging a variety of suitors. The Astros, Braves, and Brewers are newly…
DetailsScott Boras On Possibility Of Anthony Rendon Extension While quiet Nationals star Anthony Rendon elected not to participate in this year’s All-Star festivities — somehow the first time he has been selected — his less-than-taciturn agent was on hand and willing to discuss Rendon’s contract situation. As Todd Dybas of NBC Sports reports, Scott Boras certainly…
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