Mets’ Pete Alonso wasn’t about to let MLB stop his 9/11 tribute His first thought was to get custom baseball caps with a 9/11 theme, but Major League Baseball blocked the idea with a mile of red tape, so Pete Alonso came up with another plan. The Mets first baseman would buy each of his…
DetailsInjury Notes: Hiura, Cubs, Ender, Rockies, Mariners The playoff-contending Brewers received terrible news Tuesday when their best player, all-world outfielder Christian Yelich, suffered a season-ending broken kneecap. Fortunately for the club, though, one of its other top players is on the way back from the injured list. Second baseman Keston Hiura, out since Aug. 31…
DetailsAdames puts Cats in PCL driver’s seat Cristhian Adames slugged a tie-breaking homer, doubled and drove in two runs as Sacramento beat Round Rock, 4-2, to take a 2-0 series lead in the best-of-5 Pacific Coast League Finals. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190912&content_id=310679336&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMike Moustakas belts two HRs on birthday to spark Brewers MIAMI — Mike Moustakas celebrated his 31st birthday in style. He homered twice, including a tiebreaking, two-run shot in the ninth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Miami Marlins 7-5 Wednesday night in their first game following star outfielder Christian Yelich’s season-ending injury. “Obviously…
DetailsLatest On Garrett Richards Having scored a 10-year, $300MM contract, Manny Machado was easily the Padres’ biggest free-agent signing last winter. Long before that addition, though, the Padres made headlines by awarding right-hander Garrett Richards a two-year, $15.5MM guarantee. The Padres handed Richards his deal knowing they likely wouldn’t get much from the former Angel…
DetailsMelendez delivers in clutch for Blue Rocks Kansas City Royals No. 9 prospect MJ Melendez delivered a tiebreaking single as Class A Advanced Wilmington rallied past Fayetteville, 5-4, to even the Mills Cup Finals at a game apiece. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190911&content_id=310677882&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsLuis Severino itching for next phase of Yankees playoff audition TRENTON — Luis Severino says he’s ready to rejoin the Yankees’ rotation. Wednesday night’s start at Arm & Hammer Park may have been the final step in his rehab process before potentially rejoining the Yankees after the team returns to The Bronx to face the…
DetailsRangers Could Prioritize Third Base In Offseason Few teams have been worse off at the hot corner this season than the Rangers. Their third basemen rank 23rd in the majors in fWAR (8.6) and 24th in wRC+ (87). It’s fair to say life after Adrian Beltre hasn’t gone smoothly for Texas, which tried to replace…
DetailsOf course MLB sets the home run record Major League Baseball hitters have punctuated a power-packed year by shattering the record for most home runs in a season. Jonathan Villar of the Baltimore Orioles connected Wednesday night for the 6,106th homer. That topped the mark of 6,105 set in 2017. There are plenty more to…
DetailsMaldonado, Cubs win MWL Finals opener Nelson Maldonado hit a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh inning and South Bend held on for a 3-1 victory over Clinton on Wednesday in Game 1 of the Midwest League Championship Series. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190911&content_id=310678132&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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