Rays Expected To Call Up Trevor Richards The Rays are expected to call up pitcher Trevor Richards to start Sunday’s game against the Tigers, according to a tweet from Juan Toribio of MLB.com (link). Peter Fairbanks was optioned to Triple-A Durham in an accommodating move. This will be Richards’ first appearance in a Rays uni…
DetailsTime for fantasy baseball owners to play the hot hand September is almost upon us, and with that, most fantasy baseball owners will flip their attention to the minor league call-ups we have been expecting to see for some time now. The A’s are likely to bring up Jesus Luzardo, the White Sox have a…
DetailsMets needed this one, and Jacob deGrom delivered KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In his bid to repeat as the National League Cy Young-award winner, Jacob deGrom may have a difficult time catching a certain Dodgers left-hander, but the Mets ace has certainly resembled the 2018 version of himself since the All-Star break. The award could…
DetailsRobert Gsellman To Injured List With Triceps Injury After being generally harangued for their win-next-year approach at July’s trade deadline, the Mets have ripped off an 11-5 record this August. At 63-60, New York sits just 2.0 games back in the NL Wild Card race. But if the Mets are going to summon a truly…
DetailsNL Notes: Kimbrel, Scherzer, Swanson MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian offers that the “expectation” is that Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel will be activated for Sunday’s contest with the Pirates. Signed this midseason to a 3-year/$45MM contract, Kimbrel got off to a rocky start in Chicago before a knee injury robbed him of participation in the club’s last…
DetailsMickey Callaway, Aaron Boone making the same mistakes Think of it this way: You’re a movie freak. You miss none that seem promising. You can’t help but smell like buttered popcorn. But one day, everything changes. Nearly all the movies, about halfway or a bit further, fail to make sense, no longer have anything to…
DetailsRed Sox place Chris Sale on IL with worrisome left elbow injury BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox placed left-hander Chris Sale on the 10-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. President Dave Dombrowski said Saturday that Sale had an MRI exam and the team’s doctors said the results revealed inflammation. Dombrowski also said Sale…
DetailsEnder Inciarte Placed On Injured List Following a string of earlier reports regarding the hamstring injury sustained by Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte yesterday, the team has officially placed him on the 10-day injured list. Gabriel Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shares that Inciarte is expected to be out 4-6 weeks after an MRI scan revealed a…
DetailsMets confident an Edwin Diaz resurgence may be ‘this close’ KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mets pitching coach Phil Regan held his left thumb about a half-inch from his index finger on Saturday when discussing his pet project. “I think we’re this close,” Regan said, referring to Edwin Diaz and a possible resurgence for the beleaguered…
DetailsYankees’ Brett Gardner has to end his bat antics There is a reason the Yankees keep bending and twisting their roster year to year to keep Brett Gardner on the team, even if he’s only 85 percent the player he used to be. From the start, he has been a teammate’s teammate, a pro’s pro,…
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