Lane Thomas Diagnosed With Fractured Wrist; Cards Activate Tyler O’Neill The Cardinals have made another outfield change, as MLB.com’s Anne Rogers reports on Twitter. Lane Thomas has been diagnosed with a fractured wrist, sending him to the injured list. Taking his place is Tyler O’Neill, who’s returning from his own IL stint. It’s not yet…
DetailsNationals Designate Matt Grace; Activate Elias, Strickland The Nationals announced today that they have designated lefty Matt Grace for assignment. His roster spot was needed for the activation of fellow southpaw Roenis Elias from the injured list. In other news, the club has formally activated righty reliever Hunter Strickland. Backstop Spencer Kieboom was optioned back…
DetailsA Dispatch From Day One of the WBSC U-18 World Cup I am currently in Busan, South Korea for the 2019 WBSC U-18 World Cup, where 12 countries have teams featuring some of their best young talents. Friday, August 30 was Opening Day and, besides an occasional breeze, it was quite sunny and humid. Below…
DetailsMets’ Wally Backman arrested on domestic violence charges Former Mets second baseman Wally Backman was arrested Friday morning for allegedly shoving his girlfriend into a wall and stopping her from calling cops, according to police and reports. Backman, who was part of the 1986 World Series champion Mets, was charged with harassment and criminal mischief…
DetailsCubs To Activate Ben Zobrist The Cubs will activate veteran utilityman Ben Zobrist when active rosters expand on Sunday, Bruce Levine of 670thescore.com reports on Twitter. That’ll necessitate a 40-man roster move, as Zobrist has been on the restricted list. Zobrist, 38, has been away from the Chicago organization since early May for personal reasons. He has…
Details2019 Cape Cod Prospect Rankings: RHP South Carolina’s Carmen Mlodzinski put together an impressive summer and is a rising prospect. He headlines our list of the Top 30 righthanders at the Cape Cod League. Source: https://d1baseball.com/prospects/2019-cape-cod-prospect-rankings-rhp/
DetailsYankees lose Gio Urshela to IL as Luke Voit returns The Yankees got Luke Voit back from the IL, but sent Gio Urshela there on Friday. Voit returned from a sports hernia following a rehab stint and will be available for their series opener against Oakland and Urshela, who was removed from Wednesday’s game in…
DetailsYankees Activate Luke Voit, Place Gio Urshela On IL The Yankees announced Friday that they’ve reinstated first baseman Luke Voit from the injured list and placed third baseman Gio Urshela on the 10-day IL due to a left groin injury. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/yankees-activate-luke-voit-injured-list-gio-urshela.html
DetailsIndians Sign Ryan Lavarnway The Indians announced Friday that they’ve signed veteran catcher Ryan Lavarnway to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Columbus. Lavarnway, 32, appeared in five games with the Reds this summer amid a series of injuries to Cincinnati’s catching corps, hitting .278/.316/.722 with a pair of homers in 19…
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U-18 World Cup 2019: the Netherlands beats Korea… almost After leading the Netherlands 4-0, hosting nation Korea blew the lead and let the Dutch tie the game at four in the eighth inning. As the score was still tied after the ninth, extra innings were needed. With the tie-breaker rule in place, Korea handled it…
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