Luis Arraez Suffers Sprained Right Ankle Twins super-utilityman Luis Arraez had to be carted off the field during the seventh inning of today’s 4-3 Minnesota win over Kansas City. Arraez and teammate Willians Astudillo collided on the pitcher’s mound while chasing a pop-up off the bat of the Royals’ Hunter Dozier. As ugly as the…
DetailsTwins make big mistake by poking the Yankees ‘dragon’ ARLINGTON, Texas — Much of the season was a Next Man Up performance and mentality for the Yankees. It made for good summer stock theater and the Yankees made it through the regular season gauntlet knowing they have more depth than they possibly could have imagined,…
DetailsAL Notes: Tigers, Paxton, Cease, Orioles Although Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire has indicated his desire to return to the club next season, the fate of his coaching staff may yet be up in the air, according to Evan Woodbery of MLive Media Group. With the season coming to a close, general manager Al Avila and company are…
DetailsRays To Activate Yandy Diaz The Rays are set to reinstate infielder Yandy Diaz from the injured list on Sunday, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Diaz appeared in an instructional league game yesterday and made six plate appearances, evidently showing enough improvement to lead to his activation. In Sunday’s season finale,…
DetailsLatest On Mookie Betts As the Red Sox season mercifully nears its conclusion, a difficult decision looms on the horizon for the club and whoever it hires to assume the vacant general manager post. With a contract extension looking unlikely for all-world outfielder Mookie Betts, it looks like a “realistic possibility” that he will be…
DetailsRays’ Tyler Glasnow can’t help but drop F-bomb on live TV At least he warned us! Pitcher Tyler Glasnow couldn’t help but drop an F-bomb after his Rays beat Toronto on Friday night to clinch the American League’s final wild-card spot. “I’m about to cuss on TV,” he told the local Fox affiliate, “I need…
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Omron Pioniers clinches spot in overgangsklasse With Omron Pioniers (farm team of Meerlease Pioniers) and Alcmaria Victrix finishing with the same number of wins and losses in the bottom eight group of the overgangsklasse, a decisive game was needed. Today both teams met at the ballpark of Sparks in Haarlem. Alcmaria Victrix didn’t stand a…
DetailsMLB awards 2019: Tight MVP races and the anti-heroes “The more I know, the less I understand, All the things I thought I knew, I’m learning again.” — “The Heart of the Matter,” Don Henley. It’s that time of year again. I am going to mull the meaning of “valuable” more than I ever did…
DetailsSteve Pearce Considering Retirement Hero and MVP of the 2018 World Series Steve Pearce is considering retirement, per Chris Cotillo of masslive.com. Last season ended in storybook fashion for the long-time role player as he turned in a historic performance for his favorite team from childhood, the Boston Red Sox. The 36-year-old was acquired from…
DetailsInjury Notes: Paxton, Hale, Hicks, Vlad Jr. Yankees ace James Paxton exited his final start of the season on Friday after just one inning because of left glute tightness, per MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch. Paxton’s removal was a precautionary measure, and were it not for the looming postseason matchup with the Twins, Paxton likely could have…
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