Hall of Fame experience worth the wait for Mike Mussina COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Mike Mussina didn’t mind the wait. Six years was nothing to the former Yankees and Orioles pitcher. He was thrilled he didn’t have to hold out any longer. “I was as surprised as anyone [to get in],” he said Saturday, the day…
DetailsLuke Voit’s toughness will never be questioned after injury scare It takes more than a pitch to the face to keep Luke Voit from doing his job. Sure, the Yankees first baseman left Saturday’s matchup with the Rockies following the bottom of the fourth inning after taking a pitch straight to the face from Colorado…
DetailsRizer posts third cycle in IronBirds history Orioles prospect Johnny Rizer hit for the cycle, going 5-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored, as Class A Short Season Aberdeen rolled to an 11-0 blanking of Staten Island on Saturday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190720&content_id=309262424&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsGiants To Select Zach Green The Giants will select corner infielder Zach Green from Triple-A Sacramento prior to Sunday’s game, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweets. The team will need to make corresponding 40-man moves to create space for Green and the promotion of left-hander Conner Menez. Green entered the professional ranks as…
DetailsRays’ Kiermaier Injures Thumb, To Undergo MRI Sour news out of Tampa tonight, as MLB.com’s Juan Toribio indicates that Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier will likely miss time after injuring his left thumb in a matchup with the White Sox this evening (Twitter link). Toribio adds that the former Gold Glove winner was escorted from Tropicana Field…
DetailsTigers Reportedly Seeking “Established Young MLB Star” In Boyd Talks According to hearsay purveyed by the MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, the Tigers have been indicating to interested teams that they will be seeking an “established young MLB star” in any potential deal involving starter Matthew Boyd (Twitter link). As Heyman points out, Boyd does figure…
DetailsYankees, fans brave sweltering weather: ‘A cone of heat’ It didn’t seem possible for it to get hotter on the field in Yankee Stadium on Saturday, with the first pitch coming at 1:09 p.m. when it was 94 degrees outside. But for the Rockies, it was stifling by the end of the second inning, when…
DetailsDodgers Outright Zac Rosscup The Dodgers have outrighted left-handed reliever Zac Rosscup to Triple-A Oklahoma City, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com tweets. It’s unclear whether Rosscup will accept the assignment or reject it in favor of a trip to free agency. Rosscup joined the Dodgers via the open market June 12, which came after he turned…
DetailsStewart nearly Hammers down no-hitter Marlins No. 21 prospect Will Stewart came within one out of throwing the first complete-game no-hitter in team history as Class A Advanced Jupiter beat Palm Beach, 3-1, on Saturday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190720&content_id=309258606&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsPitcher Notes: Scherzer, Bundy, Turnbull, Garrett, Alexander With summer storms peppering much of the country today, we’ve got our own torrent of pitcher-related news to sort through. Out of D.C., we hear from MLB.com’s Jamal Collier that Nationals ace Max Scherzer threw 15 pitches off of a mound this afternoon (Twitter link). The superlative hurler…
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