Benitez, Martinez suspended for performance-enhancers White Sox Minor Leaguer Francisco Benitez and Royals outfielder Jarvis Martinez were suspended for 72 games on Friday after both tested positive for banned substances. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190823&content_id=310241052&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsRangers Designate Shane Carle The Rangers have designated righty Shane Carle for assignment, per a club announcement. His 40-man spot will go to fellow right-hander Luke Farrell, who was activated from the 60-day injured list. Farrell is also heading onto the active roster for the Texas organization. He’ll take the place of southpaw Locke St.…
DetailsMariners Call Up Justus Sheffield As expected, the Mariners have called up lefty pitching prospect Justus Sheffield, per a club announcement. He’ll take the roster spot that the team opened by dropping Cory Gearrin. Sheffield, 23, has seen brief MLB action in each of the past two seasons. But he hasn’t yet made his first…
DetailsOne Last Top 100 Prospects Shuffle As we approach the 2019 minor league season’s September epilogue, we’re making our last few changes to THE BOARD before cementing the rankings until offseason lists start rolling out. We focused this week on curating the top 100’s midsection, which resulted in us moving around about 10% of 50…
DetailsYankees claim Cory Gearrin in quest for bullpen depth The Yankees’ stockpiling of arms continued with Cory Gearrin on Friday. Gearrin, a right-handed reliever was claimed off waivers from the Seattle as per The Athletic, had a 3.92 ERA in 41 1/3 innings with 39 strikeouts and 21 walks. The 33-year-old is in his eighth…
DetailsThe Fridge is baseball’s 300-pound speed demon “The Freeze,” the masked sprinter who was introduced by the Braves in 2017 to race fans in between innings, has some competition for the most entertaining warning track runner. His name is “The Fridge,” and he’s the newest unconventional ballpark attraction for the Braves’ Triple-A affiliate, the Gwinnett…
DetailsYankees Claim Cory Gearrin The Yankees have claimed righty Cory Gearrin from the Mariners, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter). More to come … Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/yankees-claim-cory-gearrin.html
DetailsHow players are using uniform numbers to break MLB’s unwritten rules Nontraditional numbers have become the norm in New York, where all but one single-digit jersey is retired by the Yankees. Aaron Judge’s 52-homer, Rookie of the Year run in 2017 helped make his rare No. 99 the best-selling jersey in the country—and on baseball’s…
DetailsThe reason Reymin Guduan was suspended Dean Deetz is a little bit of a character, and talks a lot of smack. He was giving Reymin Guduan The Bidness about not being able to throw a strike. Guduan responded by throwing a shoe at Deetz and missed (badly, apparently), to which Deetz responded “See?” That is…
DetailsI Guess Will Smith Is Baseball’s Best Offensive Catcher Now The Los Angeles Dodgers, at one point, had a weakness. Not a glaring one, and not one that was going to single-handedly derail their World Series hopes, but a weakness nonetheless. As of July 26, their catchers had combined for a ghastly 69 wRC+. Even…
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