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Giants Select Zach Morgan
The Giants selected catcher Zach Morgan onto the major league roster for tonight’s game against Houston. Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle first reported this evening that Morgan was joining the club. The Giants already had an opening on the 40-man roster and will place Daniel Susac on the 10-day injured list (left patella fracture) […]
Giants’ Daniel Susac Diagnosed With Patellar Fracture
The Giants announced that rookie catcher Daniel Susac has a fractured patella (kneecap) in his left knee. He’ll meet with doctors this evening to determine a treatment plan. San Francisco will obviously place Susac on the 10-day injured list shortly. They’re going to need a new catcher to pair with Drew Cavanaugh. With Jesus Rodriguez already on the […]
Dodgers Select Charlie Barnes
The Dodgers reselected left-hander Charlie Barnes onto their major league roster. They also recalled righty reliever Seth Halvorsen for what’ll be his team debut. L.A. optioned Kyle Hurt to Triple-A Oklahoma City and designated righty Jonathan Hernández for assignment in corresponding moves. Barnes has been on and off the roster a couple times this year. He was most recently […]
Angels Select Sammy Peralta
The Angels announced that they have selected the contract of left-hander Sammy Peralta. The 40-man roster had a couple of vacancies, so he can slot into one of those. To open an active roster spot, right-hander Shaun Anderson has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Prior to the official announcement, […]
Rangers Place Nathan Eovaldi On IL With Elbow Inflammation
The Rangers announced that right-hander Nathan Eovaldi has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to August 9, due to right posterior elbow inflammation. Fellow righty Ben Peoples has been recalled in a corresponding move. Details on Eovaldi’s situation are still not clear. He started on Friday and went 5 1/3 innings. His velocity […]
Braves Release Jorge Mateo
The Braves have released infielder/outfielder Jorge Mateo, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He had been designated for assignment by the club last week. He is now free to sign with any team. Mateo, 31, signed with Atlanta in January on a one-year deal with a $1MM guarantee. It probably wasn’t a coincidence that […]
Athletics Designate Jonathan Ornelas For Assignment
The Athletics announced that infielder/outfielder Zack Gelof has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list. In a corresponding move, infielder/outfielder Jonathan Ornelas has been designated for assignment. Ornelas, 26, opted out of a minor league deal with the Yankees in July. He quickly landed a new minor league deal with the A’s and got added […]
Diamondbacks Designate Paul Sewald For Assignment
4:20pm: The Snakes have now made it official. They designated Sewald for assignment and optioned righty Kade Strowd. Those moves open spots for righty Michael Soroka to be reinstated from the injured list and righty Zack Littell to be added to the active roster. It was reported yesterday that Arizona would be signing Littell. 1:31pm: […]
Mariners Claim Nolan Kingham
The Mariners have claimed right-hander Nolan Kingham off waivers from the Rangers, according to announcements from both clubs. Texas had designated him for assignment last week. Seattle had multiple 40-man vacancies and have sent Kingham to Triple-A Tacoma, so no corresponding move was required. Kingham, 29, just got his first major league call-up. Not so […]
Astros Claim Nelson Velázquez, Designate Shay Whitcomb For Assignment
The Astros announced they have claimed outfielder Nelson Velázquez off waivers from the Cardinals. St. Louis had designated him for assignment a few days ago. Infielder/outfielder Shay Whitcomb has been designated for assignment by Houston as the corresponding move. Velázquez, 27, started the season with the Cardinals on a minor league deal. He was called […]
Marlins Claim Wikelman González
The Marlins announced that they have claimed right-hander Wikelman González off waivers from the White Sox an optioned him to Triple-A Jacksonville. Miami had a 40-man vacancy, so González fills that spot without a corresponding move. Chicago had designated González for assignment a couple of days ago. González, 24, was sent from the Red Sox […]
Blue Jays Select Simeon Woods Richardson
The Blue Jays announced that they have selected right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson to the roster. Right-hander Lazaro Estrada has been optioned to Triple-A Buffalo in a corresponding active roster move. Catcher Willie MacIver has been designated for assignment to open up a 40-man spot. The Jays also made a swap on the position player side, […]
Royals Sign Craig Kimbrel
August 10: The Royals have now officially announced their Kimbrel signing. Right-hander Easton McGee was optioned to Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding active roster move. The 40-man had a vacancy, so no further moves were required. August 9: The Royals have signed veteran right-hander Craig Kimbrel to a Major League contract, the New York Post’s […]
Trade Rumors Front Office Subscriber Chat Transcript
Steve Adams Good afternoon! Plenty to talk after last week’s deadline chaos. We’ll get going at 3pm CT, but feel free to start sending in questions anytime. Greetings — shall we begin? Anthopolous Did I just forget we might have to play the Dodgers in the postseason at the deadline? Steve Adams I don’t really […]
Mets Place Devin Williams On Injured List Due To Shoulder Strain
The Mets announced Monday that closer Devin Williams is going on the 15-day injured list due to a right shoulder strain. Fellow righty Jonathan Pintaro is up from Triple-A Syracuse in his place. The Mets are expecting a fairly brief absence for Williams, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. Signed to a three-year, $51MM contract over […]
Phillies Place Caleb Kilian On Injured List
The Phillies announced Monday that one of their deadline additions is headed to the injured list. Righty Caleb Kilian has been diagnosed with a strained left oblique and is now on the 15-day injured list. Right-hander Chase Shugart is up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take his spot on the active roster. Kilian, 29, came […]
Tim Anderson Announces Retirement
Former All-Star and batting champion Tim Anderson spoke to reporters via Zoom today regarding the fifth anniversary of the Field of Dreams game. During that call, Anderson revealed that he is retiring from baseball, per James Fegan of Sox Machine. Anderson was born in 1993 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was raised there as well. After […]
Athletics Sign Matt Sauer To Minor League Contract
The A’s signed Matt Sauer to a minor league deal a few days ago. The team didn’t formally announce it, but the right-hander pitched in his first game for Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday. Sauer allowed a run on two hits, a walk and a hit batter over two innings of work in his first […]
Casey Lawrence Opts Out Of Mariners Deal
Veteran right-hander Casey Lawrence exercised an opt-out clause in his minor league deal with the Mariners and has been granted his release, MLBTR has learned. He’s a free agent. Lawrence, 38, has pitched in parts of five big league seasons — most recently in 2025 between the Jays and Mariners. He has an unsightly 6.42 […]
Royals Release Justin Topa
The Royals released veteran right-handed reliever Justin Topa from their Triple-A affiliate in Omaha, per the transaction log at MiLB.com. He’d signed a minor league deal with Kansas City in early July but is once again a free agent. The 35-year-old Topa opened the season in the Twins’ bullpen. He’d spent the prior two seasons […]
The Opener: Brewers, Blue Jays, Soroka
The Tigers beat the Giants in 10 innings on Sunday and sit just one game out of the final AL Wild Card spot. Detroit has the best run differential in the American League. 1. Lara’s glove leads Brewers to victory Milwaukee knocked off Minnesota in extra innings yesterday to earn a series win. Outfielder Luis […]
Shohei Ohtani Begins Throwing Progression
A left knee problem has kept Shohei Ohtani from pitching since July 3, and a minor setback led Ohtani to skip a planned bullpen session on July 25. The two-way star has now resumed throwing in the form of a game of catch on the field Saturday, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani will […]
Minor Transactions: Amaya, Conley, Arroyo, Hartwig
Catching up on a few minor moves from around baseball in the last few days, all via MLB.com’s transactions log… The Diamondbacks released infielder Jacob Amaya from his minor league deal. Amaya hit .253/.361/.420 over 293 plate appearances for Triple-A Reno, but he hasn’t played in over a month due to injury that has seen […]
MLBTR Chat Transcript
Mark P I’m not sure how the Weekend Chat can properly function in a world without any Jo Adell trade rumors, but we’ll soldier on. We’ll let your questions build up before we begin…. Astros Do you think the Astros can actually win the divison? Mark P Not only “can” they win, but I’d call […]
AL East Notes: Judge, Crochet, Arrighetti
Aaron Judge was cleared to begin some upper-body training and light running drills earlier this week, in the slugger’s first bit of increased on-field activity since he was placed on the injured list on June 2. Judge told MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch and other reporters on Wednesday that the stress fracture in his right rib is […]
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