The Yankees have gotten a disappointing season out of catcher Austin Wells so far, and his struggles have the team interested in bringing in some catching help. Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports that the Yanks would prefer to add a right-handed bat behind the plate and specifically lists Minnesota’s Ryan Jeffers as a potential […]
The Cubs will option catcher/designated hitter Moisés Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa today, as first indicated on the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. Michael Cerami of Bleacher Nation reports that outfielder Justin Dean will be recalled in his place. Ballesteros, 23, was a consensus top prospect before arriving in the majors. He torched Triple-A pitching as […]
Mets outfielder Juan Soto slugged a pair of home runs off Phillies righty Aaron Nola on Thursday. Soto now has five homers in his career vs. Nola, his most against any pitcher. Nola moved past Charlie Morton (four home runs allowed) on the list. 1. Witt leaves with knee injury Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. […]
The Braves announced they’ve traded reliever Hunter Stratton to the Pirates for catcher Joey Bart. Atlanta designated backup catcher Sandy León for assignment to open a spot on the 40-man roster. The Braves had designated Stratton for assignment yesterday. He’ll replace Bart on Pittsburgh’s 40-man but won’t join the MLB team, as the Bucs optioned him to Triple-A […]
The Twins announced the passing of longtime MLB reliever Al Worthington on Thursday evening. He was 97. Worthington, a product of the University of Alabama, signed with the Cubs to begin his professional career in 1951. Chicago traded him to the then New York Giants after one minor league season. The 6’2″ righty broke into MLB […]
Left-hander Shinnosuke Ogasawara officially signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball on Thursday. He’d been in Double-A with the Nationals but was granted his release on Monday. Ogasawara signed a two-year, $3.5MM free agent contract with the Nats over the 2024-25 offseason. The southpaw was coming off a 3.12 ERA across 144 1/3 […]
The Angels announced seven roster moves before tonight’s series opener in West Sacramento. MLBTR already covered the most notable, with Mike Trout heading to the injured list due to a right hamstring strain and Christian Moore being recalled from Triple-A. Los Angeles also recalled righty Ryan Johnson from Double-A Rocket City to start tonight and activated recently […]
As trade deadline season draws closer, Twins star Byron Buxton again looked to shoot down early speculation about his availability. Buxton, who has full no-trade rights and said multiple times last summer that he’s not interested in leaving Minnesota, doubled down on that this evening. “I don’t give a f—,” Buxton told Dan Hayes of […]
Santiago Espinal has cleared waivers and elected free agency, according to the MLB.com transaction log. The Dodgers designated the veteran infielder for assignment on Tuesday when Tommy Edman returned from injury. Espinal has been outrighted twice this season. The first came when Kiké Hernández returned from the injured list. Hernández quickly went back down with injury, so […]
The Angels are going to place outfielder Mike Trout on the injured list with a hamstring injury, report Sam Blum and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Infielder Christian Moore will be recalled to take his place on the roster. At this point, there are no details on the cause or the severity of Trout’s injury. […]
On Monday night at Busch Stadium, Dustin May made the most impressive start of his major league career. The right-hander was perfect through six and finished with a one-hit, one-walk shutout. He threw 101 pitches. He struck out nine. If it weren’t for Jacob Misiorowski’s 15-strikeout tour de force last Friday, this might have been […]
The trade deadline is still more than six weeks away, but pitching-hungry clubs have already been checking in with Angels GM Perry Minasian about the potential availability of breakout lefty Reid Detmers, writes Bob Nightengale of USA Today. There’s no indication there have been any serious talks. To the contrary, Nightengale suggests that the Angels […]
Negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association continue for the next collective bargaining agreement. Today, MLB proposed significant changes to the draft. J.J Cooper of Baseball America was among those to cover the developments. The league’s proposed framework would be a significant drawdown of the way the draft has operated for years. […]
The Phillies have signed left-hander Kolby Allard to a minor league deal, reports Matt Gelb of The Athletic. He’ll head to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and provide the Phils with some non-roster pitching depth. Allard, 28, just opted out of a minor league deal with the Guardians. He had been pitching well at the Triple-A level […]
The Phillies announced that outfielder Adolis García will undergo right latissimus dorsi repair surgery on Wednesday, June 24th. The recovery period is six to eight months, so he will miss the remainder of the season. He is expected to be ready for the start of the 2027 schedule. He is already on the 60-day injured […]
The Phillies announced that they have selected Bryse Wilson and recalled righty Seth Johnson. Left-hander Tanner Banks was optioned in a corresponding move. There was already one vacancy with righty Andrew Painter being optioned yesterday. The 40-man had a vacancy for Wilson with outfielder Adolis García being placed on the 60-day injured list last week. […]
Veteran infielder Orlando Arcia went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for assignment by the Twins, reports Dan Hayes of The Athletic. He had the right to elect free agency but will instead accept an outright assignment to Triple-A St. Paul. The Twins selected Arcia to the major league roster last month after they optioned […]
The Cardinals announced that right-hander Chris Roycroft has been designated for assignment. That’s the corresponding move to open a 40-man spot for Max Rajcic. MLBTR covered Rajcic’s promotion earlier today. It’s an unfortunate early birthday present for Roycroft, who turns 29 on Sunday. An undrafted free agent in 2019, the righty started his professional career […]
The White Sox on Thursday placed outfielder Everson Pereira on the 7-day injured list due to concussion symptoms. Fellow outfielder Junior Perez has been recalled from Triple-A Charlotte in his place. Perez will be making his MLB debut the first time he steps onto the field. Pereira, 25, only just returned from a six-week absence […]
The Reds announced that catcher Will Banfield has been selected to the 40-man roster and optioned to Triple-A Louisville. Fellow catcher P.J. Higgins has been outrighted to open a 40-man spot. It wasn’t previously reported that Higgins was off the 40-man roster so it seems Cincinnati quietly put him on waivers a few days ago. […]
The Cardinals are calling up right-hander Max Rajcic, reports Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat. Fellow righty Chris Roycroft will be optioned as the corresponding active roster move. Rajcic will also need a spot on the 40-man. Rajcic, 24, was a sixth-round pick of the Cards in 2022. He was a prospect of note as […]
Infielder/outfielder Weston Wilson has signed a minor league contract with the Mariners after electing free agency in lieu of an outright assignment from the Orioles late last week. The team never formally announced the signing, but Wilson made his organizational debut with the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate in Tacoma two days ago. He’s picked up a […]
Brewers right-hander Quinn Priester will undergo thoracic outlet decompression surgery on Monday, Priester himself tells Adam McCalvy of MLB.com (video link). Priester, who’s spent the entire season on the injured list, will miss the remainder of the season as a result. Priester has been dealing with thoracic outlet symptoms since spring training. As the righty […]
The Giants announced that outfielder Will Brennan went unclaimed on waivers and has been assigned outright to Triple-A Sacramento. He was designated for assignment a week ago. The 28-year-old Brennan reached three years of big league service with the Giants this season, which technically gives him the right to reject his assignment in favor of […]
Athletics infielder Zack Gelof pushed his hitting streak to 21 games with a solo homer on Wednesday against the Pirates. Injuries and poor performance have limited his time in the majors recently, but Gelof is back to being a fixture in the A’s lineup. 1. Bradish punches out a dozen Orioles right-hander Kyle Bradish was […]