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The Cleveland Indians received some bad news on Saturday, as it was revealed that outfielder Tyler Naquin suffered a torn ACL in his right knee and will miss the remainder of the season: Cleveland Indians lose outfielder Tyler Naquin for season with torn ACL in right knee https://t.co/JSHCzt339Q — paul hoynes (@hoynsie) August 31, 2019 […]

Chicago Cubs utility man and former World Series MVP Ben Zobrist has not played since the beginning of May after filing for divorce from his wife, Julianna. But after a lengthy rehab assignment, the Cubs will activate Zobrist on Sunday as they look to run down the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central. […]

Oakland Athletics left-hander Sean Manaea has not made a start in the big leagues in over a year, but he will finally return to action on Sunday when MLB rosters expand, according to William Ladson of MLB.com: LHP Sean Manaea will be taken off the IL and pitch against the Yankees on Sunday. #MLB #Athletics […]

Houston Astros right-hander Collin McHugh will be placed on the Injured List after manager A.J. Hinch spotted a lack of velocity and movement from his fastball and slider: Collin McHugh is going on the injured list. Jose Urquidy is up. — Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 31, 2019 The official designation for McHugh’s trip the IL […]

The Milwaukee Brewers have placed rookie second baseman Keston Hiura on the Injured List with a strained left hamstring, the team announced on Saturday morning: OF Ben Gamel and 3B Travis Shaw have been recalled from Triple-A San Antonio. 2B Keston Hiura (strained left hamstring) placed on the 10-day injured list. RHP Devin Williams optioned […]

The Cleveland Indians were exposed to a scary scene on Friday night when Tyler Naquin crashed into the left field wall trying to rob Tampa Bay’s Joey Wendle. Naquin made the catch, but he lay in a heap on the warning track and would eventually have to be carted off the field: Entire CST Team […]

When New York Mets second baseman Robinson Cano tore his left hamstring on Aug. 4 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the assumption is that New York’s marquee offseason acquisition would miss the rest of the season. However, Tim Healey of Newsday reports that Cano will begin a rehab assignment with the team’s Single-A affiliate in Brooklyn: Well ahead […]

The New York Yankees have placed left-hander C.C. Sabathia on the Injured List yet again, making it the fourth time this season that Sabathia will hit the IL: The #Yankees announce C.C. Sabathia was placed on the 10-day IL with right knee inflammation. Jonathan Loaisiga was recalled from Triple-A Scranton. — Bronx Bombers News (@NewsBronx) […]

As if their chances of making it back to the playoffs was not difficult enough, Milwaukee Brewers rookie second baseman Keston Hiura left Friday’s game against the Chicago Cubs with a left hamstring injury. What looks to be a result from being slid into by Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber at second base, Hiura was officially […]

After being signed in the offseason to a one-year deal, outfielder Jon Jay never truly got going in 2019, and his season is going to be over, as he is slated to undergo season-ending surgery. Having been placed on the injured list with a strained right hip, the injury was later determined to be a […]

Addition by subtraction, in a sense, has struck the New York Yankees yet again, as the team placed infielder Gio Urshela on the injury list and have activated first baseman Luke Voit from that very same list. With being placed on the injury list, Urshela will, unfortunately, miss out on qualifying for the American League […]

A medical examiner in Texas has determined that former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died of an accidental overdose last month, according to ESPN. An autopsy revealed Skaggs’ cause of death as a result of “mixed ethanol, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication with terminal aspiration of gastric contents.” In layman’s terms, that means Skaggs choked […]

Chicago Cubs outfielder Nicholas Castellanos got the ball rolling in the first inning of his team’s Friday afternoon game against the Milwaukee Brewers by bashing a two-run home run. Well, in the second inning, he victimized Brewers starter Chase Anderson yet again, hitting another two-run blast off of the right-hander. Nicholas, did you see what […]

Chicago Cubs outfielder Nicholas Castellanos has certainly made himself feel right at home since arriving in a trade with the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline, and on Friday, he hit his 10th home run as a member of the Cubs with this monster two-run blast off of Milwaukee Brewers starter Chase Anderson: Philosophize this.#EverybodyIn […]

The Chicago Cubs will be activating super utility man Ben Zobrist on Sunday, according to Bruce Levine of WSCR-AM. Zobrist has been on the restricted list since May 6 due to family issues. In the 26 games Zobrist played before being sidelined, he slashed .241/.343/.253 with 10 RBI over 99 plate appearances. The 38-year-old is […]

For all of one night in August, Cincinnati Reds rookie right fielder Aristides Aquino was tied in National League history with Cody Bellinger. On Thursday, Aquino decided to shorten the record books by placing his name at the top of that list. Setting the new NL rookie home run record in one month, Aquino went […]

Needing to fill a spot with Khris Davis being away from the team for the birth of his second child, the Oakland Athletics called up their no. 8 overall prospect, infielder Sheldon Neuse, to fill up some offensive firepower. Neuse, who was acquired in 2017 from the Washington Nationals, has been tearing the cover off […]

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts has been regarded as one of the best at his position for years now, but this 2019 season is already the best of his career. After the Red Sox signed Bogaerts to a six-year, $120 million contract extension that will begin in 2020, the 26-year-old from Aruba has responded […]

Kansas City Royals owner David Glass is reportedly planning to sell the franchise due to health reasons, according to USA TODAY Sports’ Bob Nightengale: Prayers to David Glass, 83, who has told friends and associates this past week that his urgency to sell the #Royals is because of health reasons. The sale of the franchise […]

Chicago White Sox prospect Luis Robert has been tearing up the minor leagues as of late, and it would seem that the struggling White Sox would reward the youngster with a September call-up as MLB rosters expand for the final month. However, former White Sox legend and MLB Hall of Fame slugger Frank Thomas said […]

CLUTCH SUMMARY: With August winding down, the statistical leaders across the American and National Leagues are both household names and unforeseen youngsters trying to etch their names in baseball history. While not leading any category, Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Christian Yelich is listed towards the top of all of these categories, once again cementing his […]

Perhaps one of the best gambles of this past MLB offseason was the Atlanta Braves taking a gamble on former American League MVP Josh Donaldson. Atlanta signed Donaldson to a one-year, $23 million deal in November, and the 33-year-old has not disappointed, slashing .259/.374/.526 with 32 homers and a 3.9 fWAR through his first 131 […]

Although the Boston Red Sox have had quite the tumultuous season and are well out of the running for the American League East crown, they still have an outside shot at reaching the playoffs. Boston entered play on Thursday just five games back of the Oakland Athletics for the second Wild Card spot, and the […]

Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras will head to Triple-A Iowa for a rehab assignment as he continues to progress towards rejoining the Cubs for the final month of the regular season. Cubs reporter Jordan Bastian (MLB.com) reported that Contreras is likely to catch a few innings and get at least a couple of at-bats. https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1167168121674903553 […]

The Atlanta Braves have been quite aggressive in the past year, but they mostly drew headlines for the extensions they handed to Ronald Acuna Jr. and Ozzie Albies. One signing that has paid massive dividends is the one-year, $23 million deal the Braves gave third baseman Josh Donaldson in November. After playing just 52 games […]

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman is quite used to being a coveted asset. The Chicago Cubs gave up top prospect Gleyber Torres to acquire Chapman for their World Series run in 2016, and then the Yankees shelled out $86 million to bring Chapman back to New York that winter. So it should not be […]

Before he was traded to the Houston Astros prior to the 2018 MLB season, Gerrit Cole had been coming off a pair of disappointing seasons. Despite looking like the future ace of the Pittsburgh Pirates after posting a 2.60 ERA and finishing fourth in the National League Cy Young Award voting in 2015, Cole saw […]

The Houston Astros have placed right-hander Brad Peacock on the Injured List just 10 days after he had been activated from a previous IL stint: Brad Peacock back on the IL with right shoulder discomfort: "Same stuff I've been going through pretty much the whole year. Went and got an MRI this morning. Haven't heard […]

Not even cancer can stop Cleveland Indians starter Carlos Carrasco. Despite being diagnosed with leukemia prior to the All-Star break, Carrasco will be activated for Cleveland’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, according to Indians manager Terry Francona: After a long and scary journey, Carlos Carrasco will be activated on Sunday. 🎙️Terry Francona🎙️ […]

New York Mets rookie first baseman Pete Alonso set a single-season franchise record when he hit his 42nd home run of the year on Tuesday night against the Chicago Cubs. Alonso, who took Cubs starter Yu Darvish deep in the fourth inning, told USA TODAY columnist and MLB Insider Bob Nightengale that this season has […]

Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant has been one of the best players in baseball since 2015. After winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award that season, Bryant would be named the NL MVP in his sophomore campaign, becoming the first player to win both awards consecutively since Dustin Pedroia in 2007 and […]

Acquired in the trade deadline deal that sent pitchers Drew Pomeranz and Ray Black to the Milwaukee Brewers, second baseman prospect Mauricio Dubon is getting his first taste of the majors with the San Francisco Giants. According to Milwaukee Brewers beat reporter Robert Murray of The Athletic, Dubon has been called up in the wake […]

Cleveland Indians’ third baseman Jose Ramirez underwent surgery on his hamate bone in his right hand, and his timetable for a return to playing is five to seven weeks from now, putting his return for the MLB postseason on a bit of uneven ground. That timeframe, provided by Dr. Thomas Graham at the NYU Langone […]

After acquiring him at the trade deadline from the Cincinnati Reds, second baseman Scooter Gennett has been released by the San Francisco Giants, according to Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports. Gennett, who has around $1.8 million left on his $9.75 2019 salary, will most likely pass through waivers on his way to becoming a free […]

So recently, Milwaukee Brewers star outfielder Christian Yelich posed nude for the ESPN Magazine Body Issue, which is an annual thing (well, not Yelich posing, but for the magazine). Pro athletes do this all the time, and you don’t actually see their private parts in the photos. But that didn’t stop a disappointed fan from […]

Houston Astros star pitcher Gerrit Cole is set to be a free agent this offseason and will have a long list of suitors. One of those suitors could be the Chicago Cubs, according to Buster Olney of ESPN. Cole will unquestionably be one of the most prized free agents on the market this winter, as […]

CLUTCH SUMMARY: As the playoffs draw closer, teams look to their less-heralded players to step up into the limelight and help them make that final push to the postseason. The Nationals, Brewers, Rays, Twins, and Athletics all have that guy who is primed to fill those shoes this season. Victor Robles and Lorenzo Cain, both […]

CLUTCH SUMMARY: As the Little League World Series is being played, the amount of professional baseball players who have played in that league has increased a bit over the past few years, showing that the importance of the sport of baseball seems to be increasing. Current players like Cody Bellinger and Randal Grichuk have made […]

Finally making his return from the injury list, Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer is back for the Nats on Thursday night, where he has been retroactively since July 26th. The end of July marked the end of a really, really good start to the season for Scherzer, who was well on his way to […]