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Nationals Shut Down DJ Herz With Flexor Muscle Strain
Nationals left-hander DJ Herz suffered a setback in his recovery from last year’s Tommy John procedure. Skipper Blake Butera told reporters (including Byron Kerr of MLB.com) that the southpaw has been pulled off his rehab assignment after suffering a flexor muscle strain. The silver lining is that the current issue is muscular rather than renewed ligament […]
Braves To Get Kyle Farmer Reps At Catcher On Rehab Stint
The Braves are planning to get injured utilityman Kyle Farmer some reps behind the plate on his upcoming minor league rehab assignment, reports Mark Bowman of MLB.com. This won’t be Farmer’s first foray into catching — far from it, in fact. The 35-year-old infielder (36 in August) was drafted as a catcher and logged nearly […]
The Opener: De La Cruz, Antonacci, Chapman
The Angels were defeated by a couple of familiar faces on Tuesday. Longtime L.A. outfielder Taylor Ward slugged a home run in his return to Angel Stadium. Former Angels farmhand Kyle Bradish, who came over to the Orioles in the Dylan Bundy trade, fired eight scoreless innings. 1. De La Cruz back Tuesday The Reds […]
Sonny Gray “Open” To Discussing No-Trade Clause If Red Sox Sell
With the Red Sox’ season continuing to spiral — they’re buried in the AL East cellar and have the American League’s second-worst record — speculation about a potential deadline sale continues to mount. The team hasn’t made any major directional decisions at this juncture, but if they opt to go the seller’s route, veteran right-hander […]
Mauricio Dubón Open To Extension Talks With Braves
The Braves’ deal for Mauricio Dubón has turned into one of the better trades of last offseason. Acquired from Houston in a one-for-one swap for defensive specialist Nick Allen, Dubón has played a valuable utility role for the NL East leaders. Dubón takes a league average .262/.316/.408 batting line into tonight’s series opener in San […]
Orioles Select Chadwick Tromp
The Orioles announced they’ve selected Chadwick Tromp onto the MLB roster just before the start of tonight’s game in Anaheim. They designated outfielder Michael Siani for assignment to open space on the active and 40-man rosters. Baltimore moves back to a three-catcher setup for the time being. Tromp will back up Samuel Basallo and Sam Huff […]
Braves Re-Sign Sandy León To Minor League Deal
The Braves brought catcher Sandy León back on a minor league contract, according to the MLB.com transaction log. He’ll report to Triple-A Gwinnett. León elected free agency after being designated for assignment last week. The Braves pushed him off the roster with the Joey Bart acquisition. León has gone 4-44 with 18 strikeouts and no walks at […]
Rangers Sign Marco Gonzales To Minor League Deal
The Rangers have signed left-hander Marco Gonzales to a minor league deal, reports Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News. The southpaw was released by the Padres last week. He will presumably report to Triple-A Round Rock in the coming days. Gonzales, 34, is not exactly in good form at the moment. He underwent flexor […]
Angels Designate Nick Madrigal For Assignment
The Angels announced that outfielder Jorge Soler has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list. Infielder Nick Madrigal has been designated for assignment as the corresponding move. The Halos added that first baseman Trey Mancini, who was designated for assignment last week, elected free agency after being outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake. The Angels signed […]
Austin Slater Elects Free Agency
Outfielder Austin Slater has elected free agency after clearing waivers, reports Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times. Slater had been designated for assignment by the Rays last week. As a veteran with years of service time, he has the right to reject outright assignments in favor of the open market. Slater, 33, has continued […]
Blue Jays Select Luis Urías
The Blue Jays announced that they have selected the contract of infielder Luis Urías. It was reported over the weekend that the Jays had acquired him from the Diamondbacks. Outfielder Yohendrick Piñango was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo as the corresponding active roster move. Toronto had a 40-man vacancy, so no corresponding move is required in […]
Reds Designate Chris Paddack For Assignment
The Reds announced that right-hander Pierce Johnson has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list and that righty Julian Garcia has been selected to the roster. The Garcia move was reported yesterday. To open space for those two, they have optioned righty Zach Maxwell and designated righty Chris Paddack for assignment. Cincinnati picked up Paddack […]
Phillies Designate Bryse Wilson For Assignment
June 22nd: The Phils made all these moves official today. They recalled Rangel and reinstated Backhus from the IL, with Lazar optioned and Wilson designated for assignment. June 21st: The Phillies are designating right-hander Bryse Wilson for assignment, per Matt Gelb of The Athletic. Lefty Kyle Backhus is expected to rejoin the club. Righty Max […]
Trade Rumors Front Office Subscriber Chat Transcript
Steve Adams Good afternoon! We’ll get going at 2pm CT today, but as always, feel free to send in some questions ahead of time! Greetings! Let’s begin Jon Michael Wacha screams Braves SP to me. Thoughts? Steve Adams You could take just about any reasonably productive SP who’ll likely be available and say they fit […]
Sandy León Elects Free Agency
Catcher Sandy León has elected free agency, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He was on Atlanta’s roster until being designated for assignment last week. He then cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Gwinnett but has exercised his right to return to the open market. León, 37, is a veteran backstop who debuted […]
Angels Outright Trey Mancini
First baseman Trey Mancini passed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for assignment by the Angels, per the MLB.com transaction log. He was assigned outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Mancini has the service time needed to reject that outright assignment if he chooses. The 34-year-old Mancini returned to MLB earlier this month after a nearly […]
White Sox Activate Kyle Teel From 60-Day IL
After an absence of nearly three months, the White Sox have their starting catcher back in the mix. Chicago announced Monday that Kyle Teel has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list. He’ll fill the vacant spot on the South Siders’ 40-man roster. Fellow catcher and former top prospect Edgar Quero has been optioned to […]
Submit Your Questions For This Week’s Episode Of The MLBTR Podcast
On the MLB Trade Rumors podcast, we regularly answer questions from our readers and listeners. With the next episode set for Wednesday, we’re looking for MLBTR’s audience to submit their questions and we’ll pick a few to answer. The trade chatter is starting to pick up as the deadline draws nearer. Do you have a […]
The Opener: Marlins, Woodruff, Bieber
Giants manager Tony Vitello downplayed any issues with Rafael Devers after the first baseman tried to reject a pinch runner in the ninth inning of a one-run game on Sunday (video link via NBC Sports Bay Area). “I don’t have any problem with Rafi. We talk every day,” Vitello said (h/t Shayna Rubin of the […]
Reds To Promote Julian Garcia
The Reds are expected to call up right-hander Julian Garcia, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The 31-year-old will be making his big-league debut when he appears in a game. Garcia is not on the 40-man roster, so a corresponding move will be needed. Garcia has had a long road to the majors. He was […]
AL East Notes: Wells, Kremer, Kiner-Falefa, Grove
The Yankees reinstated catcher Austin Wells from the 10-day IL ahead of Sunday’s game against the Reds. Wells went 0-for-2 in his return to the lineup. He missed two weeks while dealing with cervical headaches. Wells has struggled mightily at the plate this season. He’d posted a 53 wRC+ through 47 games heading into Sunday. […]
MLBTR Chat Transcript
Mark P We’re off and running with the latest edition of the Weekend Chat! James Jung Hoo Lee to the Astros? Mark P It’s an interesting idea on paper, but Lee is probably too expensive given Astros ownership’s wariness about the luxury tax. Some money could change hands as part of a hypothetical trade package, […]
Braves Outright Sandy Leon
Veteran catcher Sandy Leon has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A by the Braves, per his MLB.com transaction tracker. Atlanta designated Leon for assignment after adding Joey Bart in a trade with the Pirates. Leon has more than enough service time to reject the assignment, though he may choose to stick with the organization […]
Teoscar Hernandez On Track For June Return
Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernandez is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday at Triple-A. Manager Dave Roberts told reporters, including Katie Woo of The Athletic, that Hernandez could be activated for a series against the A’s beginning on June 29. He’s been on the injured list for just over three weeks with a left hamstring strain. […]
Pirates Notes: Jones, Griffin, Cruz
Pirates right-hander Jared Jones was pulled from his start on Sunday after three innings. He was struck in the right elbow by a line drive from Rockies first baseman TJ Rumfield. Third baseman Nick Gonzales fielded the ricochet to record the final out of the frame. Yohan Ramirez took the mound in the fourth inning. […]
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