That includes me. I nominated Acuna in the first round to eagerly watch someone else pay the price. The $40 tag was depressed — perhaps $10 below expectations — but my plan all along was to covet the middle tier of players. I rarely spend more than $25 on any player in a $260 salary […]
Continue readingThe Mariners also acquired outfielder Luke Raley from the Tampa Bay Rays for infielder José Caballero, sources told ESPN. Ray, 32, is owed $73 million over the final three seasons of his contract and is coming off Tommy John surgery. He is expected to return sometime after the All-Star break. His contract contains an opt-out […]
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Continue readingTheir starting center fielder was Wade Meckler, an eighth-round pick in last year’s draft who started the season in High-A and was recently called up. Their All-Star closer, Camilo Doval, blew the save in the bottom of the ninth — his fourth appearance in a row with a blown save. And yet Paul DeJong, playing […]
Continue readingTwo weeks before the Aug. 1 MLB trade deadline, the Los Angeles Angels are hovering around the .500 mark, which leaves one question hanging over the entire sport: Will the Halos trade free-agent-to-be Shohei Ohtani? Though we don’t yet know what the Angels’ decision will be, we aren’t about to let that stop us from […]
Continue readingIn the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Blake Sabol of the Giants appeared to be thrown out sliding into home by a strong throw by Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. on Joc Pederson‘s two-out single to right. Sabol was initially ruled out, but the call was changed following a lengthy review when […]
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