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Brewers bolster rotation by getting Lance McCullers Jr. and Colton Gordon in a deal with the Astros
14+ hour, 44+ min ago (516+ words) Houston agreed to pay Milwaukee $4,227,273 to offset most of McCullers' remaining salary, leaving his cost to the Brewers at $2.5 million. Astros general manager Dana Brown said they created flexibility in payroll and the roster for a team currently three games…...
Expanded playoffs make it hard to predict whether Skubal, Chapman, Gray get dealt
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Photos: Vermont Lake Monsters vs. Westfield Starfires FCBL game at Dunkin' Park
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Stacks and stacks of wax packs, now obsolete, summon the joy of baseball-card childhoods
18+ hour, 41+ min ago (291+ words) CT Insider The powdery, sugar-coated board of gum! For generations of baseball card fans, there was nothing like scrounging up some change and sprinting to the store to buy a wax pack Some tore the slightly tacky paper wrapper open…...
Cease, bullpen combine on 3-hitter in AL's 4-0 win, first All-Star shutout since 2013
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (382+ words) CT Insider âI thought before the game about starting with a changeup and I thought it would be funny," he said And the hitters were not laughing Cease struck out the side in the first inning, combining with 10 relievers…...
Shohei Ohtani to be available for Dodgers' weekend series at Yankees after fluid drained from knee
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (152+ words) Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that Ohtani had the procedure to relieve irritation following Sunday's game and that the four-time MVP was taking a few days of vacation before the season's second half. Roberts said the two-way star did…...
Tigers star Justin Verlander pumps up American League in his final All-Star Game
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (853+ words) He once playfully flipped off Phillies fans when his Houston Astros were in Philadelphia for the 2022 World Series. There was only mutual respect in this game. The 43-year-old Verlander was one of the few All-Stars on Tuesday night to receive…...
Rays slugger Junior Caminero feels fortunate left hand not broken after he was hit in All-Star Game
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (394+ words) For the Tampa Bay Rays slugging third baseman, Caminero considered himself fortunate the hit-by-pitch was more a scare than a season-ender. “You are thinking the worst and honestly thought something may have been broken,” Caminero said through a translator. “But…...
Cheshire's Battipaglia, Portland's White will start for their teams in Frontier League All-Star Game
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (361+ words) Cheshire’s Ian Battipaglia throws the ball to first in the SCC Championship game at West Haven on Saturday, May 25, 2019. (Pete Paguaga, Hearst Connecticut Media) Cheshire native Ian Battipaglia is in his second season of Frontier League Professional Baseball. He has…...
All in the family: Cody Bellinger wins All-Star MVP as his dad, former big leaguer Clay, looks on
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (501+ words) His young daughters sat next to him and his father watched from the back of the room as he spoke about winning the All-Star Game's Most Valuable Player award. “Just being able to hang out and watching him win an…...