The Rays are a game above .500 and sit 2.5 back of the AL’s final Wild Card spot. A terrible 6-15 showing in July has dropped them from expected buyers to a bubble team that looks likely to walk the line between adding and trading away veterans. They began that process on Monday, shipping out impending free agent catcher Danny Jansen …
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Nick Kurtz hits 4 home runs against Astros \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”\”I could not have expected this,” Kurtz said. “But it’s awesome. I’m very confident in myself and what I can do. This exceeded that confidence, for sure. I’m just happy and grateful. Thanks to everyone who helped me get here.”\n\nA key figure in Kurtz’s journey has been his father Jeff, who was …
Read More »HOUSTON (AP) — Nick Kurtz already had three homers and five hits with his parents and godparents in attendance as he began his final at-bat with a chance to make history, but none of that was top of mind for the Athletics’ astonishing rookie slugger. With a position player pitching for the Houston Astros, Kurtz just didn’t want to embarrass …
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