Right-hander Jesse Chavez announced his retirement on Foul Territory today. He was on the Braves’ roster until recently but was designated for assignment a week ago when that club acquired Dane Dunning. Chavez elected free agency after clearing waivers and has apparently decided to hang up his spikes in recent days. “I don’t think we’re gonna keep going,” Chavez said. …
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12-year MLB veteran Nick Ahmed has announced his retirement from baseball. Ahmed made the announcement on social media earlier today. A two-time Gold Glove award winner, Ahmed played for the Diamondbacks, Giants, Dodgers, Padres, and Rangers during his time in the majors. “For as long as I can remember, all I ever wanted to do was play baseball,” Ahmed said …
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With a week remaining until Major League Baseball’s trade deadline, pitching-needy clubs acknowledge the options are fairly limited. The Ace, which has long been an archetype of the trade deadline, exists more in baseball history, or even mythology. That singular talent, multiple league sources briefed on those conversations told The Athletic, is simply unavailable. Sandy Alcantara and Zac Gallen should …
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The MLB trade deadline is just a week away, with the clock running out at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 31st. I thought I would help us prepare for that moment by creating a little cheatsheet of starting pitchers who could be moved at the deadline, and others who might find themselves in starting roles after teammates leave town. …
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By Tim Britton, Aaron Gleeman, Chad Jennings and Eno Sarris There’s just over one week left until the MLB trade deadline, and one week until we find out. After months of speculation, the vapor of rumor will clarify into honest-to-goodness action, as executives around the league reveal how they really feel about their teams. It’s the best week of the …
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Let’s do some junior detective work around the Mets and the trade deadline. David Stearns on Monday described the bullpen as his priority between now and July 31; understandable since within this season the Mets have lost four key contributors for the year — Max Kranick, Dedniel Núñez and lefties A.J. Minter and Danny Young. For a second straight game, …
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By Grant Brisbee, Chad Jennings and Levi Weaver Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results. Ah, the start of the second half. Inexperienced baseball fans pay far too much attention to the first week of the season, but …
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Rich Hill ties record in appearance with 14th MLB team \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Tuesday’s start with the Royals marked the 14th different team the veteran has played for in his lengthy career, tying an MLB record set by Edwin Jackson. He also surpassed Gaylord Perry as the oldest player to appear in a game for the Royals.\n\nHill has played for the Cubs (‘05-’08), …
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Featured in this week’s MLB Power Rankings, the Brewers climb to the top of our rankings, the Yankees can’t figure out the Blue Jays, another injury for the Astros, Rich Hill is on the brink of history, and we’re taking stock of the upcoming MLB trade deadline. (Please note these power rankings are a combination of current performance and long-term …
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The Yankees have needs. The Mets have needs. Other playoff contenders do, too. It is that third sentence that makes the upcoming July 31 MLB trade deadline a murky proposition for those firmly identifying as buyers this year, because “other playoff contenders” could be more than 75 percent of the game based on the current standings. If the thinking in …
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