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Astros Select Zach Cole – MLB Trade Rumors

Astros Select Zach Cole – MLB Trade Rumors

3:15pm: The Astros have officially selected Cole, per Matt Kawahara of The Houston Chronicle. Salazar has been optioned to Triple-A as the corresponding active roster move. To open a 40-man spot, righty Luis Garcia has been transferred to the 60-day injured list. Garcia just landed on the 15-day IL this week due to elbow discomfort, so his season is over. …

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Buy or Sell Each MLB Playoff Hopeful Advancing in 2025 Postseason

Buy or Sell Each MLB Playoff Hopeful Advancing in 2025 Postseason

The ‘Outside Looking In’ Tier (National League) 2 of 14 If the regular season ended today, the postseason bracket would be Boston, Detroit, Houston, New York, Seattle and Toronto in the American League, as well as Chicago, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia and San Diego in the National League. Once again, this has been the case every morning dating …

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Anthony Rizzo retiring as member of the Cubs after 14 MLB seasons

Anthony Rizzo retiring as member of the Cubs after 14 MLB seasons

Jesse RogersSep 10, 2025, 11:02 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. CHICAGO — Former Cubs All-Star Anthony Rizzo is returning to the organization as an ambassador for the club and will retire as a Cub during an on-field ceremony at Wrigley Field before Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Rizzo, …

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Anthony Rizzo Retires – MLB Trade Rumors

Anthony Rizzo Retires – MLB Trade Rumors

The Cubs have announced that Anthony Rizzo will retire as a Cub and will be honored this Saturday at Wrigley Field as the club hosts the Rays. He will also serve as an ambassador for the organization. Jesse Rogers of ESPN was among those to relay the news. Rizzo, now 36, was part of a few different organizations in his …

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Red Sox reactions: Connelly Early flirts with club record in phenomenal MLB debut; offense tees off in first

Red Sox reactions: Connelly Early flirts with club record in phenomenal MLB debut; offense tees off in first

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Instant reactions as Connelly Early’s phenomenal major league debut helps the Red Sox shut out the Athletics for the second straight night, this time by a 6-0 score at Sutter Health Park: 1) Early’s debut exceeded even the highest of expectations in his first big league game. He was dominant from the start, when he punctuated …

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MLB stretch run highlights unexpected parity

MLB stretch run highlights unexpected parity

There’s a wide divide in finances between Major League Baseball’s big-market and small-market teams. As for the win column? Not so much. The 2025 season has produced a surprising show of parity through the first five months of the regular season. While most of the league’s big spenders — teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and New …

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MLB makes quick ruling on Taylor Trammell illegal bat controversy

MLB makes quick ruling on Taylor Trammell illegal bat controversy

The Yankees were right that the bat Taylor Trammell doubled with for the Astros in Thursday’s Yankees victory did not meet MLB regulations. However, unlike other controversies involving the Astros, there will be no repercussions following the bat’s removal from the game, according to a source, since it was ruled Trammell did not gain an advantage from the bat. According …

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MLB rules Astros’ Taylor Trammell’s confiscated bat was illegal: Source

MLB rules Astros’ Taylor Trammell’s confiscated bat was illegal: Source

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has ruled that Houston Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell’s bat, which was confiscated in the ninth inning of Thursday night’s game against the New York Yankees, was technically illegal. But the league office determined that Trammell’s bat did not give him a competitive advantage, and the umpires treated the situation like “an impermissible glove color …

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