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OK, so this isn’t the worst ceremonial first pitch of all time, because to me that honor will always belong to Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory, but this one is pretty bad and has an interesting twist. At yesterday’s White Sox-Mets game in New York the owner of the Royals’ Triple-A affiliate, Mets fan Gary Green,…
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Rangers prospect Mike Olt is on the Triple-A disabled list with vision problems
May 8, 2013, 10:47 AM EDT
Any potential Mike Olt call-up will have to wait a while, because the Rangers prospect is on the disabled list at Triple-A with vision problems. Here’s what general manager Jon Daniels told Sahadev Sharma of ESPN Dallas about Olt’s status: He’s seen a couple of different eye doctors that specialize in a couple of things.…
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Josh Reddick is still not right a month after injuring his wrist colliding with the wall chasing a foul ball, so Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the A’s will finally place him on the disabled list. Reddick has a history of wrist problems dating back to his time with the Red…
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James McDonald has been scratched from tonight’s scheduled start and placed on the disabled list with what the Pirates are calling shoulder discomfort. Jeanmar Gomez will take McDonald’s spot against the Mariners. McDonald has struggled all season, posting a 5.76 ERA with a league-high 20 walks in six starts, but previously insisted that he was…
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Matt Adams is off the disabled list after missing the past two weeks with a strained oblique muscle, which is a pretty rapid recovery from an injury that often lingers much longer. It’ll be interesting to see how much playing time the Cardinals give Adams, because he was off to an amazing start as a…
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Red Sox put Joel Hanrahan on DL, call up Allen Webster, demote Felix Doubront to bullpen
May 7, 2013, 4:21 PM EDT
Joel Hanrahan exited Monday night’s game with a strained forearm and the Red Sox have placed him on the disabled list. Manager John Farrell has already said that Junichi Tazawa, not Koji Uehara, will serve as the fill-in closer with both Hanrahan and Andrew Bailey on the shelf. And to add another arm to the…
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As expected the Brewers have sent Francisco Rodriguez to high Single-A and Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that he’s slated to make a few appearances there before moving up to Triple-A next week. Rodriguez signed a minor-league contract with the Brewers on April 17 and it includes an opt-out clause if they…
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While on the disabled list with a quadriceps injury Ian Stewart had been playing at Triple-A as part of a minor-league rehab assignment. He hit just .091 in 13 games, so when Stewart was deemed healthy the Cubs activated him from the DL and optioned him to Triple-A. And then he decided to leave the…
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After throwing 42 pitches in his first minor-league rehab start last week Matt Garza took the mound at Triple-A yesterday and threw 54 pitches. He recorded 10 outs, giving up one run on four hits and zero walks in 3.1 innings. He threw 37 of 54 pitches for strikes, struck out three, and according to…
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Todd Helton pleads guilty to DUI, gets probation and $400 fine
May 7, 2013, 11:19 AM EDT
Todd Helton received one year of probation, a $400 fine, and 24 hours of community service today after pleading guilty to “driving while ability impaired” stemming from a DUI arrest in February. Helton was arrested after driving to a gas station near his house to buy lottery tickets, telling police officers that he’d consumed “two…
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Logan Morrison is scheduled to begin playing in extended spring training games today as he recovers from offseason knee surgery. It’ll be Morrison’s first game action since last July and as manager Mike Redmond told Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald: “He’s been able to run the bases and do his stuff.” There’s no timetable…
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After playing short-handed while he was unavailable with an elbow injury since April 28 the Indians finally placed setup man Vinnie Pestano on the disabled list with what they’re calling tendinitis. Pestano was off to a good start, throwing eight innings with a 2.25 ERA and 8/4 K/BB ratio to give him a 2.48 career…
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On the disabled list with an oblique injury, White Sox left fielder Dayan Viciedo will begin a minor-league rehab assignment today at Triple-A. Viciedo is already eligible to come off the DL, but manager Robin Ventura told Dan Hayes of CSNChicago.com that Viciedo is expected to spend 4-5 days on the rehab stint. Viciedo was…
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Andrew Bailey‘s stint as Red Sox closer was short-lived because he’s been placed on the disabled list with right biceps inflammation. To take his place on the roster and in the bullpen the Red Sox activated Craig Breslow, who’s been on the DL all season with a shoulder injury, but Joel Hanrahan will get a…
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Gavin Floyd got a bunch of different opinions on his elbow injury, but the end result is the same: He’ll undergo Tommy John surgery. And because he has a torn flexor muscle in addition to a torn ulnar collateral ligament the White Sox announced that Floyd is expected to miss 14-19 months, which is longer…
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Phillies place Roy Halladay on the disabled list with shoulder injury
May 6, 2013, 3:01 PM EDT
As expected the Phillies have placed Roy Halladay on the disabled list with what the team is calling right shoulder inflammation. Halladay got knocked around for nine runs by the usually punchless Marlins yesterday, inflating his ERA to 8.65, and admitted afterward that he’s been feeling shoulder pain since April 24. In the past Halladay…
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Longtime big leaguer Otis Nixon, who just a few months ago was accused of scamming the families of prison inmates out of money, was arrested over the weekend after police found him in possession of crack cocaine. Alexis Stevens of the Atlanta Journal Constitution has more details: Nixon, 54, had a crack pipe in his…
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Jake Peavy was scratched from starts Thursday and today because of back spasms, but he’ll avoid the disabled list and start Wednesday against the Mets. Peavy threw a bullpen session this morning to test his back and Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that he’s “good to go.” Peavy told Van Schouwen that…
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We don’t usually cover college baseball here, but this story is pretty interesting. All-American closer Corey Knebel has been suspended by the University of Texas because, according to the Austin American-Statesman, “he willingly substituted his urine sample to protect a teammate from failing a drug test.” Kirk Bohls and Mark Rosner of the Austin American-Statesman…
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Ryan Sweeney, who’s been playing at Triple-A since signing a minor-league deal with the Cubs this offseason, is on his way back to the majors. Carrie Muskat of MLB.com reports that the Cubs are expected to call up Sweeney and demote Dave Sappelt to Triple-A. Sweeney hit .337 with six homers and a 1.022 OPS…
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Francisco Liriano wasn’t exactly sharp in his minor-league rehab start Sunday, allowing four runs on seven hits in five innings at Triple-A, but apparently the Pirates are convinced he’s ready to go. Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports that Liriano is expected to make his Pirates debut Saturday against the Mets after missing…
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After various setbacks in his recovery from December elbow surgery Frank Francisco resumed a minor-league rehab assignment yesterday by throwing a scoreless inning at high Single-A. Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports that Francisco was clocked at 93-94 miles per hour while striking out two of the three batters he faced. Bobby Parnell has…
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Jason Motte gave his elbow injury some time to see if he could avoid going under the knife, but Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the Cardinals closer will have Tommy John surgery. That means Motte will miss the remainder of this season and will likely be out for at least…
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Neil Walker hasn’t played since being spiked on the right hand by Cardinals shortstop Pete Kozma and needing six stitches on April 27, and the Pirates have finally placed him on the disabled list. Walker has been able to take ground balls and throw, but the deep laceration has made gripping and swinging a bat…
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Juan Pierre celebrates 600th stolen base with Honey Buns and Hawaiian Punch
May 3, 2013, 4:49 PM EDT
Last night Juan Pierre became the 18th player in baseball history with at least 600 stolen bases, which was cause for celebration in the Marlins clubhouse. But as Craig Davis of the South Florida Sun Sentinel writes, they went in a different direction than the usual champagne: The head-scratcher was the pyramid of Hawaiian Punch…
