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Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports About 12 hours after Bo Bichette left Monday night time’s sport with a proper knee harm, the Blue Jays discovered his attainable alternative, buying shortstop Paul DeJong and money issues from the Cardinals on Tuesday afternoon for minor league reliever Matt Svanson. DeJong being related once more would possibly make you suppose that you simply’ve warped again to pre-2020 days, however hold on earlier than you load up on masks and bathroom paper; he’s really had a pleasant little 2023 season. I don’t suppose anybody would argue with me if I stated the Cardinals had been having a season with a surprising lack of nice surprises, however DeJong’s yr has been a type of rarities. While a triple-slash of .233/.297/.412 gained’t get you to many All-Star Games, it...

ATLANTA — Luis Rengifo, Randal Grichuk and Chad Wallach hit solo homers off Charlie Morton, Chase Silseth received his second straight begin and the Los Angeles Angels cooled off the main league-leading Atlanta Braves with a 4-1 victory on Monday night time. ...

The Braves are set to accumulate veteran lefty reliever Brad Hand from the Rockies in trade for Double-A right-handed reliever Alec Barger, a supply instructed MLB.com's Mark Feinsand on Tuesday. Neither membership has confirmed the deal. Hand, 33, is able to huge strikeout totals however should watch the walks. Entering Tuesday, Hand had 41 strikeouts in opposition to 16 walks this season. A superb signal was he had walked simply two in his final 7 1/3 innings, and he'll not need to take care of Coors Field. Hand entered Monday's 4-3 Rockies win over the Padres with the bases loaded and one out within the tenth inning, coaxing a line drive and a grounder to finish his Rockies stint with a win. TRADE DETAILSBraves obtain: LHP Brad HandRockies obtain: Minor League RHP Alec Barger Spring Tra...

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports When trades happen that aren’t fairly large enough to advantage their very own put up, we generally compile our evaluation right into a compendium like this, the place we contact on plenty of transactions at one time. In this dispatch, I’ll cowl the Reds’ acquisition of Sam Moll from Oakland, the Cubs’ commerce for Jose Cuas from Kansas City, and the Diamondbacks’ commerce for Jace Peterson, additionally from Oakland. While the 2 groups tilted at Wrigley, the Cubs and Reds added attention-grabbing reduction choices to their managers’ toolkits. The Reds traded hard-throwing prospect Joe Boyle to the A’s for lefty Sam Moll and worldwide pool house, whereas the Cubs traded outfielder Nelson Velázquez to the Royals for sidearm righty Jose Cuas. Moll epi...

SAN DIEGO — Gary Sánchez homered twice, Juan Soto doubled in Fernando Tatis Jr. from first base and left-hander Blake Snell had one other robust begin for the San Diego Padres, who beat the struggling Texas Rangers 5-3 on Sunday for a three-game sweep. ...

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Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Shohei Ohtani may not be going wherever, however because the commerce deadline approaches, loads of different gamers are discovering new houses. To allow you to maintain observe of all of the exercise, I’ve rounded up all of our deadline items in a single place. You’ll discover the broader preview and market evaluation items listed first, adopted by a team-by-team itemizing of the transaction breakdowns that contain your favourite squad, both as consumers or sellers. In situations the place we dissected a transaction throughout a number of items, you’ll see them grouped collectively. I’ll add another related items as they go reside. As at all times, all the items linked beneath are free to learn, however they took time and assets to supply. If you ...

ATLANTA — Matt Olson says it’s no thriller why he’s main the majors in RBIs. In Atlanta‘s highly effective lineup, Olson is usually hitting with run...

SEATTLE -- The first query that supervisor Scott Servais was requested on Monday afternoon, shortly after he was knowledgeable that nearer Paul Sewald was traded to the D-backs, centered on how he deliberate to fill the high-leverage reliever’s position. Hours later, that fluid plan turned just a little clearer in a 6-1 win over a Boston workforce that Seattle is chasing in a crowded American League Wild Card race. The victory additionally pushed the Mariners to a season-high 4 video games above .500 (55-51) and superior them to 17-9 in July, tied for the perfect document within the month with the Orioles and making their strategy forward of Tuesday’s 3 p.m. PT Trade Deadline all of the extra intriguing. For all of the ups and downs this 12 months, the Mariners climbed to inside 3 1/2 vide...

The Washington Nationals gave Jeimer Candelario an off day Monday, and the third baseman most likely might have predicted it weeks — if not months — in the past. After all, with MLB’s commerce deadline Tuesday, the Nationals weren’t going to take any dangers with the 29-year-old within the lineup to jeopardize any deal. Not when Candelario, on a modest one-year, $5 million contract, is likely one of the extra notable leases accessible in the marketplace.  ...