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April 16: C Will Smith positioned on 7-day IL; C Austin Wynns signed to contractSmith, who hasn't appeared in a recreation since Wednesday, was positioned on the 7-day injured record with a concussion, retroactive to April 13. Wynns, 32, was signed to a Major League deal. He appeared in a single recreation for the Giants this season after hitting .259 with three homers in 65 video games with San Francisco in 2022. In order to make room on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers transferred RHP Alex Reyes to the 60-day injured record. RHP Tony Gonsolin (left ankle sprain)Expected return: Early MayGonsolin threw a simulated recreation on April 10, going two innings in opposition to dwell batters and tossing an extra body within the bullpen. Manager Dave Roberts described the right-hander's restoratio...

He leads the Majors in batting common ... regardless that he not often hits the ball arduous. He leads the National League in OPS ... regardless that he much more not often barrels the ball. Arraez is an elite hitter with out doing two of the elemental issues hitters need to do to achieve success: make arduous contact, and drive the ball within the air. Arraez, recent off his first profession batting title, has a .511 batting common in 2023. He additionally has a 25.6% hard-hit fee -- solely 11 of his 43 batted balls have been hit 95 mph or more durable, Statcast's threshold for arduous contact. He has a success in over half of his at-bats, regardless that underneath 1 / 4 of these at-bats have ended with a hard-hit ball. Arraez has a 1.268 OPS. He's additionally barreled the ball precisel...

Giancarlo Stanton was placed on the injured record with a left hamstring pressure, the Yankees introduced on Sunday morning. Infielder Oswald Peraza was recalled to the Major League roster as a corresponding transfer. Stanton, who left Saturday's sport for a pinch-runner instantly after stroking a two-run double off the wall, was off to a robust begin to the 2023 season, hitting .269 with 4 house runs and 11 RBIs in 13 video games. Manager Aaron Boone mentioned Sunday on MLB Network Radio that Stanton would bear an MRI examination. Peraza hit .306 in 18 video games for the Yankees final season. He has hit .290 with 4 RBIs and 5 steals in 9 video games with Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Content Source: www.mlb.com

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Shunned by main league golf equipment, Trevor Bauer is looking for his means in Japan the place followers are drawn by his close to celeb standing and appear unconcerned by home violence allegations towards him. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner pitched his first aggressive recreation in vir...

Luis Arraez's pinch-hit single helps Marlins win fourth straight n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Not solely was Arraez bodily able to pinch-hit, he was mentally prepared for his lone at-bat.nn“Right now, I’m excited and happy,” Arraez stated. “I’m hitting .500, but especially, I’m helping my team win.”nnArraez’s heroics got here after the D-backs reclaimed a 2-1 lead within the seventh on Gabriel Moreno’s RBI single by means of a drawn-in infield off Matt Barnes. Corbin Carroll doubled to guide off the inning and superior to 3rd on a balk with one out.nnThe Marlins averted extra harm when lefty Andrew Nardi, who confr...

The Fenway Park pizza throw story n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"For days and months afterward, Kelly roughly hid from something that might join him to the pizza throw. (It was exhausting to even discover him right now; I fortunately heard him on a neighborhood Massachusetts sports podcast). His pals would name into Boston's native radio station WEEI and inform hosts they knew who the offender was -- Kelly would plead with them to not inform anyone his identify. Somehow pizza retailers like Papa Gino's and Pizza Hut obtained his quantity and would name him up, ostensibly to do advertisements.nn"Who knows, I didn't re...

Billy Wagner was the membership’s nearer when Craig Kimbrel joined the Atlanta Braves in 2010. Thirty-nine years previous by season’s finish, Wagner logged the final 37 of his 422 profession saves, and he was as dominant as ever whereas doing so. Over 69-and-a-third innings, the left-hander fanned 104 batters whereas permitting simply 38 hits. Kimbrel, who was simply 21 years previous when he debuted that May, was each bit as overpowering. In 21 appearances comprising 20-and-two-thirds innings, the rookie right-hander fanned 40 batters whereas permitting simply 9 hits. Along the way in which, he recorded the primary of what's now 395 saves. I’ve had a Hall of Fame vote for 3 years, and in every of them I’ve put a checkmark subsequent to Wagner’s title. This coming winter, I plan to ta...

“Whether you realize it or not, you might put a little extra pressure on yourself to get off to a hot start with a new team,” Olson stated. “I didn’t know it at the time, but I realized it last year. I think [Murphy] had just a little bit of that early on. It’s natural.”   It’s seemingly a short-term affliction for some like Murphy, who recorded three extra extra-base hits to assist the Braves earn a 9-3 win over the Royals on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium. The veteran catcher tallied two doubles and homered for the second time in 5 days.  “He’s on a nice roll here,” Braves supervisor Brian Snitker stated. “He’s a strong man.” Murphy, Olson (2022) and Austin Riley ('22) are the one different Braves to file no less than two doubles and no less than one homer twice in a sport inside the simil...

Fernando Tatis Jr.'s rehab task with Triple-A El Paso couldn't be going any higher for the two-time Major League Silver Slugger. Already hitting .478 this season as he entered Saturday night time's sport towards Triple-A Albuquerque, the Padres' 2021 All-Star could not be stopped but once more. Tatis wasted no time to make his mark on his seventh sport of the yr, clubbing a house run to left subject in his first at-bat. Then, he stepped as much as the plate within the second inning for his second time up, and blasted one other homer 435 toes to the alternative subject. It brings Tatis as much as six dwelling runs on the yr. It was his second straight multi-homer sport, as he hit three in his final time on the diamond which included an eight RBI exhibiting. That wasn't it, although. Tatis a...

David Peralta hits pinch-hit walk-off single for Dodgers n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"“It was massive,” mentioned Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts. “I mean our guys are grinding, they’re fighting, and just to kind of see how it unfolded. You see Outman start that rally and Vargy with the big hit. You know he was dying for a knock. And you saw his excitement coming around after he got on second base and then obviously, David Peralta, who was dying for a hit, as well, to come up in a big spot and win it for us. It couldn’t have ended any better.”","sort":"markdown","__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2023-04-16T04:41:...