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HOUSTON — Jose Altuve resumed some baseball actions this week, however there nonetheless isn’t a timetable for when Houston’s star second baseman will return to the staff. Altuve fractured his proper thumb within the World Baseball Classic and had surgical procedure to restore the damage March 22. After hi...

May 3: C Luis Torrens acquired from Cubs for money issues; RHP Joey Krehbiel designated for projectTorrens appeared in 13 video games with the Cubs this season, slashing .250/.318/.300 with one double, one run, three RBIs and one stroll. He signed as a Minor League free agent in January with the Cubs -- who DFA'd him final week -- after spending the earlier two seasons with the Mariners. Krehbiel, who had a 2.00 ERA in nines video games with Triple-A Norfolk this yr, didn't make an look with the large league membership in 2023. In two seasons with Baltimore, the 30-year-old recorded a 4.02 ERA in 61 video games. RHP Dillon Tate (proper elbow flexor pressure)Expected return: MayTate made his third rehab look (his second for Double-A Bowie) on May 2, tossing 1 1/3 innings of aid in oppositio...

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The lack of Jose Altuve to a damaged thumb suffered throughout the World Baseball Classic has been a blow to the Astros, however whereas the group is off to an uncharacteristically gradual begin at 16-14, Mauricio Dubón has risen to the event whereas filling in for the eight-time All-Star. The 28-year-old infielder lately reeled off the season’s longest hitting streak, and on Monday exacted a little bit of vengeance by accumulating three hits that helped ship his former group, the Giants, to defeat. While enjoying for Team Venezuela within the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals, Altuve was hit in the proper thumb by Team USA’s Daniel Bard, struggling a fracture that required surgical procedure to set. At the time, the Astros estimated that Altuve woul...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is embarking on a fundraising marketing campaign to lift $25 million for a brand new constructing to deal with its training heart and what has grow to be one of many world’s distinctive collections of baseball memorabilia. Museum president Bob Kendr...