Month: March 2019

7:56 PM ET The Atlanta Braves optioned right-handed pitching prospect Touki Toussaint to Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday, but two other rookie pitchers will be in the defending National League East champion’s opening rotation. Right-handers Bryse Wilson, 21, and Kyle Wright, 23, will follow Julio Teheran in the rotation for the opening series against the Philadelphia
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12:35 PM ET The Atlanta Braves optioned three players to Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday, including right-handed pitching prospect Touki Toussaint. The 22-year-old Toussaint, ranked as the No. 26th overall prospect in Major League Baseball by ESPN’s Keith Law, was thought to have a shot to make the Braves’ starting rotation this season but struggled this
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11:26 AM ET The San Francisco Giants acquired catcher Erik Kratz from the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday in exchange for minor league infielder C.J. Hinojoso. Kratz, 39, was one of the key players in the Brewers’ National League Division Series win over the Colorado Rockies, going 5-for-8 with two RBIs. But he was in a
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11:00 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Veteran cornerback Jason McCourty was one of four Patriots players to testify in support of an education bill at the Massachusetts State House on Friday, saying the experience sparked more nerves than playing in the biggest game
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9:43 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Indian Wells champion Bianca Andreescu beat Angelique Kerber for the second time in a week, and the result left hard feelings. Andreescu reached the fourth round of the Miami Open, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in a match that ended early Sunday. Andreescu took a medical timeout
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7:27 PM BST Israel Folau should be working for NASA. That was the tongue-in-cheek take from Crusaders coach Scott Robertson after Folau yet again proved the Waratahs’ key strike weapon as they halted the defending champions’ winning streak at 19 games in a 20-12 win on Saturday night. But it was also an historic night
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