2:58 PM ET The Texas Rangers signed infielder Derek Dietrich to a minor league contract on Monday and assigned him to their alternate training site. Dietrich set a career high with 19 homers for the Reds last season but was granted his release by the Cincinnati at the end of summer camp. He later joined
Month: August 2020
11:18 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays have placed ace Charlie Morton on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching shoulder. The Rays made the roster move Monday, one day after Morton exited his start against the New York Yankees in the third inning. Morton said he initially felt some tightness in his
3:08 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will return to the team Tuesday after missing more than a week so he could rest while dealing with a gastrointestinal condition. The team said Francona will be in the dugout when the Indians open a two-game home series against the Chicago Cubs.
1:24 PM ET Joe Kelly, the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ hard-throwing reliever, has been placed on the injured list with inflammation in his right shoulder, adding to the mounting list of injuries suffered by pitchers at the onset of this shortened season. Kelly began the year with seven scoreless appearances, striking out five batters and allowing
12:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s eye-popping salaries took an astonishing dive during the coronavirus pandemic to their lowest level in nearly a quarter-century, according to a study by The Associated Press. Washington pitcher Max Scherzer topped the shortened season’s list at $17.8 million, his income partially protected by a
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12:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open champion, added her name to the growing group of players withdrawing from the Grand Slam tournament because of the coronavirus pandemic. Kuznetsova wrote Monday on Instagram that she was pulling out of the U.S. Open and the tournament preceding it at
2:18 PM ET UFC welterweight Geoff Neal is resting at his home in Dallas, following a recent health scare that forced him into an intensive care unit for seven days. Neal (13-2) was scheduled to face Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 29, but he announced his sudden withdrawal on social media on
10:50 AM ET Luke Rockhold has decided against calling it a career. The former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion told ESPN on Sunday he has decided to resume his MMA fighting career. This comes after he said in October that it was “very” possible he’d never fight again. “Because I felt like it,” Rockhold replied
2:14 PM ET The National Hockey League announced that the second week of Phase 4 testing has yielded zero positive results for the coronavirus. The league hasn’t had a single positive test since restarting its season inside its Toronto and Edmonton bubbles. The NHL administered 7,245 tests from Aug. 2 to Aug. 8. Daily testing