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Rays reinstate star SS Franco for series vs. Yanks

Tampa Bay Rays star shortstop Wander Franco was reinstated from the injured list on Friday and will bat second in the first game of a pivotal series against the New York Yankees. Franco went on the injured list July 10 with a right hamate bone injury that required surgery. He also missed 23 games earlier this year with a strained […]

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MLB to accept minor league players unionization

Major League Baseball will voluntarily recognize minor league players’ efforts to unionize with the MLB Players Association, commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Friday. The move by MLB formally accepts the MLBPA as minor league players’ bargaining representative. It comes days after the MLBPA said more than half of minor league players turned in union authorization cards. If the league had […]

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Rockies’ German Marquez: “My best is yet to come”

German Marquez positively, firmly and absolutely believes that his best days are ahead. Now the right-hander has to prove it, beginning Friday night when the Rockies host Arizona at Coors Field, where Marquez is 2-5 with a 6.09 ERA, 1.532 WHIP, and .308 batting average against this season. “My best is still coming,” Marquez said. “There is an All-Star in […]

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Radio host admits false claim on Freeman talks

NEW YORK — A radio host admitted he falsely claimed agent Casey Close never informed first baseman Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves’ last contract offer. Doug Gottlieb tweeted on June 29 that “Casey Close never told Freddie Freeman about the Braves final offer,” Close and Excel Sports Management sued Gottlieb in mid-July in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleging […]

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Benintendi needs surgery on broken wrist bone

Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Andrew Benintendi has a fractured right hamate bone and will need surgery, but New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is hopeful that it will not be a season-ending injury for the outfielder. Boone revealed after the Yankees’ 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday that Benintendi had broken the […]

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Yanks’ Benintendi to IL with wrist inflammation

The New York Yankees have placed outfielder Andrew Benintendi on the 10-day injured list with right wrist inflammation after he was hurt during Friday’s 9-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. In the third inning, Benintendi, who had a leadoff double in the first, swung and missed at the first pitch of his second at-bat against Rays starter Jeffrey Springs, […]

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‘Embarrassing’: Boone angry after Yanks’ 9-0 loss

Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Manager Aaron Boone continues to struggle in his attempts to explain the freefall that the New York Yankees are going through the second-half of the season. But he hopes New York’s 9-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night at Tropicana Field was a wake-up call. “That’s an embarrassing loss,” […]

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