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MLB Trade Rumors The  Reds announced that outfielder  Scott Heineman has cleared waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Louisville. He’ll remain in the organization as non-roster depth. Cincinnati acquired Heineman from the Rangers over the winter, but he struggled in a brief look at the major league level before they designated him for assignment this week. The 28-year-old has a .172/.249/.325 line across 173 career MLB plate appearances, but he owns a much stronger .302/.368/.458 mark...

MLB Trade Rumors The Brewers are planning to call up left-handed pitching prospect  Aaron Ashby, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (Twitter link). The 23-year-old is expected to work out of the bullpen initially, Passan notes. He isn’t on the 40-man roster, so a corresponding move is forthcoming. Ashby is one of the game’s more exciting pitching prospects. Milwaukee selected him in the fourth round in 2018 out of Crowder Junior College, and his prospect status has steadily improved throughout hi...

June 10, 2021 Clayton Beeter looks at pitching with a scientific bent. He also blows away hitters with a fastball-curveball combo that has elicited comparisons to a healthy Nick Anderson. Our own Eric Longenhagen made that very comp when he bullishly ranked the 22-year-old right-hander seventh on our Los Angeles Dodgers Top Prospect list. Baseball America slotted Beeter — the 66th-overall pick in last year’s draft — 21st on their own list. Red-shirted his freshman year at Texas Tech Univ...

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June 9, 2021 This is Part Two of the May edition of my monthly column in which I recap what’s been going on in the Korean Baseball Organization on both a league- and team-wide scale. In case you missed it, Part One discussed league-wide trends, then covered the SSG Landers, LG Twins, Samsung Lions, and NC Dinos. Today’s post will cover the remaining six teams. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them as comments or reach out to me via Twitter. Without further ado, let’s talk som...

MLB Trade Rumors The Royals will call-up  Jakob Junis will be optioned to Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding move. Selected with the 33rd overall pick of the 2018 draft (one spot ahead of fellow vaunted Royals rookie  Daniel Lynch), Kowar is now regarded as one of the sport’s more promising pitching prospects. Entering this season, Baseball America ranked him as baseball’s #95 overall prospect and the #4 farmhand in the Kansas City organization. Keith Law of the Athletic also placed Kowar...

The Tigers announced theyre selecting the contract of right-hander Jason Foley from Triple-A Toledo. To create 40-man roster space, theyre designating …

Grant Gambrell and Luis de la Rosa head to Boston.

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Marcus Semien won AL Player of the Month for May. Semien hit .368/.429/.702 with 8 home runs, 22 RBI, and 2 stolen bases. Semien is also the second baseman on the AL May All-Star team. I don’t...