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Braves place Travis d’Arnaud on 60-day injured list Manager Brian Snitker described the catcher’s injury as “not good” Share this story Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Atlanta Braves received some troubling news on Sunday morning as catcher Travis d’Arnaud, who is battling a left thumb sprain, was placed on the 60-day injured list. Manager Brian Snitker described the injury as “not good” before the team officially announced the move. Travis dArnau...

Jared Walsh hit two home runs and Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon also went deep as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the host Seattle Mariners 10-5 Saturday night.

If Yankees give up on Gary Sanchez, here are landing spots for ‘addition by subtraction’ trade Posted Apr 29, 2021 Facebook Share Here is an example of a Hall of Fame executive at his best: When Pat Gillick was the Phillies general manager and building powerhouse teams in the late 2000s, he traded one of his most talented starting pitchers for a journeyman reliever. Gillick didn’t care what he got back. By the 2005 offseason, he wanted nothing to do with Vicente Padilla, and not just bec...

share-square-147666 Lost in the shuffle of Shohei Ohtanis impressive night pulling double duty and Mike Trout’s 4-for-5 performance against the Rangers on Monday, veteran sluggers Justin Upton and Albert Pujols made some history of their own in the Angels’ 9-4 win at Globe Life Field. Upton and Pujols connected on back-to-back blasts off right-hander Jordan Lyles in the third, giving them 979 career homers in total. It’s the third-most combined homers between teammates hitting back-to-bac...

April 27, 2021 The one theme I’ve seen this week is fantasy managers cutting bait with some healthy higher-round picks (e.g. David Price, Zach Davies, and Devin Williams). I agonized over Ian Happ for a while this week. The key will be determining if the struggles are random variance or change in talent. For this weekly feature, I use the NFBC Main Event because of the number of identical leagues. Additionally, the managers stay engaged longer on the whole since each spent $1700 per team. I t...

• With Max Stassi on the IL, Kurt Suzuki (.233/.314/.367) is the regular catcher. • Jose Rojas (.385 OPS) and Luis Rengifo (.258 OPS) are now splitting time at third base. Astros • Aledmys Díaz (.782 OPS) has started seven straight games with Jose Altuve out. • Myles Straw (.203/.262/.237) is just not hitting and is getting pushed to the end of the lineup. Chas McCormick has been playing some in the outfield (.167/.238/.444) Athletics • The top half of the lineup is set, but the bott...

Anaheim, California; Monday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Kohei Arihara (1-1, 3.07 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 7 strikeouts) Angels: Dylan Bundy (0-1, 3.32 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 22 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels take on the Texas Rangers on Monday. The Angels finished 19-21 against AL West Division opponents in 2020. Los Angeles hit .248 as a team with 3.2 extra base hits per game and 8 total triples last season. The Rangers went 16-24 in division games in 2020. Texas pitchers stru...

The Angels have selected outfielder Jon Jay from their alternate site and placed outfielder Dexter Fowler on the 60-day injured …

Closer Chaos Jesse Hahn was placed on the IL with a shoulder impingement. Hahn had gotten a save already this season, but had otherwise been awful. It seems like this is a pretty fluid situation with Greg Holland leading the way, but so far the Royals have three saves and Holland hasn’t gotten any.    COVID Issues The Nationals activated Josh Harrison, Kyle Schwarber, and Josh Bell from the COVID IL. Jon Lester is apparently cleared to return but will stay at the alternate site to build up ...

Shohei Ohtanis four RBIs power Angels past Blue Jays Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani runs to second after hitting a three-run RBI double in the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday in Dunedin, Florida. | USA TODAY SPORTS / VIA REUTERS Apr 10, 2021 Shohei Ohtani had a three-run double and...