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Jul 12, 2021 LOS ANGELES – Four members of the UCLA baseball team were selected Monday during the second day of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft, which consisted of rounds 2-10. Redshirt sophomore first baseman JT Schwartz (New York Mets) and junior righty Nick Nastrini (Los Angeles Dodgers) were both selected in the fourth round, redshirt junior infielder Kevin Kendall went in the seventh round to the Mets, and junior catcher Noah Cardenas was an eighth-round selection by the Minnesota T...

Mets select Kumar Rocker in the 2021 First-Year Player Draft Share 1:29 AM UTC share-square-548709 The New York Mets today announced that the club selected right-handed pitcher Kumar Rocker from Vanderbilt University with the 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft. Rocker, 21, was ranked by Baseball America as the fifth-best prospect and by MLB Pipeline as the sixth-best prospect in the 2021 Draft. He was ranked as the second-best pitcher, behind former teamm...

Jared Walsh selected to American League All-Star Team Share Shohei Ohtani becomes first ever All-Star selected as both a position player and pitcher July 4th, 2021 share-square-556542 Major League Baseball announced today that Angels infielder Jared Walsh has been selected to the American League All-Star team and that Shohei Ohtani has been selected as a pitcher, in addition to being selected via fan voting as the A.L.s starting designated hitter. With Mike Trout also making the team, the Angel...

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Brewers have named outfielders Korry Howell and Joe Gray Jr. as their Minor League P...

Howell, Gray Jr. Earn Players of the Month; Francis, Floyd Named Pitchers of the Month

KANSAS CITY, MO – The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Griffin Jax from Triple-A St. Paul. Jax, 26, has made five starts for the Saints, going 3-1 with a 3.33 ERA (27.0 IP, 10 ER), 10 walks, 29 strikeouts, no home runs

The Toronto Blue Jays have traded RHP Ty Tice to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations. Tice, 24, made four appearances for Toronto this season, posting a 5.14 ERA (4 ER/7.0 IP) with four walks and six strikeouts. The native of Prairie Grove, AR, was selected by the

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers activated outfielder Cody Bellinger and infielder/outfielder Zach McKinstry from the injured list and optioned outfielder DJ Peters and infielder/outfielder Sheldon Neuse to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Bellinger, 25, missed 46 games after being placed on the injured list on April 9. He played in

Jimmy Nelson placed on IL 7:16 PM UTC share-square-345821 LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled right-handed pitcher Phil Bickford from Triple-A Oklahoma City and placed right-handed pitcher Jimmy Nelson on the 10-day injured list with right forearm inflammation, retroactive May 21. Bickford, 25, was claimed by the Dodgers on May 3 and has appeared in five games for Triple-A Oklahoma City, posting a 1-0 record with a 5.40 ERA (3 ER/5.0 IP) and 12 strikeouts. He has appeared in two Ma...

The Metsannounced that outfield prospect will undergo surgery on his non-throwing shoulder. The New York Mets have announced today that minor league outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong will undergo surgery on his right shoulder for a GLAD lesion (glenoid labral articular disruption). Crow-Armstrong, the Mets first-round pick in the 2020 First-Year Player Draft, underwent a physical examination and MRI that revealed a tear of the labrum as well as injury to the articular cartilage of the shoulder ea...