The Yankees and Marlins got here considerably near finishing a commerce of Gleyber Torres for Pablo Lopez earlier than the Yankees apparently pulled the plug. Neither facet ought to have remorse. Although Torres has been slumping (.188 for the reason that deadline), together with a lot of the lineup, Lopez went via a “useless arm” interval till six scoreless innings (vs. the A’s) Tuesday.
The Nestor Cortes groin damage goes to boost new questions on why the Yankees dealt Jordan Montgomery (0.35 ERA in St. Louis) for elite however injured CF Harrison Bader. Brian Cashman stated on The Submit podcast “The Present,” that middle discipline was the one spot the place their protection has been lower than nice. Unsaid: They felt Montgomery wasn’t a playoff starter for them.
Aaron Boone has performed a pleasant job mixing and matching, however this will’t go on ceaselessly. With so many candidates to shut and arrange, the important thing to their season might in the end be whether or not he finds the dependable ones.
Gerrit Cole on Aaron Choose: “I actually haven’t seen something prefer it, that’s for rattling certain. I’m simply glad he’s on our facet.”
Two names to regulate for Rangers supervisor: Cubs bench coach Will Venable and A’s bench coach Brad Ausmus. Each know new Rangers honcho Chris Younger from San Diego. And each are Ivy Leaguers — Ausmus from Dartmouth and Venable from Princeton — like Younger.
The Astros’ deal for Christian Vazquez was roundly praised right here (and elsewhere), but among the best all-around catchers is usually a backup in Houston. Phrase bought to the Mets that Vazquez needed to be a Met. However Houston clearly provided extra. The query now's: Why? What’s odd is that Martin Maldonado continues to catch the overwhelming majority of video games. That’s partly on account of Maldonado being the non-public catcher for All-Star starters Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez. However that also doesn’t clarify the remainder of the time.
I might see Texas for Jacob deGrom (although Pedro Martinez informed The Submit’s Mike Puma he couldn’t see deGrom off the Mets).
Michael Conforto is anticipated to have a group the place he'll DH in September.
The Mets (Jay Horwits principally) did an important job getting 65 old-timers to return for his or her day Saturday. Lenny Dykstra promised on Twitter to disclose the actual cause he wasn’t invited. Geez, I might suppose that might be apparent.
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