#Braves' Snitker on Ian Anderson: "He cleared (waivers), he's gonna go down (to Triple A), he's gonna start again. Hopefully we get him stretched out and he finds himself again. That's the hope. And just getting him regular starts. I don't see him as a reliever. He's a starter."

The Braves announced today that right-hander Ian Anderson has been sent outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. That indicates he passed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for assignment earlier this week. Anderson came into the year out of options, due to a few factors. Though he found much success in 2020 and 2021, he struggled in…

Just two days after Atlanta brought back RHP Ian Anderson, he is now designated for assignment once again.

Max Fried takes part in pregame PFPs pic.x.com/FPgdRi3VCU

The Yankees have placed lefty Max Fried on the 15-day IL due to a bone bruise in his left elbow, the team announced. An exact timetable isn’t clear, but it’ll be more than a minimum stint. Fried will be reevaluated “in a few weeks,” and only then will the Yankees determine when he can resume […]

The New York Yankees will place pitcher Max Fried on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow bruise, the team announced Friday.

Nate Jones has officially retired from baseball at age 35.

The news comes via his agent, Joe Speed, on Twitter. Jones, who made 20 appearances between the Braves and Dodgers this season before landing back in free agency in June, finishes with a 3.45 ERA across 329 career major league innings -- 291 1/3 of them with the White Sox.

Right-hander Nate Jones, who was designated for assignment by the Dodgers last week, has elected free agency rather than accept an outright assignment, as first reflected on the Triple-A transactions log at MLB.com. Jones, 35, has spent time with the Braves and the Dodgers this season but has yet to recapture the form that made…

Nate Jones has elected to become a free agent.

Jones chose to test the open market rather than join Triple-A Oklahoma City after passing through waivers late last week. The southpaw allowed nine runs -- eight earned -- in 8 2/3 innings during his time with the Dodgers.

The Cardinals announced that they have signed left-hander Tyler Matzek to a minor league deal. He has been assigned to Triple-A Memphis and will provide the club with some non-roster bullpen depth. Matzek, 34, started the year with the Yankees on a minor league deal. He was called up to the big leagues on April…

Left-hander Tyler Matzek passed through waivers unclaimed and rejected an outright assignment to the minor leagues, the Yankees announced Monday. He’ll instead elect to become a free agent and explore new opportunities with other clubs (as well as a potential reunion with the Yankees on a new minor league deal). Matzek, 34, pitched 6 1/3…

Today, LHP Tyler Matzek elected free agency in lieu of accepting an outright assignment.

Last Easter, Charlie Morton gave up seven runs in 2.1 innings en route to a 24-2 loss that dropped the Orioles to three games under .500. This Easter, Chris Bassitt has allowed six runs in 2 innings. If the Orioles lose, they'll fall to three games under .500.

RT: When Charlie Morton got greeted by his family and teammates as he left the mound for the final time in his career https://t.co/PH8OV1yb23

Orioles starting pitcher contracts since 2022:2022 Jordan Lyles, $5.5M2023 Kyle Gibson, $10M2025 Tomoyuki Sugano, $13M2025 Charlie Morton, $15M 2026 Chris Bassitt, $18.5M This puts the Orioles on pace to sign a starting pitcher to a $100M contract in 2034.

#Dodgers Will Smith has been scratched from tonight's lineup pic.x.com/Fiuqed7KMm

This performance was surely inspired by an adjunct he had for a COMM class at BC a couple years ago.

@bradfo: Will Smith, the great grandson of Charles Comiskey, (and hockey player for the San Jose Sharks) won the HR Derby at Drake Maye's Celebrity Softball Game https://t.co/DoH6bp5CzO

Will Smith continues the homer barrage for the @Dodgers! pic.x.com/K7Kn86vlVL

Here's me and Josh Tomlin posing for a photo together.

@BallySportsCLE: Welcome home, Josh! ? #ForTheLand | #GuardsBall https://t.co/HO2V1zphCC

The club also released LHP Grant Dayton, outrighted OF Terrance Gore to Gwinnett, and declined the 2022 option on RHP Josh Tomlin.

Josh Tomlin (neck) is throwing a simulated game on Wednesday at Truist Park.

Tomlin struggled in his lone rehab outing earlier this month at Triple-A Gwinnett and holds a rough 6.57 ERA in 35 appearances this year with Atlanta, but he could maybe return to action and cover some innings in the final weekend of the regular season. The veteran right-hander has been sidelined since late August due to a neck strain.

In addition to demoting Royce Lewis to the minors, the Twins also placed Ryan Jeffers on the injured list with a fractured left hamate bone.That's a significant injury for Jeffers.Twins have called up Orlando Arcia to replace Lewis and Alex Jackson to replace Jeffers.

The Twins outrighted catcher Alex Jackson to Triple-A St. Paul, reports Dan Hayes of The Athletic. Although Minnesota had announced this morning that he’d been designated for assignment, it seems they began the waiver process earlier in the week. Hayes also reports that righty reliever Matt Bowman is back with the club on a new minor league […]

Alex Jackson cleared waivers, so the Twins will have a No. 3 catcher making $1.35 million at Triple-A St. Paul.

@AaronGleeman: As expected, the Twins designated catcher Alex Jackson for assignment.They traded for Jackson in November and guaranteed him $1.35 million, but later signed Victor Caratini as the No. 2 catcher.Jackson will be traded or waived. If he clears waivers, he could stay at Triple-A.

It was less than two weeks ago that Ehire Adrianza announced his retirement as a player but it seems he has already lined up a new job. Per Daniel Alvarez-Montes of El Extrabase, Adrianza is will be joining the Twins’ front office as assistant of player development, working with infielders throughout all levels of the…

Nice hire by the Twins. Ehire Adrianza was an underrated role player with a high baseball IQ and super well respected in the clubhouse.

@DanielAlvarezEE: News: Former IF Ehire Adrianza is joining the Minnesota Twins front office as Assistant of Player Development. Will mainly work with the infielders in all levels of the organization. https://t.co/pPkvd3pqAe

Veteran utilityman Ehire Adrianza has decided to retire after 12 Major League seasons.  The 35-year-old Adrianza made the official announcement on his Instagram page, thanking the many people who contributed to his success. “This journey has been incredibly challenging, filled with ups and downs, but every step along the way has been a blessing that…

RT: 10 runs in the seventh, 12 runs in the game, but there was another bigger number deserving of more notice Freddie Freeman reaches 2,500 hits in his career. The Dodger first baseman is part of the offensive onslaught in Pittsburgh. On his history: https://t.co/ixoJ4NasEq

Freddie Freeman becomes the first player to reach 2,500 MLB hits since 2019!

@MLB: MLB's active hit leader has reached a new milestone!Congratulations Freddie Freeman on your 2,500th hit! https://t.co/dP6OktmNJ5

Freddie Freeman hits milestone 2,500th in Dodger victoryFreddie Freeman poses with the lineup card and baseball from his 2,500th career hit during the Dodgers’ 12–3 victory at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Mark LangillFive hundred to go.The math will be a challenge for a 36-year-old veteran, but Freddie Freeman can at least celebrate a major milestone toward his ultimate goal of 3,000 career hits.Freeman recorded the 2,500th hit of his career — an RBI

Dansby Swanson cannot escape his batting average.It’s like a creepy portrait in a horror movie, with eyes that follow him everywhere.He can keep making the insane defensive plays at shortstop. He can keep being a veteran presence inside the Cubs’ clubhouse.But try as he might, he can’t keep his currently woeful offensive numbers out of his eyeline.“They are what they are,” Swanson said in a conversation with the Sun-Times on Sunday. “For me, it is really a lot of the mental side of m

PITTSBURGH — The Cubs found something to celebrate, even in the midst of losing.Right-hander Jameson Taillon, a cancer survivor and a pitcher who had multiple Tommy John surgeries when that was a relatively rare occurrence, reached 10 years of service time as a major-leaguer Monday.‘‘Seeing Jamo reach it is so cool because you see the adversity that was thrown his way,’’ shortstop Dansby Swanson said Tuesday. ‘‘And for him to still come out on top and be like a light in our clubhou

A BEAUTIFUL play by Dansby Swanson pic.x.com/8gWcvFFKzM

Veteran outfielder Ender Inciarte, whom the Mets designated for assignment last week, rejected an outright assignment in favor of free agency, per Minor League Baseball’s transactions log. Inciarte, who began the season on a minor league deal with the Yankees, signed with the Mets shortly after being cut loose in the Bronx. He was in…

Mets sent OF Ender Inciarte outright to Triple-A Syracuse.

Inciarte passed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for assignment last week and will remain with the Mets as organizational outfield depth. The 31-year-old veteran wound up appearing in 11 games for New York during his brief stint in the majors.

The Mets have designated outfielder Ender Inciarte for assignment, tweets Tim Healey of Newsday. The move clears an active roster spot for second baseman Jeff McNeil, who’d be on paternity leave. New York’s 40-man roster tally drops to 39. New York signed Inciarte to a minor league contract last month, then selected him to the majors not…

Yankees released RHP J.R. Graham.

Impacts: The 28-year-old hurler hasn't appeared in a big league game since 2016. He spent the 2017 season split between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre where he compiled a 4.55 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and 32/12 K/BB ratio in 29 2/3 innings of work.

The Yankees announced this afternoon that they’ve outrighted reliever J.R. Graham to Triple-A, thus removing the 26-year-old right-hander from the 40-man roster. New York claimed Graham off waivers from the Twins earlier this year after Minnesota designated the 2014 Rule 5 Draft pick for assignment. Graham stuck in the Twins’ bullpen all throughout the 2015…

Graham was outrighted to Triple-A on Monday.

Graham began the season in Minnesota before coming to New York via trade in mid-May. The 26-year-old spent the remainder of the season at the Double and Triple-A levels, with the bulk of his work coming at Double-A Trenton. Monday's move simply removes Graham from the 40-man roster.

2014 #MLB Draft: 32. #Braves select Braxton Davidson --- 34. #StLCards select Jack Flaherty

Initial X-rays on Braves outfield prospect Braxton Davidson's left foot showed a mid-foot sprain.

Impacts: Davidson injured the foot Saturday's Arizona Fall League championship game when he hit a walk-off home run. It looks like he avoided any broken bones, although he's slated to undergo an MRI on Monday just to be sure.

From Jordan Yamamoto's scoreless start to Braxton Davidson's walk-off homer, here are some standout prospects from the Arizona Fall League Championship game.

More Fried on #Braves' comeback wins: “It shows the group that we have in there. Day after day, they come to work and they come to win. They've been doing an unbelievable job – the offense, the defense, even the other starters. It's just…it's my time to step up and contribute.” DOBrienATL: Fried was just the third #Braves pitcher in 20 seasons to give up six or more runs in the first inning, joining Aaron Blair (7 R, 7 ER) on May 17, 2016 at Pittsburgh and Charlie Morton (6 R, 0 ER) on May 7, 2021 against Philadelphia.

Giants purchased the contract of RHP Aaron Blair from the West Virginia Power of the independent Atlantic League.

Blair made only one appearance with the Power before the Giants elected to scoop him up. The 29-year-old former 2013 first-round competitive balance selection hasn't appeared in the major leagues since 2017. He spent last spring with the Diamondbacks prior to the global pandemic. He'll report to Double-A Richmond to serve as organizational pitching depth.

The D-backs are bringing one of their first-round picks back to the organization, signing right-hander Aaron Blair to a minor league contract, per MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo (Twitter link). He’s repped by PSI Sports Managament. Blair, 27, was a supplemental first-rounder out of Marshall University in 2013. He ranked among baseball’s 100 best prospects per Baseball…

Right-hander Kyle Wright is joining the Cubs on a minor league deal, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The agreement includes an invitation to MLB Spring Training. Wright last appeared in the big leagues with the Braves in 2023. He’s a client of CAA Sports. More to come…

RT: Kyle Wright to the Cubs. Minors deal with MLB camp invite. Wright is the majors' last 20-game winner.

Kyle Wright to the Cubs. Minors deal with MLB camp invite. Wright is the majors' last 20-game winner.