The Dodgers are bringing right-handed reliever Yency Almonte back on a minor league contract, The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya reports. The Rosenhaus Sports client will presumably be in big league camp. It’s the second stint with the Dodgers for the 31-year-old Almonte. He was with Los Angeles in 2022-23, combining for 83 1/3 innings with a…

#Dodgers have signed RHP Yency Almonte to a minor-league contract with NRI. Shoulder problems plagued him in 2 years with Cubs. Hasn't pitched in majors since 2024

The Cubs’ pitching staff could be getting a lot of help soon, but none of it will be from Yency Almonte.On Saturday, the Cubs confirmed Almonte elected to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery instead of attempting to further rehab a minor tear in his right labrum. Almonte was placed on the 15-day injured list on May 8, and was moved to the 60-day IL on June 27.“It’s upsetting,” Almonte said. “I came in here with a positive mindset from the trade, ready to go, dominate. I feel like I

The Athletics agreed to minor league contracts with relievers Ben Bowden and Geoff Hartlieb. Matt Eddy of Baseball America noted Bowden’s signing on their latest transaction roundup, while the Hartlieb move is reflected on the MLB.com transaction log. Bowden’s deal is a re-signing, as he spent the 2025 season with the A’s. The 31-year-old southpaw made 11…

With rosters expanding from 26 to 28 today, the Athletics made a number of moves. They activated right-hander Luis Severino from the 15-day injured list, recalled infielder/outfielder Max Schuemann and selected right-hander Scott McGough. Right-hander Eduarniel Nunez was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to open up an extra active roster spot. Left-hander Ben Bowden has…

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jo Adell hit a three-run homer in the first inning and kicked off a six-run tenth with an RBI single as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Athletics 11-5 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.

Kenley Jansen (5-2) struck out two in a scoreless ninth to give him 1,268 for his career, the fourth-most strikeouts by a reliever in major league history.

In the 10th, automatic runner Mike Trout advanced to third on a passed ball, Taylor Ward walked and Adell lined a single to center against Michael Kelly (2-2) to make it 6-5. Christian Moore drove in his third run of the game with a grounder and Luis Rengifo followed with a two-run triple off Ben Bowden. Bryce Tedosio added a sacrifice fly and Zach Neto capped the scoring with a 436-foot homer to left-center, his 21st

RT: More injury updatesCole Ragans is playing catch, progressing well and feels goodKris Bubic is on a regular bullpen scheduleCarlos Estevez continues to play catch and is on track with his progression. Still in the early stages there

RT: Cole Ragans has valgus extension overload in his elbow. Next steps are TBD based on how he feels next few days.Carlos Estevez has a right rotator cuff strain. Shut down for the next three weeks before being reevaluated. #Royals

A nightmare season continues for Carlos Estevez. Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports that the Royals’ closer suffered a rotator cuff strain and will be shut down from throwing for three weeks. He’ll be reevaluated at the end of May. Estevez has been out of action since Opening Day. He took a Michael Harris II comebacker off his […]

The Braves have signed left-hander Austin Gomber to a minor league deal, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News previously reported that the Rangers released Gomber from their own minor league pact. Gomber is a client of THE·TEAM agency. Gomber, 32, joined the Rangers organization in a non-roster […]

RT: Braves Sign Austin Gomber To Minor League Deal mlbtraderumors.com/2026/05/braves pic.x.com/Xckfj3AVaA

Nathan Eovaldi will pitch in a minor-league game today. Austin Gomber gets the A game vs. Guardians. #Rangers

Repost for a chance to win a Jon Gray autographed baseball as part of fan appreciation weekend! FOUR winners will be selected. pic.x.com/e2QxXyCZLA

Jon Gray’s season was all but officially ended last week by a diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome, and a subsequent placement on the Rangers’ 15-day injured list.  TOS surgery would keep Gray sidelined for a big chunk of the 2026 season and perhaps the entirety of next year, and Gray would be 35 on Opening…

Rangers righty Jon Gray went unclaimed on waivers, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Texas quietly placed Gray on waivers on Thursday. The 48-hour process came and went without another team putting in a claim, with that window closing this afternoon. Gray pitched today. The waiver process technically closed at 1:00 pm Eastern, two hours before…

#Padres RHP German Marquez threw another bullpen today. He says he's expecting to throw his live batting practice on Thursday at Lake Elsinore.How he comes out of that will determine the start of a rehab assignment.

RT: Most consecutive quality starts at Coors Field:2005-06 Aaron Cook: 92009-10 Aaron Cook: 82022-pres. Merrill Kelly: 7 *active2018 Kyle Freeland: 72018 German Marquez: 72009 Ubaldo Jimenez: 7 Kelly is the only pitcher with 7+ straight as a visitor https://t.co/yBLMaiLPqN

We have reinstated RHP Griffin Canning from the 15-day IL and placed RHP German Marquez on the 15-day IL with right forearm nerve inflammation (retro to 5/2).

Rockies sent RHP Jordan Sheffield outright to Triple-A Albuquerque.

Sheffield was designated for assignment last week and ultimately passed through waivers unclaimed. The 27-year-old right-hander has allowed 24 runs -- 22 earned -- in 17 2/3 innings this season at Triple-A.

Rockies designated RHP Jordan Sheffield for assignment.

The Rockies needed to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Wynton Bernard on Friday and it looks as though Sheffield was the odd-man out this time around. There's a chance that he'll pass through waivers unclaimed and continue to function as minor league pitching depth for the Rockies.

Rockies optioned RHP Jordan Sheffield to Triple-A Albuquerque.

Sheffield has been shipped out to make room for Robert Stephenson and Lucas Gilbreath to rejoin the Rockies' bullpen for Tuesday's game against the Phillies. The 26-year-old righty gave up a pair of runs and recorded only one out in his lone appearance this season for the Rockies. He should be back at some point later this year.

The Rangers are in agreement on a major league deal with veteran catcher Elias Diaz, reports Daniel Alvarez-Montes of El Extrabase. The ACES client recently became a free agent after being waived by the Royals. Texas designated Sam Haggerty for assignment on Friday afternoon, so they have an opening on the 40-man roster. They’ll need to […]

Veteran catcher Elias Diaz rejected an outright assignment from the Royals in favor of free agency, as reflected on the transaction log at MiLB.com. Players with more than three years of service (or a prior outright in their career) can reject outrights and instead elect free agency. Diaz has more than nine years of major […]

The Royals announced that they have recalled outfielder Tyler Tolbert. To open a roster spot for him, catcher Elias Diaz has been designated for assignment. Kansas City’s 40-man count drops to 39. Diaz, 35, signed a minor league deal with the Royals in the offseason. He had his contract selected to the big league roster […]

All three Tigers homers in that 8/8/20 game came off future Tiger Derek Holland.

@SlangsOnSports: This is the first time the Tigers have hit back-to-back-to-back homers since 8/8/20, by:Miguel CabreraC.J. CronJeimer Candelario https://t.co/IjVNhlI9pC

On Tuesday, the University of Utah Athletics department announced its 2025 Hall of Fame class.

The seven-person group includes six former student-athletes in C.J. Cron (baseball), Georgia Dabritz (gymnastics), Star Lotulelei (football), Bernt Lund (men’s skiing), Ashley Mason (women’s soccer) and Nate Orchard (football), as well as contributor Kem Gardner.

Between them, the six student-athletes in the 2025 class combined for 32 first-team All-America citations and played their roles in helping the Utes earn three team NCAA championships and two individual NCAA championships, along with eight team conference championships and six individual conference championships

Within this: There's been some initial talk of a C.J. Cron reunion being possible, per sources.

@ChrisCotillo: Bad news got worse for the Red Sox on Tuesday as Triston Casas will be "out for a while" with a rib fracture. "Timetable, there's none. This has to heal on its own. We've just got to be patient." https://t.co/pRpmXtZef0

The #Reds today reassigned to minor league camp IF Garrett Hampson and C/IF P.J. Higgins.

The #Reds today signed IF/OF Garrett Hampson to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training camp.

The Cardinals released Garrett Hampson, according to the utilityman’s MLB.com profile page.  Hampson was designated for assignment earlier this week, and while he had the option of declining an outright assignment in favor of free agency, it appears the Cards just streamlined by the process with a release as soon as Hampson cleared waivers. It…

Infielder Chris Owings announced his retirement on his Instagram page last week. He last played in affiliated ball in the Dodgers organization in 2024. Now, it appears the 11-year big-league veteran will hang up his spikes at the age of 34. “This game has given me more than I could’ve ever imagined,” said Owings, who…

The Dodgers signed veteran utilityman Chris Owings to a minor league contract with an invitation to big league spring training, reports Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic. Owings, an ACES client, has already arrived at Dodgers’ camp today, he adds. Though he’s appeared in each of the past 11 MLB seasons, Owings is still just 32…

Pirates utility player Chris Owings has gone unclaimed on waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Indianapolis, according to the transactions log at MLB.com. The veteran infielder has the right to decline the assignment in favor of minor league free agency; it’s unclear whether he’s done so. Owings signed a minor league deal with the Bucs…

On the 1st day of 2025 spring training, after watching Baldwin in the covered batting cage while I waited to do a 1-on-1 interview with Tim Hyers, I tweeted that Baldwin was too good to keep out of the lineup for long regardless of Murphy. But he's even better than I envisioned.

@mlbbowman: From @Theo_DeRosa: Drake Baldwin's 438-foot home run in the third inning came on a pitch just 0.99 feet off the ground, the longest home run on a pitch that low or lower under pitch tracking (since 2008, regular season and postseason). Previous long: 433 feet by Charlie Blackmon on a pitch 0.84 feet off the ground on 6/22/17 (Coors)

Here is the full list of #Rockies Minor League field staffs, coordinators and personnel: https://t.co/bsp7L6hoLS harding_at_mlb: Also, Vinny Castilla continues as a special front-office assistant with the Major League club, and Hall of Famer Todd Helton and longtime star Charlie Blackmon also continue as special front office assistants.

Ethan Holliday and his father, Matt are at Coors. Ethan is going to take BP. Charlie Blackmon is here, too. #Rockies.

RT: Over the weekend, Sam Hilliard's family threw out the first pitch following @TeamHilliardALS's scholarship presentation. Sam and his family founded @TeamHilliardALS to raise awareness about ALS and support research, treatments, and families facing Lou Gehrig's Disease. https://t.co/EK3sNJjfEs

Over the weekend, Sam Hilliard's family threw out the first pitch following @TeamHilliardALS's scholarship presentation. Sam and his family founded @TeamHilliardALS to raise awareness about ALS and support research, treatments, and families facing Lou Gehrig's Disease. pic.x.com/EK3sNJjfEs

RT: Lou Gehrig Day is deeply personal to Sam Hilliard. He lost his father, Jim, to ALS in 2021. Sam and his family founded @TeamHilliardALS to raise awareness about ALS and support research, treatments, and families facing Lou Gehrig's Disease. Today, on the 100-year anniversary of the start of Lou Gehrig's Iron Man Streak, Sam will be wearing these custom cleats.

The fantasy baseball waiver wire can't stay hot forever.Through hot streaks, call-ups and role changes, a steady stream of worthwhile free agents circulate on a regular basis. Yet an upgrade isn't always available at no cost, and there's no law requiring fantasy players to pick someone up every week. This might be a week to lay low. Assembling a fruitful list of 10 waiver-wire recommendations has never proved tougher this season. Some options are limited to smaller mixed leagues.Plenty of talented players remain available in over 50 percent of Yahoo Sports leagues. Most of them, however, have already received recognition here in previous weeks.Rajai Davis, Matt Adams, Trevor Bauer and Jonathan Gray deserve more attention. The red-hot Justin Turner is right on the ownership cutoff point. In a competitive league, someone should have added Trayce Thompson weeks ago.With so many risers already highlighted, this list features fallers looking to earn forgiveness from those who dropped them earlier this season. Those players deserve second chances, and the other guys justify a first look.Begin Slideshow

Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich said starting pitcher prospect Jonathan Gray's arbitration timeline will be a "non-factor" in deciding when the highly touted prospect will make his MLB debut, per The Denver Post.

"That is not part of our consideration," he said. "Jon has pitched very well, but there still are a lot of things to consider, but the decision will not be based on (arbitration)."

Gray, who is competing for the final spot in the rotation with Christian Bergman and Eddie Butler, is 0-1 with a 2.08 ERA in five spring outings (two starts). He has nine strikeouts to one walk in 13 innings.

Denver Post Columnist Mark Kiszla made his case for why the Colorado Rockies should get minor league pitcher Jonathan Gray in the lineup sooner rather than later.

Kyle Freeland, the left-handed pitcher who grew up close to Coors Field, became the Colorado Rockies' all-time leader in innings pitched Sunday against Milwaukee.

#Rockies Kyle Freeland on tipping his cap to the fans after setting franchise record for innings pitched. pic.x.com/e7PA4IIYm6

#Rockies Kyle Freeland just set franchise record for most innings pitched: 1,312 2/3. He passes Aaron Cook. Congrats to a class act and Colorado native.

The Red Sox have re-signed infielder Brendan Rodgers to a two-year minor league deal, according to Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com. The deal allows him to rehab from shoulder surgery and hopefully return in 2027. Rodgers was released by the club three days ago, though it seemed likely the two sides would reunite on a two-year […]

RT: After being released earlier this week, veteran IF Brendan Rodgers has re-signed with the Red Sox on a two-year minor league deal. Allows him to rehab his shoulder surgery and stay with the team thru 2027.

The Red Sox have released infielder Brendan Rodgers, according to his MLB transactions page. The veteran is facing shoulder surgery after a hard fall in late February. The injury ended his bid to earn a roster spot with Boston. As Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com notes, Rodgers could be headed toward a renegotiated deal with the […]