The Guardians granted left-hander Kolby Allard his release yesterday, per Tim Stebbins of MLB.com. Allard had an opt-out clause in his contract, and Cleveland apparently didn’t have a spot for him on the big league roster. He’ll be free to explore opportunities with other teams, though Stebbins adds that the Guardians would prefer to re-sign […]

Max Muncy doubles the score with a left-on-left solo HR off Kolby Allard. #Dodgers up 2-0 now

The Guardians announced today that they have re-signed left-hander Kolby Allard to a minor league deal. The Excel Sports Management client also receives an invite to big league camp. Allard, 28, is a soft-tossing swingman. He hasn’t always been effective, with a 5.34 earned run average in his career, but he’s coming off a good…

The Padres released left-hander Wes Benjamin earlier this week, according to the minor league transactions log. He joined the organization in February on a minor league deal with a non-roster invite to MLB Spring Training. Benjamin spent his 2025 campaign with Triple-A El Paso. Texas took Benjamin in the fifth round of the 2014 draft.…

The Padres signed left-hander Wes Benjamin to a minor league contract with a non-roster invite to MLB Spring Training, reports AJ Cassavell of MLB.com. The southpaw has already reported to camp with San Diego. Benjamin returns stateside after a three-year run in South Korea with the KT Wiz. The 31-year-old had a generally solid run in…

Wes Benjamin re-signed with the KT Wiz of the Korea Baseball Organization yesterday, the team announced (h/t to Dan Kurtz of MyKBO). The left-hander will make $1.4MM. Bejamin, 30, goes into his third season with the team. He initially joined the Wiz in May 2022. After posting a 2.70 ERA in 17 starts, he re-signed…

No reason, but Kyle Cody has a combined 1.16 ERA in 23 1/3 innings since returning from injury, including a 1.42 ERA in 12 2/3 innings with 15 Ks and 4 walks in Triple-A Round Rock.

OF Trevor Hauver up to Frisco. RHP Kyle Cody active in Round Rock. 2022 5th-rd OF Chandler Pollard active with rookies. LHP Tyler Thomas (AA) and RHP Spencer Patton (AAA) released.

Rangers sent RHP Kyle Cody outright to Triple-A Round Rock.

Cody doesn't have enough service time to reject the outright assignment, so he'll remain with the Rangers as organizational pitching depth. The 27-year-old righty has posted a serviceable 3.71 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 32/15 K/BB ratio across 34 innings at the big-league level since 2020.

RT: Team Korea is ready to make their mark at the #WorldBaseballClassic! Jung Hoo Lee Hyeseong Kim Hyun Jin Ryu Dane Dunning https://t.co/CDVlKBXoqD

Dane Dunning will start the Cactus League lid lifter on Friday for the Mariners

The Mariners are in agreement with righty Dane Dunning on a minor league deal, reports Chris Cotillo of MassLive. That’ll presumably come with a non-roster invite for the Wasserman client. Dunning is looking to rebound from a frustrating season. The former first-round draftee was limited to 12 big league appearances between the Braves and Rangers. He…

RT: The Foul Territory Network welcomes three new shows! • Riverfront Territory (@RiverfrontPod) • Bucco Territory (@BuccoTerritory) • Splash Hit Territory (@SplashHitPod) Plus, @CardTerritory now features Lance Lynn, Matt Holliday, Kyle Gibson, and Jim Hayes! More below... 👇 https://t.co/ZSLJqeiCHt

RT: "If there's not an opportunity, then there's not an opportunity, and I was good with that." Kyle Gibson went out on his own terms. 👏 https://t.co/R4LH3H9NGe

RT: Kyle Gibson has announced his retirement after 13 seasons spent with the Twins, Rangers, Phillies, Orioles and Cardinals. He was an All-Star in 2021. https://t.co/pdd8JBmLSU

Right-hander Ian Kennedy is retiring, he told Evan Thompson of Sport Relay during last night’s World Series celebration. While Kennedy indicated he had made the decision that this would be his final season going into 2023, he acknowledged “there’s no better way to go out” than as a member of a Rangers team that clinched the…

Ian Kennedy’s season is over, as the Rangers announced that the veteran right-hander has been placed on the 60-day injured list due to a right rotator cuff strain.  Texas selected the contract of left-hander Jake Latz from Triple-A to take Kennedy’s spot on the active roster. The injury adds to an altogether rough season for…

The Rangers have brought back Ian Kennedy on a minor league contract, the club informed reporters (including Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News). He’ll join their top farm team in Round Rock tomorrow. Kennedy spent a month on the open market after being designated for assignment by Texas in early May. He’d cracked the Opening…

Can confirm #Dodgers signed RHP Jordan Lyles, 33, to minor league deal. Lyles was on restricted list with #Royals b/c of a "personal matter" since April 20. Reinstated, released this week. Went 6-17, 6.28 in 31 GS in 2023 but 12-11, 4.42 in 32 GS in 2022. Back-end rotation depth.

The Dodgers are signing right-hander Jordan Lyles to a minor league deal, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post on X. The veteran might need a bit of ramp-up time as he hasn’t pitched in official game action since April. Lyles, 33, began the year with the Royals. He had signed a two-year, $17MM…

RT: Hearing Jordan Lyles is signing a minors deal with Dodgers

Tyler Soderstrom and Jonah Heim both leave the yard in the 5th! pic.x.com/FfEZf48SqB

Tyler Soderstrom and Jonah Heim go back-to-back The @Athletics have hit four home runs tonight! pic.x.com/QbiVguYkjC

The Braves announced they’ve traded catcher Jonah Heim to the Athletics for cash. Heim was just designated for assignment this evening when Atlanta welcomed Sean Murphy back from the injured list. The A’s subsequently announced the trade as well, placing Shea Langeliers on the paternity list in a corresponding move. They already had an opening on the 40-man […]

RT: Braves President & CEO Derek Schiller joins Nick Green, Peter Moylan and Charlie Culberson on the first-ever Braves On Deck! https://t.co/5cyWn9DrMm

No home runs needed because the Braves found another way to win last night in Denver. @nickgreen20 and Charlie Culberson break it all down. 👇 @Xfinity | #HighSpeedRecap pic.x.com/ablMYBLb6l

Something I've been thinking about a lot this season: In 2023, Charlie Culberson spent 61 days on the Atlanta Braves' active roster. He totaled only one plate appearance during those 61 days.

Yes he is

@tylermilliken_: Brock Holt is the absolute best. https://t.co/NSFSchXxvY

RT: We're excited to welcome the new Co-Chairs of the Jimmy Fund, Brock Holt and @TomCaron. Brock is a former Jimmy Fund Captain and World Series Champion with the Red Sox. Tom is @NESN broadcaster and cancer survivor. #KCANCER https://t.co/prbg2HTCkg

The Jimmy Fund named Tom Caron and Brock Holt as co-chairs. They will be the lead ambassadors in the community and public spokespeople. TC and Brock replace the late Larry Lucchino. Inspired choice, I think we can all agree.

Nate Lowe went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored against the Mariners on Wednesday. 

The Rangers managed just one run against Tyler Anderson and the Mariners on Wednesday. Nate Lowe scored the only run after he doubled to lead off the second inning. A pair of base hits would put Lowe on third with one out before DJ Peters brought him across the plate with a sacrifice fly. The 26-year-old first baseman is now hitting .249/.347/.387 with 12 homers, 51 RBI, and six steals across 455 plate appearances. 

Nate Lowe delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning on Saturday as the Rangers rallied to defeat the Mariners in extra innings.

Lowe drove home Adolis Garcia with an RBI single off of Tyler Anderson in the sixth inning to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead. It would be his only hit in four at-bats on the evening. The Rangers cleanup hitter is now hitting .254/.358/.397 with 12 homers, 50 RBI and five stolen bases on the season.

@ThreeTwoEephus Nate Lowe > Nathaniel Lowe > Nathaniel Lowethaniel

If he makes it to the big leagues as a pitcher and strikes out batters at a rate of 36.2%, he can begin erasing his strikeouts at the plate.

@JonHeyman: Joey Gallo, righty pitcher, is beginning to throw for teams now. Been working out in Florida.

Joey Gallo, righty pitcher, is beginning to throw for teams now. Been working out in Florida.

nypost.com/2026/02/05/spo Yanks may have competition for Goldy from West Coast team, plus notes on more NYY targets and Joey Gallo's next step

Leody Taveras with RISP this season pic.x.com/rPMIFDwtzV

Leody Taveras = the ultimate clutch hitterDown by 1 in the 10th pic.x.com/nLsKnwdeTi

Leody Taveras strikes out on a batter timer violation.Taveras took ball 3 & thought it was ball 4. He took off his elbow pad & began walking to 1B. He didn't have enough time to put it back on & couldn't get in the box before 8 seconds.No one on the Orioles argued the call.

Easily the player most deserving of 'Steve Holt!' emphasis. Group also includes: Brock Holt, Mike Olt, and Chris Holt. twitter.com/extrabaggs/sta…

Just like that Opening Day has come and gone in a flash.  Well, a thunderstorm in Boston and COVID testing in Washington DC reminds us that we still live in one crazy world.  But regardless, we have baseball and with baseball we have Fantasy Baseball to keep us occupied.  Whether you have one or five or even ten teams, early in the season is when we search for those hidden gems.In today’s article, we are going to review three young hitters that broke camp with the big league club due to strong springs.  While spring training stats are generally useless to project into the regular season, they sure can help win a starting role.  The real question we need to answer is:  Does spring success mean it is time to invest?  Do we have a Mike Olt on our hands or did we discover the next Mike Trout?  While I am pretty certain we have not discovered the next Mike Trout, we need to dig in and see what type of value might be sitting on the waiver wire to add that young spark to your fantasy clubhouse.  Because if we know anything, it is extremely important to have fantasy clubhouse chemistry!

RT @ckamka Mike Olt has announced his retirement. He's the only player to homer for both the #Cubs & #WhiteSox in the same season (2015). pic.twitter.com/RxT9ayNd5T

Por The Associated Press El veterano de las Grandes Ligas Rougned Odor tuvo otra buena actuación a la ofensiva, y los Navegantes del Magallanes lograron su tercera victoria consecutiva al aplastar el jueves 10-3 a las Águilas del Zulia. Odor conectó un jonrón de tres carreras en la primera entrada y añadió un sencillo remolcador […]

Let's clarify this one more time. This was the first to end on a "pure" error. In the 2016 ALDS, Rougned Odor made a walkoff throwing error trying to turn a DP for Texas. But there was also a forceout at 2nd on that play. So this was the only one to end on a play that was "only" an error

@jaysonst: That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error. What a crushing way for any team to end a season. Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.

I don’t drink. Not like I’m an alcoholic, I’m not in AA, making amends for the people who drafted Rougned Odor way too high in 2017. He was very good in 2016, I cannot help that his BABIP plummeted. I did nothing wrong. Please, blog, may I have some more?

The Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League have signed outfielder Nick Williams (hat tip to Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net).  Williams will receive $250K in guaranteed salary and a $150K signing bonus, plus another $50K is available in incentives. Williams is no stranger to international baseball, having played with Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League…

Nick Williams has signed with the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization.

Williams was a highly-touted prospect last decade and hasn't appeared in the majors since getting into four games for the White Sox during the 2021 campaign.

Lions PFF grades (minimum 10 snaps): Top offense: Vaitai, St. Brown, Jackson Bottom offense: Nelson, McCollum, Pinkney Top defense: C.J. Moore, Parker, McNeill Bottom defense: Barnes, Brockers, Nick Williams

Last home run by a Marlins player in a playoff game was Alex Gonzalez's walk-off HR on October 22, 2003 vs. the Yankees in the 12th inning.

I am doing some research on the 2000 Blue Jays and have found a bunch of things that are unrelated to what I was looking for. In July, David Wells, Alex Gonzalez, et al. went to see a taping of Jerry Springer, then found out a woman on the show was murdered shortly thereafter. pic.twitter.com/UE7W4GpsCt

There have been 6 extra-inning homers by shortstops in MLB postseason history. 2 of them have been by Carlos Correa. Others: Bert Campaneris (1973), Derek Jeter (2001), Alex Gonzalez (2003), Rafael Furcal (2004). #TakeItBack

Josh Jung gives the @Rangers an early lead with a first-inning blast! pic.x.com/wz8C5ny3TT

Good news on Josh Jung: The MRI results on his left shoulder came back clean, and he could be in the lineup as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday. #Rangers

Hey RotoBallers! The MLB season continues at lightning speed as Week 9 is already here. Injuries continue to pile up as Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez was removed on Saturday with back spasms, while Rangers third baseman Josh Jung exited early with shoulder soreness. At RotoBaller HQ, we return with more waiver wire advice to find […]