Cubs prospect Brennen Davis wins Futures Game MVP, looks ahead to making it to Wrigley

There were those inimitable World Series winners — Cubs icons — whipping those famous fans into a frenzy while shining under the bright lights of the Show. Davis, a 6-4, 210-pound outfielder and right-handed hitter, was honored that night at Wrigley as the Cubs’ minor league player of the year. Anyone who doubts that can […]

Miami Marlins’ Pablo Lopez strikes out first 9 Atlanta Braves batters, sets modern-era record

Guillermo Heredia struck out looking, Kevan Smith struck out swinging and Ian Anderson struck out looking to end the third. After getting Adrianza on a grounder to first to start the fourth inning, Lopez allowed three hits in the next four at-bats. The New York Mets’ Jacob deGrom and Philadelphia Phillies’ Aaron Nola, who also […]

Three runs off Marcus Stroman is enough as Mets’ offense falls short again vs. Pirates

Even though the Mets scored first against the basement-dwelling Pirates, they couldn’t find consistency at the plate to overcome the three earned runs Marcus Stroman gave up in his 18th outing of the year. “To come into this year and to be at close to 100 innings before the break, that’s extremely accomplishing for me […]

Angels GM says team could add players at MLB trade deadline

And, he’s been encouraged by the team’s continued turnaround over recent weeks. “We’ve beat some pretty good teams, we’ve played some good baseball,” Minasian said. The results are still far from perfect, evidenced most recently by Friday’s loss to the Seattle Mariners in which poor defense and ineffective relief pitching contributed to the Angels blowing […]

Jonathan Loaisiga goes on COVID injured list amid career season; Miguel Andujar heads to IL

HOUSTON — Jonathan Loaisiga was placed on the COVID-19 injured list Saturday. They had an outbreak of breakthrough cases back in May, which ended up with one player, Gleyber Torres, three coaches and several members of the traveling support team testing positive. It’s a tough blow for the Yankees, who have been using Loaisiga in […]