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Bartolo Colon, who was picked up by the Minnesota Twins after he was released by the Atlanta Braves, will make his debut for the team against the New York Yankees on Tuesday. Colon, 44, made one start with Triple-A Rochester and was hit hard, lasting just 3 2/3 innings while allowing four earned runs on four hits, including a home run on Thursday against Lehigh Valley. He struck out five. Colon, who had gone to Atlanta on a one-year, $12.5 million deal in the offseason, was designated for assignment after going 2-8 with an 8.14 ERA in 13 starts for the Braves. Last season with the Mets, Colon earned his fourth All-Star selection, going 15-8 with a 3.43 ERA in 33 starts. The Twins will be the Continue to Article

July 15, 2017 5:45:pm EST

The White Sox sent Jose Quintana to the Cubs for elite prospect Eloy Jimenez and other prospects in a deal that seemed to catch many by surprise. The Cubs weren't expected to be among the contenders for Quintana, as MLB insider Jon Heyman had even included the St. Louis Cardinals as a possible destination for the White Sox ace. Continue to Article

July 13, 2017 7:38:pm EST

In his quest to acquire every member of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects, White Sox GM Rick Hahn's plan came one step closer to fruition on Thursday morning.In a blockbuster trade that nobody in Chicago saw coming, besides two Reddit users, the White Continue to Article

July 13, 2017 3:50:pm EST

Washington’s seventh walk-off win of the first-half took place last Friday night against the Atlanta Braves. Down 4-1 after eighth and a half, Bryce Harper got things rolling in the bottom of the ninth with a ground ball single off Jim Johnson, which was followed by a Ryan Zimmerman walk, back-to-back RBI singles by Daniel Murphy and Anthony Rendon, and a game-tying sac fly by Matt Wieters. That rally sent it to extras before Murphy’s RBI line drive to left won it and sent the crowd in Nationals Park home happy. The late rally provided a perfect example of just how tough opposing pitchers have it trying to get through the middle of the Nationals’ batting order. “That’s why they’re batting where Continue to Article

July 13, 2017 10:13:am EST

MIAMI — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is willing to wait — to a point — for the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics to get new ballparks. Tampa Bay and Oakland are the only two major league teams currently seeking new stadiums. The Rays have a lease through 2027 at Tropicana Field, which opened in 1990 and has hosted the Rays since the team started play in 1998. The A’s have been at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum since moving there from Kansas City for the 1968 season. The park opened in 1966. “We right or wrongly have been extraordinarily committed to our existing markets and patient with those markets as a result,” Manfred told the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday. Continue to Article

July 11, 2017 8:47:pm EST

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