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The New York Mets saved $3 million by trading infielder Neil Walker to the Milwaukee Brewers, part of $11.6 million in payroll cuts in recent weeks. New York also added $2.3 million when it acquired reliever A.J. Ramos from Miami, leaving its net savings at $9.3 million. As part of Saturday's trade, the Mets agreed to pay the Brewers $1,699,454 on Sept. 30, according to details obtained by The Associated Press. Continue to Article

August 15, 2017 12:39:am EST

Pirates Hall of Famer Pie Traynor and the bat of his that was recently found in a thrift shop. It’s one of the great storylines in sports memorabilia and it’s come to life again inside a Pittsburgh-area Goodwill store, where a 24-year-old college student bought an old baseball bat for $2.22 and then discovered it had a rich history that might just make him a few thousand bucks. The $2.22 belonged to Grant Hartley, a 24-year-old student at BYU who spent time in Heidelberg, Penn., as a summer intern. Continue to Article

August 14, 2017 8:13:pm EST

A Mets official reportedly blasted the Yankees organization for backing out of one deal involving Neil Walker prior to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline and for not reaching a compromise on a potential Jay Bruce trade this past week. The Mets reportedly had a deal in place that would have sent Walker to the Yankees in late July, but the Yankees backed out over concerns about Walker's medical record, according to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo. The Mets reportedly believe, according to the New York Post's Mike Puma, that the Yankees used Walker's medicals as an excuse to back out on the deal and instead pursue Sonny Gray, whom they eventually acquired from the Oakland A's. Earlier this week, instead Continue to Article

August 12, 2017 11:44:pm EST

Eric Thames has dominated the Brewers’ offense this season, returning from a three-year stint in Korea Baseball Organization to mash 26 home runs in an expectation-defying performance. While he’s still quite a few dingers shy of league-leader Giancarlo Continue to Article

August 12, 2017 10:48:pm EST

Walking off the mound to a standing ovation from a crowd that included his parents and sister, Chris Rowley started to become aware of the magnitude of his achievement. Rowley became the first West Point graduate to reach the major leagues, pitching one-run ball over 5 1/3 innings to win his debut Saturday and lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2. A 26-year-old right-hander, Rowley is a 2013 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. Continue to Article

August 12, 2017 6:26:pm EST

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