Monthly Archives: August 2018

The Cardinals will place outfielder Tyler O’Neill on the 10-day disabled list due to inflammation of the groin area, as the team announced on Twitter.  The placement was retroactive to August 4.  In a corresponding move, the Cards have selected the contract of outfielder Adolis Garcia. Ranked as a top-100 prospect by both Baseball America and MLB.com in each…

Depth in the secondary was already a concern for the New York Giants. Then in the past couple days, the Giants lost Sam Beal for the season and players like Donte Deayon, Curtis Riley, and Teddy Williams have missed time for varying reasons. William Gay also left practice early on Friday with a leg injury. That led to a massive workout of defensive backs…

Head coach Nate McMillan and the Indiana Pacers have come to terms on a contract extension, according to multiple published reports. The deal will take him through the 2020-21 season. After trading All-Star Paul George in the 2017 offseason, McMillan led the Pacers to a 48-win season (a six-win increase from the 2016-17 season) and the Eastern Conference's fifth…

Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes is set to have surgery on his heel Thursday, the first of two procedures that will likely sideline him for eight to 10 months. The Mets announced Wednesday that Cespedes will have surgery to remove bone calcification in his right heel. Dr. Robert Anderson will perform the operation in Green Bay,…

The Milwaukee Brewers decided to shop at the Baltimore Orioles' fire sale, picking up a personal favorite of mine in second baseman Jonathan Schoop, and trading one of their top pitching prospects in return -- which gives the Orioles one of their better trade outcomes of this month. Jonathan Schoop's year to date has been…