May 2014 - Baseball Wiretap

Trumbo To Miss Time With Stress Fracture
Mark Trumbo will be sidelined for an extended period of time because of a stress fracture in his left foot.

Associated Press

Chapman Faces Live Hitters
Aroldis Chapman faced live hitters Wednesday for the first time since being hit in the head by a line drive on March 19.

ESPN

Paul McCartney To Play Final Concert At Candlestick Park
The Beatles played their final public concert at Candlestick Park in 1966.

JamBase

Kershaw Set For Rehab Start On Friday
The Dodgers should have Clayton Kershaw back within two weeks.

Mark Saxon/ESPN

Josh Johnson To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
Josh Johnson signed with the San Diego Padres in November on an $8 million contract for one season.

AP

Masahiro Tanaka Believes He's Capable Of 24-0 Season
Masahiro Tanaka has struck out 35 while walking two in his first four big league starts.

Ian O'Connor/ESPN

Michael Pineda Ejected For Foreign Substance On Neck
Suspicions about Michael Pineda's use of a substance, believed to be pine tar, were first raised by NESN broadcasters during the April 10 game.rn

Wallace Matthews/ESPN

Wainwright Leaves Strong Start With Injured Knee
Adam Wainwright threw seven scoreless innings, but left the game with a hyperextended right knee.

Mike Fitzpatrick/AP

Giants Could Permanently Move Brandon Belt To No. 3 In Lineup
Brandon Belt led the Giants in OPS last season.

Henry Schulman/San Francisco Chronicle

Padres Discussing Trade Of Nick Hundley
Nick Hundley has started just four of the Padres' first 21 games, becoming the odd man out at catcher behind Yasmani Grandal and Rene Rivera.

Dennis Lin/San Diego Union-Tribune

A's Reject 10-Year Lease Offer At Colisuem
The A's claim the offer doesn't meet all of their requirements.

ESPN

Pujols Hits Home Runs No. 499, 500
Albert Pujols is hitting .274/.337/.619 with eight home runs and 19 RBIs this season for the Angels.

RealGM Staff Report

Padres Acquire Tyler Greene From Braves
The Braves have traded Tyler Greene to the Padres for a player to be named later.

David O'Brien/Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Harvey Deletes Twitter Account After Controversial Photo
Matt Harvey tweeted "I can't believe it's been 6 months already.#tommyjohn" and attached a photo of himself from his hospital bed in October, with his middle finger raised.

Adam Rubin/ESPN

Four Players Suspended For Brewers-Pirates Brawl
Carlos Gomez, who helped start the incident by exchanging heated words with Gerrit Cole, was suspended three games.

ESPN

Ivan Nova Has Torn Right UCL
Ivan Nova underwent an MRI arthrogram Tuesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan under the supervision of Yankees Team Physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad.

RealGM Staff Report

Miguel Cabrera In New Territory Amid Early-Season Slump
Miguel Cabrera's numbers are down across the board, but a severe power outage is the most troubling. His strikeouts are up, walks down and only a small percentage of his fly balls have been homers.

Andrew Perna/RealGM

Kendrick: Arizona Has Fallen Behind In Analytics Movement
Managing general partner Ken Kendrick revealed in an interview with the Arizona Republic that the Diamondbacks have fallen behind in baseball's information revolution.

Ken Rosenthal/FOX Sports

Twins Still Seeking Bench Help
The Twins have actively been upgrading their bench in recent weeks and they may not be done tinkering.

La Velle E. Neal III/Star Tribune

Oscar Taveras Changes Agencies Again
Taveras will now be represented by Dan Lozano and Brian Mejia of MVP Sports Group.

Jesse Sanchez/MLB

Choo Leaves Game, Will Have MRI On Ankle
Shin-Soo Choo left Monday's game with a sprained ankle after trying to beat out an infield single.

Eric Gilmore/ESPN

Doolittle's Deal With Oakland Worth $10.5M
Sean Doolittle has a 3.38 ERA, 0.84 WHIP and 11 strikeouts in 10.2 innings this season.

Associated Press

White Sox Place Sale On DL With Arm Issue
Chris Sale has a strained flexor muscle in his throwing arm.

Doug Padilla/ESPN

Gomez On Brawl: 'We Know It's Not Good'
After speaking with his parents, Carlos Gomez expressed some regret for Sunday afternoon's brawl between the Brewers and Pirates.

ESPN

Martin Challenges Maldonado To Charity Fight
The aftermath of Sunday's brawl between the Pirates and Brewers isn't over.

Mike Axisa/CBS Sports

Mets Call Up Bobby Abreu
Abreu will provide some left-handed power in the wake of the Ike Davis trade.

Mike Axisa/CBS Sports

Columnist Calls Harper 'Nationals Seventh-Best Player'
Bryce Harper has received a lot of negative attention recently after he was benched by the Nationals for not running out a ground ball.

Thomas Boswell/Washington Post

Francoeur Pitches For Triple-A El Paso
Jeff Francoeur is playing in San Diego's minor league system.

Mike Axisa/CBS Sports

Cubs Not Giving Up On Veras At Closer
Jose Veras has a 15.43 ERA in 4.2 innings this season.

Fred Mitchell/Chicago Tribune

Victorino Nearing Return To Red Sox
The Red Sox could have their starting lineup together for the first time this season within the next week.

Ian Browne/MLB