April 2019 - Baseball Wiretap

White Sox Lose Carlos Rodon, Nate Jones For Season
Both pitchers have arm injuries that required surgery.

Associated Press

Oakland Grants A's Site For Potential New Stadium
The Athletics are making some progress in their quest for a new stadium.

Associated Press

Rays Keeping Tabs On Craig Kimbrel
The Rays are among the clubs "keeping in touch" with Craig Kimbrel, according to a report.

MLB

Braves Giving Prospect Austin Riley Time In Outfield
Austin Riley may be baseball's best third base prospect.

David O'Brien/The Athletic

Farhan Zaidi: Derek Holland's Injury Wasn't 'Fake'
Derek Holland ripped San Francisco's front office Saturday night after he learned from manager Bruce Bochy that he was being moved to the bullpen.

ESPN

Power Outage At Tropicana Field Delays Game 43 Minutes
Sunday's game between the Yankees and Rays was interrupted by a power outage at Tropicana Field.

ESPN

Madison Bumgarner Submits Eight-Team No-Trade List
Teams are preparing to pursue Bumgarner, who will be a free agent after the season, via trade.

Ken Rosenthal/MLB Network

Marcus Stroman Argues With Manager After Getting Pulled
Marcus Stroman wasn't pleased when Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo pulled him in the seventh inning of Saturday's game against the White Sox.

Dayn Perry/CBS Sports

Edwin Jackson To Play For Record 14th Club
The Blue Jays have acquired Edwin Jackson in a trade with the Athletics.

Associated Press

Derek Holland Rips Giants, Says He Faked Injury
Derek Holland has criticized the Giants' front office and says he faked the injury that led to a stint on the injured list.

Associated Press

Felix Hernandez Becomes 36th To Reach 2,500 Ks
Felix Hernandez recorded the 2,500th strikeout of his Major League career in Saturday's game between the Mariners and Red Sox.

ESPN

Mickey Callaway Safe For Now After Meeting With Mets Brass
The Mets are off to a disappointing start, but Mickey Callaway is safe as manager for now.

Joel Sherman/New York Post

Rays Acquire Travis d'Arnaud From Dodgers
The Dodgers have traded Travis d'Arnaud to the Rays just five days after signing him.

ESPN

Kenley Jansen Would Be Fine With Dodgers Signing Craig Kimbrel
The Dodgers are more than 10 games above .500, but the bullpen has been an issue so far this season.

Dylan Hernandez/Los Angeles Times

Yankees Have No Timetable For Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton
The Yankees lead Major League Baseball with 496 days lost to injury this season.

Bryan Hoch/MLB

Albert Pujols Reaches 2,000 RBI On Home Run
Albert Pujols hit a solo home run on Thursday night to reach 2,000 RBI for his career.

ESPN

Tim Anderson: Bat Flips Bring Fun To Baseball
Tim Anderson says he's trying to draw fans to baseball by having fun and isn't worried about how other teams react to him.

ESPN

Joey Gallo Reaches 100 Home Runs Before 100 Singles
Joey Gallo hit the 100th home run of his Major League career on Wednesday, making the record books in the process.

ESPN

Alex Cora Says Red Sox Clubhouse Isn't Divided
Alex Cora is pushing back against recent media discussion of what could be perceived as a racial divide in the Red Sox clubhouse ahead of the team's trip to the White House.

Joon Lee/ESPN

Dallas Keuchel Still Holding Out For Fair Contract
Dallas Keuchel remains unsigned and says he is not going to settle until he gets what he believes to be a fair market value.

Tim Brown/Yahoo! Sports

Cubs Investigating Apparent Racist Gesture By Fan
The Cubs are investigating a fan using what appeared to be a racist hand gesture that was caught by cameras on Tuesday night.

ESPN

Mike Fiers Throws Second Career No-Hitter
Mike Fiers overcame an early delay and a high pitch count to throw the second no-hitter of his career.

ESPN

Indians, Rangers, Tigers Have Watched James Shields Throw Recently
James Shields, 37, remains intent on continuing his Major League career.

Jon Morosi/MLB

Cody Bellinger Will No Longer Play First Base
Cody Bellinger will be an outfielder going forward after suffering a slight dislocation of his right shoulder diving for a ball while playing first base on Friday night.

Ken Gurnick/MLB

Raisel Iglesias: Reds Using Me 'Horribly Wrong'
Raisel Iglesias has a 4.86 ERA for the Reds in 16 2/3 innings this season.

Mike Axisa/CBS Sports

Cubs Recall Carl Edwards, Jr. From Triple-A
The right-hander spent the last month with Iowa after a demotion that Carl Edwards called "very humbling."

ESPN

Bee Swarms Delay Giants-Reds Game
A swarm of bees delayed the start of Monday's Giants-Reds game for 18 minutes.

Associated Press

Dodgers Sign Travis d'Arnaud
The Mets designated Travis d'Arnaud for assignment on April 28 and released him on Friday.

ESPN

Cubs' David Bote Has Been Playing With Broken Toe
Cubs infielder David Bote has been playing with a broken left pinky toe ever since he was hit by a pitch in the first game of the season.

Jesse Rogers/ESPN

Luis Severino Likely Out Until After All-Star Break
The Yankees are expecting Luis Severino to remain sidelined through the first half of the season.

Coley Harvey/ESPN