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Jhonny Peralta agrees to minor league contract with Red Sox
Will play 3B at Triple-A Pawtucket, where he will be teammates with Allen Craig. Craig has just 1 HR in 170 plate appearances this season, by the way.
IF Ildemaro Vargas called up by Arizona.
Vargas is the 2nd ex-#stlcards minor leaguer to go thru indy ball on way to Arizona (David Peralta). https://t.co/yPdGFBxiE1
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) June 30, 2017
The #RedSox have released Allen Craig.
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) June 30, 2017
Man, quite a free fall for Allen Craig. I don’t recall anyone in the long history of the game that seemed to suddenly lose the ability to hit, other than two similar players where it happened roughly at the same time, Craig and Garrett Atkins.
Guys age, and thus are less productive. But it seems like both Craig and Atkins were real good for a awhile, then had a season where they just lost it and never recovered.
Talk about Craig was that it was driven by a foot injury, but the severity of the decline is so severe, I still wonder what was really behind it.
Man, Craig’s output just went into freefall. At least he should be very comfortable financially.
Neither ligament repair pitcher – Seth Maness and Mitch Harris – was able to bounce back, as Maness has been designated for assignment by the Royals.
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Kyle Grana was released by the Dodgers.
Boston seems to agree. Jhonny Peralta went 8-for-40 at Triple-A Pawtucket and that got him released.
Worth remembering that his brother Casey quit in the middle of the season one year at Palm Beach, right after being named an all-star.
Colby Rasmus has decided to "step away" from game, placed on restricted list by #Rays, not expected to return this season
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) July 13, 2017
The #Rays have placed OF Colby Rasmus on the restricted list. pic.twitter.com/Z28sYZ5SfI
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) July 13, 2017
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Wishing Colby all the best. He always seemed to have off-the-field issues; I felt it was a lack of maturity, but perhaps something else was going on.
Not sure his dad was always a positive influence. It seemed like his dad tended to blame others for Colby’s misgivings. I do not know this for sure of course, but I sensed that when an authority figure chastised Colby, his dad would get on the authority figure and say “what are you doing to my son”.
When I was a young guy and an authority figure chastised me, my dad would ask me “what kind of screwing around are you doing to get the coach (or teacher or another adult) upset like that”. 🙂
Sad to see this young man step away. He and his father sent me a huge box of stuff that we used at an auction for a youth hockey trip. They are a great family!
Very cool!
More discord in the Cubs clubhouse? When things are going well, Lackey is an “intense competitor.” When not going well, he could be a lot of trouble.
John Lackey on moving out of Cubs' rotation: 'That ain't going to happen' https://t.co/xS7jrGqO1r
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) July 19, 2017
#Braves are informing rivals they likely won't deal Matt Adams, per @Buster_ESPN. Story: https://t.co/lGRAOnTnrG pic.twitter.com/vWuSFP9F1r
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) July 20, 2017
Pete Kozma was designated for assignment by the Rangers.
Looks like Jaime is on the move again. Will be very interesting to see what they get for him and compare to Gant/Ellis/Dykstra.
Source: #Twins close to acquiring #Braves’ Garcia.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 20, 2017
Former Cardinal Dennis Eckersley and almost-Cardinal David Price had an incident on a team charter.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2017/07/23/shaughnessy/LFEh4ADdxNLjW2B7UWEVrJ/story.html
Took a while, but finally done.
The #Braves have acquired RHP Huascar Ynoa from the Twins for LHP Jaime GarcĂa, C Anthony Recker and cash considerations. Details: pic.twitter.com/3lKgMFoyz5
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 24, 2017
Source confirms: #Rays acquire Steve Cishek from #Mariners for Erasmo Ramirez. First: @Jonmorosi and @Feinsand.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 28, 2017
#cardinals passed around this official statement from #HOF Lou Brock. #stlcards pic.twitter.com/jZwrDaWQU7
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) July 28, 2017
Today, Hall of Famer Lou Brock was informed by his doctor that he is cancer free. We can't wait to see Lou back at the ballpark. #STLCards pic.twitter.com/kNhsu7s5m5
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) July 28, 2017
Of course Lou Brock is forever a Cardinal, not a former Cardinal, yeah for Lou!!
You got me there! I was initially going to start a new thread, but instead decided to put it here.
Jaime on the move again…
#Yankees sending RHP Zack Littell and LHP Dietrich Enns to #Twins for Jaime Garcia and cash, per @JoelSherman1 and @Jonheyman.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 30, 2017
These are not Terry Ryan's @Twins anymore. In the 2 Jaime Garcia deals, @Twins essentially buy 2 good arms from @Yankees for $4 million.
— Phil Rogers (@philgrogers) July 30, 2017
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