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3/21/21 The Pittsburgh Pirates today agreed to terms on a minor league contract with pitcher Steven Wright, which includes an invitation to big league camp.   The 36-year-old Wright has produced a 24-16 record, one save, a 3.86 ERA (347.2ip/149er) and 271 strikeouts in 81 career appearances (44 starts) in parts of seven seasons with the…

3/20/21 10 players re-assigned or optioned to Minor League camp JUPITER, Fla., March 20, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced following this afternoon’s game that they have re-assigned or optioned 10 players to their minor league camp, reducing the number of players in Major League camp to 44.     The team optioned pitchers Seth Elledge and Angel Rondón and catchers Ivan…

3/20/21 Right-handed pitcher Peter Lambert placed on the 60-day injured list SCOTTSDALE – The Colorado Rockies announced today that they have selected the contracts of infielders C.J. Cron and Chris Owings and have placed right-handed pitcher Peter Lambert on the 60-day injured list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. The Rockies have 46 players remaining…

3/20/21 The Arizona Diamondbacks made 6 roster moves and have 40 players in camp. Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Riley Smith Reassigned to Minor League camp: LHP Taylor Guilbeau RHP Keury Mella RHP Carlos Navas C Jose Herrera OF Jake McCarthy COURTESY ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS & MLBpressbox.com

March 19th, 2021 The Yankees have optioned RHP Albert Abreu, INF Thairo Estrada, INF Mike Ford and RHP Brooks Kriske to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. COURTESY NY YANKEES & MLBpressbox.com

FLUSHING, N.Y., March 19, 2021 – The New York Mets announced today that RHP Yennsy Díaz, catcher Patrick Mazeika and LHP Daniel Zamora and have been optioned to the Triple-A roster. In addition, outfielder Johneshwy Fargas, infielder Jake Hager, catcher David Rodríguez and infielder Wilfredo Tovar were reassigned. The Mets now have 44 players in major…

FLUSHING, N.Y., March 19, 2021 – Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Jeanne Melino will join the Mets’ Board of Directors, effective immediately. Jeanne Melino will also be joining the Mets as Senior Vice President of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation and will be overseeing community engagement and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts for the team.…

March 19th, 2021 FT. MYERS, FL – The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have optioned right-handed pitcher Shaun Anderson and left-handed pitcher Devin Smeltzer to the alternate training site. The Twins currently have 49 active players in camp (19 non-roster): 24 pitchers (9 non-roster), 6 catchers (3 non-roster), 9 infielders (4 non-roster), 9 outfielders (3 non-roster) and 1 designated…

March 19th, 2021 MESA – The Chicago Cubs have assigned nine players to minor league camp, reducing their spring roster from 47 to 38 players. Right-handed pitcher James Norwood and left-handed pitchers Kyle Ryan and Justin Steele have been optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Left-handed pitcher Brailyn Márquez has been optioned to Double-A Tennessee. Five non-roster invitees…

March 19th, 2021 Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association jointly announced today the latest COVID-19 testing results conducted under MLB’s COVID-19 Health Monitoring & Testing Plan. The independent Utah laboratory has reported the following results during the past week: Weekly Monitoring Testing: 14,845 tests conducted, with 1 new positive test (a player); a…

3/18/21 Former teammate of Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Curt Flood, Orlando Cepeda, Tim McCarver, Dal Maxvill will be honored with Season-long campaign presented by Budweiser will honor Cardinals Hall of Famer with video tributes, bobblehead giveaway and dedicated website ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 18, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals today announced a season-long campaign to…

3/18/21 RHP Carlos Carrasco suffered a right hamstring strain today. It occurred during conditioning after throwing live batting practice. Carrasco will undergo a MRI and the training staff will assess next steps from there. COURTESY NY METS & MLBpressbox.com

3/18/21 Thousands of local competitions will be held across the U.S. and Canada this spring, summer and fall; community youth leagues and leaders encouraged to host local competitions and register via official event sites on MLB.com Major League Baseball will give children, ages 7-14, the opportunity to be part of the Fall Classic with the…

Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation to offer five Undergraduate Juniors and Seniors from diverse backgrounds a ten-week front office fellowship. Fellows to partake in rotating schedules within three front office departments. 3/18/21 Arlington, Texas— The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation today announced the creation of the Charley Pride Fellowship Program, offering rising college Juniors and Seniors a ten-week…

3/18/21 The Toronto Blue Jays have assigned the following 25 players to the Minor League working group. All players remain eligible to play in Grapefruit League games as needed. Optioned:Lopez, OttoLuciano, ElvisMoreno, GabrielTice, Ty Reassigned:Allgeyer, NickBaker, BryanBec, ChrisClarke, PhilGroshans, JordanHarris, HobieHiraldo, MiguelJimenez, LeoKloffenstein, AdamLarge, CullenManoah, AlekMartin, AustinMartinez, OrelvisMurray, JoeyRees, JacksonVan Eyk, CJWaguespack, JacobWarmoth, LoganWoods Richardson, SimeonYoung, ChavezZulueta, Yosver…

March 17th, 2021 LHP Framber Valdez, who has been out with a fractured left ring finger, met with Dr. Steven Shin in Los Angeles today. New images of the injured finger taken by Dr. Shin revealed significant healing. At this point, surgery has not been recommended. Valdez will return to the Astros complex in West Palm…

BOSTON, MA—The Boston Red Sox today made the following roster moves: Right-handed pitcher Tanner Houck was optioned to the Alternate Training Site. Seven players were reassigned to the minor leagues: catcher Kole Cottam, right-handed pitcher Daniel Gossett, left-handed pitcher Stephen Gonsalves, first baseman Josh Ockimey, first baseman/third baseman Triston Casas, outfielder Jarren Duran, and infielder/outfielder Yairo Muñoz. Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom made the…

PEORIA, Ariz. – The San Diego Padres made 25 roster moves today, trimming their spring training Major League camp roster to 52 players. The club optioned Mason Thompson to Triple-A El Paso and Jordan Humphreys and Reggie Lawson to Double-A San Antonio. The following players have been assigned to minor league camp: Pedro Avila, Ivan Castillo, Ethan Elliott, Brady Feigl, Juan…

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Following today’s game at San Diego, the Chicago White Sox made the following 13 roster moves: • Optioned RHPs Zack Burdi, Tyler Johnson, Jimmy Lambert and Jonathan Stiever, LHP Bernardo Flores Jr., OF Blake Rutherford, INF Gavin Sheets and C Seby Zavala to Class AAA Charlotte; • Optioned OF Micker Adolfo and…

FLUSHING, N.Y., March 16, 2021 – The New York Mets announced today that RHP Sam McWilliams and outfielder Khalil Lee have been optioned to the Triple-A roster. The Mets now have 51 players in major league camp. COURTESY NY METS & MLBpressbox.com