A’s Coverage:
- Slusser: Jharel Cotton among prominent A’s starters nearly ready to return...
- Slusser: Top prospect Jesus Luzardo switches agencies from Boras Corp to rival Dan Lozano’s MVP...
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MLB News:
- ESPN: Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar to have season-ending shoulder surgery...
- Falkoff: Rangers place Andrus (hamstring strain) on IL...
- O’Brien: Braves bring slugging prospect Austin Riley to Atlanta... ($)
- Harding: Rockies expected to call up prospect Brendan Rodgers...
- Wittenmyer: Cubs’ Ben Zobrist cites ‘inappropriate marital conduct’ by wife in court filing...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Rosenthal: For the Orioles, a team in distress, the on-field struggles may be the least of the concerns... ($)
- Jaffe: Tommy La Stella is Doing Mike Trout-like Things...
- Leitch: These are your potential ASG starting lineups...
- Carig: ‘I want people to look up to me’ — Brewers’ Keston Hiura hopes MLB arrival inspires other Asian-Americans... ($)
- Weaver: Hunter Pence’s swing still looks wild. So how exactly did he transform his results? ($)
Today in Baseball History:
- 1965 — Oriole teenager Jim Palmer picks up his first major league win, topping the Yankees, 7 - 5. Palmer also bangs his first major league homer, a two-run drive off Jim Bouton, to give himself the victory margin.
- 1984 — The Orioles release veteran pitcher Jim Palmer, who is 0-3 with a 9.17 ERA this season. Palmer is asked to retire and accept a job with the organization, but he declines, hoping in vain to find a roster spot on another major league team.
- 1986 — A’s infielder Tony Phillips goes 5 for 5, hits for the cycle and drives in four runs as Oakland beats Baltimore, 8 - 4.
Best of Twitter:
- Wishing the best of luck to Julian McWilliams, who has been a very enjoyable read during his time writing about the A’s...
Employment news: May 31 will be my last day at The Athletic covering the A’s.
— Julian McWilliams (@JulianMack105) May 15, 2019
I’ve accepted a position at the Boston Globe as its Red Sox beat writer and will start in late June.
I’m thankful for the opportunity The Athletic gave me and am excited to get going with the Globe.
- The well-traveled Edwin Jackson is officially in the record books...
Edwin Jackson just made his debut with the @BlueJays……………the 14th team he’s played for.
— Cut4 (@Cut4) May 15, 2019
He is now the first player to play for F O U R T E E N teams. pic.twitter.com/BQhjeEx3sW
- This is an 80-grade baseball story about Chipper Jones and Boog Sciambi...
You're gonna want to listen to this Chipper Jones story. pic.twitter.com/jkzwcCwqOO
— MLB (@MLB) May 16, 2019