Tag: Aroldis Chapman
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Chapman Traded and Daniel Hudson returns
July 1, 2023 Texas Rangers — Aroldis Chapman was traded to the Texas Rangers last night in the first major move of trade deadline season. Chapman re-discovered some of the fire that made him the top closer in the game a few years ago, sporting a 16.45 K/9 and a 2.45 ERA. This would normally…
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Chapman Traded to Texas
June 30, 2023Texas Rangers — The Texas Rangers acquired Aroldis Chapman in a trade on Friday afternoon. While Will smith has been excellent, Chapman has seen a real return to his early career form and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him take over the lead spot in a committee. Chapman is worth a speculative…
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Matt Carasiti, Ricky Karcher, Ken Waldichuk: a trifecta of first-career saves
June 13, 2023 Colorado Rockies – Matt Carasiti was drafted by the Rockies in 2012. Then, in late 2022, he was re-signed by the Rockies to a minor league contract. In the 10 years in between, he had two cups of coffee in the bigs (2016 and 2019) amidst stops in eight other places, including…
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Yankees’ committee continues to get the job done
June 5, 2023 New York Yankees – With Michael King having thrown 33 pitches on Saturday, the Yankees leaned on Clay Holmes, who finished the 7th inning and got the first two outs of the 8th, followed by Wandy Peralta, who notched the final four outs for his 4th save of the year. Hierarchy remains:…
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Pete Fairbanks tweaks hip during warmup
May 29, 2023 Tampa Bay Rays – Pete Fairbanks’ hip “locked up” during his warmup on Sunday and he limped to the dugout for further tests. An IL stint isn’t a certainty, but if he needs to miss some time, watch this space for an alert. In his absence, Jason Adam picked up a 2-inning…