The Tigers announced Friday that they’ve designated left-hander Bailey Horn for assignment. He’ll be the corresponding 40-man roster move for newly signed infielder Gleyber Torres, whose one-year, $15M deal with the Tigers is now official.
Got an out-of-town appointment today, so it’s a bit of a road trip with The Little Boy. Hopefully I can avoid missing out on anything too major, but the good news is that he’s a BN reader these days, so he’ll understand – and be happy – if I have to jump on something ….
2020 Ryan Tepera may have just been dethroned as the most obscure MLB player to receive an MVP vote. On Thursday, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was named the unanimous American League Most Valuable Player for the 2024 season.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.
Tepera is appealing the suspension but added that he was trying to let the Brewers know the Cubs were tired of getting hit by pitches after Willson Contreras was hit three times.
Chicago Cubs reliever Ryan Tepera has been suspended three games for throwing at Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff on Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced yesterday.
Tepera, 33, hasn't done much since breaking into the league in 2015 with the Toronto Blue Jays. His best season came in 2017, when he went 7-1 with a 3.59 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 77.2 innings for Toronto.