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Reuters
11 hours ago
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- Reuters
Fresh off extension, Seth Lugo looks to lead Royals past Braves
July 29 - What might have been right-hander Seth Lugo's final start as a member of the Kansas City Royals has turned into the beginning of an extended stay with the club. Meanwhile, one of Atlanta's recent acquisitions will try to help the Braves' depleted rotation. Fresh off of signing a contract extension, Lugo will try to help the host Royals even this series Tuesday night against right-hander Erick Fedde and Atlanta. Lugo (7-5, 2.95 ERA) was the subject of consistent trade rumors as the deadline approaches on Thursday. Instead, the 35-year-old agreed to a two-year, $46 contract extension beyond this season, his second with the team. "Seth made it very apparent that he wanted to be here," said Royals executive vice president and general manager J.J. Picollo. "I do feel very confident that we would have not found somebody that had a couple of years' control, was a runner-up Cy Young Award winner, All-Star, Gold Glover. ... I don't think we're finding that type of talent in the trade market." Lugo, a 16-game winner with the Royals in 2024, is coming off his 11th quality start of the season. On Wednesday, he allowed two runs, four hits and struck out six over six innings of an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Now, he will pitch without a trade cloud overhead. "Rumors that come up over the past month, I wanted to be here next year," Lugo said. "We've got to show up every day, and it's something we shouldn't take lightly." Locking up Lugo was imperative after the Royals announced Monday that All-Star Kris Bubic will miss the rest of the season with a strained rotator cuff. Lugo also will try to help Kansas City rebound after it tied a franchise record with 14 walks allowed in Monday's 10-7 loss to the Braves, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Lugo has made 29 career appearances versus the Braves and is a stellar 4-0 with a 1.29 ERA in five starts against them. Fedde (3-10, 5.22 ERA), meanwhile, was designated for assignment by the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday and traded to Atlanta on Sunday. Though he allowed a whopping 26 runs, 33 hits -- including eight homers -- and walked 11 over 17 2/3 innings while going 0-4 in his last five starts with the Cardinals, he's apparently a viable option for the Braves. "I've had highs and lows in this game, and I'm just trying to be professional, show up every day and give it my best," Fedde told Fedde, however, was exceptional in his only two career starts versus Kansas City. Both coming last season with the Chicago White Sox, he yielded one run over 10 2/3 innings. Kansas City's Maikel Garcia is 0-for-3 versus Fedde. However, he's batting .423 with five RBIs in the last seven games. On Monday, Atlanta's Ronald Acuna Jr. and Marcell Ozuna each hit a two-run homer. Acuna is 6-for-12 versus Lugo, while Ozuna, the subject of trade rumors, is 1-for-11 with five strikeouts and five walks against him. --Field Level Media
Newsweek
a day ago
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- Newsweek
Yankees Make Trade, Send Veteran Pitcher to Atlanta Ahead of Trade Deadline
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Atlanta Braves, one day after acquiring pitcher Erick Fedde from the St. Louis Cardinals, have acquired another starter to boost their ailing rotation. Carlos Carrasco, 38, is years removed from being the pitcher who garnered Cy Young Award votes in two separate seasons with the Cleveland Guardians. He was pitching for the New York Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, and had a 5.91 ERA in eight big-league appearances (six starts) in 2025. The Yankees have traded Carlos Carrasco to the Braves for a PTBNL or cash. — JackCurryYES (@JackCurryYES) July 28, 2025 But he'll become a valuable innings-eater in Atlanta, which sends a player to be named later or cash to New York in exchange for Carrasco. Carlos Carrasco #59 of the New York Yankees stands for the national anthem before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Yankee Stadium on April 3, 2025 in New York, New York. Carlos Carrasco #59 of the New York Yankees stands for the national anthem before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Yankee Stadium on April 3, 2025 in New York, New York. NewThe trade comes three days before the 6 p.m. ET deadline on Thursday. Jack Curry of the YES Network was first to report the deal on Twitter/X Monday. More news: Yankees Make Trade, Acquire All-Star Third Baseman: Reports Carrasco was 4-2 with a 3.27 ERA for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the International League. He is 112-105 with a 4.18 ERA in 332 games (283 starts) for the Guardians, New York Mets, and New York Yankees since his 2009 debut. More to come on this story from Newsweek Sports.
Canada News.Net
3 days ago
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- Canada News.Net
Blue Jays' Max Scherzer on familiar ground with start vs. Tigers
(Photo credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images) Max Scherzer returns to the mound where the right-hander became a star in the finale of a four-game series between the Toronto Blue Jays and host Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon. The American League East-leading Blue Jays have won four straight games and eight of nine since the All-Star break, while the AL Central-topping Tigers have dropped six straight and 12 of their last 13. Scherzer's career took off when he was traded from Arizona to Detroit before the 2010 season. He posted an 82-35 record in five seasons with the Tigers and won the Cy Young Award there in 2013 - the first of three in the eight-time All-Star's well-traveled career. Right now, the 41-year-old Scherzer is just trying to get back into a groove after recovering from a thumb injury which sidelined him for nearly three months. Scherzer (1-0, 5.14 ERA) hasn't thrown more than 90 pitches in five starts since coming off the injured list. In his last outing on Tuesday, he gave up four runs in five innings against the New York Yankees. He wound up with a no-decision in a 5-4 loss. 'This is the major leagues; you either win or you don't. That's just how I operate,' Scherzer said. 'I take accountability for that. Saying that, our team fought hard. We were down, and we fought our way back into that ballgame. Guys are competing all across the diamond offensively and defensively.' The Blue Jays were down 4-1 when he departed but tied the score before the Yankees pushed across the winning run in the ninth. 'I thought Max threw well, and I thought his stuff was really good,' Toronto manager John Schneider said. 'I wish he had a few more pitches to keep going there, but I think that 90 with the score where it was, that's good for the night.' Scherzer will be making his 80th career start at Detroit's Comerica Park. He's 47-14 with a 3.37 ERA when at the Tigers' home park. His most recent start in Detroit didn't go so well. As a member of the New York Mets on May 3, 2023, Scherzer gave up six runs and eight hits - including two home runs -- in 3 1/3 innings and took the loss in an 8-1 Tigers victory. Overall, Scherzer is 2-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 25 1/3 innings over four career starts against the Tigers. Right-hander Jack Flaherty (5-10, 4.77), Detroit's scheduled starter, will be seeking his first win since June 8. He's 0-4 with three no-decisions in his last seven outings. Flaherty was pulled after just three innings and 78 pitches on Monday. He gave up three runs on six hits and walked three in a 3-0 loss at Pittsburgh. 'I was in some good counts and the at-bats got long,' he said. 'Then a couple of walks get sprinkled in there, which has been the theme when the pitch count starts to go up quickly. It was a weird one.' What made it even more baffling for Flaherty was that he had six strikeouts along the way. 'I was getting to two strikes and then let them stick around too long. Or I would fall behind and have to make a pitch,' he said. 'I have to really look at it. It's not a stuff thing. My stuff was actually really good.' Flaherty is 4-1 with a 2.51 ERA in 28 2/3 innings over five career starts against Toronto. The Blue Jays have won the first three games of the current series by a combined score of 23-7.
Toronto Star
3 days ago
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- Toronto Star
The vibe is back for the Blue Jays, 10 years after that crazy post-trade-deadline run
They went into Saturday's game against the Detroit Tigers and defending Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal with the best record in Major League Baseball, which looks even better when you consider that when they woke up in Anaheim on May 8, they were 16-20, on a four-game losing streak, and had just been walked off by a ninth-inning three-run double from Jorge Soler for their 12th loss in 16 games. Opinion articles are based on the author's interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events. More details
Yomiuri Shimbun
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Crochet Shakes off Ohtani's Leadoff Homer and Outpitches Kershaw as Red Sox Top Dodgers 4-2
BOSTON (AP) — Garrett Crochet struck out 10 in six innings, Jarren Duran hit a two-run triple and the Boston Red Sox beat Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Saturday night. Boston rookie Roman Anthony added an RBI double off Kershaw as the Red Sox won for the third time in eight games since the All-Star break. Boston won 10 in a row heading into the break. Crochet gave up two solo homers in the first. Shohei Ohtani went deep on the third pitch of the game for his 38th of the season, a day after his streak of five straight games with a home run was stopped. One batter later, Teoscar Hernández launched one over the Green Monster. Crochet (12-4) quickly recovered, however, and allowed two runs or fewer for the 18th time in 22 starts this season. Aroldis Chapman got three outs for his 18th save, striking out pinch-hitter and former Red Sox star Mookie Betts to end it. Making his first regular-season start at Fenway Park, Kershaw (4-2) gave up four runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts. The three-time Cy Young Award winner's only previous start in Boston came when the Red Sox beat the Dodgers in Game 1 of the 2018 World Series on the way to winning the title.
