The Oakland Athletics have been in some serious need of a right-handed batter especially after letting go of one less than 48 hours ago. The Oakland A’s just previously designated Jake Fox for assignment, which allowed the team to look for a more proficient, quality, and dependable right-handed batter.

The door seemed to open up at the right time for outfielder Conor Jackson as he has now been acquired by the Oakland A’s. Jackson definitely has the power at bat when it comes to offense. The A’s ultimately hope that Jackson will come in and get the job done. Continue Reading…

Ian Snell, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners, has now been selected for assignment. To take his place, the Mariners recalled right-handed Brian Sweeney from AAA Tacoma. Sweeney signed as a free agent for the Minor Leagues just two months on April 16.

Prior to being designated for assignment, Snell went 0-5 and had a 6.41 ERA. And for the second time this year, Snell was sent to the bullpen on Monday with Luke French taking over his spot in the rotation. His career record is 38-52 with an ERA of 4.80. Continue Reading…

Alex Rodriguez, the third baseman for the New York Yankees, has suffered an injury known to the team as hip-flexor tendinitis. However, for us, on laymen’s terms, it’s just a sore right side. Apparently, this injury is not related to the hip surgery that A-Rod underwent last year when he missed the first month of the 2009 MLB season.

The injury occurred during the game Thursday against Baltimore in which New York lost 4-3. Friday, Rodriguez underwent an MRI prior to having to sit on the sidelines for the game against the Astros, which the Yankees claimed a victory. Last Sunday, Rodriguez also left the game against Toronto, in which the Yankees also lost 4-3. Continue Reading…

Jacoby Ellsbury underwent new tests and examinations and the results weren’t pretty. Apparently, the MRI shows that Ellsbury has a new injury to his ribs – new fractures. The outfielder for the Boston Red Sox first sustained four broken ribs on April 11 when colliding with teammate Adrian Beltre in the game against the Royals.

Wednesday, Ellsbury was examined in Los Angeles by orthopedist Dr. Lewis Yocum, whom Ellsbury went to see based off his agent’s recommendations for a second opinion. The Red Sox approved the visit and MRI test results showed that he had a new set of rib fractures in a different area than the first set of fractures. Continue Reading…

We reported previously this week that the Milwaukee Brewers released pitcher Jeff Suppan. That was Monday. It’s now Thursday and he’s already received an offer to join another team.

The St. Louis Cardinals are taking the right-handed free agent pitcher under their wing for a minimum pro-rated contract. There were talks about two other pitchers possibly joining the Cardinals – Kevin Milwood, right-handed player from the Orioles as well as Brian Bannister, right-handed player from the Royals; however, it seems that Suppan got the final contract. Continue Reading…

The 2010 MLB Amateur Draft started on Monday with the Washington Nationals staking their claim first with the first pick of the night.

As we already know and have reported, the Nationals took 17-year-old Bryce Harper from the College of Southern Nevada as their first round draft pick and the first overall draft pick of the night. Although he has played catcher, he’ll find himself as an outfielder with Washington, which will likely have him moving up the ladder quicker than if he were labeled as a catcher. Continue Reading…

The prestigious Washington Nationals had the opening pick of the night for the MLB Amateur Draft Monday night and decided to go with a very popular amateur player from Las Vegas, 17-year-old Bryce Harper. Being so young you may wonder how he made it into the draft – well, here is the story.

Harper wanted to be eligible for draft this season so instead of playing his high school junior season, he opted to test for and receive his GED. He then went on to enroll at the College of Southern Nevada instead of waiting until 2011. Many probably find this move of Harper’s devastating thinking that he ruined his life by taking this chance when there was no guarantee for anything. Continue Reading…

Jeff Suppan has finally been released by the Milwaukee Brewers. This has been something that has been long awaited by many baseball fans due to Suppan’s poor pitching quality and strategy.

The 35-year-old right-handed pitcher got over than $10 million for being released on Monday, though, so it was a final paycheck for him. The pitcher was in the fourth year, which was the final year, of his four-year deal with the Brewers. The total contract equaled $42 million, which he first signed in 2006 as a free agent. Continue Reading…

New York Mets’ Daniel Murphy has incurred an injury to his right knee in the Minor Leagues. This injury is said to keep him out the rest of this season. Murphy has already been out this year due to a right knee sprain that he finally recovered from prior to this new injury.

The 25-year-old was at AAA Buffalo playing second base this past Wednesday attempting to turn a double play and a runner slid right into him. After examining Murphy, it seems that although his injured knew ill not require surgery, the injury will take anywhere from four to six months (not weeks! Yikes!) to heal. Continue Reading…

Activated from the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday for the San Diego Padres was outfielder Scott Hairston. Hairston was first placed on the 15-day DL on May 16 due to a left hamstring strain. This activation comes just prior to the commencement of the final game of the series against the New York Mets.

The outfielder’s injury initially came the day before being placed on the DL when he was attempting to catch a line drive in the games against Dodgers, which the Padres loss. Before his placement on the disabled list, Hairston had participated in a total of 32 games, was hitting .247, and had posted two home runs as well as 14 RBI’s. Continue Reading…