It’s been more than a month since the Major League Baseball season started, and former Astros ace Dallas Keuchel still hasn’t been signed as a free agent. He’s OK with that; in fact, he said Monday he won’t come down on his asking price at all. Among pitchers who are actually out on the mound, the Indians’ Trevor Bauer struggled mightily after engaging in some playful trash talk via Twitter with White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson. There’s sad news for the Mets and Ron Darling, history for the Giants and a head-scratcher for the Reds closer in today’s top MLB news.
Dallas Keuchel believes he’s holding out not just for himself but for pitchers to come after him.
Dallas Keuchel holding out for fair value ‘for the greater good of baseball.’ https://t.co/ULSO5NMTs8 pic.twitter.com/Rxd0It2xi7
— theScore (@theScore) May 7, 2019
Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer and White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson had a little exchange on Twitter before they met Monday evening. It did not go well for Bauer, who gave up eight runs in less than six innings.
Tim Anderson on his tweet exchange with Trevor Bauer:
“It’s a different approach and it gets the fans to see that it’s all fun and not just we’re trying to take each other’s heads off.”
— James Fegan (@JRFegan) May 6, 2019
Thoughts and prayers for former Mets great and current broadcaster Ron Darling, who is fighting thyroid cancer.
BREAKING: #Mets great Ron Darling diagnosed with thyroid cancer, says doctors believe it’s treatable. https://t.co/tVYgEtOlaI pic.twitter.com/SJyi6rBsmN
— WFAN Sports Radio (@WFAN660) May 6, 2019
You don’t see this very often: the Giants’ lovable Panda, Pablo Sandoval, homered, stole a base — and pitched — all in the same game.
The Giants lost, but Pablo Sandoval had himself a day!
✅ Hit a home run
✅ Stole a base
✅ Pitched a scoreless inning#LetPabloPitch (via @NBCSGiants) pic.twitter.com/WXfa8fTvoA— FanDuel (@FanDuel) May 6, 2019
Reds closer Raisel Iglesias said manager David Bell is misusing him by having him pitch in tie games. Iglesias is wrong about at least one thing: Every closer in baseball pitches in tie games at home.
Raisel Iglesias says other “closers” don’t appear in tie games. Yeah, about that… pic.twitter.com/eWOVUhCrId
— Matt Wilkes (@_MattWilkes) May 6, 2019
TOP STORIES
• Dallas Keuchel knows what he’s worth and will not settle | Yahoo Sports
• Anderson chases Bauer after tweet; ChiSox rout Indians 9-1 | Associated Press
• Ron Darling, former NY Mets great and current broadcaster, diagnosed with thyroid cancer | northjersey.com
• Cincinnati Reds closer Raisel Iglesias upset with use in non-save situations | Cincinnati.com
