Baseball already has had a busy week with players’ comings and goings across the Major Leagues. The Cubs placed their high-priced closer, Craig Kimbrel, on the injured list. MLB suspended Mariners infielder Tim Beckham for performance-enhancing drugs. Zack Greinke had a mediocre debut with the Astros, but won anyway because they scored 11 runs. And the Giants are parting ways with a fan favorite and 2014 World Series hero.
Kimbrel struggled in his first month with the Cubs but had been better recently. He hopes he’ll only miss the minimum 10 days.
Kimbrel on knee inflammation pic.twitter.com/iae4CU1qio
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) August 5, 2019
Beckham, a former No. 1 overall pick, had been having something of a resurgent season with Seattle. Not anymore after he became the third big leaguer this season to get an 80-game PED suspension.
We’ve likely seen the last of Tim Beckham in a Mariners uniform (via @RyanDivish) https://t.co/nbw44MxYUo
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) August 7, 2019
Greinke called pitching behind the Astros offense ‘boring’ because of all the long innings. But he’ll take the run support.
Greinke breaks down his outing pic.twitter.com/7dXi456AgZ
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 7, 2019
Joe Panik was a fan favorite and World Series hero in San Francisco. But the truth is, he hadn’t been producing for some time.
For the #SFGiants and Joe Panik, a difficult farewell https://t.co/sEK7emEi6O
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) August 7, 2019
Hopefully this is nothing serious for the Yankees’ Gleyber Torres, who returned to action Tuesday after a hospital visit Sunday night … but then had to leave Tuesday’s game and return to New York for more testing.
No update on Gleyber Torres. He is going back to New York for more tests. Said the pain was similar to what he felt Sunday night. Aaron Boone says they’ll have an update tomorrow.
— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) August 7, 2019
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