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              The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired INF Brad Miller in exchange for 1B Ji-Man Choi.               For the Brewers, I don\’t 100% understand the trade. But, With Eric Thames, Ryan Braun and Jesus Aguilar ahead of him on the depth chart, there isn\’t much need for Choi. While both have been assigned to AAA, IContinue reading “MLB trade review: Brewers acquire Miller for Choi”

              The Arizona Diamondbacks have acquired outfielder Jon Jay from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for LHP Gabe Speier and RHP Elvis Luciano.                For the D-backs, A.J. Pollack\’s injury has caused some problems for them. David Peralta, Chris Owings and Jarrod Dyson are the only outfielders on the roster, and Owings also playsContinue reading “MLB trade review: D-backs acquire Jay”

             The Seattle Mariners have acquired RHP Alex Colome and OF Denard Span from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for RHPs Andrew Moore and Tommy Romero.               For the Mariners, injuries to their core players, like CF Dee Gordon (we\’ll get into that later) and 2B Robinson Cano\’s 80 game suspension have tried toContinue reading “MLB trade review: Mariners acquire Colome, Span from Rays”

           The Boston Red Sox have designated 1B Hanley Ramirez for assignment, and activated all-star 2B Dustin Pedroia off the 10 day DL.            Ramirez, who was signed through next year after signing a four year, $88 million deal with the Sox back before 2015. After hitting .330 in April, Ramirez has hit .163 inContinue reading “MLB news: Red Sox DFA Ramirez”

           Chicago White Sox catcher Welington Castillo has been suspended 80 games without pay after testing positive for Erythropoietin (EPO), a PED that is in violation of Major League Baseball\’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The 31-year old veteran catcher released the following statement through the MLBPA (Major League Baseball Player\’s Association):    Continue reading “MLB news: Castillo suspended 80 games”