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Padres reliever Robert Suรกrez suspended for 10 games, 6th pitcher penalized for sticky stuff
Read full article: Padres reliever Robert Suรกrez suspended for 10 games, 6th pitcher penalized for sticky stuffSan Diego Padres reliever Robert Suรกrez has been suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball, the sixth pitcher penalized for using banned sticky stuff.
MLB experimenting with pearl white baseballs to rid sticky stuff problem
Read full article: MLB experimenting with pearl white baseballs to rid sticky stuff problemPristine white baseballs that would not require rubbing are under consideration by Major League Baseball as a way to solve the issue of pitchers using sticky substances for better grip.
MLB commissioner suspects many pitchers are using banned sticky stuff
Read full article: MLB commissioner suspects many pitchers are using banned sticky stuffBaseball Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks the use of banned sticky stuff is more widespread than the three pitchers ejected this season for illegal grip aids.
Scherzer suspended 10 games for sticky substance ejection
Read full article: Scherzer suspended 10 games for sticky substance ejectionMets pitcher Max Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand during a game.
NL East-leading Braves overcome Duvall's lost HR in victory
Read full article: NL East-leading Braves overcome Duvall's lost HR in victoryIan Anderson pitched two-hit ball over six-plus innings and Austin Riley, Ozzie Albies and Freddie Freeman homered as the Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-2.
Diamondbacks' Smith suspended 10 games for sticky substance
Read full article: Diamondbacks' Smith suspended 10 games for sticky substanceArizona Diamondbacks left-hander Caleb Smith has been suspended 10 games and fined an undisclosed amount for having a foreign substance on his glove during a game last week.
Mariners' Santiago banned 80 games for positive drug test
Read full article: Mariners' Santiago banned 80 games for positive drug testSeattle pitcher Hรฉctor Santiago was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball following a positive test for external testosterone, exactly one month after he was banned for 10 games when he became the first player penalized under the sportโs crackdown on grip-enhancing substances.
Santiago 10-game suspension upheld for foreign substance
Read full article: Santiago 10-game suspension upheld for foreign substanceSeattle Mariners pitcher Hรฉctor Santiagoโs 10-game suspension was upheld by MLB special adviser John McHale Jr. Santiago will start serving the suspension Friday, when the Mariners open their post-All-Star break schedule at the Los Angeles Angels.
Ohtani hits 33rd, but Haniger's slam lifts M's past Angels
Read full article: Ohtani hits 33rd, but Haniger's slam lifts M's past AngelsShohei Ohtani became the sixth player to reach the upper deck of T-Mobile Park with a majestic blast for his 33rd homer, but Mitch Hanigerโs two-out grand slam in the eighth inning lifted the Seattle Mariners over the Los Angeles Angels 7-3.
LHP Santiago ejected, glove confiscated during Mariners' win
Read full article: LHP Santiago ejected, glove confiscated during Mariners' winSeattle reliever Hector Santiago was ejected after he was checked by the umpires as part of baseballโs new sticky substance protocols, and the Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 in the resumption of a suspended game.
Mariners' Santiago ejected as part of foreign substance rule
Read full article: Mariners' Santiago ejected as part of foreign substance ruleSeattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago became the first player to be ejected as part of Major League Baseballโs new foreign substance protocols when he was thrown out of their game against the Chicago White Sox.
Detroit Tigers send 19 players to Toledo -- 37 left competing for 30 roster spots
Read full article: Detroit Tigers send 19 players to Toledo -- 37 left competing for 30 roster spotsDETROIT The Detroit Tigers sent 19 players to their alternate training site in Toledo on Monday, leaving 37 players to battle for 30 Opening Day roster spots. READ: How will the Tigers fill their final rotation spots after the Jordan Zimmermann injury? Haase and Rogers were fighting for what figured to be two or three catcher spots on the roster. That means seven of these 13 players will also be sent to Toledo or the taxi squad, while six make the roster. Lets assume its 11, leaving four bullpen spots and two reserve spots open.
Here are the 58 players included on the Detroit Tigers spring training roster
Read full article: Here are the 58 players included on the Detroit Tigers spring training rosterDETROIT The Detroit Tigers have released their initial Club Player Pool, including 58 players who can participate in spring training. Schwindel was one of the nice success stories of spring training in March. Willi Castro could benefit from the extra roster spots, but Lugo feels like someone who could still end up on the outside looking in. ProspectsThese are the players Tigers fans are most anxious to see, and for good reason. Dingler made the cut just weeks after being the teams second-round draft pick, but hell likely just get some work in Toledo.