MLB Trade Rumors and News: Mets shut down Syndergaard, Yankees dealing with bevy of injuries - MLB Daily Dish

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• The Mets had been hopeful to get Noah Syndergaard back in their rotation soonish to try and hold off their division rivals in what has been a surprising bad National League East. Unfortunately, they will have to wait a good bit longer as Syndergaard’s rehab hit a setback as elbow inflammation will keep him out until at least August.
• It was bad enough that the Yankees are going to be without Corey Kluber for a while. Now, we get word that Luke Voit is hitting the injured list with an oblique injury as Aaron Hicks underwent surgery that effectively ends his season.
• The Brave thought that Marcell Ozuna had escaped serious injury when he dislocated two of his fingers on a slide earlier this week. Unfortunately, once he got back to Atlanta to get a closer look by the team’s doctors, it was announced that he did, in fact, have fractures in those same fingers as well and is expected to miss six weeks or so.
• Mickey Callaway has been awaiting his official fate from the league in the wake of some some serious and troubling allegations regarding his treatment of female members of the media. Well, MLB announced the results of their investigations where they found that Callaway had engaged in lewd and inappropriate conduct regarding his sexual advances towards journalists. He is now suspended through at least the 2022 season and Angels immediately fired him upon the decision being made.
• Corey Kluber has been one of the league’s better stories during the 2021 season, especially in the wake of his recent no-hitter. Unfortunately, we got a reminder the existence of Father Time and that the laws of physics do not always get along with the human body as Kluber hit the injured list with a shoulder strain.
• The Mets are currently dealing with injury issues that are nearly unheard of, and with outfielder Johneshwy Fargas set to hit the injured list on Wednesday, they’ll have 17 players on the IL, including their top four options in center field. To help shore up their outfield issues, they acquired Billy McKinney from the Brewers on Tuesday in exchange for 17-year-old left-hander Pedro Quintana. McKinney, 26, hasn’t been very good this season, hitting .207/.260/.359 with three homers, but he has four seasons of big-league experience and a solid amount of power (21 homers in 511 MLB plate appearances). That’s much more than can be said for the Mets’ internal call-up candidates at this point.
• Corey Kluber’s impressive comeback was dealt a potential blow on Tuesday night, as the 35-year-old right-hander exited his start against the Blue Jays after 58 pitches due to shoulder fatigue. That’s scary news for a pitcher who missed nearly all of 2020 due to a shoulder injury, though Kluber seemed optimistic that it wasn’t a serious issue.
• The Rays have traded Willy Adames to the Brewers in a four-player deal. Trevor Richards was also dealt to Milwaukee in exchange for relievers Drew Rasmussen and J.P. Feyereisen. The 25-year old Adames was arguably the core of the Rays’ young lineup last season, though he had struggled this season before being dealt. He will be taking over as the shortstop for that Brewers, who have been starved for consistency at the position and in desperate need of an offensive boost.
• The Orioles’ ongoing search for a second baseman has come up empty.
• For anyone who has he audacity to say that baseball is boring and no fun, Shohei Ohtani has become the baseball marvel the world hoped he’d be.
• It appears as though 2021 is the year of the no-hitter. There have now been six no-hitters thrown this year after Corey Kluber threw a no-no last week against the Rangers. That six doesn’t even include Madison Bumgarner’s seven inning no-hitter earlier this season and is only two away from the all-time single-season league record.
• Perennial MVP candidate Mike Trout probably won’t win the AL MVP Award in 2021, as he’s going to spend the next 6-8 weeks on the shelf recovering from a calf strain. Even though Trout had slumped in May, he still led the majors with a .466 OBP and 1.090 OPS due to the ridiculous .425/.523/.781 slash line he posted in April, and his loss is as massive as can be for an Angels team that was already struggling to stay above water in the AL West.
• The Dodgers signed veteran slugger Albert Pujols to a major league deal, less than a month after he was designated for assignment and released by the Angels. For a moment there was a rumor floating around that the 41-year-old might sign with the Cardinals so he could play out his career with the team he made his name with. But clearly the Dodgers believe he has some fuel left in the tank, despite the .198/.250/.372 slash line he posted with the Angels this season.
• The Angels have acquired Hunter Strickland from Tampa Bay for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Strickland will be a welcome addition to an Angels bullpen that has been run dry. He’s also started this season like a firecracker, posting a 1.69 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 16 innings. Coming from a competitor like Tampa Bay, it will be interesting to see what Strickland does in Los Angeles—both on and off the mound.
• Remember when the league and MLBPA got in a very public back and forth that resulted in MLBPA essentially calling the league’s bluff and calling for a shortened slate of games with the idea that the players were going to file a grievance? Do you remember that Manfred tried to one-up that by saying no season was going to happen at all unless the players waived the right to file a grievance? That was fun...and that grievance has arrived as MLBPA formally accused the league of negotiating in bad faith on the terms of the 2020 season.
• The Mariners’ former president Kevin Mather caused all sorts of havoc this past offseason when, among other things, he said that because their top prospect Jarred Kelenic declined to sign a long-term extension with the Mariners, that he was not going to start the 2021 season with the team in order to manipulate his service time. Well, that whole episode did not end well for Mather, but it didn’t stop the team from doing just that as both Jarred Kelenic AND Logan Gilbert got called up to the majors. We are sure it was because they “weren’t ready yet” and needed a handful of minor league games to become major leaguers.
• The Braves’ Mike Soroka has had a rough road back to health over the last year or so. After rupturing his Achilles’ tendon early in the 2020 season, his rehab was delay this spring by soreness in his shoulder and his return was pushed back to June of this year. Now, the Braves got even worse news as Soroka has been feeling discomfort in his repaired Achilles and underwent exploratory surgery.
• The Braves have signed reliever Shane Greene to a one-year deal, reports Jon Heyman of MLB Network. While the contract is in the $1.5M range, it will likely end up at $1.1M after being prorated based on how much of the season is behind us. The 32-year old has been with the Braves since the 2019 trade deadline, throwing 52 1/3 innings of 3.27 ERA/3.87 FIP in his time with the Braves. He hit free agency at the end of last year and it certainly a welcome familiar face for a Braves bullpen that’s been less than reliable so far this season.
• Its never great news when a player ends up on the ground after attempting to run to first, but the news was particularly bad for Luis Robert and the Chicago White Sox. The young star was diagnosed with a torn hip flexor and won’t even be able to begin baseball activities for 12-16 weeks, which very much puts his season in jeopardy. That White Sox outfield is looking awfully thin these days.
• The Dodgers have their own injury problems. Dustin May left his most recent start in the second inning and it was announced that he is going to have to undergo Tommy John surgery which will put him out until at least some time next season. It’s silly how much depth that Dodgers roster has, but they can’t really afford to lose too much more talent on the pitching side.
• The Braves have placed Travis d’Arnaud on the 60-day injured list after undergoing a pretty rough sprain to his thumb that could be more serious than initially posed. William Contreras, the young 2015 international signee, will take d’Arnaud’s spot behind the plate.
• In some disturbing news, MLB has placed Roberto Alomar on the ineligible list, while the Blue Jays severed all of their ties with Hall of Famer. His name will be removed from the team’s “Level of Excellence” and his banner at Rogers Centre will be taken down following an investigation of sexual misconduct against him. He is now the only Hall of Famer on the ineligible list.
• The health and safety protocols that the league has put in place for the 2021 season have been a hot topic given that we are amidst a vaccine rollout that should, in theory, make existing out in the world much safer and easier. Monday, MLB sent out a memo to teams saying that if at least 85% of a team’s roster becomes vaccinated, that the health protocols they are operating under will be relaxed.
• The White Sox, fresh off an impressive run to the postseason last year, are primed to win the AL Central this year, but things just got a bit harder. It was announced last week that slugger Eloy Jimenez ruptured his pectoral tendon and will miss around 5-6 months of action as he recovers. While the White Sox do have a good number of quality bats in their lineup, Eloy’s injury is really going to put their depth to the test and place a lot of pressure on some young guys to perform.

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