THE MINNESOTA TWINS WERE PATIENT YESTERDAY, BUT WOUND UP ACTIVE AT THE TRADE DEADLINE. THEY ACQUIRED BALTIMORE CLOSER JORGE LOPEZ, STARTING PITCHER TYLER MAHLE FROM CINCINNATI, AND PITCHER MICHAEL FULMER FROM DETROIT.
OTHER MARQUEE NAMES MOVED:
WHIT MERRIFIELD WAS TRADED FROM KANSAS CITY TO TORONTO. INTERESTING, AS MERRIFIELD IS UN-VACCINATED, COULD NOT PLAY WHEN KANSAS CITY PLAYED ROAD GAMES IN TORONTO, AND MERRIFIELD NOW WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO PLAY IN HOME GAMES IF HE DOESN’T TAKE THE SHOT. MERRIFIELD PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT IF HIS BASEBALL SITUATION WERE DIFFERENT, PLAYING FOR A CONTENDER IN MORE MEANINGFUL GAMES, HE’D LIKELY GET VACCINATED.
THE PHILLIES ADDED PITCHING WITH STARTER NOAH SYNDERGAARD AND RELIEVER DAVID ROBERTSON.
THE JUAN SOTO DEAL WAS STRUCK WITH SAN DIEGO AS THE PADRES SHIP A BIG LOAD OF YOUNG TALENT TO WASHINGTON. THE PADRES ALSO GET JOSH BELL IN THAT DEAL. PADRES FIRST BASEMAN ERIC HOSMER, REJECTED BEGIN PART OF THAT TRADE, AND WAS EVENTUALLY TRADED TO BOSTON INSTEAD.
THERE WERE GAMES PLAYED:
DETROIT BEAT MINNESOTA 5-3, BUT CLEVELAND ALSO LOST 6-3 TO ARIZONA; THE WHITE SOX BEAT KANSAS CITY 9-2.
ANNOUNCED LATE LAST NIGHT, LEGENDARY BROADCASTER WITH THE LOS ANGELAS DODGERS VIN SCULLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 94.
VIKINGS TIGHT END IRV SMITH JR HAD TO LEAVE PRACTICE YESTERDAY WITH A THUMB INJURY. THEY SAID IT’S NOT OVERLY SERIOUS, AND HOPE HE CAN BE READY BY THE SEASON OPENER.
THE VIKINGS SCHEDULE THIS YEAR, WITH A THANKSGIVING DAY GAME, IS FORCING THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE TO PUSH PREP BOWL GAMES BACK BY A WEEK, INTO EARLY DECEMBER.
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