It was a quiet commerce deadline for the Guardians, as Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes that the membership “at occasions…felt they had been shut” to touchdown Sean Murphy from the Athletics, but no deal was accomplished. Murphy was known to be a commerce goal for the Guards, although one other considerably stunning title was a minimum of briefly on their radar, as Hoynes studies that Cleveland and San Diego had some talks about first baseman Eric Hosmer. Nonetheless, these discussions didn’t get far, because the Guardians are one of many 10 groups on Hosmer’s no-trade record. Hosmer additionally used his no-trade protection to scuttle his involvement within the Padres’ blockbuster take care of the Nationals for Juan Soto, so the Padres as an alternative moved Hosmer to the Crimson Sox.
San Diego dealt Hosmer and two prospects to Boston for lefty pitching prospect Jay Groome, and the Padres additionally masking mainly the entire $44MM remaining on Hosmer’s deal (which runs by means of the 2025 season). It’s truthful to guess that the Guardians may need had curiosity in one thing related, with Hosmer becoming a member of Josh Naylor and Owen Miller as a part of the primary base/DH combine. Hosmer may need been seen by the Guards as only a one-season fill-in now that the crew is seemingly willing to part ways with Franmil Reyes, however with the Padres footing the invoice, Cleveland might have saved Hosmer round as a veteran complement to their youthful gamers.
Extra from across the AL Central…
- The Twins activated outfielder Max Kepler from the 10-day injured record, and optioned outfielder Mark Contreras to Triple-A. Kepler is making a comparatively fast return from a fracture in his proper child toe, after he was hit by a pitch on July 24. Kepler has generated 2.0 fWAR over his 85 video games this season, due to stable protection and an above-average (113 wRC+) offensive line of .244/.344/.390 in 337 plate appearances.
- Tigers right-hander Beau Brieske had a Triple-A rehab begin yesterday, and supervisor A.J. Hinch advised reporters (together with The Detroit News’ Chris McCosky) that Brieske is probably on monitor to be activated from the 15-day injured record in time to begin the Tigers’ recreation with the Guardians on Wednesday. Forearm soreness despatched Brieske to the IL on July 18, nevertheless it seems as if the rookie has averted any critical setback — a uncommon bit of excellent well being information inside an injury-plagued season for Detroit pitchers. All of those accidents open the door for Brieske to make his Main League debut, and the righty posted a good 4.19 ERA over his first 15 begins and 81 2/3 innings within the Present.
