Hacksaw’s Headlines-Wednesday
…(Baseball)…
Manager of Year…BWAA vote
..AL-Cleveland rookie manager Steven Vogt..Overcame loss of Shane Bieber..Won with young pitching staff…Got 27-of-30 votes..Royals Matt Quataro was second
..NL-Pat Murphy-Milwaukee..got team to 93-wins survived loss of 3-starting pitchers and Christian Yelich…Got 27-votes..Mike Shildt was second with 1-vote.
Cy Young Awards to be handed out on Wednesday night.
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(MLB Notes)
MLB…12-of-13 free agents reject (21M) qualifying offers and will go to free agency..Juan Soto-Teo Hernandez-Alex Bregman-Corbin Burnes-Willy Adames-Max Fried-Christian ?Walker-Anthony Santander go on the open market.
Tampa Bay..Pinellas County backs out of (312M) contribution to build new Rays Stadium-putting the 1.3B-project in jeopardy…Rays ownership says team may be forced to move.
Phillies…Announce they will meet with FA-OF-Juan Soto
Houston..Astros ownership says it will match last year’s payroll..spend 244M on salaries
Giants..President Buster Posey hires Bobby Evans-former exec..and Jeff Berry-former agent as Assistants to President
White Sox..Will Venable hires Walker McKinven-ex Brewers as bench coach
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(Roster Moves)
Padres..Promote P-Henry Baez..P-Omar Cruz..P-Ryan Berget to 40-man roster…Baez ranked 7th…Cruz 22nd..Berget 29th in organization….Left unprotected C-Brandon Valenzuela-ranked 1th..P-Jagger Haynes..P-Javien Sandridge
Dodgers…Confirm meeting with FA-OF-Juan Soto discussing commitment to winning
Angels..Open talks with Japanese FA-P-Tomo Sugano-Yomiuri Giants..(35Y)…had (15-3) record with 1.67-ERA last year…Career (136-75)-2.45 ERA.
Angels..DFA-Of-Jordyn Adams-former #1 pick..IF-Eric Wagaman
A’s..Sign FA-P-Jason Alexander-ex Red Sox
Pirates..Sign FA-P-Yerry Rodriguez..had (1.36-ERA) in Blue Jays system
Yankees..Sign FA-2B-Pablo Reyes-ex Red Sox
Miami..Sign FA-OF-Heriberto Hernandez-ex Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay..DFA-P-Rich Lovelady
Cubs..DFA-P-Adbert Azolay
Tampa Bay-Mets..TRADE..Rays deal OF-Jose Siri for P-Eric Orze…Siri hit 43HRs last two years but batted just (.187)
Phillies-Royals..Open trade talks for 3B-Alec Bohm
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…(Football)…
NY Jets..Fire GM-Joe Dougas in wake of (3-8) season…Team had (30-64) record during his reign…Trade for Aaron Rodgers has failed…Wasted #1 draft picks on QB-Zach Wilson-Sam Darnold….Ex Browns GM-Phil Savage will be interim GM
Cleveland..Coach Kevin Stefanski..not listening to ‘outside noise’..team is (2-8)..worst start since (0-17) in 2017
Dallas..Owner Jerry Jones denies Coach Mike McCarthy has lost (3-7) Cowboys
Jaguars..Coach Doug Pederson says injuries have devastated team..Jags have just (528Y) offense…given up (1494Y) on defense in last 3-games
CBS-TV..Sunday Chiefs-Ravens game had season high (31.1M) viewers.
Arizona..NFL suspends LB-Markus Bailey-6G-PED violation
CFL..Edmonton Elks hire Ed Hevery as GM…Former Eskmos GM-who won Grey Cup in prior tenure…Was GM-Hamilton TiCats this past season.
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(Injuries)
Cowboys..lose 3-OL in Monday Night Football loss..OT-Tyler Garton-shoulder…OG-Zac Martin-ankle…OT-Tyler Smith-ankle
49ers..QB-Brock Purdy-strained shoulder
Carolina..IR-TE-Ian Thomas-calf
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(Roster Moves)
Browns..Sign FA-OT-Geron Christian-ex Rams
Raiders..Release WR-Jaylen Guyton
Bears..Workout FA-S-Terrell Edmunds-ex Steelers
Giants..Sign FA-QB-Tim Boyle-ex Miami
Ravens..Sign FA-CB-Desmond King-ex Houston
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(College Football)
Colorado..Coach Deion Sanders says he is staying with Buffaloes…’Kickstand coach’..resting-pleased where I am.
College Football Playoff Poll…1-Oregon..2-Ohio State..3-Texas..4-Penn State..5-Indiana..6-Notre Dame..7-Alabama..8-Miami..9-Ole Miss..10-Georgia..11-Tennessee..12-Boise
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers-Utah…LA led (45-35) in 2nd quarter at Press Time..Tuesday game…LA (9-4) starting the game…Jazz-ripped by injuries-(3-10) heading into game.
Wednesday…Clippers-Orlando…LA (8-7)
Cleveland-L-Boston (120-117)…Celtics knocked Cavs from unbeaten ranks…Cavs (15-0) heading into the game….Jayson Tatum (33P) in win…Celtics survived 40-point Cavs third quarter …Tuesday game
76ers…Stormy hour long players meeting after team fell to (2-11)…G-Tyrese Maxey confronted C-Joe Embiid…’Late for everything..not tolerate your tardiness’
76ers..Ownership says no change in leadership with GM-Daryl Morley..coach Nick Nurse.
Pacers..Sign FA-C-Moses Brown..7’2-averaging 18P-13R-in NBA G League
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…(Hockey)…
Ducks-W-Blackhawks (3-2)..Leo Carlsson-Alex Killorn 3rd period goals…Ducks win 3rd in a row…have won 4-of-5 in hot streak……Tuesday…Anaheim (9-9-2)
Kings-Buffalo Sabres…Wednesday game
Gulls-vs-Calgary Wranglers…AHL action-Wednesday
Boston Bruins..Fire Coach Jim Montgomery after (8-9-3) start…had clashed with star players David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand…Team had goaltending problems…fired despite (120-41-23) record in 2-plus years.
Vancouver..Veteran goal scorer JT Miller takes leave of absence after blowup on bench during game with Coach Ric Tocchett
Toronto..Star C-Auston Matthews flies to Munich, Germany for treatment of hip injury
Washington..C-Alex Ovechkin-possible ligament damage on knee check hit
Toronto..IR-D-David Klampf-leg injury
Sabres..MRI-F-Jordan Greenway-knee
Ducks..D-Cam Fowler to miss 4 more weeks-knee injury
Kings..Activate F-Alex Turcotte
Winnipeg..Jets D-Neil Pionk fined (5,000) for knee check hit
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…(General)…
USA Soccer…Captain Christian Pulisic…’We have liftoff’ under new coach Mauricio Pochettino after first round dominant wins in Nations League tourney.
Boxing…Record TV streaming for Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing exhibition…108M-streaming globally…Womens fight on undercard had 78M-streaming viewers.
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