#Esteury Ruiz

The Oakland Athletics have reached an agreement on a one-year deal with right-hander Shintaro Fujinami, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. Fujinami was submitted to Major League Baseball's "posting system" back in December by the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league. Fujinami, 28, was once considered a rival to Los Angeles…

The Major League Baseball season is a marathon. Just because a team gets out to a hot start, does not guarantee they will still be standing by October, as so many things can happen over the course of a full 162-game slate. There are some teams that got off to fast starts, who have slowed down entirely, and others who stumbled out of the gate and…

Remember when the Oakland A's were trying to hold up the Cardinals in their trade demands for catcher Sean Murphy? Remember how they wanted Laars Nootbaar and Brendan Donovan and one of the Cardinals' top young pitchers? After the Cardinals took a pass and signed free-agent Willson Contreras instead, the A's worked a three-way trade with Atlanta…

The Pittsburgh Pirates are set to host the Milwaukee Brewers today in the second matchup of a three-game set at PNC Park. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes our Brewers-Pirates prediction and pick we have laid out below. Milwaukee made an interesting move at this week's trade deadline, shipping…

The Matt Arnold era as General Manager is here, and it's almost like David Stearns never left. On Friday, the Brewers traded second baseman Kolten Wong to the Seattle Mariners for infielder Abraham Toro and known Brewer-killer Jesse Winker. After trading Hunter Renfroe to the Los Angeles Angels for pitching depth and prospects, it appears the…

The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres clash for another NL West matchup! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Diamondbacks-Padres prediction and pick. The Diamondbacks are coming off of a series loss to the San Francisco Giants. They won the first game but lost the second two by a combined score of 17-3. They look to bounce back…

Each season several hitters break out in the minor leagues. Last week we unveiled 10 players that raised their stock over the course of the 2022 season. Here are 10 more hitters that similarly broke out during the 2022 campaign. Oscar Colas, OF, White Sox: An older signee out of Cuba, Colas signed in January 2022 for $2.7 million. Assigned to…

Playoff baseball is living up to the hype so far. Players such as Julio Rodriguez, Yordan Álvarez, Ronald Acuña Jr., Trea Turner and Bryce Harper are among the stars leaving an impression. We've watched former Cy Young Award winners such as Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander and Robbie Ray struggle on the mound (just two pitches for Ray on Tuesday…

The Padres and Brewers made the most surprising trade of the deadline on Monday, with San Diego landing All-Star closer Josh Hader in exchange for four players: reliever Taylor Rogers, right-hander Dinelson Lamet, and prospects Robert Gasser and Esteury Ruiz. The Padres and Brewers are both making gambles here. The Padres are hoping that Hader's…

After missing all of 2020 and all but two innings in 2021 while recovering from Tommy John surgery, this was always going to be a "prove it" year for Noah Syndergaard. He signed a one-year, $21 million deal with the Angels, hoping to show there's enough left in his surgically repaired, 29-year-old arm to be worthy of a long-term deal this coming…