A few weeks ago, the Braves picked up former top prospect Justus Sheffield after he was released by the Seattle Mariners. However, he hadn’t appeared on any of the minor-league rosters… until yesterday, when he was added to the Gwinnett Stripers.
Left-hander Justus Sheffield has found a new organization, as the former top prospect has signed a minor league deal with the Braves, per the transaction tracker on his MLB.com profile page.
The Mariners are releasing left-handed pitcher and former first-round pick Justus Sheffield from Triple-A Tacoma.
The Mariners announced that left-hander Justus Sheffield has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Tacoma. Sheffield, 27 in May, was a first round draft pick and was previously considered one of the top prospects in baseball.
The Mariners have filled one of the last remaining holes on their roster for the 2023 season, signing veteran utility player Tommy La Stella to a one-year major league contract.
La Stella, who turns 34 later this month, has some strong seasons on his track record but is coming off a rough patch. From 2016 to 2020, he walked in 9.6% of his trips to the plate and struck out in just 10.6% of them. He only hit 29 home runs over those five years but produced a batting line of .282/.358/.435. That production amounted to a wRC+ of 114, indicating he was 14% better than league average.
The Mariners announced a series of roster moves Tuesday, with infielder Abraham Toro being recalled from Triple-A Tacoma.
1: Chris Flexen vs. Eduardo Rodriguez, 3:10pm 2: Justus Sheffield vs. Elvin Rodriguez, 6:40pm The M’s end the season with Chris Flexen, Justus Sheffield, and Marco Gonzales as the probable starters.
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It’s about to be a nightmare in Dream Land for the AL West What’s the MLB equivalent of a WojBomb? A PassanProjectile? PassanPewPewPew? Anyway, we got one: The Mariners are indeed slumping, Jeff, thanks for noticing.
Justus delayed or Justus denied? [Ed. note: please welcome Zach Mason, aka the Real Zach Mason, to staff! You might already know Zach from his excellent FanPosts; we could not be more delighted to have him publishing them more regularly as a member of the staff.
The Mariners are seeking starting pitching and infield upgrades in advance of the July 30 trade deadline.
Some Friday links. Good morning everybody and happy Friday! Here’s what’s going on in baseball today. In Mariners news... Michael Baumann at The Ringer tells the story of the Mariners’ near-selection of Francisco Lindor in the 2011 draft.
Asked about specific areas of need, Servais said with a chuckle that “every manager out there says he needs more pitching.” While that was something of a tongue-in-cheek comment, the rotation is a fairly obvious area of focus.
Justus Sheffield vs. Jameson Taillon, 7:10pm The Yankees come to town in turmoil. Another late-inning collapse by the previously untouchable Aroldis Chapman pushed them to 42-41 and 4th place in the AL East.
We're a few weeks deep into the regular season, and we're not too far removed from what is the only exciting part of spring training, which is seeing the prospects in living color under the spring sun.
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