New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Toronto Blue Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion has been named the AL Player of the Month for May. The first baseman hit a team-record 16 home runs in 30 games during the month, batting .281 with […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig was named Tuesday as the NL Player of the Month for May. Puig batted .398 with a .492 on-base percentage, eight homers and 25 RBI in 28 games […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong was named Tuesday as the National League rookie of the month for May. Wong batted .333 with a .418 on-base percentage in 13 games during the month. He […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner was voted the National League Pitcher of the Month for May. Bumgarner led the entire Senior Circuit with five wins (5-0) and 48 strikeouts along with a 2.08 earned-run […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – The New York Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for May. Tanaka complied a 5-1 record with a 1.88 earned run average, one shutout, six walks and 42 strikeouts […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Boston Red Sox pitcher Brandon Workman was fined and suspended six games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for throwing at Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria in a game last Friday. Workman’s pitch in the sixth […]
Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) – The Washington Nationals reinstated third baseman Ryan Zimmerman from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday. Zimmerman, 29, returns to the Nationals after missing 44 games due to a right thumb fracture, suffered April 12 at Atlanta. […]
Bronx, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – The Oakland Athletics reinstated pitcher Ryan Cook from the 15-day disabled list and placed outfielder Josh Reddick on the 15-day disabled list. Cook has been on the DL since early May with a muscle strain in […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has taken the overall lead in balloting for the MLB All-Star Game. Tulowitzki, who leads the majors with a .350 batting average and .450 on-base percentage, had 1,419,718 votes in […]
Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – The Arizona Diamondbacks placed infielder Cliff Pennington on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained ligament in his left thumb and recalled infielder Didi Gregorius from Triple-A Reno. Gregorius was hitting .310 with 14 doubles, three […]