Daily Baseball Update - 4/19/2021

In baseball the last 24 hours: Jay Bruce retires, the A's keep winning, several dominant pitching performances, & more.

Good morning.

It’s April 19th, 2021 and here’s everything that happened in the world of baseball over the last 24 hours.

The Most Important Thing

Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal

Jay Bruce announces his retirement.

Jay Bruce, who began the season with the Yankees, has decided to retire.

C. Trent Rosecrans @ctrent

Joey Votto on Jay Bruce:

Everything Else

Sunday Recaps

• Diamondbacks 5, Nationals 2 (AZ Snake Pit)

• Phillies 2, Cardinals 0 (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Rays 4, Yankees 2 (DRays Bay)

• Indians 6, Reds 3 (NBC Sports)

• White Sox 3, Red Sox 2 (Chicago Tribune)

• White Sox 5, Red Sox 1 (South Side Sox)

• Giants 1, Marlins 0 (NBC Bay Area)

• Royals 2, Blue Jays 0 (Fox Sports)

• Pirates 6, Brewers 5 F/10 (Bucs Dugout)

• Rangers 1, Orioles 0 F/10 (CBS DFW)

• Mets 2, Rockies 1 (Yahoo)

• A’s 3, Tigers 2 (Bless You Boys)

• Padres 5, Dodgers 2 (LA Times)

• Mariners 7, Astros 2 (710 ESPN)

• Braves 13, Cubs 4 (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Sunday Notables

• Aaron Nola, Phillies: 9 IP, 10 K, 0 BB, 0 ER

• Shane Bieber, Indians: 8 IP, 13 K, 2 BB, 3 ER

• Guillermo Heredia, Braves: 3-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 R

• Anthony Rizzo, Cubs: 2-4, 2 HR

• Brady Singer, Royals: 6 IP, 6 K, 3 BB, 0 ER

• Pablo Lopez, Marlins: 6 IP, 9 K, 2 B, 0 ER

• Bryce Harper, Phillies: 3-3, HR, RBI, BB

Today’s Schedule

Transactions

• The White Sox placed RHP Lance Lynn on the 10-day IL with a strained right trapezius. He’s expected to miss only one start. RHP Zack Burdi was recalled from the team’s alternate site.

• The Rockies claimed RHP Ashton Goudeau off waivers from the Dodgers and moved OF Chris Owings (thumb) to the 60-day IL.

• Giants moves: placed RHP Logan Webb and LHP Jake McGee on the COVID IL after both had side effects to the vaccine; activated LHP Alex Wood from the 10-day IL; recalled C Chadwick Tromp from the team's alternate site.

• Dodgers moves: activated RHP Brusdar Graterol from the 10-day IL; recalled INF Sheldon Neuse from the team's alternate site; placed INF Gavin Lux (wrist) on the 10-day IL.

• The Rays placed RHP Collin McHugh (back) on the 10-day IL and recalled RHP Chris Mazza from the team's alternate site.

• Diamondbacks moves: recalled RHP JB Bukauskas from the team's alternate site; placed OF Tim Locastro (finger) on the 10-day IL; designated RHP Anthony Swarzak for assignment.

• The Pirates reinstated RHP Cody Ponce from the IL and optioned him to their alternate site.

• Nationals moves: placed RHP Stephen Strasburg (shoulder) and RHP Wander Suero (oblique) on the 10-day IL.

• The Orioles recalled RHP Cole Sulser from the team's alternate site after optioning RHP Dean Kremer.

Injuries/Chatter

• Today’s Twins/A’s game is postponed as Minnesota continues to deal with a COVID situation. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli told reporters that there were no new cases in yesterday’s testing. A’s manager Bob Melvin told reporters a Tuesday doubleheader is possible.

• Braves OF Ronald Acuña Jr. suffered an abdominal strain in last night’s game. Manager Brian Snitker told reporters they won’t know until today if a trip to the IL is needed.

• White Sox OF Adam Engel (hamstring) could return the last weekend of April, relays Daryl Van Schouwen.

Posts With Your Toast

• The Dodgers and Padres top MLB.com’s power rankings.

• The Cardinals are getting Jordan Hicks ready to close, says Derrick Goold.

• Orioles manager Brandon Hyde explains RHP Dean Kremer’s option to the alternate site.

• Carlos Rodon and Craig Kimbrel obtain perfection in their own ways, says Jay Jaffe.

• Vinner Duber on what Tim Anderson being back from the IL does for the White Sox.

• The loss to the Royals highlights the need for the Blue Jays offense to get started, opines Ben Nicholson-Smith.

• Martin Gallegos with three takeaways from the A’s 8-game winning streak.

Random Baseball Rewind

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