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 Morales, 31, is scheduled to report to the Mariners on Friday, at
which time a 25-man roster move will be made. He rejoins Seattle
after a brief stint with the Twins. Morales, who signed as a free
agent with Minnesota on June 8, appeared in 39 games and batted .234
with 11 doubles, one home run and 18 RBIs.
He had a 12-game hitting streak snapped on Wednesday when he went
0-for-4 in the Twins' 3-1 win over Cleveland.
Pryor, 25, made one appearance for Seattle this year after opening
the season on the disabled list following surgery to repair a
latissimus dorsi muscle. He appeared in 34 games with the Mariners
from 2012 to 2014, posting a 2.81 ERA.
Right-hander Jerome Williams will start for Texas on Friday night
against the American League West-leading Oakland Athletics after
signing with the Rangers.
The addition of Williams to Texas' depleted pitching staff was
announced after the Rangers lost 4-2 to the New York Yankees on
Thursday afternoon. The 32-year-old was released by the Houston
Astros this month after posting a 1-4 record with a 6.04 ERA in 14
relief appearances.
The New York Yankees added a left-handed arm to their pitching staff
Thursday by acquiring Chris Capuano from the Colorado Rockies for
cash considerations.
The 35-year-old Capuano signed as a free agent with the Rockies on
July 4 and started four combined games with Double-A Tulsa and
Triple-A Colorado Springs. He had a 1-0 record with a 2.79 ERA.
In 28 relief appearances for the Boston Red Sox earlier in the year,
Capuano posted a 1-1 record with a 4.55 ERA before his release on
July 1.
Contract talks between the Boston Red Sox and left-handerr Jon
Lester will be tabled until the season ends.
Lester asked the team to halt the ongoing negotiations so that he
can focus solely on pitching, and since the calendar turned to June
he has never been better. He is coming off his best month of the
season in which he went 4-1 with a 1.98 ERA in June, and has allowed
only one earned run in his past 23 innings.
Lester, 30, is in the final year of his contract and if the two
sides cannot reach a new deal, he will become a coveted free agent
at the end of the season.
Former major leaguer Chuck Knoblauch was charged with assaulting his
former wife, and as a result of the incident the Minnesota Twins
canceled the team's Hall of Fame induction ceremony scheduled next
month.
According to K-HOU television in Houston, the 46-year-old Knoblauch
was charged with assault of a family member, Cheri Knoblauch, whom
he divorced in 2012. He was released on a $10,000 bond. Knoblauch
was previously convicted of hitting then-wife Stacy Stelmach in 2010
and received one year of probation.
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Knoblauch had been scheduled to be inducted Aug. 23 at Target Field.
He retired in 2002 after a 12-year career with the New York Yankees,
Twins and Kansas City Royals. He was the 1991 American League rookie
of the year with the Twins.
Right-handed reliever Zach Putnam was placed on the 15-day disabled
list with right shoulder inflammation on Thursday and the Chicago
White Sox recalled right-hander Andre Rienzo from Class AAA
Charlotte.
Putnam, 27, is 3-2 with a 2.35 ERA, three saves and a team-leading
12 holds in 42 appearances in his first season with the White Sox.
Rienzo went 4-5 with a 5.87 ERA in 14 games, including 11 starts, in
his previous stint with the team this season (April 19-July 12).
The Baltimore Orioles acquired infielder/outfielder Jimmy Paredes
from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for cash considerations, the
teams announced Thursday.
Paredes was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk after the trade. The
25-year-old hit .305 with five home runs and 36 RBIs in 65 games for
Kansas City's Triple-A Omaha club this season, and he was 17-for-18
in stolen-base attempts. Over eight minor league seasons, he has 183
stolen bases.
New York Yankees first Mark Teixeira missed his fourth straight game
with a lat strain and his 25th game of the season.
The Yankees will decide whether they need to place him on the
disabled list before Friday's game with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Oakland Athletics left fielder Yoenis Cespedes (sprained right
thumb) was out of the lineup Thursday, but A's manager Bob Melvin
said he might be available off the bench and that there's "a good
chance he starts" Friday against Texas.
A's right-hander Jim Johnson was designated for assignment before
Thursday's game, one day after his latest meltdown out of the
bullpen. Johnson gave up four runs and four hits without retiring a
batter in the eighth inning Wednesday. The A's signed Johnson as a
free agent to be their closer, but he struggled early and quickly
lost that job. Johnson went 4-2 with a 6.92 ERA.
(Editing by Steve Keating in Toronto.)
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