The Orioles have made the following roster moves:
Cole Sands optioned to Triple-A St. Paul
NEW YORK, NY – The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have recalled right-handed pitcher Louie Varland from Triple-A St. Paul.
Varland, 25, made one start for the Saints on April 7 vs. Iowa, allowing one run on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched, with one walk and nine strikeouts.
The St. Paul, Minnesota native made five starts for the Twins last season, going 1-2 with a 3.81 ERA (26.0 IP, 11 ER), six walks and 21 strikeouts. He made his major league debut in a start at Yankee Stadium on September 7, 2022, starting the first game of a doubleheader and allowing two runs on three hits in 5.1 innings pitched, with one walk and seven strikeouts.
He pitched at three levels of the Twins organization last season, combining to go 9-7 with a 3.19 ERA (152.1 IP, 54 ER), 48 walks and 167 strikeouts in 29 games (28 starts) between Minnesota, St. Paul and Double-A Wichita. The 2021 and 2022 Twins minor league Pitcher of the Year is ranked as the club’s 10th-best prospect by MLB.com and rated as having the best control in the Twins system by Baseball America.
Varland is scheduled to make the start tonight in Yankee Stadium.
To make room on the 26-man roster, the Twins have optioned right-handed pitcher Cole Sands to Triple-A St. Paul. Sands made two appearances for the Twins, allowing one run on six hits in 4.0 innings pitched, including 2.0 innings of relief last night at Yankee Stadium.
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland A’s recalled left-handed pitcher Hogan Harris and selected infielder Tyler Wade from Triple-A Las Vegas, the club announced today. The A’s optioned right-handed pitcher Adam Oller and infielder Nick Allen to Las Vegas and designated outfielder Cal Stevenson for assignment.
Harris was 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA in two starts with the Aviators. He allowed four runs on three hits and nine walks in 4.1 innings and struck out five. The 26-year-old left-hander was the A’s third round selection in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft and will be making his Major League debut. Harris is 3-10 with a 3.26 ERA in 40 career appearances, including 37 starts, in the minors. He has held the opposition to a .183 batting average and struck out 175 batters in 132.2 innings. Harris missed the 2018 and 2021 seasons due to ulnar collateral ligament problems that eventually led to “Tommy John” surgery. He also did not pitch in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Wade was a non-roster invitee with the A’s this spring and hit .275 with four RBI and five stolen bases in 25 games. He went 10-for-35 (.286) with four RBI, six walks and a Pacific Coast League leading seven stolen bases in 10 games with Las Vegas. The 28-year-old left-handed hitter started five games at shortstop, two in right field, one in center field, one at second base and one at third base. Wade made his Major League debut with New York (AL) in 2017 and is a .214 career hitter with seven home runs, 41 RBI and 38 stolen bases in 331 games in six seasons in the majors with the Yankees (2017-21) and Angels (2022).
Oller allowed seven runs on eight hits in 2.1 innings in a start at Baltimore yesterday and was 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA in three games, including one start, overall. Allen was on the Opening Day roster and was 1-for-16 in eight games. Stevenson began the season with Las Vegas and was hitting .348 with six walks and three stolen bases in seven games.
The Pittsburgh Pirates today activated catcher Austin Hedges from the concussion injured list. Catcher Tyler Heineman has been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis to make room for Hedges on the active roster.
In addition, right-handed pitcher Chase De Jong has been placed on the 15-day injured list (retro to April 13) with a lumbar spine muscle strain.
Right-handed pitcher Robert Stephenson (right elbow inflammation) has completed his rehab assignment with Indianapolis and has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list.
Stephenson made four relief appearances (3.1ip/5h/3r/3er/5bb/6so) on rehab with Indianapolis. He will wear uniform #43.
LOS ANGELES – The Chicago Cubs today activated outfielder Seiya Suzuki from the 10-day injured list and optioned infielder Miles Mastrobuoni to Triple-A Iowa.
Suzuki, 28, was placed on the 10-day injured list March 30 (retroactive to March 27) with a left oblique strain. In four injury rehabilitation games with Iowa, April 8-12, he batted .308 (4-for-13) with three runs, one home run, two RBI and a walk.
Suzuki in his 2022 MLB debut season with Chicago played 111 games, hitting .262 (104-for-397) with 22 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 46 RBI. His .433 slugging percentage ranked second among N.L. rookies with at least 400 plate appearances while his 38 extra-base hits were third-most among N.L. rookies. Suzuki started his major league career with a nine-game hitting streak, tied with Andy Pafko in 1943 for the longest career-opening hitting streak by a Cub and also tied Tampa Bay’s Akinori Iwamura (2007) for the longest such streak by a Japanese-born player.
The right-handed hitting Suzuki signed a five-year major league contract with the Cubs in March of 2022 following nine seasons with the Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central League, batting a combined .315 (937-for-2,976) with 182 doubles, 16 triples, 182 home runs, 562 RBI, 82 stolen bases and a .984 OPS in 902 games. Suzuki is a five-time Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star, a five-time Central League Gold Glove Award winner and a six-time Best-Nine Award recipient.
Mastrobuoni, 27, has hit .200 (4-for-20) with a double, RBI, run scored and stolen base in eight games for Chicago. He was acquired from Tampa Bay, November 15 of last season, for minor league right-handed pitcher Alfredo Zárraga.
The New York Red Bulls have never lost a home regular season match to the Houston Dynamo FC (W10 D3)but did lost to Houston in the second leg of the 2013 Conference Semifinals. New York has won its last seven regular season home games, against the Houston Dynamo FC, equaling Houston’s longest road losing streak against any opponent in the club’s MLS history (7 straight at CF Montreal Impact from 2012-2021).
The New York Red Bulls have not conceded more than one goal in any of their first seven matches this season but have just one win (D4 L2). New York has conceded once in each of its last five MLS matches (W1 D3 L1).
The Houston Dynamo FC have won three of their last four matches, though all three wins have come at home. Houston has won only four of its last 46 road matches in all competitions (D10 L32) dating back to September 2020, including losing its first three on the road this year.
The New York Red Bulls have faced only 14 shots on target this season, equaling the fewest by any team after seven matches of a season since 2010, (Sporting Kansas City in 2013). No team has managed more than four shots on target against New York this season.
Amine Bassi has scored from the penalty spot in each of his last four matches, becoming the first player in MLS history to do so. Bassi has scored in each of his first four MLS starts and could join Taylor Twellman (first 6) as the only players to score in their first five MLS starts,
CF Montreal impact won both of its matches against D. C. United last season, including a 1-0 home victory in October 2022. It marked only the second time Montreal swept a season series against D. C. United, also doing so in 2017, as its never won three straight regular season matches against D. C. United.
CF Montreal Impact has lost five of its first six matches (W1), equaling the fewest points its had at a stage of a season in club history (3 in 2014). Of the previous 11 teams to have exactly three points through six matches of a season, nearly half (5) went on to make the playoffs.
D. C. United has five point through seven matches this season (W1 D2 L4), the seventh time its had five or fewer points at this stage of the season. D. C. United came back to make the playoffs three of the previous six times, including winning MLS Cup in the league’s inaugural 1996 season.
CF Montreal Impact has been outscored, 9-0, in its last two matches, the second team in MLS history to conceded at least nine times and core none in a two-match span (Orlando City SC – August 2015). CF Montreal’s minus-13 goal difference (3 scored, 16 conceded) is the worst after six matches of a season in league history.
D. C. United has lost 10 of its last 13 away matches (W1 D2) dating back to early July. D. C. United has failed to score in 10 of those 13 matches, including a scoreless draw in Chicago in its last away match. D. C. United managed two goals in each of the three road matches its scored in during that time.
The following are the NFL transactions for Friday, April 14. Transactions will be published each day after they are circulated to NFL clubs. This public version will include waiver requests, assignments via waivers, terminations, free agent signings, reserve list and practice squad additions and deletions, and trades.
| WAIVER SYSTEM TRANSACTIONS | |||||
WAIVER REQUESTS (All are NO RECALL) | |||||
ATLANTA | |||||
| Bell, Quinton | LB | Prairie View | |||
| Bledsoe, Amani | DE | Oklahoma | |||
| Moffatt, Jovante | DB | Middle Tennessee | |||
GREEN BAY | |||||
| Scott, Vernon | DB | Texas Christian | |||
CLAIMING DEADLINE: 4:00 p.m., N.Y. Time, Monday, 4/17/23 | |||||
ASSIGNMENT VIA WAIVER SYSTEM | |||||
PITTSBURGH | |||||
| Mann, Braden | P | Texas A&M | |||
| From NEW YORK JETS | |||||
ACTIVE LIST ADDITIONS | |||||
FREE AGENT SIGNINGS | |||||
ATLANTA | |||||
| Dupree, Bud | LB | Kentucky | |||
BUFFALO | |||||
| Jarvis, Kevin | G | Michigan State | |||
FREE AGENCY SYSTEM TRANSACTIONS | |||||
SIGNINGS: UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS | |||||
ARIZONA | |||||
| Barton, Jackson | T | Utah | |||
| Old Club: LAS VEGAS | |||||
CAROLINA | |||||
| Byrd, Damiere | WR | South Carolina | |||
| Old Club: ATLANTA | |||||
CINCINNATI | |||||
| Sample, Drew | TE | Washington | |||
CLEVELAND | |||||
| Goodwin, Marquise | WR | Texas | |||
| Old Club: SEATTLE | |||||
MINNESOTA | |||||
| Reeder, Troy | LB | Delaware | |||
| Old Club: LOS ANGELES CHARGERS |
Round Pick Overall Club
1 1 1 Carolina from Chicago
1 2 2 Houston
1 3 3 Arizona
1 4 4 Indianapolis
1 5 5 Seattle from Denver
1 6 6 Detroit from Los Angeles Rams
1 7 7 Las Vegas
1 8 8 Atlanta
1 9 9 Chicago from Carolina
1 10 10 Philadelphia from New Orleans
1 11 11 Tennessee
1 12 12 Houston from Cleveland
1 13 13 New York Jets
1 14 14 New England
1 15 15 Green Bay
1 16 16 Washington
1 17 17 Pittsburgh
1 18 18 Detroit
1 19 19 Tampa Bay
1 20 20 Seattle
1 21 x Miami (Choice Forfeited)
1 22 21 Los Angeles Chargers
1 23 22 Baltimore
1 24 23 Minnesota
1 25 24 Jacksonville
1 26 25 New York Giants
1 27 26 Dallas
1 28 27 Buffalo
1 29 28 Cincinnati
1 30 29 New Orleans from San Francisco through Miami and Denver
1 31 30 Philadelphia
1 32 31 Kansas City
Round 1
Round Pick Overall Club
2 1 32 Pittsburgh from Chicago
2 2 33 Houston
2 3 34 Arizona
2 4 35 Indianapolis
2 5 36 Los Angeles Rams
2 6 37 Seattle from Denver
2 7 38 Las Vegas
2 8 39 Carolina
2 9 40 New Orleans
2 10 41 Tennessee
2 11 42 New York Jets from Cleveland
2 12 43 New York Jets
2 13 44 Atlanta
2 14 45 Green Bay
2 15 46 New England
2 16 47 Washington
2 17 48 Detroit
2 18 49 Pittsburgh
2 19 50 Tampa Bay
2 20 51 Miami
2 21 52 Seattle
2 22 53 Chicago from Baltimore
2 23 54 Los Angeles Chargers
2 24 55 Detroit from Minnesota
2 25 56 Jacksonville
2 26 57 New York Giants
2 27 58 Dallas
2 28 59 Buffalo
2 29 60 Cincinnati
2 30 61 Chicago from San Francisco through Carolina
2 31 62 Philadelphia
2 32 63 Kansas City
Round 2
Round Pick Overall Club
3 1 64 Chicago
3 2 65 Houston
3 3 66 Arizona
3 4 67 Denver from Indianapolis
3 5 68 Denver
3 6 69 Los Angeles Rams
3 7 70 Las Vegas
3 8 71 New Orleans
3 9 72 Tennessee
3 10 73 Houston from Cleveland
3 11 74 Cleveland from New York Jets
3 12 75 Atlanta
3 13 76 New England from Carolina
3 14 77 Los Angeles Rams from New England through Miami
3 15 78 Green Bay
3 16 79 Indianapolis from Washington
3 17 80 Pittsburgh
3 18 81 Detroit
3 19 82 Tampa Bay
3 20 83 Seattle
3 21 84 Miami
3 22 85 Los Angeles Chargers
3 23 86 Baltimore
3 24 87 Minnesota
3 25 88 Jacksonville
3 26 89 New York Giants
3 27 90 Dallas
3 28 91 Buffalo
3 29 92 Cincinnati
3 30 93 Carolina from San Francisco
3 31 94 Philadelphia
3 32 95 Kansas City
3 33 96 Arizona (Compensatory Selection)
3 34 97 Washington (Compensatory Selection)
3 35 98 Cleveland (Special Compensatory Selection)
3 36 99 San Francisco (Special Compensatory Selection)
3 37 100 Las Vegas from Kansas City through New York Giants (Special Compensatory Selection)
3 38 101 San Francisco (Special Compensatory Selection)
3 39 102 San Francisco (Special Compensatory Selection)
Round 3
Round Pick Overall Club
4 1 103 Chicago
4 2 104 Houston
4 3 105 Arizona
4 4 106 Indianapolis
4 5 107 New England from Los Angeles Rams
4 6 108 Denver
4 7 109 Las Vegas
4 8 110 Atlanta from Tennessee
4 9 111 Cleveland
4 10 112 New York Jets
4 11 113 Atlanta
4 12 114 Carolina
4 13 115 New Orleans
4 14 116 Green Bay
4 15 117 New England
4 16 118 Washington
4 17 119 Minnesota from Detroit
4 18 120 Pittsburgh
4 19 121 Jacksonville from Tampa Bay
4 20 122 Kansas City from Miami
4 21 123 Seattle
4 22 124 Baltimore
4 23 125 Los Angeles Chargers
4 24 126 Cleveland from Minnesota
4 25 127 Jacksonville
4 26 128 New York Giants
4 27 129 Dallas
4 28 130 Buffalo
4 29 131 Cincinnati
4 30 132 Carolina from San Francisco
4 31 133 Chicago from Philadelphia
4 32 134 Kansas City
4 33 135 New England (Compensatory Selection)
Round 4
Round Pick Overall Club
5 1 136 Chicago
5 2 x Houston (Choice Forfeited)
5 3 137 Buffalo from Arizona
5 4 138 Indianapolis
5 5 139 Denver
5 6 140 Cleveland from Los Angeles Rams
5 7 141 Las Vegas
5 8 142 Cleveland
5 9 143 New York Jets
5 10 144 Las Vegas from Atlanta
5 11 145 Carolina
5 12 146 New Orleans
5 13 147 Tennessee
5 14 148 Chicago from New England through Baltimore
5 15 149 Green Bay
5 16 150 Washington
5 17 151 Seattle from Pittsburgh
5 18 152 Detroit
5 19 153 Tampa Bay
5 20 154 Seattle
5 21 155 San Francisco from Miami
5 22 156 Los Angeles Chargers
5 23 157 Baltimore
5 24 158 Minnesota
5 25 159 Detroit from Jacksonville through Atlanta
5 26 160 New York Giants
5 27 161 Houston from Dallas
5 28 162 Indianapolis from Buffalo
5 29 163 Cincinnati
5 30 164 San Francisco
5 31 165 New Orleans from Philadelphia
5 32 166 Kansas City
5 33 167 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Selection)
5 34 168 Arizona (Compensatory Selection)
5 35 169 Dallas (Compensatory Selection)
5 36 170 Green Bay (Compensatory Selection)
5 37 171 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Selection)
5 38 172 New York Giants (Compensatory Selection)
5 39 173 San Francisco (Compensatory Selection)
5 40 174 Las Vegas (Compensatory Selection)
5 41 175 Tampa Bay (Compensatory Selection)
5 42 176 Indianapolis from Dallas (Compensatory Selection)
5 43 177 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Selection)
Round 5
Round Pick Overall Club
6 1 178 Kansas City from Chicago through Miami
6 2 179 Tampa Bay from Houston
6 3 180 Arizona
6 4 181 Tampa Bay from Indianapolis
6 5 182 Los Angeles Rams
6 6 183 Detroit from Denver
6 7 184 New England from Las Vegas
6 8 185 Jacksonville from New York Jets
6 9 186 Tennessee from Atlanta
6 10 187 New England from Carolina
6 11 188 Houston from New Orleans
6 12 189 Los Angeles Rams from Tennessee
6 13 190 Cleveland
6 14 191 Los Angeles Rams from Green Bay
6 15 192 New England
6 16 193 Washington
6 17 194 Detroit
6 18 195 Denver from Pittsburgh
6 19 196 Tampa Bay
6 20 197 Miami
6 21 198 Seattle
6 22 199 Baltimore
6 23 200 Los Angeles Chargers
6 24 201 Houston from Minnesota
6 25 202 Jacksonville
6 26 203 Houston from New York Giants
6 27 204 Las Vegas from Dallas
6 28 205 Buffalo
6 29 206 Cincinnati
6 30 207 New York Jets from San Francisco through Houston
6 31 208 Jacksonville from Philadelphia
6 32 209 New York Giants from Kansas City
6 33 210 New England (Compensatory Selection)
6 34 211 Minnesota (Compensatory Selection)
6 35 212 Dallas (Compensatory Selection)
6 36 213 Arizona (Compensatory Selection)
6 37 214 Las Vegas (Compensatory Selection)
6 38 215 Washington (Compensatory Selection)
6 39 216 San Francisco (Compensatory Selection)
6 40 217 Kansas City (Compensatory Selection)
Round 6
Round Pick Overall Club
7 1 218 Chicago
7 2 219 Philadelphia from Houston through Minnesota
7 3 220 Las Vegas from Arizona
7 4 221 Indianapolis
7 5 222 San Francisco from Denver
7 6 223 Los Angeles Rams
7 7 224 Atlanta from Las Vegas
7 8 225 Atlanta
7 9 226 Jacksonville from Carolina
7 10 227 New Orleans
7 11 228 Tennessee
7 12 229 Cleveland
7 13 230 Houston from New York Jets through Tampa Bay
7 14 231 Las Vegas from New England
7 15 232 Green Bay
7 16 233 Washington
7 17 234 Pittsburgh
7 18 235 Green Bay from Detroit through Los Angeles Rams
7 19 236 Indianapolis from Tampa Bay
7 20 237 Seattle
7 21 238 Miami
7 22 239 Los Angeles Chargers
7 23 240 New York Giants from Baltimore
7 24 241 Pittsburgh from Minnesota through Denver
7 25 242 Green Bay from Jacksonville
7 26 243 New York Giants
7 27 244 Dallas
7 28 245 New England from Buffalo through Atlanta
7 29 246 Cincinnati
7 30 247 San Francisco
7 31 248 Philadelphia
7 32 249 Kansas City
7 33 250 Kansas City (Compensatory Selection)
7 34 251 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Selection)
7 35 252 Tampa Bay (Compensatory Selection)
7 36 253 San Francisco (Compensatory Selection)
7 37 254 New York Giants (Compensatory Selection)
7 38 255 San Francisco (Compensatory Selection)
7 39 256 Green Bay (Compensatory Selection)
7 40 257 New Orleans (Compensatory Selection)
7 41 258 Chicago (Compensatory Selection)
7 42 259 Houston (Compensatory Selection)
The Golden State Warriors, who are the reigning NBA champions, have the history, the momentum, and even the season series.
However, when the Northern California rivals meet in the NBA playoffs for the first time in an opening-round series that begins Saturday night in the state capital, the Sacramento Kings will have home court advantage.
The Kings required a 8-2 completion to the standard season not exclusively to keep away from the league’s play-in competition however land in what a portion of their players have conceded is an ideal spot. Instead of taking a flight that can take up to four hours, travelers will be able to travel between the locations via bus for 90 minutes.
The Kings had secured the Pacific Division crown and the No. 3 seed in the West before they rested four central participants, including All-Stars Domantas Sabonis and De’Aaron Fox, keep going Friday on the third-to-last day of the standard season. In Sacramento, the Warriors won the game 119-97 to prepare for the upcoming rematch.
The uplifting news for the Kings is that assuming the objective was to keep their stars solid, it worked. Sacramento enters the series with everyone available and jumping into action, which was additionally the case the past time Golden State visited this season.
That was on Nov. 13, when Fox scored 22 points and eight assists in a 122-115 victory while Sabonis had 26 points, 22 rebounds, and eight assists.
The triumph was essential for a seven-game series of wins that vaulted the Lords to the highest point of the Pacific Division while the Champions were going the other way. Not only did Sacramento win its first division title since 2003, but it also qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
Now the question is: Can a young team maintain that level of success in the postseason, especially when they face the defending champions, who have experience in playoffs, in the first round?
Mike Brown, who worked as an assistant for the Warriors the previous season, admits that he is unsure.
The Warriors likewise enter the series in season-best wellbeing, which incorporates the arrival of Andrew Wiggins from a 25-game nonattendance for individual reasons. The key playoff player from last year has been able to work his way back into shape thanks to the five days off that non-play-in tournament participants get. He hopes to return as a reserve early in the series.
The best-of-seven event begins on the road for Golden State, but that hasn’t stopped them from winning in recent years. They have won at least one road game in an NBA record-tying 27 consecutive series and have won 22 of their last 24 overall since the start of their run of four championships in eight years. They’ve prevailed upon 18 straight series Western contest in that range.
Additionally, they have won Game 1 in the first round seven times in a row.
Steve Kerr, the Warriors’ coach, acknowledged this week that, despite the fact that he is rarely pleased with his team’s performance during the regular season, his team has demonstrated the ability to save its best for the end.
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