NEW YORK (AP) — Wanting to slash salary to avoid paying luxury tax, the New York Yankees opted to make a rare trade with the Boston Red Sox. Boston acquired struggling reliever Adam Ottavino along with minor league right-hander Frank German from the Yankees on Monday for a player to be named or cash. As part of the trade, the Yankees agreed to send Boston $850,000 on July 1 to cover part of the $8 million owed to Ottavino, a 35-year-old right-hander entering the final season of a $27 million, three-year contract. New York remains responsible for Ottavino’s $3 million signing bonus, due next Jan. 15. "I know it’s the Yankees and I understand what that means and it’s the most storied rivalry in sports,” Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said. "But if we’re not willing to do something that helps us because it also helps them, or worse, if we’re worried that it might not go as we expect and it blows up in our faces and we looked at it, well, then, we’re just playing scared, and we're... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees made a rare trade with the rival Red Sox, sending struggling reliever Adam Ottavino to Boston on Monday along with minor league right-hander Frank German for a player to be named or cash. As part of the trade, the Yankees agreed to send Boston $850,000 on July 1 to cover part of the $8 million owed to Ottavino, a 35-year-old right-hander entering the final season of a $27 million, three-year contract. New York remains responsible for Ottavino’s $3 million signing bonus, due next Jan. 15. A Brooklyn native, Ottavino signed with the Yankees before the 2019 season and took No. 0, the Yankees' last available single digit. He had a successful first season that included a 6-5 record and 1.90 ERA as he became a key setup man for closer Aroldis Chapman along with Zack Britton, Chad Green and Tommy Kahnle. But he slumped to a 5.89 ERA during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, the highest of his nine full big league seasons, and manager Aaron Boone did not use him with... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees made a rare trade with the rival Red Sox, sending struggling reliever Adam Ottavino to Boston on Monday along with minor league right-hander Frank German for a player to be named or cash. As part of the trade, the Yankees agreed to send Boston $850,000 on July 1 to cover part of the $8 million owed to Ottavino, a 35-year-old right-hander entering the final season of a $27 million, three-year contract. New York remains responsible for Ottavino’s $3 million signing bonus, due next Jan. 15. A Brooklyn native, Ottavino signed with the Yankees before the 2019 season and took No. 0, the Yankees' last available single digit. He had a successful first season that included a 6-5 record and 1.90 ERA as he became a key setup man for closer Aroldis Chapman along with Zack Britton, Chad Green and Tommy Kahnle. But he slumped to a 5.89 ERA during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, the highest of his nine full big league seasons, and manager Aaron Boone did not use him with... [More]

INF Stephen Drew came off the 60-day disabled list Saturday. He has a chance to be on the postseason roster, perhaps if the Nationals got past the first round.

INF Stephen Drew (left abdominal strain) has a shot at returning for the playoffs, but after the first round, according to manager Dusty Baker. Drew has missed 60 games.

INF Stephen Drew (torn abdominal muscle) went through a heavy workout Thursday in Atlanta, but is no longer considered a long shot to make it back before the end of the regular season. Drew, on the 60-day disabled list, hasn't played since July 25. He has played in 46 games this season, batting .253.

INF Stephen Drew (left abdominal strain), who has been on the disabled list since July 29, is making a long shot bid to return by the end of the year. He has been taking part in batting practice and has fielded grounders during batting practice. "I believe in miracles. It would be a miracle if he has time to come back this year," manager Dusty Baker told reporters Thursday. "But he's working toward it. And the way things have gone this year for us, who knows?"

INF Stephen Drew (left abdominal strain) was moved to the 60-man disabled list Monday. But there may something else going on. "I can't really divulge what it is. It is not healing. It is a prior injury," manager Dusty Baker said Tuesday. Drew was on the DL in April and May with a right hamstring strain and has played in just 46 games this year.

INF Stephen Drew (left abdominal strain) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list Monday. He has been a key utility player for part of two seasons in Washington but has been on the DL since July 29.

INF Stephen Drew (left abdominal strain) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. Drew, 34, has been on the disabled list since July 29 (retroactive to July 26) with a left abdominal strain. He is hitting .253 in 46 games this season with one home run and 17 RBIs.

INF Stephen Drew (left abdominal muscle) took groundballs for the first time Tuesday since straining his abdominal muscle last month, according to The Washington Post. Drew, hitting .253 in 46 games, and has missed 20 games since going on the disabled list July 29.

INF Stephen Drew (left abdominal strain) has missed 12 games since going on the disabled list July 29. "Drew is still trying to get the soreness out," Washington manager Dusty Baker said..

INF Stephen Drew was placed on the 10-day disabled list (retroactive to Wednesday) with a left abdominal strain. GM Mike Rizzo said Drew started having problems after diving for a ball in Arizona last week. Drew is hitting .253 in 95 at-bats with a home run and 17 RBIs this season.

SS Stephen Drew enabled Washington to avoid becoming the last team in the National League to get shut out with a two-out RBI single in the ninth. Drew, who appears to be in line to soak up most of the at-bats at short until the injured Trea Turner returns, has been nails with runners in scoring position. That hit made him 8-for-16 in that spot this year.

INF Stephen Drew, who had two hits and drove in two, was the only position player on either team who didn't strike out. The Orioles fanned 15 times, and 26 of the 51 outs came via a punchout.

INF Stephen Drew (strained right hamstring) was reinstated from the disabled list before Monday's game against the San Francisco Giants. He drew a walk as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning, then left for a pinch runner as a precaution. Drew had missed 41 straight games.

INF Stephen Drew was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list Monday after he missed 41 games with a right hamstring strain. Drew, 34, suffered the injury while running out a ground ball on April 11 against the St. Louis Cardinals after his cleat caught in the dirt near the batter's box. Drew appeared in eight games before the injury, going 4-for-18 (.222) with one double, three runs scored and four RBIs.

INF Stephen Drew (right hamstring strain) will continue his rehab in Florida, manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday. Drew was hoping to make a minor league rehab appearance but with rain in the mid-Atlantic region this week, the Nationals decided to send him to their spring training complex in West Palm Beach. Drew went on the DL April 12.

INF Stephen Drew (right hamstring strain) was hoping to make a minor league rehab appearance but was rained out, manager Dusty Baker said Tuesday. That means the Nationals may send Drew to Florida where there is better weather, according to Baker. Drew went on the DL on April 12. When will he return? "I don't know when that will be," Baker said.

INF Stephen Drew (right hamstring strain) is greatly missed by manager Dusty Baker. There is a chance Drew could make a minor league rehab appearance before he joins the Nationals. "Not sure if he is going to or not," said Baker, who has been impressed with the versatility of the veteran infielder. Drew has not played since April 11 when he suffered the injury running out a ground ball in the fifth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals.