Maddux resume means nothing to LA’s Angels
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Pitching coach Mike Maddux, bullpen coach Dom Chiti and assistant pitching coach Darryl Scott have been fired by the Los Angeles Angels.
Interim front-office leader John Mozeliak announced several changes Tuesday to first-year manager Kurt Suzuki's coaching staff. The Angels have the majors' worst record at 45-74 as they head toward their 11th consecutive losing season, and they fired general manager Perry Minasian in late June.
Maddux, who won a World Series in 2023 as the Texas Rangers pitching coach under Brucee Bochy, didn't last one full season with the Angels, who hired him last winter. The veteran pitching coach presided over a staff that has the majors' seventh-worst ERA at 4.51.
Tim Leveque was appointed Los Angeles' interim pitching coach, and Michael Wuertz will be the club's interim bullpen coach. Leveque is in his first season as the pitching coach at the Angels' Double-A Rocket City affiliate after working in the Cardinals organization during Mozeliak's lengthy tenure with that club.
Suzuki is on a one-year contract in his first major league managerial job.
Yankee assignments
NEW YORK -- Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon is scheduled to make his second minor league rehabilitation start Thursday night for Double-A Somerset.
Rodon has been on the 15-day injured list since July 3 because of left elbow inflammation. He received multiple shots, including platelet-rich plasma injections, and threw 29 of 48 pitches for strikes last Saturday in his first rehab outing for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The left-hander allowed three runs and three hits over 2ª innings against Rochester, with four strikeouts and two walks.
As for the injury-depleted lineup, manager Aaron Boone said All-Star left fielder Cody Bellinger is "getting close" to returning from a left hamstring strain that has sidelined him since July 26.
Jays lose rotation piece
TORONTO -- Toronto Blue Jays starting right-hander Trey Yesavage is week to week after surgery to repair the meniscus in his left knee, manager John Schneider said Tuesday.
Schneider said it's possible that Yesavage will pitch again this season. Yesavage left his start at Houston last Tuesday after feeling pain in his knee while warming up for the third inning.
Last October, Yesavage set a Blue Jays postseason record by striking out 11 batters in 5• no-hit innings against the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the AL Division Series. The 20th overall pick in the 2024 amateur draft, Yesavage is 5-5 with a 3.65 ERA in 18 starts.
Sticking around
SAN DIEGO -- Bryse Wilson is back with the Milwaukee Brewers three days after they had designated the veteran right-handed pitcher for assignment.
The Brewers announced before their Tuesday night game with the San Diego Padres that they had signed Wilson to a one-year contract and placed him on their active roster. The Brewers also designated right-hander Lyon Richardson for assignment. The Brewers had designated Wilson for assignment and promoted Richardson on Saturday when the Brewers were needing a fresh arm for their bullpen.
Four in a row for BoSox
TORONTO -- Ernie Clement drove in the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning, Brett Bateman had two RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3.
Toronto's George Springer walked to begin the sixth and went to third on Alejandro Kirk's single before scoring on Clement's fielder's choice. Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu hit solo home runs, but the Red Sox lost their fourth straight. It's Boston's longest skid since losing four in a row from June 7-10.
This summer, Boston won a team-record 15 games in a row and climbed back into playoff contention, but this recent skid has the Red Sox 64-55. They are second in the wild card chase behind the Yankees (67-52).
A's All-Star done?
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz may be in danger of missing the rest of the season because of his injured right thumb.
Manager Mark Kotsay told reporters before his team's game against Tampa Bay on Tuesday that Kurtz, an All-Star earlier this summer, needs to be in a brace for four weeks following a platelet-rich plasma injection on Aug. 4. Kotsay alluded to the fact that four weeks without mobility for Kurtz could make a return before the end of September difficult to envision.
Kurtz, 23, went on the injured list with a sprained right thumb on July 11 and returned two weeks later. He struggled at the plate following his return, going 1 for 18 in seven games. Kurtz was expected to see a hand specialist in Los Angeles last week.
The reigning AL rookie of the year is batting .256 with 21 home runs and 69 RBIs in his second season in the majors. Kurtz is a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.