Houston Astros acquire left-handed pitcher Scott Kazmir

His articles post at 6am daily. “That’s exactly what we were hoping to get out of him, to have another arm like that in our rotation is going to be huge”. “I will always look back at this chapter of my career with fondness and gratitude”.

The Oakland Athletics traded pitcher Scott Kazmir to the Houston Astros shortly before the left-hander was to make his scheduled start Thursday.

Oakland receives right-handed pitcher Daniel Mengden and catcher Jacob Nottingham in the swap with its division rival – and the Astros received a top-tier starter as they chase a playoff berth in the season’s second half.

The Houston Astros have a new weapon in their rotation for a playoff run.

Kazmir, 31, had a 2.38 ERA in 109.2 innings pitched for the A’s this season. A 20-year-old catcher drafted out of a California high school in the sixth round of the 2013 draft, Nottingham has been raking this year in his first full-season exposure, hitting.326/.387/.543 in 59 games for Quad Cities in the Midwest League before moving up to Class A Lancaster, where he has continued to do well, putting up similar numbers over 17 games. But when the Astros included Nottingham in the deal, he said the trade “came together pretty quick”. Kazmir is 5-0 with an 0.91 ERA against AL West teams this season (and remember that he was pitching for the team with the worst record in the division).

The club has been much better than expected. With one out Preston Tucker hit his third home run in the last three games to take a 1-0 lead.

Rockies 6, Reds 5 – Carlos Gonzalez homered twice, tying the game each time, and Charlie Blackmon scored on a wild pitch in the ninth inning to lift Colorado over Cincinnati in Denver. Mengden is 22, and still in the low levels of the minors, so it’s going to take him a while to reach the majors as well.

Guthrie (7-6) gave up four runs on 11 hits, matching his season high, and two walks in seven innings. He hasn’t lost a July start since 2010, going 7-0 in 14 July starts since. The Royals have a chance to re-assert that they are the dominant force in the league, and Dallas Keuchel is one of the only top pitchers who the Royals have not defeated this year. I think he can be a future Hall of Famer. The Royals have scored eight runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four of their last eight games. Well, he could be on his way to Citi Field tomorrow as it appears that Michael Cuddyer could be placed on the disabled list due to his knee injury.

“We’re starting to draw and that’s great, and the fans are getting interested and the team is playing well and they’re fun to watch”, Crane said. Kansas City 1B Eric Hosmer is 14-for-28 during a seven-game hitting streak.2. When he returns is the real question. “I’ve got to wrap my head around all of this”. It’s the first of what could be many moves for Oakland before the non-waiver trade deadline. The Astros were hosting Boston on Thursday night.

Hardy (3-2) gave up a leadoff walk to Mookie Betts, who moved to second on Brock Holt’s sacrifice bunt.

Freese was hurt by a pitch from Mike Pelfrey in the fourth inning of the Angels’ seventh consecutive victory, 5-2 over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.