News about Josh Bell

The New York Yankees have kicked off a road trip in disgusting style, as their hopes of making the playoffs fade. With the Angels up to bat leading 6-3, a slim chance of a comeback was shattered by the eighth inning. Tommy Kahnle of the Yankees scored a runner from second on a ground rule double, effectively ending any chance of a win. When Kahnle hurled his glove at a cooling fan in the dugout, destroying it, he may have pitched his most accurate pitch of the night.

After playing for years in Japan, Masataka Yoshida has already made some mechanical improvements at the plate during his rookie season with the Boston Red Sox. They certainly paid the bill on Sunday. Boston roared to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-5 after Yoshida homered twice during Boston's nine-run outburst in the eighth inning. Since Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz's debut in August 2008, he became the first Red Sox player to go deep in a single inning.

While Xander Bogaerts and Dansby Swanson continue fielding offers from Major League teams, Taijuan Walker, Mitch Haniger, Matt Strahm, Josh Bell, Tommy Kahnle, Jameson Taillon, and Andrew Heaney all had a profitable day on Tuesday. Both Walker and Strahm, a starting pitcher and reliever, respectively, joined the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, spending $250,000 on the sport. According to various outlets, Walker, who was coming off two good seasons with the New York Mets, has agreed to a four-year, $72 million contract, while Strahm, a southpaw who pitched in Boston last season, has agreed to a two-year, $15 million contract. Since physicals are pending, a person familiar with the talks confirmed the transfers to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. After being reeled in shortstop Trea Turner's long-term contract on Monday with a $300 million, 11-year contract, it was the second major free agent score for the Phillies at the winter meetings. Before losing to the Houston Astros, Walker and Turner joined a Phillies team that made it to the World Series this year.

Darvish threw seven strong innings, Padres four homers off Max Scherzer, and San Diego cruised to a 7-1 victory over the host New York Mets in the first of a best-of-three National League wild-card series on Friday. As Josh Bell, Trent Grisham, Jurickson Profar, and Manny Machado all went deep for San Diego as Scherzer gave up the most homers he had lost in a postseason game. The foursome received their highest rating from any regular-season game, a figure that the three-time Cy Young Award reached three times before. The fifth-seeded Padres will sweep the ground on Saturday night behind left-hander Blake Snell. The Mets had yet to name a starter, but it is expected that they would send their co-ace, two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom, to the octagon in the must-win competition.