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Jeter Downs was cut by the Yankees to make way for Diego Castillo.
NEW YORK Jeter Downs’ tenure with the New York Yankees may come to an abrupt end.
One month after the Yankees claimed the 25-year-old shortstop off waivers from the Washington Nationals, Downs was designated for assignment on Friday. After the New York Mets claimed infielder/outfielder Diego Castillo off waivers, the Yankees needed the roster slot.
Named for former Yankees captain Derek Jeter, Downs was selected by Cincinnati with the 32nd overall choice in the 2017 amateur draft.
Downs can be traded or placed on waivers by the Yankees during a seven-day period.
Right-hander Luke Weaver, who was acquired by the Yankees off waivers from Seattle on September 12, completed a one-year deal with New York. Weaver made three starts before becoming a free agent. After being selected with the 27th overall choice in the 2014 amateur draft, Weaver, 30, has spent eight big league seasons with the St. Louis (2016–18), Arizona (2019–22), Kansas City (2022), Cincinnati (2023), Seattle (2023), and Yankees (2023) teams. His career record is 27–42 with a 5.14 ERA.
In order to make room on the roster for Weaver, outfielder Bubba Thompson was assigned.
Downs was exchanged for a Los
A tentative schedule for the upcoming season is usually shared by Major League Baseball clubs early in the season, thus the Oakland A’s were expected to know by the end of December 2025 where they will play in 2025 and beyond before moving to Las Vegas in 2028. That was not the case. A deadline in mid-January was missed. A goal for the end of January will follow soon after that.
The A’s near-term future is still uncertain even after they signed an agreement to depart Oakland forever. It goes beyond the team’s MLB-low salary and its roster’s lack of appreciable development from a 50-112 campaign the previous year. It’s as basic as not having a place to live after this season, when their lease with the Oakland Coliseum expires.This is
It’s rather easy: local television revenue. According to insiders, the A’s contract with Comcast for NBC Sports Bay Area broadcasts calls for the team to collect around $70 million in revenue the next year. However, the regional sports network is no longer required to pay the rights price if the A’s are not in Oakland. The severe terms of the Comcast arrangement exacerbate the delicate balance between saving as much money as possible on TV and finding a temporary residence. The A’s existing deal would not cover even a transfer to play in a Triple-A park in Sacramento, around 85 miles northeast of Oakland.
The A’s will now be placed 40th in TV markets, down from their previous ranking of 10th after moving to Las Vegas. Undoubtedly, TV money was a
More than 10,000 people may be accommodated in Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, and that number can reach 14,000 with grass seats and standing-only tickets. The Salt Lake ownership group, which formerly owned the Utah Jazz, is constructing a new Triple-A stadium in South Jordan, Utah, with up to 11,000 seats, scheduled to open in 2025.
While Sacramento has not previously expressed a desire to host Major League Baseball, Salt Lake City has made it clear that it does. Big League Utah, the organization at the center of Salt Lake City’s efforts, put up seven billboards across the city that read, “UTAH WANTS THE A’S,” following A’s executives’ recent trip to the city to evaluate its potential.
Should the A’s relocate to Sacramento, they have the option to rework their agreement with NBC Sports Bay Area, which
