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Shea Langeliers is heading to the operating table. The Athletics All-Star catcher is set to undergo surgery for a torn meniscus, and while there's a chance he returns sometime in September, Oakland loses one of its brightest young talents for a significant stretch of the season. A tough blow for a franchise already navigating a rebuild.
Shifting to the trade market, the Yankees are reportedly the leading candidate to acquire Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers, a man posting an eye-popping nine-twenty-two OPS who Minnesota is expected to move before the deadline. New York has been hunting for catching depth, and Jeffers would be far more than depth — he'd be an upgrade at a position that matters every single night.
Meanwhile in Milwaukee, the Brewers have designated Lance McCullers for assignment just eleven days after acquiring him in a trade. Eleven days. Whatever the Brewers saw when they got a closer look — health, stuff, fit — it clearly wasn't what they expected, and now McCullers is back on the open market looking for his next opportunity.
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