


Yankees: Third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left ankle fracture ahead of Tuesday night’s game against the Mariners. In a corresponding move, infielder DJ LeMahieu completed his rehab assignment and was reinstated from the 10-day injured list. In the ninth inning of the Yankees’ 11-5 victory over the Mariners on Monday night, Cabrera fractured his left ankle on an awkward slide when he reached back for the plate and scored the Yankees’ final run on Aaron Judge’s sacrifice fly. Cabrera, a 26-year-old native of Venezuela, writhed on the ground and stayed down for several minutes while being attended to by various medical personnel. He had a brace put on his left ankle before entering the ambulance on a stretcher. Cabrera was taken to a hospital with team athletic trainer Tim Lentych. Cabrera is in his fourth MLB season and has become a regular in the Yankees’ lineup. He’s hitting .243 this season with one home run and 11 RBIs. Cabrera is expected to be out for a significant amount of time.
Royals: LHP Rich Hill signed a minor league contract with the Royals. He will report to their spring training facility and then likely head to Triple-A Omaha. The 45-year-old Hill has made 248 starts and appeared in 386 games over the last two decades, with a 4.01 ERA and 1,428 strikeouts. He has pitched for 13 different franchises, and should the Royals give him a call-up, he would join Edwin Jackson as the only players to play for 14 clubs. Hill made four appearances out of the Red Sox bullpen last season before he was designated for assignment in September.
Rays: Evan Longoria will sign a one-day contract with the Rays and officially retire as a member of the team on June 7. The greatest player in franchise history didn’t play last season after spending the 2023 season with the Diamondbacks but never officially retired. Now he’ll do it with the team where he built his illustrious career. “Evan Longoria’s place in Rays history is unmatched,” Rays President Erik Neander said in a statement. The third baseman was selected with the third overall pick in the 2006 draft and starred for the Rays from 2008-2017. He’s the team’s all-time leader in WAR (51.7), games played (1,435), home runs (261), RBIs (892), runs (780), extra-base hits (618) and walks (569). He was the AL Rookie of the Year in 2008, a three-time All-Star and won Gold Glove Awards in 2009, 2010 and 2017. Longoria finished sixth in AL MVP voting in both 2010 and 2013 and won a Silver Slugger Award in 2009. Longoria’s image was made into a statue placed outside of Gate 4 at Tropicana Field to depict his celebration of a walk-off home run in the 12th inning of the final regular-season game of 2011 that sent the Rays to the postseason. He was traded to the Giants in December 2017 and played five seasons for the team before finishing his career with the Diamondbacks. The 39-year-old will be honored in a pregame ceremony at Steinbrenner Field before the Rays’ game against the Marlins.