Ortiz finally home after shooting
Former Red Sox star thanks fans for their support after long hospital stay
After nearly seven weeks in the hospital following a mistaken assassination attempt, retired Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz is happy to be home.
On Monday morning, he posted a series of photos of steak, grilled fish and pasta from an apparent weekend celebration.
“Being at home and look at my family celebrating that Im here safe is priceless,” Ortiz wrote, also thanking fans for their prayers.
Ortiz, who was released from Massachusetts General Hospital on Friday, acknowledged he wasn’t up to the scrumptious menu. “Too bad l can’t crush food yet !!!! ” Ortiz was shot in a nightclub in the Dominican Republic on June 9, incorrectly targeted in an assassination attempt. He was flown to the Boston hospital the following day, and in all, underwent three surgical procedures.
A family source told ESPN on Saturday that Ortiz, 43, will continue his recuperation at home, aided by full-time nurses.
Right-hander Jordan Lyles is headed to the Milwaukee Brewers for the second consecutive season after the club acquired him from
the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for minor-league right-hander Cody Ponce.
Lyles was 5-7 with a 5.36 ERA over 17 starts for the Pirates this season.
He was 2-4 with a 4.29 ERA in 24 appearances (eight starts) with the San Diego Padres last season before he was claimed off waivers by the Brewers for the stretch drive. With Milwaukee, the former No. 38 overall selection in the 2008 draft was 1-0 with a 3.31 ERA in 11 relief appearances.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets traded left-handed pitcher Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league catcher Austin Bossart on Monday.
The Phillies also will receive cash considerations in the deal.
Vargas, 36, is 6-5 with a 4.01 ERA in 19 appearances (18 starts) this season. He was an all-star with the Kansas City Royals in 2017, when he won a career-high 18 games.
The Washington Nationals placed right-hander Max Scherzer on the 10-day injured list Monday four days after he matched his shortest outing of the season, going five innings against the Colorado Rockies.
Scherzer, 35, was diagnosed with a mild rhomboid strain. He was replaced on the active roster by right-hander Erick Fedde.
Scherzer had just come back from a back injury when he faced the Rockies on Thursday, giving up three runs on four hits over five innings with two walks and eight strikeouts. But he continued to feel back tightness a day later and was sent for an MRI exam.
Scherzer is 9-5 this season with a 2.41 ERA over 20 starts. He is 168-87 with a 3.17 ERA over his 12-year career, the last five with the Nationals.
Fedde, 26, was 1-1 with a 3.40 ERA in 13 appearances (eight starts) with the Nationals earlier this season.