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Newsweek
2 days ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
A's Reportedly Shopping Starting Pitchers As Deadline Hot Stove Heats Up
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Athletics are in last place in the American League West, and as the countdown to the trade deadline continues, they have reportedly been shopping their controllable starting pitchers, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. CLEVELAND, OHIO - JULY 19: Luis Severino #40 of the Athletics throws a pitch during the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on July 19, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. CLEVELAND, OHIO - JULY 19: Luis Severino #40 of the Athletics throws a pitch during the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on July 19, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo byThe A's have three starting pitchers that fit the bill this deadline season: JP Sears, Jeffrey Springs, and Luis Severino. All three pitchers are under contract past this season, and with the market shortage of controllable starting pitching, the Athletics could set themselves up nicely. Severino has already expressed his displeasure with pitching at the Athletics' temporary home ballpark in Sacramento and was likely to be moved before this report. Severino has a 3.10 ERA on the road this season in nine starts while his numbers drastically change at home, posting a 6.68 ERA in 12 outings. The right-hander is under contract through next season and would be a multi-year gap pitcher for teams waiting on the arrival of prospects. Springs has one more season under contract with a team option for 2027, and while he hasn't been the most fantastic pitcher in baseball, his 4.18 ERA would be serviceable for most teams looking for a back-end pitcher. The lefty has been efficient with his pitches, walking just 38 batters on the season and striking out 7.1 hitters per nine innings. Sears has the most control out of the three but also the worst stats, posting a 5.13 ERA this season. If a team were to acquire Sears, they would be gambling on his future, as the left-hander is arbitration-eligible this offseason. More MLB: Twins Predicted To Cut Ties With Former Gold Glove Outfielder
Chicago Tribune
15-07-2025
- General
- Chicago Tribune
Today in Chicago History: Italian Gen. Italo Barbo leads 24 seaplanes in splash down at Navy Pier
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 15, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) 1850: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini — the first American saint — was born in Italy. The youngest of 13 children of Italian farmers, she dreamed of serving as a missionary. Her poor health, however, meant she was rejected by several orders. That's why Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini — who was born 175 years ago this month — founded her own, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Leo XIII encouraged Cabrini to expand her mission to the United States. Vintage Chicago Tribune: Mother Cabrini's Chicago milestones on her path to sainthood When she arrived in America, Cabrini didn't speak English and was told by the archbishop of New York that her trip was a mistake. Yet Cabrini persisted and even became a naturalized citizen in 1909. Before her death in Chicago at age 67, Cabrini founded 67 schools, orphanages, hospitals, convents and places of worship in North and South America. Her order has a presence today on six continents and Cabrini is revered by the faithful as patron saint of immigrants. 1875: Balloonist Washington Donaldson and his passenger, newspaper reporter Newton Grimwood, disappeared during an attempt to cross Lake Michigan in a balloon. What became of them? 'Unless there shall arrive a speedy and convincing denial, it can be taken as the story of their doom,' the Tribune reported two days later. 1933: Twenty-four seaplanes, led by Italian Gen. Italo Balbo, landed on Lake Michigan near Chicago's Navy Pier for the Century of Progress exposition. 'Seagulls flew ahead of the planes as if to show them how to do it,' wrote a Tribune reporter who watched them pass over the site of Chicago's 1933 World's Fair and the Loop. 'One large gull circled and banked and soared near the planes as they came down lower and lower, facing North and heading for the shelter of the breakwater.' 2018: Sears closed its last store in Chicago. The Six Corners store, on the edge of Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood, shut its doors for the last time two months shy of its 80th anniversary. Sears timeline: Rise, fall and restructuring of a Chicago icon over 130 yearsSubscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past.
USA Today
12-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Former Nebraska pitcher rising up the minor league ranks
Former Nebraska baseball pitcher Brett Sears was called up to AAA on Friday afternoon, as he made the move to the Gwinnett Stripers. The announcement was made on social media on Friday. Sears went 3-3 with a 3.65 ERA. He had 34 strikeouts and a. 187 batting average against. The Atlanta Braves selected him in the seventh round of the 2024 MLB draft. It should be no surprise to Nebraska baseball fans, as they watched Sears put together a dominating career on the mound. All told, he went 11-6 over the course of four seasons, along with 155 strikeouts in 171 innings pitched. He sported a 3.84 ERA in total and was dominant for Nebraska on several occasions. Now, it appears he is playing at a high level in the minor leagues. It will be interesting to see how quickly he makes it to the pros, as he continues to rise up the minor league ranks. This certainly speaks to the Huskers' recent success at the minor league level. Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
Chicago Tribune
11-07-2025
- Climate
- Chicago Tribune
Today in Chicago History: Ownership of Sears Tower handed to its lender
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 11, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) 1915: 'Jazz' was used in the Tribune to describe music for one of the first times in history. 2003: Sears Tower was transferred to its lender (Metlife Inc.) to prevent the skyscraper's owner (Trizec) from defaulting on its massive mortgage. Anxiety over a possible terrorist attack on the world's then second-tallest building dramatically reduced the attractiveness of the 110-story tower at 233 S. Wacker Drive to some existing tenants and many prospective ones. Vintage Chicago Tribune: History of Tower built by Sears reflects highs and lows of city's business hubReal estate magnate Joseph Chetrit, developer Joseph Moinian and Skokie-based American Landmark Properties bought the tower for $840 million in 2004. Blackstone Group purchased it in 2015. Sears gave up ownership of its namesake tower in November 1994. Though it remains popularly known by its maiden name, it was officially renamed Willis Tower for a London-based insurance brokerage in 2009. 2011: Up to 75 mph winds ripped down power lines, tossed trees onto roads and railroad tracks and forced businesses to close for the day. During the storm's peak, it was estimated 868,000 ComEd customers were without power — more than in any storm in at least the previous decade. Despite the winds, the storm brought little rain. 'It almost sounded like a hurricane': Derecho weather events in the Chicago area since 1965One Union Pacific North line train was stuck for hours on the tracks after tree limbs and fallen power lines blocked it. It was scheduled to arrive at Ogilvie Transportation Center at 9:05 a.m., but didn't arrive until about 2 p.m. Several Cook County jail inmates and a Cook County sheriff's deputy were injured while dismantling a festival tent as part of a community service project in Palos Hills, but not seriously. Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past.
Chicago Tribune
11-07-2025
- General
- Chicago Tribune
Donna Vickroy: End of government safety nets could mean end of health security for millions of Americans
For most of my life, I felt sorry for my father. And for the legions of blue-collar stiffs just like him. Solid working class, my dad often worked two, sometimes even three, tough physical jobs to support his large family. He didn't aspire to 'move up,' just to make ends meet. If there was a little extra at the end of the month to get pizza or take the kids to Santa's Village, life was good. Each time the union went on strike, he laid low and toughed it out, tightening spending and keeping his eyes on the prospect of a sacrifice made good. A dip in income on the picket line might lead to slightly higher wages later. Maybe even enough to pay off the Sears credit card. When he envisioned retirement, he saw himself sleeping in, driving my mother to the store and occasionally casting a fishing pole. He didn't long for cruises and international travel. He didn't eat at fancy restaurants. He didn't even have a hobby. He was a simple man with simple needs. And while he regularly gave to those who had less, he guarded his savings closely because it had to see him through to the end. And it did. Just barely. He was 84 years old when the bottom fell out, when his health and finances dovetailed. Months away from running out of money, I'd begun the application process for Medicaid, the federally funded health insurance assistance program. Medicare and private health insurance supplements don't cover the cost of residential skilled nursing, a service most hope to avoid but many end up needing. For those who can't afford it, the only option has been Medicaid, which requires an individual to be out of funds and out of options before it kicks in. As demoralizing as that may seem, it is at least a modicum of relief. It was terrifying, the thought that a human being who'd worked his whole life and who'd never flinched when asked to give hard-earned dollars to local hospitals, churches, high school bands and his disabled sister would end up groveling to stay alive. And yet, now, it seems much less terrifying than things are about to become. Soon, the Medicaid safety net that has enabled millions of impoverished Americans to get the care they need will be cut dramatically. Some say the cuts will only target waste and abuse, but many others say they will devastate a vulnerable population. As the Republicans glow in the passage of their 'big beautiful bill,' which gives more to the rich while cutting essentials for the poor, it shouldn't be just the destitute who are concerned. We all should be scared. Because if Congressional Budget Office estimates are correct, some 8 million to 12 million Americans will lose their health care. But all of us will witness the suffering and despair. All of us will feel the economic ripple when emergency rooms are inundated, hospitals and nursing homes close under the stress, and pink slips get handed out to health care workers. All of us are likely to know someone in distress. Maybe that someone will even be ourselves. It's not the ultrarich who are a strong wind away from falling off that financial high wire. It's us. All it takes is an unstable economy, an unforeseen illness or accident, a change in government policy, or simply the 'bad luck' to outlive our nest egg. Knowing what I know now about the eldercare world, I am afraid for everyone at or near retirement. I am afraid for anyone who has special needs or a costly chronic medical condition. Because relief from illness and ailments and conditions requires money. During my dad's struggles, I met many people who relied on Medicaid and many on the verge of applying for it. All of them were sick. All of them were scared. They didn't plan for their life to descend into poverty. They didn't expect to reach their golden years empty handed. Some fell victim to drops in the market or corporate downsizing. Some who thought they'd saved enough were done in by unexpected expenses. Some never earned enough to save enough. And some simply lived longer than they thought they would. None were prepared for the cost of basic, no-frills health care to go through the roof, for the price on a single bed in a shared room of a nursing home to be more than $12,000 a month. Still, I've stopped feeling sorry for my dad, as miserable as he was watching his body and net worth bottom out. Because at least his government was there to break his fall. Not only will the new cuts to federal safety nets abandon people when they need their government most, they will be a daily reminder of what America has become — a nation that turns its back on those in need. We no longer open our arms to the tired, the poor or the huddled masses. We run them down and lock them up. It's weird that we can afford to round up 'illegals' and pay the cost of processing, transporting and jailing them, but we can't afford to give health insurance to our most vulnerable, many of whom helped build this country. Which makes me think my father was among the lucky ones. He lived during a time when the government cared. He fell ill at a time when there were safety nets and backup plans. And then, just before the Republicans turned on America's most fragile, he did what Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, flippantly said we're all going to do anyway one day. He died. And decreased the surplus population.
