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Yankees trade 1st baseman Mike Ford to Rays for $100,000

(AP) — First baseman Ford batted .133 with three
Mike Ford was traded by homers and five RBIs in 60
the New York Yankees to at-bats.
the Tampa Bay Rays on
Thursday for $100,000 and A rare left-handed hitter on
a player to be named. the current Yankees, Ford
had a .199 average with 17
Ford was designated for as- homers and 41 RBIs in parts
signment Saturday when re- of three major league seasons.
liever Zack Britton was acti-
vated from the injured list. Ford hit .083 (2 for 24) with
one RBI in seven games this
The money in the trade is season at Triple-A Scranton/
payable July 1. Wilkes-Barre. He was op-
tioned to Triple-A Durham
Ford, who turns 29 on July by the Rays.
4, had a strong rookie season
with the Yankees in 2019, hit- Tampa Bay activated right-
ting .259 with 12 homers and hander Collin McHugh
25 RBIs in 143 at-bats over from the COVID-19 re-
50 games. lated injured list, transferred
right-hander Tyler Glasnow
But he slumped to a .135 av- (sprained right elbow) to the
erage with two homers and 60-day injured list and op-
11 RBIs in 74 at-bats dur- tioned right-hander Chris
ing the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. With first base time available this year be- cause of Luke Voit’s injuries, Mazza to Durham.

Nadal, Osaka both out for Wimbledon; she'll go to Olympics

(AP) - Rafael Nadal and is the highest-earning female third loss for Nadal in 108 ed to fatigue as an issue for
Naomi Osaka are sitting athlete and was the 2020 AP career matches at Roland him in the later stages of that
out Wimbledon, leaving Female Athlete of the Year. Garros, where he has won a match.
the oldest Grand Slam She is 14-3 this season, in- record 13 championships.
tennis tournament with- cluding a title at the Austra- On Thursday, he explained
out two of the sport’s big- lian Open in February. That defeat ended Nadal’s in one his tweets that avoid-
gest stars as it returns after 35-match winning streak at ing “any kind of excess” wear
being canceled last year Last month, Osaka was fined the clay-court major tourna- and tear on his body “is a very
because of the coronavi- $15,000 when she didn’t ment and his bid for a fifth important factor at this stage
rus pandemic. speak to reporters after her consecutive title there. of my career in order to try
first-round victory at the to keep fighting for the high-
Nadal, a two-time champion French Open. The next day, Nadal is tied with Roger Fe- est level of competition and
at the All England Club, an- Osaka pulled out of the tour- derer for the most Grand titles.”
nounced via a series of social nament entirely, saying she Slam titles won by a man
media posts Thursday that he experiences “huge waves of with 20; Djokovic went on A former No. 1-ranked play-
would also miss the Tokyo anxiety” before meeting with to win the French Open on er who currently is No. 3,
Olympics to rest and recover the media and revealing she Sunday for his 19th major. Nadal is 23-4 with two titles
“after listening to my body.” has “suffered long bouts of this season in Barcelona and
depression.” Nadal’s Slam total includes Rome, both on clay courts.
“The goal,” the 35-year-old trophies at Wimbledon in
Spaniard said, “is to prolong In a statement posted on 2008 and 2010. He also owns
my career and continue to do Twitter at the time, she said two Olympic gold medals,
what makes me happy.” she would “take some time in singles at the 2008 Beijing
away from the court now, but Games and in doubles with
Osaka’s agent, Stuart Du- when the time is right I really Marc Lopez at the 2016 Rio
guid, wrote Thursday in want to work with the Tour de Janeiro Games, where
an email that the four-time to discuss ways we can make Nadal was Spain’s flag bearer
Grand Slam champion does things better for the players, at the opening ceremony.
plan to head to the Summer press and fans.”
Games after skipping Wim- In 2012, Nadal pulled out of
bledon. Osaka has played at Wimble- the London Olympics and
don three times, twice exiting the U.S. Open because of
“She is taking some personal in the third round and losing knee tendinitis.
time with friends and fam- in the first round in 2019.
ily,” Duguid wrote. “She will Nadal said having only two
be ready for the Olympics Wimbledon, which was called weeks between the end of the
and is excited to play in front off in 2020 for the first time French Open and the start
of her home fans.” since World War II because of of Wimbledon this year —
COVID-19 concerns, begins normally there are three, but
Osaka is a 23-year-old who main-draw play on June 28. play in Paris was delayed a
was born in Japan to a Japa- The Olympic tennis compe- week because of COVID-19
nese mother and Haitian fa- tition opens on July 24. concerns — “didn’t make
ther; the family moved to the it easier” for him to recover
United States when she was Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic from “the always demand-
3 and she is still based there. in four grueling sets that last- ing” clay-court season.
ed more than four hours in
Osaka has been ranked No. the semifinals of the French After the loss to Djokovic at
1 and is currently No. 2; she Open last week — just the Roland Garros, Nadal point-