Arizona Diamondbacks release former World Series MVP from MLB Trade Rumors, with Darragh McDonald, and from YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com The Diamondbacks announced that left-hander Madison Bumgarner has been released. The southpaw was designated for assignment last week. The move doesn’t come as a shock given the combination of his contract and his poor results of late. He and the D-backs agreed to a five-year, $85M deal going into 2020 after the lefty spent a decade as an incredibly effective pitcher for the Giants. Unfortunately, he seemed like a completely different pitcher once he switched jerseys, starting with a 6.48 ERA in the…
Madison Bumgarner’s unique no-hitter will not be recognized by MLB from Larry Brown Sports and Grey Papke, and from YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com By the technical definition of the term, Madison Bumgarner threw a no-hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. It will not go down that way in the MLB record books, though. The Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves played a doubleheader on Sunday, and under the league’s current rules, it meant both games would be seven innings long. Bumgarner started the second game and threw a seven-inning complete game, allowing no hits or walks and striking out seven. He actually faced the…