In 123 career major league games (121 starts), Hanson has a 49-35 record with a 3.80 ERA. Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports
Former major league pitcher Tommy Hanson died Monday night in an Atlanta hospital after suffering what’s been described as “catastrophic organ failure.” He was 29.
According to reports, Hanson had been hospitalized since Sunday morning.
Hanson once was a top prospect for the Atlanta Braves, and he finished third in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2009. Injuries derailed his stay in Atlanta, and he was traded to the Los Angeles Angels in 2012. He spent one year with the Angels. He bounced around the minors in the Chicago White Sox and San Francisco systems in 2014 and this past season. In 123 career major league games (121 starts), Hanson has a 49-35 record with a 3.80 ERA.
—Major League Baseball teams have already started releasing their exhibition schedules for next year, but commissioner Rob Manfred is hoping to make some alterations that would include spring training games in Cuba.
The United States and Cuba reestablished embassies in July, a thawing of the relationship between the countries that had been tense since Fidel Castro led a Communist party overthrow of the Cuban government in 1959.
Manfred also reiterated that he will make a decision by the end of the year on all-time hits leader Pete Rose’s application for reinstatement, and that expanding protective netting at major league ballparks will be on the agenda at the quarterly owners’ meetings Dec. 18-19 at Dallas.
—The Chicago White Sox hired Rick Renteria as their bench coach.
Renteria managed the Cubs in 2014, then was fired in awkward fashion. He was originally told he would return in 2015 but Chicago changed its mind when Joe Maddon became available after triggering an escape clause in his contract with Tampa Bay after Rays president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman left for the same position with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Maddon led the Cubs to the National League Championship Series this year, where they were swept by the New York Mets.
—St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Lance Lynn underwent Tommy John elbow ligament reconstruction surgery that will sideline him for the 2016 season, the team announced.
Lynn, 28, battled through a strained forearm and an ankle injury during the 2015 season to post a 12-11 record with a 3.03 ERA in 175 innings covering 31 starts. He later acknowledged that he pitched with pain for much of the season.
Rehab is expected to be 12-15 months.
—Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was arrested on Halloween night after being accused of grabbing his wife by the throat and shoving her into a sliding glass door.
The alleged assault reportedly took place at the Four Seasons Resort on the Hawaiian island of Maui. According to reports, hotel security called police, and Reyes was arrested. His wife, Katherine Ramirez, sustained injuries to her thigh, wrist and neck.
Reyes was released on bail.
—Matt Williams is back with the Arizona Diamondbacks as their third-base coach, according to reports.
Williams held the third-base job before leaving to become the Washington Nationals manager in 2014. He was fired by the Nationals last month after posting a 179-145 record in two seasons. From 2010 to 2013, Williams was the Diamondbacks’ first-base coach and then moved to third on former manager Kirk Gibson’s staff. Williams will now be part of manager Chip Hale’s coaching staff.
