Colabello signs with Skeeters of Atlantic League
Chris Colabello, once one of baseball’s most surprising underdogs, has signed on with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League, the team announced Tuesday. Prior to being suspended for the use of performance-enhancing drugs in 2016, the first baseman slashed .321/.367/.520 in 333 at-bats in 2015 with 15 home runs and 19 doubles in 101 games.
Cordero DFA’d by Washington
RHP Jimmy Cordero, who, in 2015 was traded from Toronto to Philadelphia in exchange for outfielder Ben Revere, has been designated for assignment by his current team, the Washington Nationals, per Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic.