TORONTO (AP) — The Tampa Bays Rays placed designated hitter Yandy Díaz on the restricted list Tuesday due to a passport renewal issue.
Tampa Bay made the move before Tuesday's game at Toronto. Díaz isn't expected to play in the three-game series, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
Díaz played the first three games of the Rays' six-game trip. He's expected to rejoin the team for a home series against Detroit starting on Friday.
“Certainly disappointed that he’s not here because he’s such a big part of our team and offense, but look forward to getting him back in Miami,” Cash told reporters on Tuesday.
Tampa Bay recalled infielder Coco Montes from Triple-A Durham to take Díaz's spot on the active roster.
Díaz is hitting .238 with six homers and 20 RBIs in 40 games this season.
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Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Díaz celebrates his three-run home run off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tanner Banks during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man handed an illegal prison sentence years longer than the maximum penalty for his crime has been granted clemency by Mississippi's governor, weeks after the man's brother received clemency in a similar case.
Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday that he was granting clemency to Maurice Taylor. The man's brother, Marcus Taylor, received clemency earlier this month from the governor for another illegal sentence.
In February 2015, both brothers accepted plea bargains and pled guilty to conspiracy to sell a Schedule III substance.
At the time, the maximum penalty for conspiracy to sell a Schedule III substance was five years. Yet Maurice Taylor was sentenced to 20 years in prison with five years suspended, and Marcus Taylor to 15 years.
“Like his brother, Maurice Taylor received a sentence more than three times longer than allowed under Mississippi law,” Reeves wrote in his announcement. “When justice is denied to even one Mississippian, it is denied to us all.”
In May, the Mississippi Court of Appeals had ruled that Marcus Taylor’s sentence was illegal, but did not commute his sentence because Taylor had missed the deadline to apply for post-conviction relief. After rehearing that case in November, the court reversed course and ordered his release.
In Wednesday's order, Reeves wrote that Maurice Taylor's post-conviction counsel contacted his office for the first time a few weeks ago, providing legal documents in his case. Maurice Taylor must be released within five days, according to Reeves’ order.
The Associated Press was not immediately able to identify and contact Maurice Taylor's post-conviction counsel.
The brothers are the only people to receive clemency from Reeves.
FILE - Republican Gov. Tate Reeves responds to a reporter's question during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
