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Nov 14, 2019
MLB's sign-stealing probe has expanded beyond the 2017 Astros to other teams, including the '19 Astros, and sources told ESPN that MLB will meet with managers AJ Hinch (Astros), Alex Cora (Red Sox) and Carlos Beltran (Mets) -- who all have Astros ties.
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Nov 14, 2019
Cody Bellinger, Alex Bregman, Mike Trout and Christian Yelich weren't always big home run hitters. Here's how they flipped the switch.
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Nov 14, 2019
Gerrit Cole or Stephen Strasburg could end up in the Bronx, while Mookie Betts could end up ... anywhere.
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Nov 13, 2019
The major league minimum salary will rise to $563,500 next season, a hike of $8,500.
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Nov 13, 2019
Introduced as Giants manager Wednesday, Gabe Kapler addressed a 2015 incident when a 17-year-old girl contacted him about an assault by Dodgers minor leaguers.
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Nov 13, 2019
Astros ace Justin Verlander added to his Hall of Fame résumé on Wednesday when he was announced as this year's American League Cy Young winner, edging teammate Gerrit Cole.
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Nov 13, 2019
Seven years after winning his first AL Cy Young Award with the Tigers, Justin Verlander added a second to his Hall of Fame résumé on Wednesday as a member of the Astros.
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Nov 13, 2019
Eight years after winning his first AL Cy Young Award with the Tigers, Justin Verlander added a second to his Hall of Fame résumé on Wednesday as a member of the Astros.
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Nov 13, 2019
Superagent Scott Boras said MLB teams are wanting "meetings and wanting to get in front of the players," and aiming to make decisions much earlier than they did last year.
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Nov 13, 2019
Mets ace Jacob deGrom was named the NL Cy Young Award winner Wednesday, becoming the 11th pitcher to win the award in consecutive years.
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Nov 13, 2019
Mets ace Jacob deGrom was named the NL Cy Young Award winner on Wednesday, becoming the 11th pitcher to win the award in consecutive years.
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Nov 13, 2019
Mike Piazza announced Wednesday on Twitter that he has agreed to manage the Italian baseball team for the 2020 European Baseball Championship and the 2021 World Baseball Classic.
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Nov 13, 2019
While L.A. ponders what's next after another postseason disappointment, rivals are assembling talent to challenge its dominance.
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Nov 12, 2019
The San Francisco Giants announced Tuesday that they've hired Gabe Kapler as their new manager. Kapler replaces Bruce Bochy, who retired after the season.
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Nov 12, 2019
The San Francisco Giants announced Tuesday that they've hired Gabe Kapler as their new manager. Kapler replaces Bruce Bochy, who retired after the season.
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Nov 12, 2019
The Astros' attempts to gain extra advantages isn't a recent development, but MLB has failed to police the issue.
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Nov 12, 2019
In his first full season at the helm, Mike Shildt led St. Louis to the National League Central crown, and on Tuesday, he was named the league's manager of the year, edging Milwaukee's Craig Counsell.
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Nov 12, 2019
In his first full season at the helm, Mike Shildt led the St. Louis Cardinals to the NL Central crown and, on Tuesday, he was named the league's manager of the year, edging out Milwaukee's Craig Counsell.
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Nov 12, 2019
Angels general manager Billy Eppler said Tony La Russa will assist in all areas, including evaluations of players and minor-league development
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Nov 12, 2019
From what the Astros are said to have done to whether it did them any good, a look at Houston's latest controversy.
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Nov 12, 2019
Twins skipper Rocco Baldelli, 38, narrowly beat out the Yankees' Aaron Boone to win the AL Manager of the Year award in his first season on the job.
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Nov 12, 2019
Twins skipper Rocco Baldelli, 38, narrowly beat out the Yankees' Aaron Boone to win the AL Manager of the Year award in his first year on the job.
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Nov 12, 2019
Former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers told The Athletic that the team used a camera in center field to help steal signs.
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Nov 12, 2019
Need a third baseman? Add Kris Bryant to your wish list. Looking for a catcher? Willson Contreras could be available too. Here's how Chicago's winter plan could have ripple effects across the sport.
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Nov 12, 2019
Here's what to know as baseball's best are honored, including analysis of the results.
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Nov 12, 2019
Here's what you need to know as baseball's best performers of the season get honored, including analysis of the results.
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Nov 12, 2019
Here's what you need to know as baseball's best performers of the season are honored, including analysis of the results.
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Nov 12, 2019
Here's what to know as baseball's best are honored, including analysis of the results.
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Nov 12, 2019
Here's what you need to know as baseball's best performers of the season are honored, including analysis of the results.
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Nov 12, 2019
Here's what you need to know as baseball's best performers of the season get honored, including analysis of the results.
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Nov 12, 2019
Here's what you need to know as baseball's best performers of the season are honored, including analysis of the results.
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Nov 12, 2019
Free-agent pitcher Adam Wainwright, who is coming off his best season since 2014, will be back for a 15th season with the Cardinals after agreeing to a one-year deal.
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Nov 12, 2019
St. Louis needs more pop despite adding Paul Goldschmidt, Chicago gets a new direction with David Ross and Milwaukee needs to bolster its rotation.
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Nov 12, 2019
St. Louis needs more pop despite adding Paul Goldschmidt, Chicago gets a new direction with David Ross and Milwaukee needs to bolster its rotation.
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Nov 11, 2019
Tampa Bay Rays general manager Erik Neander has been voted Major League Baseball's Executive of the Year.
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Nov 11, 2019
Brian Cashman said the Yankees will talk to the "higher-end guys" in an effort to sign key free agents, highlighted by Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg.
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Nov 11, 2019
Here's what you need to know as baseball's best performers of the season get honored, including analysis of the results.
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Nov 11, 2019
Pete Alonso was a near unanimous selection, getting 29 of 30 first-place votes. Braves starter Mike Soroka received the other first-place vote and finished second.
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Nov 11, 2019
Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez capped a meteoric rise by becoming the franchise's third Rookie of the Year winner and second since the club moved to the American League.
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Nov 11, 2019
Pete Alonso was a near unanimous selection, getting 29 of 30 first place votes. Braves starter Mike Soroka received the other first place vote and finished second.
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Nov 11, 2019
If the champs can't hold onto their stars, what is their Plan B? Who else in the division will go all-in?
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Nov 11, 2019
If the champs can't hold on to their stars, what is their Plan B? Who else in the division will go all-in?
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Nov 11, 2019
Here's what you need to know as baseball's best performers of the season get honored with the sport's biggest individual awards.
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Nov 10, 2019
The Giants have hired former Cubs front office executive Scott Harris as general manager.
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Nov 10, 2019
Brown is back for the San Diego Padres.
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Nov 08, 2019
With the MLB offseason underway, here's which potential free-agency moves and winter trades have baseball teams, players and agents talking.
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Nov 07, 2019
Angels outfielder Mike Trout has received his seventh Silver Slugger Award after batting .291 with 45 home runs and 104 RBIs this season.
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Nov 07, 2019
The Brewers star's overlooked talent and the value of the shift are part of the next-level fun in the annual analytics manual.
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Nov 07, 2019
The Yankees have chosen Matt Blake, pitching coordinator for the Indians, to replace Larry Rothschild as pitching coach.
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Nov 07, 2019
The Astros have moved Reid Ryan from president into a new role as executive adviser of business relations, while owner Jim Crane's son has joined the team's front office.
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Nov 07, 2019
Tony Clark's criticism of Braves exec Alex Anthopoulos was the latest labor skirmish for players facing another slow burn on the hot stove.
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Nov 07, 2019
Gerrit Cole might get a historic deal, but which available starter could be a steal? And which slugger could put a team over the top?
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Nov 07, 2019
Gerrit Cole might get a historic deal, but which available starter could be a steal? And which slugger could put a team over the top?
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Nov 07, 2019
Gerrit Cole might get a historic deal, but which available starter could be a steal? And which slugger could put a team over the top?
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Nov 06, 2019
Tony Clark, head of baseball's players' union, said the union is launching an investigation after Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos said he's spoken with other teams to discuss their plans in free agency.
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Nov 06, 2019
Former Phillies manager Gape Kapler, Astros bench coach Joe Espada and Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro are the final three vying to replace Bruce Bochy as Giants manager, according to multiple reports.
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Nov 06, 2019
Milwaukee closer Josh Hader and Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias made the list of 23 "Super 2s" that are eligible for salary arbitration, while the Marlins' Jarlin Garcia and Diamondbacks' Luke Weaver just missed.
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Nov 05, 2019
The Cardinals have extended the contracts of manager Mike Shildt, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak and general manager Mike Girsch.
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Nov 05, 2019
Sorry, Detroit: Your team follows in the footsteps of other recent biggest losers. Where did every other club fall?
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Nov 05, 2019
We handicap the odds as Dale Murphy, Don Mattingly, Lou Whitaker and more stars of the 1980s and '90s get another chance at Cooperstown.
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Nov 05, 2019
Free agency is officially underway! Here's why things will (or won't) move faster and the names you'll be hearing most.
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Nov 05, 2019
Boston's DH decided not to test free agency. The ripple effects will be felt throughout the organization.
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Nov 04, 2019
Mike Trout is going for his third AL MVP award. He's finished second four times.
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Nov 04, 2019
The Yankees did not extend a qualifying offer to shortstop Didi Gregorius, making him a free agent.
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Nov 04, 2019
The Yankees did not extend a qualifying offer to shortstop Didi Gregorius, making him a free agent.
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Nov 04, 2019
The Braves re-signed outfielder Nick Markakis and catcher Tyler Flowers to $4 million, one-year deal but declined pitcher Julio Teheran's 2020 option.
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Nov 04, 2019
By remaining with the Red Sox, J.D. Martinez can earn $62.5 million over the next three years. He also has an opt-out clause after the 2020 season.
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Nov 04, 2019
By remaining with the Red Sox, J.D. Martinez can earn $62.5 million over the next three years. He also has an opt-out clause after the 2020 season.
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Nov 04, 2019
New York Yankees greats Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly and Tommy John are among a 10-man ballot of candidates who will be eligible for selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year though the Modern Baseball Era committee.
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Nov 04, 2019
Of the 25 players on Washington's World Series roster, 18 made the trip to the White House on Monday.
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Nov 04, 2019
Carlos Beltran was introduced as the Mets' new manager Monday and said general manager Brodie Van Wagenen needs to be his best friend if he is to succeed.
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Nov 04, 2019
The Brewers traded right-hander Chase Anderson to the Blue Jays and declined the 2020 option of slugger Eric Thames on Monday.
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Nov 04, 2019
The Brewers traded right-hander Chase Anderson to the Blue Jays and declined the 2020 option of slugger Eric Thames on Monday.
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Nov 04, 2019
Free agency is officially underway! Here's why things will (or won't) move faster and the names you'll be hearing most.
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Nov 03, 2019
Nolan Arenado is among those who extended impressive streaks as baseball's award season got underway.
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Nov 03, 2019
Rockies star Nolan Arenado won his seventh straight Gold Glove Award on Sunday, moving him into sole possession of fourth place among third basemen. The Diamondbacks had four Gold Glove winners on their team this season.
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Nov 03, 2019
The Chicago Cubs have picked up former All-Star first baseman Anthony Rizzo's $16.5 million option for 2020.
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Nov 03, 2019
The Royals have declined their half of Alex Gordon's $23 million mutual option for 2020, allowing the outfielder to become a free agent.
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Nov 03, 2019
Jake Arrieta, who went 8-8 with a 4.64 ERA this season, has exercised a $20 million player option and will return to the Phillies for the 2020 season.
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Nov 03, 2019
Rather than become a free agent, reliever Aroldis Chapman has agreed to a one-year contract extension with the New York Yankees, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
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Nov 02, 2019
World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg has opted out of the remaining four years, $100 million remaining on his deal with the Nationals and will test the free agent market.
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Nov 02, 2019
Nationals owner Ted Lerner said "95 years is a pretty long wait" for the city's first World Series victory, "but I'll tell you, this is worth the wait."
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Nov 02, 2019
Starting pitcher Yu Darvish and outfielder Jason Heyward, who both had the right to opt out of their contracts and become free agents, have decided to remain with the Cubs.
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Nov 02, 2019
The Chicago Cubs exercised their 2020 club contract option on left-hander Jose Quintana on Saturday and declined their 2020 club contract option on left-hander Derek Holland.
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Nov 01, 2019
Mike Moustakas and Yasmani Grandal declined their mutual options with the Milwaukee Brewers, becoming free agents.
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Nov 01, 2019
The rebuilding Miami Marlins have declined their $16 million option on infielder Starlin Castro for 2020 and will pay him a $1 million buyout, allowing him to become a free agent. Castro had a career-high 22 homers this season.
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Nov 01, 2019
Matt Adams, who hit .226 with 20 home runs and 56 RBIs in 111 games for the Nationals this season, had his $4 million option for 2020 declined by the team.
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Nov 01, 2019
Here's what you need to know about which managers have been fired.
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Nov 01, 2019
The Cincinnati Reds exercised the $5.5 million option for next season on infielder Freddy Galvis, who was claimed by the Reds off waivers from Toronto on Aug. 12.
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Nov 01, 2019
The Mets have hired former All-Star Carlos Beltran as their new manager, the team announced Friday evening.
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Nov 01, 2019
Former player Carlos Beltran is expected to be named the new manager of the Mets, a source confirmed to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
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Nov 01, 2019
The Nationals will be the third World Series-winning team to visit President Trump, joining the 2017 Astros and 2018 Red Sox.
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Oct 31, 2019
Baseball's business season starts shortly after the final out. Anthony Rendon became a free agent Thursday, a day after homering in Game 7 of the World Series.
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Oct 31, 2019
The Indians expect the two-time Cy Young Award winner to be ready for spring training.
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Oct 31, 2019
The stakes are higher, the tension mounts ... and the pace slows to a crawl. Can baseball get its postseason games over before bedtime?
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Oct 31, 2019
The stakes are higher, the tension mounts ... and the pace slows to a crawl. Can baseball get its postseason games over before bedtime?
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Oct 31, 2019
Jayce Tingler was presented as San Diego's manager and he was wearing the club's classic brown jersey, which is expected to return next season.
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Oct 31, 2019
This year's World Series averaged 13.91 million viewers, Nielsen said Thursday, down 1.3% from 14.1 million last year. The seven-game series between the Nationals and Astros finished as the third-least viewed.
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Oct 31, 2019
World Series artifacts from Howie Kendrick, Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer and Juan Soto are among the items headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame for the Autumn Glory exhibit.
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Oct 31, 2019
Gerrit Cole, who is entering free agency after a record season with the Astros, said his "thank you" to the team and its fans and said "the heartbreak hasn't gotten any easier today."
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