Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue reading“It’s no big deal, really,” he said. (Yes, it is. There aren’t many people that big and tall who can do a backflip.) “Oh, I’m sure there are a lot of people bigger than me that can,” he said. (No, there aren’t.) Glasnow, 30, is a new member of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation, acquired […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Shohei Ohtani wastes no time getting in the cage during his first batting practice session with the Dodgers. (0:22) After a busy baseball winter, spring is in the air again. The Los Angeles Dodgers spent $1.2 billion this offseason, landing the top two free agents in Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Jesse Rogers breaks down Bobby Witt Jr.’s 11-year extension with the Kansas City Royals. (1:08) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals owner John Sherman remembers hanging along the fence at spring training in Arizona back in 2020, shortly after he had purchased the club from David Glass, and watching top prospect Bobby […]
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Continue readingBALTIMORE — Orioles manager Brandon Hyde called Gunnar Henderson‘s caught stealing in the bottom of the ninth inning “a little miscommunication.” With the Orioles trailing 3-2 in Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Rangers, Henderson led off the inning with a base hit to right field off Texas closer Jose Leclerc. […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Mauricio Dubon lines a single to right, giving the Astros a 2-1 win. (0:33) HOUSTON — The Astros were in desperate need of a win Wednesday after dropping four of five and letting their lead in the AL West dwindle. Held scoreless through seven innings, things looked bleak before some late-game […]
Continue readingNearly 2,800 miles separate Petco Park from Citi Field, but it often felt as if the San Diego Padres and the New York Mets were adjoined, connected — spiritually — through their expensive rosters and their disappointing outcomes, perceived cautionary tales by their sport’s frugal owners. This weekend, they seem very different. While the Mets […]
Continue readingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Baltimore Orioles are looking down at the rest of the AL East — and the All-Star break is in the rearview mirror. Fun times for Colton Cowser & Co. Cowser hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Thursday night […]
Continue readingFirst place in the vaunted American League East will be on the line when the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays meet this weekend in a four-game series highlighting franchises at the low end of the spending scale. With numerous big-money franchises struggling to contend and vacillating between buying and selling at the approaching trade […]
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