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Mookie’s $365 million extension with Dodgers: What mega deal means for MLB, L.A., Betts and more
The day before the Los Angeles Dodgers open the 2020 season as heavy favorites to win the World Series, they locked up Mookie Betts for the next decade-plus. Betts and the Dodgers agreed to terms on a 12-year extension worth $365 million, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday, a deal that could keep Betts […]
Continue readingMookie Betts agrees to 12-year, $365 million extension with Dodgers
Star outfielder Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed on a 12-year, $365 million extension that keeps the former American League MVP from reaching free agency this winter, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Combined with the one-year, $27 million contract he’s currently playing out, Betts’ total comes to 13 years and $392 million. […]
Continue reading2020 MLB awards predictions: MVPs, Cy Youngs and top rookies
We asked a panel of 32 experts from ESPN’s MLB coverage team to name the star players they think will deliver seasons that merit recognition as baseball’s MVPs, Cy Young Award winners and Rookies of the Year for both the American and National Leagues. What we got back might surprise you. Our voters didn’t pick […]
Continue readingMLB bets we’d make and long shots we’d take for the 2020 season
The start of baseball season means it’s time for predictions, but we asked our writers to take it a step further heading into Opening Day. The assignment was simple: Find two bets you would make for the 2020 MLB season, with one thing you are certain will happen and a long shot you think could […]
Continue readingThe most exciting themes, teams and players for MLB’s 60-game season
There is baseball in just over four days. Real, live major league baseball, with standings and statistics and strikeouts. Max Scherzer will throw the first pitch of the abbreviated 2020 season when the Washington Nationals host the New York Yankees on Thursday night on ESPN. It’s going to look weird, with no fans in the […]
Continue readingPicking both 2020 MLB All-Star rosters — even though there’s no game
The 91st All-Star Game would have been played Tuesday, and it would have been a wonderful celebration of the sport’s best players at Dodger Stadium. Instead, for the first time since 1945, there is no game, so the American League will carry its seven-game winning streak into 2021 at Atlanta’s Truist Park, with Dodger Stadium […]
Continue reading‘I’ll miss the National League game’: NL managers weigh in on the universal DH
One thing that will be unmistakable for fans in the National League when games in the 2020 season get played: Pitchers won’t be hitting, thanks to the adoption of the universal DH for this campaign. Whether it’s just a feature of Major League Baseball’s shortened 60-game season or a sign of things to come, we […]
Continue readingPhillies All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto ‘not too worried’ about next contract
The All-Star catcher and the Philadelphia Phillies had preliminary discussions about a long-term deal before the coronavirus pandemic, but talks between the two sides haven’t progressed since baseball returned last week. Realmuto is eligible for free agency after the season unless the Phillies sign him before he can test the market. He’s expected to seek […]
Continue reading60-game MVPs for every recent MLB season and big 2020 names to watch
Major League Baseball is aiming for a 60-game 2020 MLB season as training camps begin in ballparks across the country this week. If they do play, that means we’ll have pennant races and a postseason and MVP awards to hand out. I thought it would be fun to go over the past decade and see […]
Continue readingBaseball is back — and we have the video to prove it
The crack of the bat. The snap of a ball hitting a mitt. The sounds (and sights) of baseball finally are back as players are taking part in workouts at their home stadiums in preparation for the 2020 MLB season, abbreviated as it will be. For the first time since spring training camps closed in […]
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