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Craig Kimbrel’s milestone baseball rescued from fountain

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Baltimore left fielder Colton Cowser threw the ball from the final out of a 9-7 win over Kansas City into the Kauffman Stadium fountains. About two minutes later, he realized he might have made a mistake. Craig Kimbrel had gotten his 422nd save Saturday night, tying Billy Wagner for seventh on […]

Hanrahan deal shuffles two ‘pens

One of only three to rank among the top 15 relief pitchers on our Player Rater in each of the past two seasons (Craig Kimbrel and Jonathan Papelbon were the others), Hanrahan might have gained some in team support (and that’s debatable considering the Pirates actually won 10 more games than did the Red Sox […]

In final season, Boston’s David Ortiz slugs another Opening Day homer

But with Ortiz planning to retire after the season, Tuesday marked his final Opening Day. And after a typically unengaged spring training in which he went 4-for-35 with three extra-base hits, the odds of even Big Papi going deep on a 34-degree day with the wind howling weren’t particularly good. So, what could Ortiz say […]

Yankees hope to find impact from RHP Luis Severino after eschewing trade

General manager Brian Cashman, after being shut out in efforts to bring San Diego Padres closer Craig Kimbrel to the Yankees, announced on Friday he will promote Luis Severino, a 21-year-old right-hander who is the top pitching prospect in the Yankees organization, to the big league club. “Severino will, I think, be making his next […]

Why the Braves made Freddie Freeman their new Chipper Jones

Over a span of nine months in 2014, Salt and Pepper received an education in how economics can trump sentiment in the big picture. Here are some of the highlights from ESPN’s MLB coverage. Teams answer nagging questions » The Brewers emerge » Astros rule power rankings » Insider: Why this week matters » Béisbol […]

Way-too-early World Series preview: Who can beat the Dodgers?

While the top six are the same, their order has shuffled quite a bit. And no team’s aspirations have been more validated than those of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who currently have about a 1-in-3 shot at winning it all by these figures. That’s about as good as you’re going to do in the random […]

Orioles trade Jim Johnson to A’s

The 30-year-old Johnson, who converted 50 of 59 opportunities and tied Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel for the major league lead in saves this past season, was emotional about leaving Baltimore. “It actually just hit me five minutes ago,” Johnson told MLB.com and MASNSports.com on Tuesday morning, pausing periodically to collect himself. “Really, I’m not like this. […]

The All-2017 fantasy team

For a second consecutive season, youngsters have dominated the fantasy baseball landscape. A quick glance at our Player Rater shows that five of the top 18 players are under the age of 25, significant in that the popular belief is that a player’s prime tends to reside somewhere between the ages of 25 and 30. […]

Deadline deals: Hits and misses so far

The flurry of activity made for some frenzied speculation and Twitter madness at the time. So how have things worked out, with the benefit of a little hindsight? A variety of factors go into assessing trade deadline winners and losers six weeks later. A new acquisition might perform well on a team that flopped — […]

How Jackson Holliday’s clubhouse past influences his MLB future

It was 2:30 p.m. ET Friday, nearly five hours before second baseman Jackson Holliday‘s first game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. He was the only player on the field, and working on only a few hours of sleep after a late-night flight from Boston, but he was full of life as he posed for […]

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