The team announced the deal Sunday. Clevinger will make $8 million in 2023, and there is a mutual $12 million option for 2024 that includes a $4 million buyout. The 31-year-old Clevinger went 7-7 with a 4.33 ERA in 23 games, including 22 starts, for the San Diego Padres this year. He missed the 2021 […]
Continue readingThe move just made sense for the long-haired pitcher. Clevinger officially joined the White Sox on Sunday, finalizing a $12 million, one-year contract that adds the right-hander to the team’s rotation. “I mean the roster’s, I think, fully set up for doing special things and having a long season,” he said. “But also … that’s […]
Continue readingThe Texas Rangers got their two big free agent hitters last offseason, by signing middle infielders Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. Now they’ve got their staff ace in Jacob deGrom, who agreed to a five-year, $185 million contract with the team Friday night. It’s significant news for us in fantasy baseball, even if primarily because […]
Continue readingClevinger, 31, was 7-7 with a 4.33 ERA last season pitching for the San Diego Padres. He also threw 2⅔ innings in the playoffs, giving up seven earned runs, but he was dealing with a knee issue toward the end of the season. He missed all of 2021 after Tommy John surgery. The right-hander fits […]
Continue readingHouston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander won his third American League Cy Young Award on Thursday, joining a distinguished club with fewer than a dozen members throughout baseball history. He did so unanimously. And he did so under unprecedented circumstances — as a 39-year-old coming off Tommy John surgery, which kept him off a major league […]
Continue readingWith the World Series in our rearview mirror — though the champion Astros are surely still reveling in their victory — the 2022 season is all but done, with one final piece left: awards! The winners of MLB’s four major end-of-season awards — Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young Award and […]
Continue readingIn the next phase of a historic American League MVP race, Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels led the list of finalists for MLB’s Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards, according to balloting results revealed Monday night. Calling the seasons put up by Judge and Ohtani historic is almost an […]
Continue readingIt’s time for the offseason! Which means it’s time for our annual way-too-early 2023 power rankings. The 2022 season came to an end on Saturday night in Houston, as the Astros won their second World Series title since 2017 after defeating the Phillies in Game 6. What do the next few months have in store […]
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Continue readingWe’re now just two weeks away from the end of the 2022 MLB regular season, and many races are still up in the air. Four of our top five teams have now secured a postseason berth, with the Yankees, Cardinals and Guardians the three division leaders left still battling for a playoff spot. While we […]
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