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Jeff Passan’s MLB trade deadline preview: Will any stars actually move? Which teams are sellers?
Almost a year ago, when Major League Baseball’s postseason expansion plans first leaked, a league official was trying to sell the idea. It would be good for competitiveness, he said, and would generate revenue for both the league and the players. More playoff teams would bring baseball in line with other sports, he said, and […]
Continue readingWill the MLB trade deadline be a dud? These five questions could hold the key
This will be the most unpredictable trade deadline we’ve ever seen. My colleague Brad Doolittle just did a great job outlining the issues teams face this deadline, along with a position-by-position look at who might be available and which teams have holes to fill. One big factor aside from the cash-flow problems that exist in […]
Continue readingAstros’ Yordan Alvarez to have season-ending knee surgery, Dusty Baker says
Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday that Yordan Alvarez, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, will have season-ending knee surgery to repair a partial tear of his right patella tendon. Baker made the announcement to reporters from Denver, where the Astros are set to face the Colorado Rockies. Alvarez had been placed […]
Continue readingBroken curfews, COVID outbreaks and … bubble ball? Passan on MLB’s latest 2020 battles
The fallout from the Cleveland Indians’ team meeting that saw pitchers Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac sent home could have wide-ranging implications on both the Indians’ season as well as the financial future of the talented starters. The Indians have questions about what to do with their pitchers — and how to jump-start an offense […]
Continue readingAstros activate Yordan Alvarez off injured list after positive coronavirus test
Alvarez hasn’t played this season after going on the IL in July. He told reporters Friday that he tested positive for COVID-19 just a few days prior to the start of summer camp, with his only symptoms being a few headaches. Alvarez said his wife also tested positive and was asymptomatic, while his daughter tested […]
Continue readingWho could move at the weirdest MLB trade deadline in history?
The Aug. 31 MLB trade deadline is still nearly three weeks off, but let’s take an early look at some of the factors that will influence what might happen. Or won’t happen. It’s possible this year’s deadline will be a dud for several reasons: lack of talent available, more teams in the playoff race because […]
Continue readingDodgers’ Joe Kelly sounds off on Astros players’ handling of sign-stealing investigation
Joe Kelly’s enduring animus toward Houston Astros players has more to do with how they handled the sign-stealing investigation than the actual cheating itself, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher said in his first extensive interview since he sparked a benches-clearing confrontation last month in Houston. In Kelly’s eyes, the Houston players, who received immunity from […]
Continue readingFact-checking the Houston Astros’ slow start
The numbers stand out more than they normally would after 16 Major League Baseball games — for reasons we are all too familiar with that involved banging garbage cans and other Houston Astros-related nonsense in 2017 and into the 2018 season: Jose Altuve: .183 George Springer: .182 Alex Bregman: .224 Those were the batting averages […]
Continue readingOakland Athletics OF Ramon Laureano charges Houston Astros dugout, sparks brawl
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros apparently were tired of playing nice. So following two quiet games at the Coliseum, true feelings seemed to come out and tempers flared Sunday, months after Houston’s sign-stealing scandal was brought to light by Oakland pitcher Mike Fiers. Things got so angry the benches cleared — […]
Continue readingWilling to ‘leave the window open,’ an optimistic Shohei Ohtani hopes to pitch again for Angels despite arm trouble
“If it comes down to them telling me to just focus on hitting or focus on pitching, I will listen,” Ohtani said through an interpreter on Wednesday, two days after being diagnosed with a Grade 1-2 strain of the flexor pronator mass in his pitching arm. “But ideally, I would like to leave the window […]
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