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MLB spring training 2024: Teams, stars we can’t wait to see
More 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 readingBlue Jays reliever Erik Swanson placed on 15-day IL
Swanson departed Saturday’s 8-3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians in the seventh inning. He retired pinch hitter Bo Naylor to start the inning and allowed a single to Myles Straw before showing discomfort after a pitch to Kole Calhoun. Swanson, 29, is 3-2 with a 3.10 ERA in 60 relief appearances this season after being […]
Continue readingBlue Jays’ Bo Bichette says he’ll return from IL on Saturday
“Should be in the lineup on Saturday,” Bichette said, after homering and playing shortstop in a rehab game with Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday night. Toronto has a half-game lead over the Seattle Mariners for the third and final AL wild-card spot entering Friday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds. Bichette, 25, has been on the injured […]
Continue readingBlue Jays demote Alek Manoah to rookie-level Florida Complex League
The Blue Jays made the move one day after Manoah lasted just one-third of an inning and allowed six runs in a loss to the Houston Astros. The 2022 American League Cy Young Award finalist is 1-7 with a 6.36 ERA in 13 starts this season. Blue Jays manager John Schneider acknowledged after Monday’s 11-4 […]
Continue readingAtlanta Braves’ Kenley Jansen put on IL with irregular heartbeat
The Atlanta Braves have placed closer Kenley Jansen on the 15-day injured list with an irregular heartbeat, the team announced Tuesday. The move was made retroactive to Monday when Jansen felt discomfort, manager Brian Snitker said. Jansen underwent corrective heart surgery — his second procedure — in November 2018 after a recurrence of an irregular […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Dodgers offer qualifying offers to Corey Seager, Chris Taylor, but not Clayton Kershaw
Seager and Taylor were among 14 players offered $18.4 million, one-year qualifying offer deals before the deadline Sunday night. If players reject those offers and sign with another club, their former team is entitled to draft pick compensation. Kershaw, 33, has spent his entire 14-year career with Los Angeles, winning three Cy Young Awards and […]
Continue readingThe San Francisco Giants just keep surprising us
The San Francisco Giants have been the best team in baseball for nearly six months now, through 151 games, 227 home runs, and at least a million roster moves. And every day of those nearly six months, and each one of the 137 days that they woke up in first place, they have been described, […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday
Elsewhere, it’s Sale Day in Boston as Chris Sale will make his long-awaited 2021 debut after rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. The southpaw hurled 89 pitches in his final rehab start so he shouldn’t be under any significant restrictions. The slate begins in the 4:00 PM ET hour but don’t wait to lock in your […]
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