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Everything you need to know as MLB’s 2020 season restart begins
It’s here. Finally. Spring training 2.0. Or make that summer camp. Or is it summer training? In any case, Major League Baseball begins its strange 2020 odyssey on Wednesday in the strangest of ways — but appropriate for the times: testing for a virus that didn’t exist a year ago. If cleared, workouts will begin […]
Continue readingSources: Red Sox agree to trade Mookie Betts, David Price to Dodgers
The Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a blockbuster deal that will send former MVP Mookie Betts and left-hander David Price to Los Angeles for a package that includes outfielder Alex Verdugo, sources tell ESPN. The trade includes a third team, the Minnesota Twins, with the Dodgers sending starter Kenta Maeda […]
Continue readingSource: LHP Alex Wood agrees to 1-year, $4M deal with Dodgers
“We back,” Wood tweeted after news of the deal broke, adding the hashtag “ComebackSZN.” Wood, who turned 29 on Sunday, can earn an additional $6 million through incentives, according to Passan. The Athletic first reported the terms of the deal. Wood was limited to just seven starts for the Cincinnati Reds last season because of […]
Continue readingCody Bellinger on Astros, Red Sox scandals: Dodgers did it ‘the right way’
MALIBU, Calif. — The sign-stealing scandal that has engulfed Major League Baseball throughout the offseason centers mostly on two teams, the 2017 Houston Astros and the 2018 Boston Red Sox. An obvious link — the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers, coming off seven straight division titles but still in search of the franchise’s first championship […]
Continue readingMLB superstar trades, sign-stealing punishment and more: Passan answers 20 questions for 2020
A new year means endless new questions for Major League Baseball, a sport in the midst of its most engaging free-agency period in a half-decade, nearing the punishment phase of an ugly scandal, grappling with deep-seated economic questions, ever considering the quality of its on-the-field product and prepared to overhaul its minor league system. It’s […]
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