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J.D. Martinez says he wants to finish his career with Detroit

The 28-year-old right fielder, who had a sensational 2015 season, said on Thursday that he hoped to remain in Detroit on a long-term deal. “This team gave me the opportunity and I would love to stay here as long as I can and hopefully finish my career next to Miggy [Miguel Cabrera], next to Victor […]

Impact of Reds-Indians-D-backs trade

But this one had a few twists: It was a three-team deal — the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds were the other two trade partners — and in this one, the Diamondbacks dealt the prospect Bauer and weren’t the ones to land Choo. Instead, Choo landed in Cincinnati, making the Diamondbacks’ haul most curious. […]

Chris Sale, Anthony Rizzo in ASG

Rizzo received 8.8 million votes among the 52.5 million ballots and Sale 6.7 million, Major League Baseball said Thursday. Voting was conducted on MLB.com, team websites and Twitter. Rizzo joined Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro on the NL roster. “It’s good for the kids in the minor leagues to see kids in the big leagues make […]

Hamilton lifts new teammates’ values

Exactly one year and five days after swooping in unexpectedly to sign last winter’s highest-profile free agent hitter, Albert Pujols, the Angels did it again on Thursday, agreeing to a deal with this winter’s highest-profile free agent hitter, Josh Hamilton, who signed a reported five-year, $125 million contract. That’s right, Hamilton will remain a member […]

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. […]

Heyward, Miller intriguing after trade

The St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves made an unexpected swap of young players Monday, announcing at the start of the lunch hour (Eastern time) that the Cardinals had acquired right fielder Jason Heyward and right-handed reliever Jordan Walden and the Braves were landing right-handed starting pitchers Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins, the latter a […]

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 — […]

‘Get some, Tebow!’ All-Stars rooting for baseball’s most popular minor leaguer

What do All-Stars think of Tim Tebow’s baseball journey? We asked a few for their thoughts on what he has to do to keep moving up the New York Mets’ minor league ranks and what his chances are of playing at Citi Field in a couple of months. Charlie Blackmon, CF, Colorado Rockies: I’m always […]

Nolan Arenado to miss some time

Arenado appears bound for the disabled list after breaking his left middle finger in Colorado’s 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. Rockies manager Walt Weiss said he didn’t know details of the injury, including if Arenado will need surgery. “He’ll miss some time,” Weiss said. “It’s tough news for our club. He’s […]

Braves’ pitching plan a throwback to their glory days

The educational process has come full circle now that Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz have graduated to Cooperstown and Miller is the leader of a new Atlanta staff filled with enthusiastic 20-somethings. He is both inspired and humbled by the history he’s trying to perpetuate. “We all want to be great, but I can’t […]

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