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Padres trade for Rich Hill, Ji Man Choi; also acquire Scott Barlow
The San Diego Padres, rumored to potentially be in sell mode only days earlier, pulled off a trade that addressed two of their most glaring needs on Tuesday morning, acquiring left-handed-hitting first baseman Ji Man Choi and longtime starting pitcher Rich Hill from the Pittsburgh Pirates, the teams announced. The Pirates receive first baseman Alfonso […]
Continue readingSecond-half preview, rankings, playoff odds for all 30 MLB teams
This season has been anything but predictable. Sure, there are teams that you expect to contend every season, like the Braves, Yankees, Dodgers and Astros. But the first half of the 2023 season was also full of surprises. The Rangers shot up the standings with a sky-high run differential thanks to a powerhouse offense. The […]
Continue readingPadres designate slugger Nelson Cruz for assignment
The San Diego Padres designated slugger Nelson Cruz for assignment on Tuesday in a series of moves. The designated hitter, who is a seven-time All-Star and in his 19th major league season, is batting .245 with five home runs and 23 RBIs in 49 games. In other moves, the Padres placed right-handed starter Michael Wacha […]
Continue readingHow MLB’s new rules — shift ban, pitch clock, bigger bases — will change this offseason’s free agency
Major League Baseball will look appreciably different in 2023, when pitch clocks are implemented, bigger bases are introduced and defensive shifts are practically outlawed. But the effects of those changes might start to be felt now, while rosters are being constructed. The industry’s front-office executives gathered for the general managers meetings in Las Vegas earlier […]
Continue reading‘My great grandkids will know about Aaron Judge’: Yankees teammates on the home runs that made history
THROUGHOUT THE 2022 SEASON, as much as New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge said publicly he was not thinking about home run records, about the history around his chase, the legends of baseball lore found him anyway. Before a game against the Boston Red Sox in late September, Judge stood at his locker as a […]
Continue readingHal Steinbrenner plans to have Aaron Boone return to Yankees
TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner plans to keep Aaron Boone as his manager. “As far as Boone’s concerned, we just signed him and for all the same reasons I listed a year ago, I believe he is a very good manager,” Steinbrenner said Wednesday as he left the Yankees player development […]
Continue readingAnthony Rizzo to lead off as Yankees shuffle lineup for Game 3
Facing Houston Astros right-hander Cristian Javier, New York will lead off with first baseman Anthony Rizzo, move Harrison Bader down from the leadoff spot to No. 6, start Oswaldo Cabrera at shortstop, shift Giancarlo Stanton to left field and slide Matt Carpenter into the designated hitter role. Astros 1. Jose Altuve, 2B 2. Jeremy Pena, […]
Continue readingFrankie Montas addition among Yankees’ ALCS roster tweaks
The No. 1-seeded Astros, on the other hand, made only one addition, with both teams going with an even split between pitchers and position players with 13 apiece. The Yankees chose to include one more pitcher for the best-of-seven ALCS, one less than they had for the division series against Cleveland in which they got […]
Continue readingYankees’ DJ LeMahieu not on ALDS roster; Matt Carpenter back
NEW YORK — The Yankees finalized their American League Division Series roster and will take on the Cleveland Guardians without the services of infielder DJ LeMahieu. LeMahieu is still dealing with the lingering effects of the nagging toe inflammation that affected him throughout the second half, forcing manager Aaron Boone to leave him off the […]
Continue readingAroldis Chapman left off Yankees’ roster for missing workout
NEW YORK — Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman has been ruled out for the American League Division Series after he skipped a mandatory workout, leading to a fine and likely ending the All-Star’s seven-year tenure with New York. The 34-year-old flamethrower probably would not have been on the 26-man roster for the best-of-five series against Cleveland […]
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