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New York Mets’ Taijuan Walker picks number 99 as mascot Mr. Met wears preferred 00
A day after the Mets finalized his $23 million, three-year contract, Walker said he was aced out of his preferred jersey number by the rotund mascot with the baseball-shaped head. “I was 44 growing up, and I finally got it with the Mariners in 2016,” Walker said Tuesday. “And then I ended up getting traded […]
Continue readingOutfielder Marcell Ozuna returns to Atlanta Braves on four-year, $64 million deal
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are bringing back Marcell Ozuna, signing the slugger to a $64 million, four-year contract. The Braves announced the deal for the 2020 NL home run and RBI leader on Friday night, less than two weeks before pitchers and catchers are set to report for spring training. The contract includes a […]
Continue readingSt. Louis Cardinals officially acquire Nolan Arenado from Colorado Rockies
St. Louis dealt left-hander Austin Gomber and four minor leaguers to the Rockies: infielders Elehuris Montero and Mateo Gil along with right-handers Tony Locey and Jake Sommers. As part of the trade, Colorado will send cash to St. Louis to offset part of the money Arenado is due in his contract. Arenado had been set […]
Continue readingSources: St. Louis Cardinals to acquire Nolan Arenado from Colorado Rockies
The St. Louis Cardinals are finalizing a trade to acquire star third baseman Nolan Arenado from the Colorado Rockies, a blockbuster that still needs various approvals but is expected to be completed in the coming days, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The complicated deal took months of on-and-off discussions and gained momentum in recent […]
Continue readingThink catching a foul ball is hard? How 2020 taught us it’s even tougher than we thought
For many of us, one of the first hints that our parents are not gods, not superheroes, not even particularly significant in a world of 7 billion, comes in the stands of a major league baseball game, when they fail to get us a foul ball. In a typical game, about 20 catchable baseballs sail […]
Continue readingOne great moment of the 2020 MLB season for all 30 teams
Before the 2020 MLB season began, when we wondered whether the World Series champion would get an asterisk for the season being so short/anomalous/weird, I predicted this: The winner would be seen as just as legitimate as in any other year, especially with an extra round of playoffs making the October run that much harder. […]
Continue readingSt. Louis Cardinals not picking up 2021 option on Kolten Wong
The 30-year-old Wong will receive a $1 million buyout. Wong, a first-round pick in the 2011 draft, made his big league debut in 2013 and has spent eight seasons with St. Louis. “STL will always have a special place in my heart and I will never forget all the amazing people who impacted me along […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings, way-too-early edition: How Dodgers, Rays and all 30 teams stack up for 2021
We can only hope 2021 will be a more normal season, with 162 games and fans in the stands and hot dogs to eat and overpriced beer to drink. We don’t know what the state of things will be come April 1, when the 2021 season is scheduled to begin, but we can speculate on […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2020: Ranking 35 trades that shaped the Rays, Astros, Dodgers and Braves
You can sign a great player, but that’s just about writing a bigger check than anybody else. You can draft a great player, but that’s just about your pick coming before somebody else’s pick. The true connoisseurs know that the fun is in trades. In a trade, it isn’t enough to spot the talent or […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2020: How the Atlanta Braves built arguably baseball’s best offense around Freddie Freeman
It began with Freddie Freeman. Literally. Turn the clock back to 2013. Freeman had completed his third season as the Atlanta Braves’ everyday first baseman, taking over at age 21 after a cup of coffee in the majors near the end of 2010. During those first three years, the Braves won 89, 94 and 96 […]
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