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MLB trade deadline breakdown: Biggest names, surprises and what it all means for October
The 2020 MLB trade deadline, the strangest deadline in Major League Baseball history, has passed. The San Diego Padres stole the headlines by dealing for Mike Clevinger on a deadline day that lagged behind other recent ones in overall volume of moves. But that doesn’t mean the trades that went down this year won’t have […]
Continue readingEverything you need to know at halfway point of the 2020 MLB season
The motif heading into the 60-game Major League Baseball season was straight out of a 1950s horror movie or a bad slogan for a 1980s Mariners team: Anything can happen. As we come upon the halfway point of the season, however, as much as we hoped for a crazy, unpredictable two months, the top of […]
Continue readingYankees’ James Paxton blames injuries around MLB on short camp
New York manager Aaron Boone provided the updates Saturday. The team worked out at Yankee Stadium after this weekend’s Subway Series at Citi Field was postponed when two members of the Mets tested positive for the coronavirus. Torres, Paxton and reliever Luis Avilan were put on the injured list Friday. Big-hitting Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton […]
Continue readingYankees place SS Gleyber Torres on IL with left hamstring, quad strains
Torres’ hamstring tightened up running out a grounder in the bottom of the third inning Thursday night. He was taken out of the game in the fifth inning and was replaced by Tyler Wade at shortstop. Torres is batting .231 with one home run and six RBIs this season. Reliever Zack Britton was placed on […]
Continue readingMLB Sunday Spotlight: What will Yankees, Red Sox do at trade deadline?
The New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry in 2020 is as lopsided as it’s been in quite some time. Just two years ago, the Red Sox were eliminating the Yankees from the playoffs on their way to a World Series title. This season, the Yankees are on track to get another shot at a championship […]
Continue readingYankees’ Aroldis Chapman cleared to return
Boone said he wasn’t sure when the hard-throwing left-hander would be ready for game action. “The good thing was he was never really sick, so he was able to maintain probably a level of physical conditioning that other people may not have been able to,” Boone said. “I’m hopeful he’s a little ahead of the […]
Continue readingNew York Yankees say Gleyber Torres dealing with right elbow contusion
The New York Yankees found themselves in familiar territory Thursday night: worried about losing starting shortstop Gleyber Torres to injury. Torres was hit by a pitch in the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles and left in the fourth. But the team later said X-rays were negative and that Torres had a right elbow contusion. […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Opening Day
There was certainly doubt about whether we’d actually see major league baseball in 2020, but Opening Day is officially upon us. Yes, it’s happening. While this season will certainly look different than what we’re used to, our goal for this column remains largely the same. The big leagues are back! Play ESPN’s Opening Day game […]
Continue readingDodgers or Yankees? Which MLB superteam is the one to beat in 2020?
Our crew of MLB experts has weighed in with predictions for the 2020 season, and two teams stand above the rest — the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. The Dodgers, winners of seven straight National League West titles, were unanimous picks to make it eight for eight, with 24 of 32 voters […]
Continue readingEverything 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 […]
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