Chris Cameron, Allen Ponak and Scott Buchheit made the decision, one day after hearing arguments. Ramírez won last year at $2.2 million, when the team offered $1.9 million, then set career bests with a .313 batting average, 12 homers and 68 RBIs. The outfielder became the third player this year to fail in an attempt […]
Continue readingArraez asked a panel for $12 million instead of the Miami Marlins’ $10.6 million offer. A decision by Keith Greenberg, Stephen Raymond and Richard McNeill is expected Wednesday. Arraez won the 2022 AL batting title for Minnesota when he hit .316 with eight homers and 49 RBI, then was traded to Miami in January 2023 […]
Continue readingFranco had missed the past week of games after the Rays placed him on the restricted list on Aug. 14. He is being investigated by Dominican police as well as MLB’s department of investigations. What does administrative leave mean? When could Franco return? And what do we know — and not know — about the […]
Continue readingNew York Yankees reliever Jimmy Cordero was suspended for the remainder of the 2023 season for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The league’s policy, negotiated with the MLB Players Association, does not mandate suspensions of a particular length. Cordero’s 76-game ban, which he agreed to, is among the longest the league has given, […]
Continue readingTrevor Bauer‘s grievance hearing against Major League Baseball will begin May 23, a source told ESPN on Friday, confirming a report from The Athletic. Bauer was handed a 324-game suspension on April 29 for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy, twice the amount of the previous longest suspension since the policy was implemented in August 2015. […]
Continue readingMajor League Baseball announced a 324-game suspension for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on Friday, the equivalent of two full seasons and by far the most severe punishment handed out under the sport’s domestic violence policy. Bauer promptly released a statement announcing he was appealing the suspension, thus becoming the first player to contest […]
Continue readingIn a word, the 2021-22 MLB offseason was, well, … chaotic. As soon as the Atlanta Braves were done celebrating their unexpected World Series title, the clouds of a looming lockout gathered over the hot stove season before a 99-day work stoppage split the winter into two frenzied stretches of signings and trades. Maybe you […]
Continue readingLos Angeles also acquired minor league pitcher Tanner Dodson from Tampa Bay in a trade for outfielder Luke Raley on Friday. Anderson, 32, split last season between Pittsburgh and Seattle, going a combined 7-11 with 4.53 ERA in 31 starts with solid control and 7.2 strikeouts per nine innings. He was 5-8 with a 4.35 […]
Continue readingFreddie Freeman has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a six-year, $162 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel. Freeman, 32, reached free agency for the first time in his career after helping the Atlanta Braves win their first World Series since 1995 with a six-game triumph over the […]
Continue readingClayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a one-year contract worth $17 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, keeping the future Hall of Fame pitcher with the only organization for which he’s ever played. The deal, which is pending a physical, also includes a possible $5 million in performance bonuses, […]
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