The construction of the 30,000-seat domed stadium, which is set to open in 2028 and is estimated to cost over $1.2 billion, figures to end speculation about the Rays relocating to another city. The Rays’ current 30-year lease at the domed Tropicana Field ends in 2027, and the franchise had considered moving elsewhere, such as […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Jesse Rogers and Buster Olney give their case for the Astros and Phillies filling the top spot in the MLB power rankings. (2:39) Midway through September, the 2023 playoff picture is quickly taking shape. The Braves became the first team to secure a postseason berth this past weekend and followed that […]
Continue readingBieber, 28, has been sidelined for two months due to elbow inflammation in his pitching arm. He last pitched July 9. Bieber, who won the American League Cy Young Award in 2020, is 5-6 with a 3.77 ERA in 19 starts this season. He has 95 strikeouts in 117 innings. Bieber is 59-32 with a […]
Continue readingAs we hit mid-August, there’s still plenty of baseball left to play. Still, that doesn’t mean we’re not starting to see which bubble teams are truly contenders — and which, well, aren’t. For some clubs, September will be a race for a wild-card spot or even a division title. For others, it’ll be a month […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan and Brad Doolittle break down recent surge into the top 10 for the Phillies and Mariners in the Power Rankings. (2:42) With a little less than two months of regular-season baseball left to play, the postseason picture is slowly starting to take shape. While certain teams look like they’re […]
Continue readingCivale, 28, has excelled since returning from a strained oblique in early June, allowing two or fewer runs in 10 of his 11 starts. On the season, he is 5-2 with a 2.34 ERA over 77 innings, striking out 58, walking 22 and allowing just five home runs. Because Civale remains under team control through […]
Continue readingThe Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired shortstop Amed Rosario in a trade Wednesday that saw them send right-hander Noah Syndergaard to the Cleveland Guardians. Rosario, 27, joins a Dodgers team whose .629 OPS at shortstop is the fifth worst in baseball and that just a day ago traded for super-utilityman Enrique Hernández, who had been […]
Continue readingWith All-Star week festivities in the rearview mirror, the second half of the 2023 season is off to a bang. MLB had a night of offense to remember on Tuesday, with 12 teams scoring double-digit runs — a level of offensive production not seen in 129 years. Despite putting up 13 runs, the major league-leading […]
Continue readingAs the MLB trade deadline approaches, the decision to add or subtract from a team is usually made by the standings. Every year, however, there are bubble teams that are close to the playoff race but haven’t necessarily proved themselves in the win/loss column, leaving their front offices with a tougher decision to make. ESPN […]
Continue reading“It definitely looks like it’s a non-surgical way to go, which is really good,” manager Terry Francona said Sunday. “Any time you go into somebody’s arm, and have thrown as much as he has, you get nervous. “He’s going to be approximately two weeks no throw. He’ll be rechecked every week,” Francona added. “There’s no […]
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