2:41 PM ET The Washington Nationals offered a 13-year, $350 million extension to outfielder Juan Soto prior to the current lockout by Major League Baseball, he confirmed to ESPN’s Enrique Rojas on Wednesday. The offer, made before the work stoppage, was intended to start this season and did not include deferred money, a Nationals source
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6:19 PM ET Tyler Zombro, the Tampa Bay Rays minor leaguer who was struck in the head by a comebacker to the mound last June, told the Tampa Bay Times in a story published Tuesday that he plans to resume his pitching career. Zombro told the Times that he had a follow-up CT scan on
3:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Ryan Zimmerman announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Tuesday after 16 seasons, all with the Washington Nationals. The veteran infielder issued a statement announcing his retirement via CAA Baseball in which he thanked the Nationals’ front office, managers and coaches, trainers and medical staff, teammates, his agents
4:32 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A Chicago ticket broker convicted of fraudulently selling tickets to White Sox games was sentenced to prison Tuesday after a federal judge rejected his argument that he had actually helped the team by putting more concession-buying fans in the seats. During a hearing, the judge sentenced Bruce Lee,
7:00 AM ET This year’s list of the top 100 MLB prospects comes at a time when the status of the 2022 season is in limbo, but not to fear: The minor league season will start on time regardless of if they agree to a new CBA in the majors. To give further context for
9:49 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — It was thrown in almost as an aside, part of a cross-examination at the end of an eventful day in court. While questioning a former DEA agent, defense attorney Michael Molfetta asked whether the agent was aware that in 2019, Tyler Skaggs sent Los Angeles Angels teammate Matt
7:05 AM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft Baseball’s labor negotiations forge on, but the past week has effectively confirmed a major development pertaining to fantasy. It’s clear from Commissioner Rob Manfred’s Feb. 10 statements that the universal designated hitter is looking very likely to return for 2022 and, if so, it will presumably be here to
2:23 PM ET Major League Baseball tweaked its proposal regarding the competitive balance tax in its meeting with the players’ association Saturday. The change eliminates draft pick penalties for teams exceeding the first threshold while raising the threshold from previous offers in the final three years of the deal, sources familiar with the deal told
9:12 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas – A key question in determining whether former Los Angeles Angels communications director Eric Kay is responsible for the drug-related death of Tyler Skaggs is determining exactly what killed him. And if the jury ended week one of the U.S. v Eric Kay confused, it wouldn’t be a surprise.
11:13 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Chicago White Sox are mandating COVID-19 booster shots for all minor league players, telling them in an email Friday that they “will not be able to participate” in spring training without
3:58 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The death of former major leaguer Jeremy Giambi was a suicide, the office of the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner said Friday. Giambi, 47, died Wednesday at his parents’ home in suburban Claremont. The cause of death was a gunshot wound, according to the coroner’s online case
9:55 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” TAMPA, Fla. — The most important day in baseball’s attempt to salvage its season arrives Saturday. Major League Baseball plans to make a proposal it hopes will defibrillate negotiations on a new
9:35 PM ET FORTH WORTH, Texas — The medical examiner who did the autopsy on Tyler Skaggs in 2019 — and ruled his death accidental — testified Thursday that he could not say for certain that the dangerous opioid fentanyl is what killed the 27-year-old pitcher. But Dr. Marc Krouse also said that fentanyl made
1:20 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Baseball officials “have a sense of urgency” to find a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays after scrapping a plan to split seasons between Florida and Montreal when the team’s lease at Tropicana Field expires following the 2027 season. Major League Baseball gave the Rays the
1:03 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ORLANDO, Fla. — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred called the possibility of missing regular-season games amid the league’s lockout of players “a disastrous outcome” but called himself an “optimist” and said,
9:37 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Tyler Skaggs’ mother painted a portrait Wednesday of the late Los Angeles Angels pitcher as a loving son who first struggled with a Percocet “issue” in 2013. Debbie Hetman appeared as a prosecution witness in the federal criminal case against former Angels communications director Eric Kay, providing emotional
7:02 PM ET Former major league baseball player Jeremy Giambi died Wednesday at his parents’ home in Southern California, according to a statement from agent Joel Wolfe. He was 47. No cause of death was immediately provided. Giambi spent six seasons in the majors, including a stint with the Oakland Athletics with his older brother,
9:00 AM ET The Major League Baseball uniform has been getting a modern makeover since the league joined forces with Nike in 2019, most (in)famously at last year’s All-Star Game and the launch of the City Connect series. With that evolution — and our recent ranking of the Top 100 MLB players of all time