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2:05 PM ET Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager, who is coming off a career season in which he set highs for home runs and RBIs, is retiring after an 11-year career, according to a statement by him that was posted to Twitter by his wife. “Today I’m announcing my retirement from Major League Baseball,”
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1:22 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Most of the time in professional sports, it’s easy to think it’s all been done before. With so many fine-tuned athletes constantly pushing each other to the peak of human potential, we can experience unprecedented demonstrations of sporting brilliance every week of our lives. But it’s truly
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1:19 PM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Kiley McDaniel Close ESPN MLB Insider ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Slugger
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1:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s lockout has left the New York Yankees unaware of how DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Hicks, Jameson Taillon and Darren O’Day are progressing following surgery. Hicks, rehabbing from a May 26 operation to repair a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, hit .265 (13-for-49) in
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6:33 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The New York Yankees have finalized manager Aaron Boone’s coaching staff for 2022, including new additions at hitting coach, first-base coach and third-base coach. Bench coach Carlos Mendoza and pitching coach Matt Blake are back for their third seasons in pinstripes, while bullpen coach Mike Harkey
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5:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league’s last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. Falling payrolls have sparked the labor unrest that led to the sport’s first work stoppage in more
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3:17 PM ET Buck Showalter is 24th on the all-time wins list for managers. He’s managed three different teams to the postseason and is a three-time Manager of the Year. He’s also never won a World Series — and knows what the expectations will be for a Mets team that hasn’t made the playoffs since
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2:09 PM ET Detroit Tigers first-base coach Kimera Bartee, who played six seasons in the majors, has died at the age of 49, the team announced Tuesday. No cause of death has been announced. “All of us in the Tigers baseball family were shocked and saddened,” Tigers general manager Al Avila said in a statement.
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5:06 PM ET The Oakland Athletics have hired Mark Kotsay to be their next manager, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Monday, confirming an earlier report. Kotsay, 46, was Oakland’s third-base coach last season and is a former bench coach with the Athletics. He now takes over for Bob Melvin, who left to manage the
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3:37 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — New San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin has rounded out his coaching staff with the addition of Matt Williams, a former All-Star third baseman and Washington Nationals manager, and Bryan Price, former manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Williams, best known for his 10 seasons with the NL
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