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Associated Press Nov 14, 2024, 07:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Randy Winn is the new vice president of player development for the San Francisco Giants. Winn played for the Giants from 2005 to 2009 as part of a 13-season big league career. He was hired Thursday by former teammate Buster Posey,

Associated Press Nov 14, 2024, 10:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Left-handers Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves and Garrett Crochet of the Chicago White Sox were selected Major League Baseball’s Comeback Players of the Year on Thursday. Cleveland right-hander Emmanuel Clase won his second AL Reliever of the Year Award and

Associated Press Nov 14, 2024, 12:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees‘ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field, Rays executives told The Associated Press. Stuart Sternberg, the Rays’ principal owner,

Associated Press Nov 13, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Guardians manager Stephen Vogt made some tweaks to Cleveland’s coaching staff following his successful first season with the club. Vogt, a finalist for AL Manager of the Year after leading the Guardians to 92 wins and an AL Central title, promoted Craig

Associated Press Nov 13, 2024, 12:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — An arbitrator upheld five-year suspensions of the chief executives of Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm for making improper inducements to players and cut the ban of the company’s only certified baseball agent to three years. Ruth M. Moscovitch issued the ruling

Juan Recio Nov 13, 2024, 10:47 AM ET Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco on Wednesday was assigned monthly court-mandated check-ins while he awaits a court date to face charges of illegal use and possession of a firearm related to his arrest on Sunday after an armed altercation in the Dominican Republic countryside. Franco, 23,

Juan Recio Nov 12, 2024, 03:02 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will face charges of illegal use and possession of a firearm related to his arrest in an armed altercation in the Dominican Republic countryside, public prosecutors said Tuesday. Franco, 23, was arrested in San Juan de la Maguana, 116 miles west

Field Level Media Nov 12, 2024, 08:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve and Los Angeles Dodgers utilityman Mookie Betts led the field of Silver Slugger honorees by picking up the award for the seventh time in their careers. Major League Baseball revealed the 2024 Silver Sluggers on Tuesday, as

Associated Press Nov 12, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A detailed assessment of the hurricane damage to Tropicana Field concludes that the home of the Tampa Bay Rays is structurally sound and can be repaired for about $55.7 million in time for the 2026 season. The 412-page report released

Juan Recio Nov 11, 2024, 10:28 AM ET Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was arrested Monday in San Juan de la Maguana, 100 miles west of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic after what two police sources said was an altercation Sunday in the parking lot of an apartment complex in which guns were

Associated Press Nov 11, 2024, 08:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is a finalist for his first National League MVP award after winning the AL honor twice, joined among the top three in NL voting by New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and Arizona Diamondbacks second

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, a single sentence from baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti still reverberates: “The matter of Mr. Rose is now closed.” Those words, which cemented Pete Rose’s lifetime ban for gambling on the team he managed, landed like a gavel in August 1989: authoritative, unambiguous, final — and yet wholly untrue. Rose was 83

Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Open Extended Reactions For just the third time since 2012, the teams with each league’s best regular-season record met

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 10, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions The Miami Marlins are hiring former Los Angeles Dodgers first-base coach Clayton McCullough as their new manager, a

Associated Press Nov 10, 2024, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Thousands of fans streamed into Great American Ball Park despite steady rain on Sunday to pay respects to Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, who died Sept. 30 at the age of 83. The 14-hour visitation, in honor of Rose’s jersey number,

The Chiba Lotte Marines announced Saturday they will begin the process of posting Roki Sasaki, the Japanese right-hander considered one of the most talented pitchers in the world, paving the way for the 23-year-old to join Major League Baseball in 2025. The posting system is the method of transfer between MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball

Associated Press Nov 8, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Preston Mattingly, a son of former star first baseman and manager Don Mattingly, was promoted to general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday under president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. Sam Fuld, the GM since December 2020, is studying for his

Associated Press Nov 8, 2024, 03:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Will Venable is a busy man these days. The new manager of the Chicago White Sox is learning his way around the organization. He is talking to his new players and working with the front office on its offseason plans. As Venable