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2:30 PM ET The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday urging Major League Baseball to strip recent World Series championships from the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox and award them to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The resolution, originally presented by council members Gil Cedillo and Paul Koretz on Wednesday, notes the

11:10 AM ET Dustin Pedroia‘s lengthy comeback attempt endured another roadblock, as the Boston Red Sox second baseman suffered a “significant setback” with his left knee, a team spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Pedroia has played just nine games over the past two seasons, collecting three hits in 34 plate appearances while

7:55 AM ET Derek Jeter should have been drafted by the Houston Astros. They held the No. 1 overall pick in 1992, and they had it down to Jeter, an Ichabod Crane-ish high schooler, and Phil Nevin, the best player in college baseball. An old Astros scout, Hal Newhouser, was begging his bosses to go

2:22 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The disillusionment that has percolated for months in behind-the-scenes meetings between Colorado Rockies leadership and the camp of star Nolan Arenado bled into the public sphere on Monday. After Rockies general manager

11:35 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Veteran left-hander Jerry Blevins agreed to a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants on Monday that includes an invitation to spring training. Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi confirmed the deal and said Blevins had passed his physical. They reconnect after Blevins pitched in

8:34 PM ET Nolan Arenado apparently will be on the Colorado Rockies roster come spring training, but that doesn’t mean the All-Star third baseman is happy with the organization. On the same day general manager Jeff Bridich acknowledged that he listened to trade offers for the franchise cornerstone this offseason, Arenado voiced his displeasure with

6:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — This was not what Matt Carpenter or the St. Louis Cardinals envisioned when he signed a new contract. Because when the three-time All-Star third baseman wasn’t hurt last season, he wasn’t hitting. “I certainly was candid with our front office and our coaching staff at the end

5:52 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Longtime Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez reached a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves on Monday that includes an invite to big league spring training. The right-hander would get a $1 million, one-year contract if added to Atlanta’s 40-man roster. Hernandez, who turns 34 in April, is

8:00 AM ET The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the results of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting for the Class of 2020 on Tuesday. Based on ballots that have been made public, Derek Jeter might become only the second player elected unanimously by the voters, joining longtime Yankees teammate Mariano Rivera, who

7:50 AM ET Not too long ago, we were in a bit of a Hall of Fame election crisis. Nobody knew what to do with players associated with PEDs. This created a huge backlog of qualified candidates on the ballot, including some years with more than 20-plus reasonable candidates. In 2013, the baseball writers simply