4:44 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani‘s agent, Nez Balelo, has been consistently coy about his client’s contract status, but he hinted Monday at something many in the industry had long assumed — that Ohtani will probably explore free agency, even if it does ultimately result in him returning to the Los Angeles Angels.
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5:22 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — The Chicago Cubs added Michael Fulmer to their bullpen on Monday, finalizing a $4 million, one-year contract with the right-hander. Fulmer played for the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins last season, going 5-6 with 3.39 ERA in a career-high 67 appearances. He began the season with the
5:36 PM ET Two-time All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis, who played nine of his 10 seasons in Cleveland, officially announced his retirement Monday. Kipnis, 35, last played in the majors in 2020 with the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago-area native was a second-round draft pick by the Cleveland franchise in 2009 and made his debut two
3:46 PM ET ESPN News Services FORT MYERS, Fla. — Team president and CEO Sam Kennedy admits his organization heard lots of displeasure from the fans during the offseason. “Pressure is definitely on the 2023 Boston Red Sox,” Kennedy said Monday at the team’s spring training complex on the first full day of workouts. Following
2:48 PM ET Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Two years ago, Miguel Cabrera hit his 500th home run, and last season he reached 3,000 hits. Now there’s one more reason for an extended celebration of the Detroit Tigers slugger’s career. This is his final year. “I’m going to go out there and be me. Try
12:50 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New York Mets owner Steve Cohen cautions the team’s record spending won’t necessarily lead to a World Series title this year. “You know how hard it is to get to get into the World Series — as we saw last year, right?” Cohen said Monday
7:00 AM ET Last month, we took a look at persistent organizational holes — those sore spots on different teams that just never quite seem to heal. This is a companion examination to that exercise, in which we look at the flip side: What are the strongest positions for each team on a year-in, year-out
10:33 PM ET Associated Press Anderson Comas, a minor leaguer in the Chicago White Sox organization, says he is gay. The 23-year-old Comas made the announcement in an Instagram post. “Being a professional baseball player is the best thing that happened to me,” Comas wrote, “so I just wanna say something to those people that
7:31 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Infielder Elvis Andrus and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a one-year, $3 million contract, pending a physical, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN on Sunday. Andrus, 34, spent
7:18 PM ET Associated Press Baltimore Orioles CEO John Angelos is hoping to complete a new lease for Camden Yards with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at some point this summer. The current lease for the ballpark expires at the end of this year. The Orioles and Moore released a statement Feb. 1 that touted a