4:01 PM ET Associated Press For Corbin Burnes, the disappointment wasn’t from losing his salary arbitration case so much as hearing the words the Milwaukee Brewers used during the proceedings to determine his 2023 salary. They stung. The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner attended his case and came away with hard feelings. He lost
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3:50 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Los Angeles Angels seemingly have no idea if Shohei Ohtani will be with them next year, but they do know this: He will start on Opening Day. Shortly after Ohtani wrapped up his first spring training session with the media — during which he mostly evaded questions about
3:54 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Newly acquired Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom said Thursday he is already further ahead than normal this spring training, even after being held out of the team’s first official workout. The Rangers kept deGrom off the field a day earlier after the right-hander reported feeling tightness in
3:25 PM ET ESPN News Services New general manager Dana Brown hopes some of Cristian Javier‘s teammates follow the pitcher’s example and agree to long-term contracts, saying stars Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman should be Houston Astros “for life.” “We’re in the keeping business,” Brown said Thursday while discussing Javier’s five-year, $64 million deal that
3:08 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels and left-hander Matt Moore agreed to terms on a one-year, $7.55 million contract, the team announced Thursday. Moore, 33, is coming off a renaissance season with the Texas Rangers, going 5-2 with a 1.95 ERA in a career-best 63 relief appearances. His 10.1 strikeouts per nine innings were
7:05 AM ET The MLB offseason is all but over, and spring training games will soon commence. How do you feel about that news? Well, your reaction might hinge on which team you root for. Our friends in San Diego are probably champing at the bit to see Xander Bogaerts on the field in a
8:20 PM ET PHOENIX, Ariz. — The impending bankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group, the company that owns Bally’s 19 regional sports networks, will not impact fans’ ability to watch their favorite teams play, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday, adding that the sport would pick up streaming in a worst-case scenario. Diamond Sports
10:23 PM ET Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. — Seattle Mariners outfielder Taylor Trammell will have surgery on his broken right hand and is expected to need six to seven weeks to recover. Trammell was injured when he was hit by a pitch during a workout before spring training started this week, team president of baseball
5:21 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Los Angeles Angels will probably spend most of these next nine months doing everything they can to convince Shohei Ohtani he should remain with them long-term — and Mike Trout plans to help. “I’m going to do whatever I can to keep Shohei here,” Trout said Wednesday morning,
6:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. has been cleared to play in the World Baseball Classic and was taking swings at the team’s spring training camp on Wednesday, getting an early start on a season with high expectations. Acuna hit .266 with 15 homers and drove in 50