11:36 AM ET ESPN News Services Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he agrees with Major League Baseball’s new rules but offered one notable quip on the first day of spring training. “The bases, they’re the bases,” Cora told reporters Tuesday. “Wait ’til you see them — they look like a pizza box, to
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7:00 AM ET The offseason is over! Spring training is here! The dust has finally settled on the hot stove season, and while some teams are entering the 2023 season with a familiar squad, others have a completely new look. Yes, it does help to have an owner who is willing to spend money, but
10:16 AM ET The San Diego Padres have further bolstered their rotation, agreeing to a deal with right-hander Michael Wacha, sources confirmed to ESPN. After seven seasons with the Cardinals, this will be Wacha’s fourth team in four seasons. He had middling seasons with the Mets and Rays before rediscovering his form with the Red
6:43 AM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers wants to hand the Milwaukee Brewers nearly $300 million from Wisconsin’s budget surplus to enact repairs and renovations at American Family Field. The governor’s office announced Tuesday that his executive budget will include $290 million from the surplus for stadium repairs. In exchange for
9:14 PM ET ESPN News Services John Mozeliak will remain as the St. Louis Cardinals‘ president of baseball operations through 2025 after agreeing to a contract extension with the team, according to multiple reports Monday. Prior to the extension, Mozeliak was entering the final season of his contract. Mozeliak, 54, has been in his current
4:18 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla, — New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes will miss next month’s World Baseball Classic because of a strained right hamstring but hasn’t ruled out being ready for the start of the regular season. Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland replaced Cortes on the United States roster. “Came in on
11:47 AM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Ted Lerner, the billionaire real estate developer whose family bought the Washington Nationals in 2006, has died, the team announced Monday. He was 97. A Nationals spokesperson said Lerner died Sunday of complications from pneumonia at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Lerner’s group purchased the Nationals
12:54 PM ET Major League Baseball is making it permanent: In all regular-season extra-inning games, a runner will be placed on second base to begin the 10th inning, and in every subsequent extra inning after that, until a winner is determined, according to a source familiar with the situation. Commissioner Rob Manfred intimated all winter
7:00 AM ET Since commissioner Rob Manfred took over in 2015, Major League Baseball has faced several key challenges — from navigating a COVID-shortened season and a contentious labor battle to controversies about sticky substances on the mound and the baseballs used across the sport. Now with spring camps set to open this week, MLB
9:45 AM ET Change is coming to the major leagues! Last September, Major League Baseball’s competition committee voted to implement rule changes that will begin when spring training games begin this month. All of these rules have been in place in the minor leagues over the previous seasons, leading to wide-ranging changes in pace of