6:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock, limits on shifts and larger bases will not be used during the World Baseball Classic. The three innovations will be debuted during the spring training exhibition season that starts Feb. 24. The 20-team national team tournament runs from March 8-21, and
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12:25 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Amanda Kamekona, a former star softball player at UCLA, has been hired as a minor league hitting instructor for the Cleveland Guardians. She’s the first female on-field coach in team history. Kamekona, 36, will be based at the team’s year-round complex in Goodyear, Arizona, where she’ll work with
11:30 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print It’s that time of year — baseball is back! Spring training is upon us, and MLB teams will start reporting to their camps in Arizona and Florida as early as Monday. The fun officially begins on Feb. 24 with a pair of Cactus League
7:00 AM ET Starting pitching used to be everything in baseball, or at least that’s the way it was billed. That has never been entirely true, but it used to be more so than it is now. The simple reason for that is the workloads even of ace starters have shrunk steadily over the years
10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jon Berti reached a deal on Monday with the Miami Marlins for $2,125,000 that avoided an arbitration hearing. Berti, an infielder and outfielder, gets a $2.1 million salary this year under an agreement reached before the scheduled start of Monday’s hearing. The deal includes a
6:48 PM ET Associated Press Baltimore Orioles CEO John Angelos and his brother Lou Angelos have agreed to end their fight over a lawsuit in which Lou accused John of seizing control of the team in defiance of their father Peter Angelos’ wishes. Lou sued John last year, claiming John took control of the Orioles
2:53 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins and Carlos Correa made a mutual decision that the shortstop will skip the World Baseball Classic for family reasons, with his wife expecting a baby during the tournament. The Twins announced Monday that Correa will not participate with the Puerto Rico national team for the
3:30 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Former Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler returned to the team as a special assistant to general manager Chris Young, his teammate in the organization’s minor league system nearly two decades ago. Young said Monday that Kinsler, who was part of the franchise’s only two World Series
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” NEW YORK — Just outside the window of Steve Cohen’s office at Citi Field, a crane peeks its neck high into the air, finishing preparations for the installation of the largest videoboard
12:05 PM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft (The full, nine-inning Playbook was originally published during the spring of 2020. It has been updated for 2023 where applicable.) Baseball is such a different game today than it was when rotisserie was first invented. Back in 1980, most anyone interested in baseball was lured in by such “bubblegum