7:00 AM ET Last winter, Steve Cohen’s shopping spree was frantic and expensive – and even the lockout didn’t stop it. The New York Mets owner grabbed a general manager (Billy Eppler), the most expensive starting pitcher ever (Max Scherzer, for a record annual salary of $43.3 million), a center fielder (Starling Marte), a third
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6:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — If the next All-Star Game in Major League Baseball goes deep into the night, a slugger may get a chance to decide it by going deep — in a Home Run Derby. That’s right, say going, going, goodbye to extra innings in the Midsummer Classic. Instead, bring
5:30 PM ET As they look to defend their National League West crown, the San Francisco Giants made the first big splash in the post-lockout free-agent frenzy. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Friday that left-handed starter Carlos Rodon has agreed to a two-year, $44 million deal with the Giants that includes an opt-out clause after 2022.
6:03 PM ET Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a one-year contract worth $17 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, keeping the future Hall of Fame pitcher with the only organization for which he’s ever played. The deal also includes a possible $5 million in performance bonuses, the source
6:41 PM ET With the lockout lifted, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association have agreed to extend Trevor Bauer‘s administrative leave for another seven days (March 13 to 19), preventing the right-hander from reporting to the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ spring training facility. Bauer spent the last four months of the 2021 regular season
4:19 PM ET ESPN News Services All-Star left-hander Carlos Rodon and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a two-year, $44 million contract that includes an opt-out after the first season, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. Rodon set a career high for wins with the Chicago White Sox
5:38 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, entering his final year under contract, said he and the team’s front office are “really close” to agreeing on an extension with the 2022 season fast approaching. Roberts, 49, has led the Dodgers to three World Series appearances and one championship through six seasons. His .622
3:08 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly and manager Torey Lovullo shared a hug, a grin and a few slaps on the back under the bright blue sky that the Cactus League is known for providing. The bickering is over. Baseball is back. A day after owners and players
2:32 PM ET With the Major League Baseball Players Association split between team representatives and its executive subcommittee members in the vote that ended the league’s 99-day lockout, some wondered about a stark division within union leadership. But Tony Clark, in his ninth year as MLBPA executive director, disagreed with that characterization, saying the vote
2:32 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball players who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus won’t be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Canada and won’t be paid for those games. Canada’s government requires a person must have received a second vaccine dose — or one