1:20 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Baseball officials “have a sense of urgency” to find a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays after scrapping a plan to split seasons between Florida and Montreal when the team’s lease at Tropicana Field expires following the 2027 season. Major League Baseball gave the Rays the
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1:03 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ORLANDO, Fla. — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred called the possibility of missing regular-season games amid the league’s lockout of players “a disastrous outcome” but called himself an “optimist” and said,
12:54 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print ORLANDO, Fla. — Arizona Diamondbacks managing general partner Ken Kendrick and Seattle Mariners chairman John Stanton have joined Major League Baseball’s eight-man executive council. They replaced Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and Milwaukee Brewers chairman Mark Attanasio, commissioner Rob Manfred said following
9:37 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Tyler Skaggs’ mother painted a portrait Wednesday of the late Los Angeles Angels pitcher as a loving son who first struggled with a Percocet “issue” in 2013. Debbie Hetman appeared as a prosecution witness in the federal criminal case against former Angels communications director Eric Kay, providing emotional
7:02 PM ET Former major league baseball player Jeremy Giambi died Wednesday at his parents’ home in Southern California, according to a statement from agent Joel Wolfe. He was 47. No cause of death was immediately provided. Giambi spent six seasons in the majors, including a stint with the Oakland Athletics with his older brother,
3:26 PM ET Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — Jim Riggleman was hired Wednesday as manager of the Billings Mustangs of the independent Pioneer League. He takes over for Joe Kruzel, who left to become a minor league coordinator with the Los Angeles Angels. Riggleman, 69, has a 726-904 record as manager of San Diego (1992-94),
9:00 AM ET The Major League Baseball uniform has been getting a modern makeover since the league joined forces with Nike in 2019, most (in)famously at last year’s All-Star Game and the launch of the City Connect series. With that evolution — and our recent ranking of the Top 100 MLB players of all time
10:30 PM ET FORT WORTH — Both sides in the United States vs. Eric Kay trial that began Tuesday said jurors will see a line of major league players who received opioids from Kay in the Los Angeles Angels‘ home clubhouse. Kay, the team’s former communications director, faces felony charges of distributing opioids and causing
4:51 PM ET Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer will not be criminally charged by Los Angeles prosecutors, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The ruling concludes a five-month review of the case, which stems from sexual assault allegations made against Bauer by a San Diego woman who sought a restraining order against him in
5:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Robin Ventura understands why some people might be suspicious of any players who appear bulked up when they report for workouts following the lockout. Now an assistant coach at Oklahoma State, Ventura was a two-time All-Star and a six-time Gold Glove third baseman from 1989 to 2004.