2:46 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — If, as he hopes, and the Washington Nationals hope, Carter Kieboom earns a job this spring as the reigning World Series champions’ starting third baseman, he will do so with the help of years’ worth of ideas typed into the Notes app on his cellphone.
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2:44 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Christian Yelich was driven last year by a desire to improve on the performance that earned him the NL MVP award in 2018. He won his second straight NL batting title and finished second to the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Cody Bellinger in the MVP vote, his season cut
7:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Mike Trout — exemplary athlete, polished face of baseball, as uncontroversial as they come — stood in front of an Angels-themed backdrop Monday morning and joined the swelling list of star players taking pointed shots at the Houston Astros. Trout stated that he “lost respect” for peers he once
11:00 AM ET Now even LeBron James has weighed in on the Astros scandal, with the King calling on commissioner Rob Manfred to listen to aggrieved, angry players like Mike Trout, Aaron Judge and Justin Turner, and do something more than what he has done. Manfred’s options are limited by the immunity granted to players
11:26 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. TAMPA Fla. — New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton on Wednesday called out Houston Astros owner Jim Crane for saying that his club’s illegal sign-stealing system “may or may not have” had an impact on the competition on the
7:00 AM ET The rites of spring: pitchers and catchers, Jose Altuve’s tattoo and, of course, non-roster invitees. This is one of my favorite articles to write every season, going through all the non-roster players and pulling out an interesting name for each franchise. Sometimes it’s a top prospect who we might see later in
9:44 PM ET Associated Press The Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants are pushing ahead with pay raises for minor league players this season, days after Major League Baseball mandated salary bumps beginning in 2021. Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer and Giants baseball executive Farhan Zaidi confirmed the wage hikes Tuesday. MLB informed teams on
9:11 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Colorado Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich said he doesn’t feel an urgency to clear the air with third baseman Nolan Arenado. Bridich displayed no worries about his relationship with his best player Tuesday night when he spoke at the Cactus League media day. The executive said he’ll
7:32 PM ET Jack Leiter, son of former major league pitcher Al Leiter, had a stellar debut on Tuesday for Vanderbilt, striking out 12 batters in five no-hit innings during a 3-0 win over South Alabama in Nashville, Tennessee. Asked if he expected such a strong outing, Jack Leiter told SEC Network, “I don’t know
7:26 PM ET ESPN News Services SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred apologized Tuesday for what he called a disrespectful reference to the World Series trophy as a “piece of metal.” Even before being asked about it, Manfred said he made a mistake with those comments when trying to deliver a rhetorical point in