10:00 AM ET Houston Astros players Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve on Thursday apologized in brief statements for their roles in the team’s sign-stealing scheme in 2017. The players were made available at a news conference as the Astros opened spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I am really sorry about the choices that
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9:32 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman joined the chorus of players criticizing the Astros for stealing signs in 2017. Speaking through an interpreter, he called the actions of Houston’s Jose Altuve at the end of the 2019 American League Championship Series “a little suspicious.” Chapman was also part of
8:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Andrew Friedman, the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ president of baseball operations, tried to trade for Mookie Betts last summer. But the Boston Red Sox, at the time still under the direction of Dave Dombrowski, suddenly got hot. They won five of six against the division rival Tampa Bay Rays and
7:00 AM ET Imagine a universe in which baseball has an ironclad, two-way reserve clause. A reserve claws, as it were. We’re not talking about the version that bound players to teams for decades before Marvin Miller and Curt Flood came along, when teams had all the power in deciding when or if a player
7:12 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani has no problem with the Los Angeles Angels‘ plan to delay his return to the mound so they can preserve his pitching arm for later in the season. The two-way star also wouldn’t have minded if the Angels wanted him to start on opening day,
6:15 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Preparing to return to the major leagues after a one-season absence, Salvador Perez caught a bullpen session from prospect Brady Singer in the Kansas City Royals‘ first spring training workout on Wednesday. Perez hurt a ligament in his right elbow during drills in spring training last year,
5:55 PM ET Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. — Fernando Tatis Jr. will continue to make his diving, spinning moves at shortstop rather than in center field, rookie San Diego Padres manager Jayce Tingler said Wednesday. Tingler said he has no plans to give the Padres’ most dynamic player even a few spring training reps in
5:40 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Pedro Baez became the first player to win in salary arbitration this year and will earn $4 million rather than the team’s offer of $3.5 million. A right-hander who turns 32 next month, Baez was 7-2 with a 3.10 ERA in 71 relief appearances
5:23 PM ET ESPN News Services The Oakland Athletics filed a formal complaint to Major League Baseball about the Houston Astros‘ sign stealing before Mike Fiers told The Athletic about the scheme, manager Bob Melvin and general manager David Forst told the San Francisco Chronicle. “MLB does a great job of monitoring these things, but
5:00 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Versatile infielder Wilmer Flores and the San Francisco Giants finalized a two-year, $6.25 million contract Wednesday as spring training began, giving the club a proven hitter against left-handed pitching. Flores will earn $3 million each of the next two seasons, and the deal includes a $3.5 million