3:00 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Kung Fu Panda is back with the San Francisco Giants. Pablo Sandoval agreed to a minor league contact with the Giants and would get a one-year, $2 million deal if he’s added to the 40-man roster. The 2012 World Series MVP, who thought last summer that his
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8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” In the first few weeks after the baseball season begins next month, we will all be on our guard for bad arguments propped up by small samples of data. We might be
7:00 AM ET Since time immemorial, a favorite offseason pastime for the passionate baseball fan has been to scratch out possible batting orders for their favorite team for the coming season. You might do it on a text file you bring up surreptitiously on your office computer. You might do it on the back of
5:32 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Reliever Greg Holland is back with the Kansas City Royals, agreeing Wednesday to a minor league contract. The 34-year-old right-hander would get a one-year, $1.25 million deal if added to the 40-man roster, plus the chance to earn performance bonuses. Holland was 1-2 with a 4.54
4:47 PM ET ESPN News Services Dusty Baker has been hired as the new manager of the Houston Astros, owner Jim Crane announced Wednesday. The deal is for one year and includes a team option for the 2021 season, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday. Baker will be formally introduced by the team
2:53 PM ET Free-agent reliever David Phelps has agreed to a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, a source confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by The Athletic. MLB.com reports the deal is for one-year and includes a club option for 2021. Phelps, 33, ended last season with the Chicago Cubs, who acquired him
Jan 29, 2020 ESPN News Services Free-agent reliever David Phelps has signed a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. The deal, which was officially announced Thursday, includes a club option for 2021. Phelps, 33, ended last season with the Chicago Cubs, who acquired him in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays before the trade
12:30 PM ET It took most of the offseason but the decision is finally in: Kris Bryant lost the service time grievance that he filed in 2015, after the Chicago Cubs kept him in the minors for the first 10 days of that season before promoting him to the major leagues. The ruling in favor
10:01 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant lost his grievance in which he sought an extra year of service time, ensuring he won’t become a free agent until after the 2021 season, sources
7:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, California — IT WAS SUNDAY morning in Balboa Island, a harborside community off Newport Beach, and Tony Altobelli was getting his steps in. At around 11 a.m., his phone buzzed with a text message from his brother Jim. TMZ was reporting that Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter accident.