11:55 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Nate Johnson spent the last seven years as an assistant baseball coach at Orange Coast College, working underneath the legendary John Altobelli. He was promoted to associate head coach before this season began, which put Johnson in line to take over when Altobelli retired — which Altobelli continued
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10:42 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — New Brewers shortstop Luis Urias could miss the start of the season after he had surgery Tuesday to repair a broken bone in his left hand. Urias will be sidelined for about eight weeks. He is expected to make a full recovery with no lingering effects, but general
10:33 PM ET ESPN News Services CANTON, Ohio — The widow of Thurman Munson, the New York Yankees‘ catcher killed in 1979 while flying his plane in Ohio, spoke about the similar death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant — saying the response to her husband’s tragic death helped her get through it. Diana Munson was
7:00 AM ET Former manager Bobby Bragan once described baseball statistics like this: “Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you should be perfectly comfortable.” Good one. Nonetheless, baseball is a numbers game. As we peel away from the Astros’
7:54 PM ET Instead of entering spring training with a fight for the first-base job, the Boston Red Sox re-signed Mitch Moreland to a one-year contract for the 2020 season, with a club option for 2021, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $3 million guaranteed, with a $2.5 million salary in 2020 plus
6:05 PM ET Cincinnati Reds slugger Eugenio Suarez had surgery Tuesday to remove loose cartilage in his right shoulder and will be limited at the beginning of spring training, the team announced. Suarez, 27, suffered the injury recently in a swimming pool, according to the Reds. He is expected to be ready to play “near
6:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Eduardo Nunez is back in New York, this time with the Mets. The Mets said Tuesday the former All-Star infielder has agreed to a minor league contract and will report to big league spring training. Nunez, 32, has a .276 average with 58 homers, 309 RBIs and
5:52 PM ET The Houston Astros have focused their managerial search on veteran Dusty Baker, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, but a deal has yet to be finalized. Baker, 70, would become the oldest manager in the major leagues. Having last managed the Washington Nationals in 2017, he ranks 15th in all-time wins with
5:46 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Nick Castellanos has 17 career at-bats in Great American Ball Park. Six times, he reached base on a hit. Three times, he touched them all after putting the ball in those oh-so-close outfield seats. It’s a small sample size, but it makes the Cincinnati Reds‘ new outfielder eager
3:58 PM ET The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a one-year contract with outfielder Steven Souza Jr., who missed all of last season after suffering a serious knee injury in an exhibition game just before Opening Day, a source told ESPN. Souza, 30, the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ expected starting right fielder in 2019, suffered multiple ligament