3:26 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Four members of the House of Representatives introduced a resolution Tuesday urging Major League Baseball not to follow through with its proposal to eliminate 42 current minor league teams. MLB made the proposal last year to the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the governing body of the
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12:45 PM ET The Chicago Cubs finally have their first big league signing of the winter as they inked reliever Jeremy Jeffress to a one-year contract Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the deal. A source tells ESPN’s Jeff Passan the deal is worth $800,000 with as much as $200,000 in incentives, including $50,000
5:00 PM ET There are brutal days ahead for the Astros in 2020, moments when Houston players will sink into chairs after games and wonder what the hell just happened, as part of their summer-long penance for the sign-stealing scandal. Some of the stuff yelled at them, either from the stands or across the field,
3:09 AM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Oft-injured pitcher Shelby Miller re-signed with the Milwaukee Brewers, agreeing to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to major league spring training camp. The team announced the move Monday on Twitter. Miller, an All-Star in 2015 with Atlanta, was released by Texas last July and signed
2:45 AM ET In the wake of the Houston Astros‘ role in the sign-stealing scandal, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw said he’s waiting for one thing: an apology. “It is a little bit interesting that the Astros players haven’t said sorry or meant it or anything like that,” Kershaw told the Los Angeles Times
7:00 AM ET Earlier this winter, I researched free-agent spending over the past decade and discovered the Cincinnati Reds had committed just $121.1 million in free agency during the 2010s, the lowest total of any team. Less than the Rays. Less than the Marlins. Less than the A’s. The Reds do not spend in free
5:13 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Big league players, managers and fans might be hearing a lot more from umpires this season. Much like NFL referees have done for years, umpires could be mic’d up and announce whether reviewed calls are upheld or overturned, sources told ESPN’s Pedro Gomez. They may also
7:00 AM ET Mike Trout has been baseball’s best player for nearly a decade and still has not won a postseason game. We know this, and yet the mere mention of it always seems to make our heads spin. Such a thing is actually a very rare circumstance, even within a sport that so greatly
7:10 AM ET It was August 2019, still a couple of months before David Ross would be introduced as the 55th manager of the Chicago Cubs. It also was the day before the Alabama Crimson Tide football team would begin practice. Alabama head coach Nick Saban had asked Ross to speak with his team about
4:50 PM ET It was the one trade everyone has predicted all offseason and it finally happened on Monday: The Pittsburgh Pirates traded outfielder Starling Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two prospects. The Diamondbacks needed an outfielder, and with the Pirates stuck in the mire of Nowhere Land it was for them to trade