11:57 AM ET Major League Baseball will test a computerized camera system for balls and strikes during spring training games this year, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred indicated earlier Wednesday that MLB would use the system to call balls and strikes during spring training games, but the source later clarified
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11:24 AM ET Major League Baseball has no plans to strip recent World Series titles from the Houston Astros or Boston Red Sox, according to commissioner Rob Manfred. In his first public interview since announcing historic penalties for the Astros last week, Manfred told Fox Business Network that MLB will honor the “long tradition in
11:57 AM ET Hours after baseball commissioner Rob Manfred indicated that an electronic strike zone would be used in spring training games, the executive committee of the umpires’ union clarified that news, indicating that the electronics would not be used in place of a plate ump’s judgment. Rather, as umpires go through their regular spring
10:40 AM ET ESPN News Services Alex Gordon will return for a 14th season with the Kansas City Royals after signing a one-year deal Wednesday, the team announced. Terms were not disclosed but the contract is worth $4 million, according to multiple reports. Gordon, who has spent his entire career with the Royals organization, became
7:10 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Free agent outfielder Marcell Ozuna and the Atlanta Braves reached an $18 million, one-year deal Tuesday that puts him on the team he helped beat in the playoffs last October. Ozuna hit .429 with two home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals in their five-game win over the
6:10 PM ET The votes are in! Let’s check in on the winners and losers from Tuesday’s Hall of Fame voting results, which saw Derek Jeter get elected in his first year on the ballot, Larry Walker make it in his final year on the ballot, and Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds finish with similar
6:18 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball’s highest honor on Tuesday. The longtime New York Yankees captain appeared on 396 of 397 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America,
7:30 AM ET For years on the internet, there was a sizable cottage industry built around the claim that Derek Jeter was overrated. In the five years since Jeter retired, new takes in that vein have grown sparse. And don’t we miss them? This week, with Jeter falling just short of becoming the second player
2:30 PM ET The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday urging Major League Baseball to strip recent World Series championships from the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox and award them to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The resolution, originally presented by council members Gil Cedillo and Paul Koretz on Wednesday, notes the
9:00 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” America’s second attempt at exporting its national pastime to England was called off this week. Regardless of when Major League Baseball begins play again, the 2020 season will not include a London