4:05 PM ET The Houston Astros and outfielder George Springer agreed Thursday to a one-year deal to avoid arbitration, owner and chairman Jim Crane announced. Financial terms were not disclosed but MLB.com is reporting the deal is worth $21 million. Springer, 30, had been seeking $22.5 million in arbitration while the Astros had been offering
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3:00 PM ET The temptation would be to deem the Carlos Beltran Era as classically Metsian, with the rookie skipper getting fired — or stepping down or getting pushed out or whatever euphemism you prefer — before he managed a game, or even before he opened a spring training meeting. But this wouldn’t be accurate.
2:15 PM ET Carlos Beltran’s time as New York Mets manager is over before it really began, with the former outfielder stepping down Thursday afternoon. The only player named in MLB’s investigation of the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal, Beltran becomes the third manager to lose his job this week on the heels of AJ Hinch’s
1:09 PM ET Carlos Beltran, the only player named in MLB’s investigation of the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal, is out as manager of the New York Mets before beginning his first season with the team, it was announced Thursday. “We met with Carlos last night and again this morning and agreed to mutually part ways,”
11:00 AM ET The Houston Astros‘ decision to fire manager AJ Hinch amid this week’s MLB sign-stealing punishments creates a managerial opening with just a month before spring training. While the Astros’ current situation is complicated, with GM Jeff Luhnow’s firing leaving an undetermined front-office structure under owner Jim Crane, whomever Houston tabs as its
9:25 AM ET ESPN News Services The Houston Astros have interviewed Buck Showalter for their managerial vacancy, ESPN has confirmed. The Astros interviewed Showalter on Wednesday, two days after they fired manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow. The Astros will interview former Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons on Thursday, according to multiple
4:45 PM ET Major League Baseball announced punishment for the Houston Astros, including one-year suspensions for GM Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch, loss of draft picks in 2020 and 2021, and a $5 million fine, after an MLB investigation found the team used technology to cheat during its World Series-winning 2017 season. Luhnow and
Jan 13, 2020 Mike Trout, the player with the most significant contract in baseball, does not play for the Dodgers. Neither does Bryce Harper, who has the second-biggest contract, nor Giancarlo Stanton, Gerrit Cole, Manny Machado, Nolan Arenado, Albert Pujols, Stephen Strasburg, Anthony Rendon, etc., etc. In fact, the biggest financial obligation that the Dodgers
7:00 AM ET The headlines news across baseball this week have not been particularly happy, with scandals dominating the news and accomplished people losing their jobs. January is usually a slow time on the baseball calendar — a good month for a vacation — with the occasional trade or free-agent signing to keep us engaged.
4:11 PM ET BOSTON — Alex Cora admitted to playing a central role in the sign-stealing scheme that the Houston Astros used in their 2017 World Series title run, according to the brass for his current team, the Boston Red Sox. Boston Red Sox owner John Henry, chairman Tom Werner, president Sam Kennedy and chief