2:32 PM ET While commissioner Rob Manfred has cleared Carlos Beltran of possible discipline in the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal of 2017, the New York Mets‘ silence about his standing as their newly hired manager grows more deafening by the day. Sources told ESPN that the Mets are assessing the situation concerning Beltran, who is
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10:27 AM ET Former major league pitcher Tim Hudson has been named the pitching coach for the Auburn baseball team, it was announced Wednesday. Hudson, a standout hitter and pitcher for the Tigers in 1997, compiled a 222-133 record with a 3.49 ERA and 2,080 strikeouts over 17 seasons with the Athletics, Braves and Giants.
11:50 PM ET The former 2015 AL MVP cashed in as a free agent on a big bounce-back season with the Braves to reportedly get a four-year contract with the Minnesota Twins for at least four years and $92 million dollars. Whether he eventually earns a fifth year that could take the deal to $104
10:06 PM ET The Boston Red Sox decided not to wait. A day after Alex Cora’s name was mentioned 11 times in the commissioner’s report on the Houston Astros ‘ sign-stealing scandal from 2017 when Cora was the team’s bench coach — a report that implicated Cora as the mastermind behind the entire scheme —
9:42 PM ET Among the notable victims of the Astros‘ cheating scandal in 2017 were the New York Yankees, who lost to Houston in a thrilling American League Championship Series that year. New York went 0-4 in Minute Maid Park, where the Astros were found to have used a monitor displaying the center field camera
9:30 PM ET On Tuesday, the Boston Red Sox and skipper Alex Cora announced that they had “mutually agreed to part ways” following bombshell revelations from Major League Baseball’s investigation into the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing during the 2017 season, when Cora served as Houston’s bench coach. Just one year removed from Boston’s win in the
7:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Third baseman Josh Donaldson has agreed to a four-year deal with the Minnesota Twins, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. It will pay him $84 million over the first four years and includes a $16 million club option with an $8 million buyout. In total, the deal includes $92 million
7:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Alex Cora, who won the World Series in 2018 in his debut season as manager of the Boston Red Sox but has been linked this offseason to two sign-stealing schemes, has mutually agreed to part ways with the team. Cora, 44, led the Red Sox past the Los Angeles
4:46 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies have cut outfielder Odubel Herrera and claimed outfielder Nick Martini off waivers. Herrera was designated for assignment on Tuesday to make room on the roster for Martini. Herrera was suspended last season under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy after his arrest at a
4:15 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host The Houston Astros received unprecedented punishment from MLB and subsequently fired their manager and general manager, in addition to losing ace Gerrit Cole in free agency, yet oddsmakers still expect the team to flirt with 100