3:02 PM ET New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German has been given an 81-game suspension for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy, commissioner Rob Manfred announced Thursday. German, who had already been placed on administrative leave for the final 18 games of the 2019 season, including nine postseason games, will sit out the first 63 games
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1:24 PM ET The Chicago White Sox and top outfield prospect Luis Robert have agreed on a six-year, $50 million contract that includes two club options that could extend the deal through 2027, the team announced Thursday. Robert will now begin the season with the White Sox, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. 2020: The Year
1:24 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Luis Robert is locked in with the Chicago White Sox — for the next six years at least, and possibly for the Opening Day lineup, too. The White Sox and their prized young outfielder agreed Thursday to a $50 million, six-year contract, clearing the way for Robert
10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services Don Larsen, who pitched the only perfect game in World Series history, died Wednesday at the age of 90, his representative, Andrew Levy, tweeted Wednesday night. Levy said the former pitcher died of esophageal cancer in Hayden, Idaho. Larsen was a journeyman pitcher, playing for seven teams over a
7:00 AM ET John Cordes/Icon Sportswire Hopefully everyone’s holidays went well. In the MLB offseason, stuff happened while we were distracted by all the festivities. You might have caught some or all of these tidbits in the peripheral of your attention span. Or you might have been completely focused on other things, non-baseball things. That’s
12:22 PM ET The Minnesota Twins have added two veteran arms to their starting rotation, signing free agents Rich Hill and Homer Bailey to one-year deals, the team announced Tuesday. Sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan that Bailey’s deal is for $7 million, while Hill gets $3 million. Hill, who will turn 40 on March 11,
5:29 PM ET The Miami Marlins have reached an agreement with free agent outfielder Corey Dickerson on a $17.5 million, two-year contract, sources have confirmed to ESPN. MLB Network first reported on the deal between the sides. The 30-year-old Dickerson hit .304 with 12 homers and 59 RBIs last season for the Pittsburgh Pirates and
11:55 AM ET When the ball dropped in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in the midst of baseball’s past offseason, a total of 54 free agents had signed, according to the research of MLB.com’s Sarah Langs. The pace of the action is dramatically different this winter. If you include the Miami Marlins‘ agreement with
8:06 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Hyun-Jin Ryu is the ace the Toronto Blue Jays needed to pair with a lineup flush with “baseball royalty.” That’s the view agent Scott Boras has of the deal that brought the Korean left-hander north of the border. Ryu agreed to join the Jays last weekend, with
7:00 AM ET An agent recently recalled the halcyon days for free-agent relievers, when teams aggressively bid on bullpen pieces — and it really wasn’t so long ago, in this rapidly evolving sport. There was that winter, the agent fondly remembered, when Tommy Hunter got $18 million from the Phillies. At about the same time,