11:34 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The opening of the new ballpark for the Texas Rangers isn’t expected to be delayed after a fire that damaged about 2,000 square feet near the roof, construction officials said Monday. The fire Saturday started when sparks from welding work ignited combustible materials being stored in a
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9:47 PM ET Left-hander Wade Miley has agreed to a two-year, $15 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, confirming multiple reports. The deal includes a club option for 2022 that, if exercised, can bring the total value to $24 million, the source said. Miley, 33, went 14-6 with a
7:16 PM ET Sergio Romo has agreed to a one-year deal with the Minnesota Twins, according to multiple reports. The deal includes a club option and $5 million guaranteed with a chance to earn $10 million. MLB.com was first to report the deal; MLB Network was first to report terms. The 36-year-old Romo was 2-1
4:42 PM ET Free-agent outfielder Avisaíl García has agreed to a two-year, $20 million deal with the Milwaukee Brewers, according to multiple reports. MLB Network first reported the deal. Garcia batted .282 with a career-high 20 home runs and 72 RBIs for the Tampa Bay Rays last season. He played in 125 games, and he
10:30 AM ET If anyone could convince a team to ignore the analytics, it would be Madison Bumgarner, because he has defied probability so often. No baseball algorithm exists that would’ve predicted Bumgarner would throw more than twice as many innings as any other pitcher in the 2014 postseason. But that’s what he did. 2
Dec 14, 2019 Maybe nobody digs the long ball now that everybody is hitting the long ball. Just five of the 135 hitters who qualified for the batting title in 2019 hit fewer than 10 runs. Five years ago, that number was 43. Home runs are cheap and plentiful, and in a world in which
10:12 PM ET With the three best free-agent starters already signed, Madison Bumgarner had risen to the top of the remaining crop, as he and Hyun-Jin Ryu were clearly better than the other starting pitchers still on the market. Bumgarner seemed like an ideal fit for a number of contenders, including the Los Angeles Angels.
7:00 AM ET Last week, Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon agreed to free-agent deals worth a combined $814 million. Yes, baseball has come a long way from the first free-agent class in the 1976-77 offseason, when an infielder named Paul Dade signed with the Cleveland Indians and, Sports Illustrated later reported, figured he
4:55 PM ET Left-hander Madison Bumgarner and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a five-year, $85 million deal, sources familiar with the agreement told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The worth of the deal was first reported by The Athletic. The 30-year-old Bumgarner, the Most Valuable Player of the 2014 World Series for the San Francisco Giants,
4:15 PM ET Last season, the Texas Rangers used 19 different starting pitchers, with only rotation stalwarts Mike Minor and Lance Lynn starting more than 18 games. Even with stellar years from Minor and Lynn, Texas ranked 12th in the American League in rotation ERA. In 2018, the Rangers used 15 different starting pitchers, didn’t