11:08 AM ET The Milwaukee Brewers completed a trade Thursday with the Seattle Mariners to acquire catcher Omar Narvaez in exchange for minor league pitcher Adam Hill and a competitive balance Round B draft pick. The Brewers had a need at catcher after starter Yasmani Grandal signed a four-year, $73 million contract with the Chicago
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11:00 AM ET Fred and Jeff Wilpon love baseball, the way a 14-year-old loves video games, the way some folks are obsessed with cars and LeBron James cherishes basketball. Their ownership of the Mets is not a case of really wealthy people buying a sports yacht so they can show off for friends in a
5:37 PM ET Steve Cohen, a billionaire who owns a small percentage of the New York Mets, is negotiating an agreement to increase his investment, a move that could signal that Fred and Jeff Wilpon’s longtime control of the franchise will be over within five years. Sterling Partners, the company that runs the Mets, and
5:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco and Atlanta Braves third baseman Josh Donaldson have won the Comeback Player of the Year awards. Major League Baseball made the announcement on Wednesday. Carrasco won the American League award. He was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in early June, missed three
4:51 PM ET ESPN News Services Dylan Bundy is switching coasts, as the Los Angeles Angels acquired the veteran right-hander in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. The Orioles receive minor league right-handers Isaac Mattson, Zach Peek, Kyle Bradish and Kyle Brnovich as part of the deal. Bundy, 27, was once a prized
4:17 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Players who test positive for opioids would enter treatment and not be suspended under the change to Major League Baseball’s drug agreement being negotiated by management and the players’ association, according to union head Tony Clark. Talks to add testing for opioids began following the death this year
4:30 PM ET Zack Wheeler was the third-best starter on the market this winter, and if you’re a contending team that didn’t want to bid on either of the big two — Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg — because the contracts for those two pitchers are likely to reach seven years, he was the best
2:57 PM ET The Rays and the city of St. Petersburg have broken off talks regarding the possibility of the team playing some home games in a location other than the Tampa Bay area, according to a letter released from the mayor’s office Wednesday. “Both parties have agreed that the best path forward is to
2:57 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels and the City of Anaheim have come together on a new deal that will give the organization full control of its stadium and keep baseball in the area for at least another 30 years. The City of Anaheim agreed on Tuesday to sell Angel Stadium and the 133
3:30 PM ET Give Atlanta Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos credit for acting quickly and decisively in the offseason while many of his peers wait out the market hoping for bargain-basement deals. A year ago, he signed Josh Donaldson in late November to a one-year contract while other top free agents didn’t sign until spring