11:50 AM ET The New York Mets have hired Al Leiter as a baseball operations adviser, hoping that the former star left-hander will help their talented pitchers with their mental preparation. The Mets announced Monday that Leiter will “focus on scouting and player development with an emphasis on mental preparation for pitchers.” He will work
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12:44 PM ET ESPN News Services San Francisco Giants president and CEO Larry Baer will step away from the team as Major League Baseball investigates an altercation between Baer and his wife in which he knocked her to the ground. The Giants’ board of directors announced Monday that it accepted Baer’s “request to take personal
11:00 AM ET Dallas Keuchel generally aims at the area just off the outside corner on his arm side — for the lefty, that means that little alley between the plate and the inside of the left-handed batters’ box. He aims at that air space, he has made his living in that airspace, far exceeding
9:16 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Kenley Jansen‘s numbers are down, but in a good way. His fastball velocity has dipped for now, but he figures it will return. And besides, he said, “The radar gun is overrated.” The most important figure is 25 — the number of pounds the Los Angeles Dodgers
9:00 AM ET The ink is barely dry on Bryce Harper‘s contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, and Mike Trout is under contract with the Los Angeles Angels for the next two seasons, but everyone already is talking about what might happen after the 2020 season. That’s when Trout can hit free agency and sign with
5:18 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — On the same afternoon Aaron Judge and Brett Gardner each hit two home runs in a New York Yankees spring training win, the outfielders co-signed on a bold prediction for this season. Six months after the 2018 Yankees set major league baseball’s single-season team home run record, Judge and
12:21 PM ET FORT MYERS, Fla. — The team that finished last in the NL Central in 2018 might have one of the deeper lineups in the division, the best closer and perhaps the best bullpen. The fourth-place finisher might have the best starting rotation in the group. The best offseason improvements may have been
9:31 PM ET Texas Rangers pitcher Luke Farrell was taken to a hospital Saturday after being struck on his right jaw by a line drive. Farrell was hit by a shot from San Francisco Giants prospect Jalen Miller in the ninth inning in Scottsdale, Arizona. The right-hander fell to the ground but walked off the
7:14 PM ET Texas Rangers pitcher Luke Farrell was taken to a hospital Saturday after being struck on his jaw by a line drive. Farrell was hit by a shot from San Francisco Giants prospect Jalen Miller in the ninth inning in Scottsdale, Arizona. The right-hander fell to the ground but walked off the field
8:19 PM ET CLEARWATER, Fla. — From the roof of a dugout inside the Philadelphia Phillies‘ sun-soaked spring training home Saturday, Bryce Harper was formally introduced by his new club. Focused, he said, on establishing a long, winning career in a place where he also felt a strong familial connection, Harper and agent Scott Boras