12:52 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets third baseman Todd Frazier injured his left oblique muscle and will return to New York for a cortisone injection, the second Mets infielder to get hurt at spring training after fellow infielder Jed Lowrie. The 33-year-old Frazier had an MRI that revealed the injury.
MLB
5:03 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Nolan Arenado and the Colorado Rockies are finalizing an eight-year contract worth $260 million, locking up the star third baseman with a new deal that could last through the 2026 season, league
11:59 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Nolan Arenado and the Colorado Rockies are finalizing an eight-year contract extension worth more than $255 million, locking up the star third baseman with a deal that can last through the 2026
11:45 AM ET There was a time when pitchers enjoyed free rein to deface baseballs — with mud, or streams of tobacco spittle, or maybe a belt buckle — to alter aerodynamic properties. They did just about everything short of applying an ax at a time when each baseball itself could remain in play for
11:57 AM ET Next year’s free-agent class just got a lot less interesting: Nolan Arenado is staying put. Arenado has agreed to an eight-year, $255 million extension with the Colorado Rockies that will keep the four-time All-Star third baseman in Colorado through the 2026 season. By the end of the contract, he’s a good bet
11:28 PM ET Long Beach has reached out to the Los Angeles Angels about the possibility of the team moving and playing in a new stadium on the city’s waterfront, Mayor Robert Garcia said. “We are in the early stages of our due diligence and are exploring a variety of options for this property,” Garcia
10:19 PM ET The Nevada Gaming Control Board has declined Major League Baseball’s request to prohibit betting on spring training games. The league had recently submitted a written request to the NGC asking that spring training games be taken off the board at the state’s regulated sportsbooks. In declining MLB’s request, the NGC wrote, “Based
7:30 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Clayton Kershaw “didn’t feel great” after playing catch on Monday. “Where he is right now, it might be another day or two before he picks it up again,” Roberts told reporters. The ace left-hander had announced on Friday that he was taking a step back
7:00 AM ET It’s just not a good draft class this year. It’s not good up at the top and not in terms of depth, with a particular paucity of college pitchers and some modest strength in the middle infield in high schools and college. I do think the No. 1 pick today would be
6:46 PM ET Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. — Yusei Kikuchi felt the nerves Monday that would normally accompany taking the mound in front of tens of thousands of fans in a major ballpark, not the few thousand who showed up for a spring training game in the desert. “I’ve been pitching in Japan for the