6:27 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — A once-heralded rising star on the New York Yankees‘ roster, Greg Bird‘s 2018 season ended in a way hardly anyone could have seen coming last winter, with him sitting on the bench, and a little-known trade-deadline acquisition stealing his thunder at first base. As pitchers and catchers begin reporting
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6:23 PM ET MESA, Ariz. – The Chicago Cubs are taking steps to “enhance” their domestic violence training and awareness in the wake of shortstop Addison Russell being suspended for 40 games late last year after violating the league’s domestic abuse policy. Russell will be a full participant in spring training but will sit out
4:35 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Masahiro Tanaka wants to keep on hitting and running the bases at NL ballparks, hoping use of the designated hitter does not spread to the National League. The New York Yankees pitcher missed a month last season after hurting both hamstrings while running the bases during a
4:20 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Jorge Posada has agreed to team up with Derek Jeter again, this time in the front office of the Miami Marlins, said a person with knowledge of the negotiations. Posada will work as a special adviser to Jeter, his longtime New York Yankees teammate and now Marlins CEO,
7:00 AM ET It might be hard to remember, but there used to be a time when the typical big league game featured more hits than strikeouts. No, really. In fact, it just happened in 2017, before the trendlines for hits and whiffs crisscrossed in a grotesque fashion last year. The big story from 2017,
3:42 PM ET Los Angeles Angels manager Brad Ausmus declined to give an exact timetable for the return of two-way star Shohei Ohtani, but said he probably will be ready to hit for the team “sometime in May.” During his first meeting with the media at spring training, Ausmus said Ohtani has begun to take
2:39 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Corey Seager is running at nearly 100 percent and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts hopes his recovering shortstop can get 50 to 60 at-bats during spring training. Roberts held his first spring training press briefing Tuesday ahead of the start of workouts for the two-time NL
2:37 PM ET Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets will cease talks on a potential contract extension for the ace pitcher on Opening Day, according to general manager Brodie Van Wagenen. ESPN and multiple outlets reported earlier Tuesday that deGrom’s representatives set the Opening Day deadline and informed the Mets that deGrom would not
1:30 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One day in early November, Buster Posey felt his body respond more normally again as he rehabilitated from season-ending hip surgery. Working out his lower half with a 15-pound dumbbell in his left hand, he leaned forward for a one-legged Russian Dead Lift. Posey felt the muscles
1:04 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s 150th anniversary logo features the silhouetted batter created for the 1969 celebration of the first professional baseball team. MLB released the design Tuesday. Players, managers and coaches will wear a patch on their right sleeves of a batter in white prepared to hit a