12:44 PM ET The New York Yankees have built one of baseball’s most formidable bullpens and on Thursday they added one more K. Reliever Zack Britton announced on Twitter he’s changed the spelling of his first name from Zach to Zack, dropping the “H” for a “K.” “Breaking News: I will be going by my
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10:00 AM ET The general managers had already talked about legislating home plate collisions out of baseball before Scott Cousins ran over Buster Posey, but that particular moment in 2011 seemed to fully define the risks at hand — the possibility of a great young franchise star having his career ruined by an outlier play.
10:34 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” On this, the 97th day of free agency, four days before the first pitchers and catchers report to spring training, less than six weeks ahead of Major League Baseball opening its regular
11:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Free agent Bryce Harper met with San Francisco Giants executives on Tuesday in Las Vegas, league sources with knowledge of the get-together told ESPN, adding another known suitor to the drawn-out courtship
6:05 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Clint Frazier showed no hesitation chasing down a fly ball on the warning track and hit batting practice drives well over the left-field fence, appearing to have recovered from the concussion that decimated his 2018 season. “It’s an exciting feeling,” the 24-year-old New York Yankees outfielder said
6:47 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson and the Washington Nationals have agreed in principle to a $1.3 million, one-year contract, according to multiple reports. The 31-year-old Hellickson could earn up to $4 million more in performance bonuses, based on the number of games he starts. He was 5-3 with a 3.45
2:49 PM ET Reliever Brad Boxberger has agreed to a one-year deal with the Kansas City Royals, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The deal is for $2.2 million with $1 million in performance bonuses, a source told ESPN. MLB Network first reported the agreement. Boxberger, 30, claimed the closer’s role for the Arizona
1:09 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Major League Baseball says its independent investigation found no credible evidence to support claims of disparaging comments and discriminatory treatment by members of the Seattle Mariners front office. MLB released a statement on Wednesday saying the investigation found the Mariners did not violate baseball’s “workplace code of conduct,
11:00 AM ET Early last winter, the Boston Red Sox dangled an offer of $100 million to J.D. Martinez. And then the Red Sox waited. And they waited, through the noisy misdirection of reports of mystery teams. And they waited some more. All along, Red Sox staffers were confident that for as great as Martinez
1:34 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are discussing potentially drastic changes to the on-field game and economic landscape of the sport in the middle of a collective-bargaining agreement, a significant