5:51 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Matt Shepard is taking over as play-by-play announcer of the Detroit Tigers on their Fox Sports Detroit television broadcasts. FSD said Tuesday that Shepard will work alongside analysts Jack Morris and Kirk Gibson. Dan Petry and Craig Monroe will be analysts for pregame and postgame shows. The previous
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5:21 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants have hired pitching analyst Matt Daniels to join the staff of new president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, who vowed when hired in November to find a wide array of experts to help the club. Now, he has a data-focused staff member to
1:36 PM ET Former major league closer John Wetteland was arrested Monday on a charge of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, police records show. The 52-year-old was released from custody after posting a $25,000 surety bond according to the Denton County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office. In 12 seasons, Wetteland had a
7:00 AM ET Let’s discuss something other than Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. Here are five moves I’d like to see. Actually, it’s more than five, because the first suggestion deals with several moves that could vault the Cincinnati Reds into the thick of the race in the National League Central. The Reds shake things
7:00 AM ET For a lot of the years Mel Stottlemyre served as pitching coach of the New York Yankees, he made it easy for everybody to forget he was in treatment for a life-threatening illness. Because he never mentioned it, and if not for the changing texture of his hair, he never gave off
3:15 PM ET Left-hander Derek Holland re-signed with the San Francisco Giants on a one-year deal, the team announced Monday. The deal is for $7 million, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. The deal includes a club option for the 2020 season. Holland, 32, made 30 starts for the Giants last season and finished
12:52 PM ET Left-hander Derek Holland is re-signing with the San Francisco Giants on a one-year, $7 million deal, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. The deal includes a club option for the 2020 season. The news was first reported by The Athletic. Holland, 32, made 30 starts for the Giants last season and
2:20 PM ET Mel Stottlemyre, who pitched for the New York Yankees for 11 seasons and won five World Series titles as a pitching coach for the Yankees and the Mets, died Sunday in Seattle after battling cancer for almost 20 years. He was 77. Stottlemyre’s wife Jean told the New York Times that he
7:32 AM ET As the pursuit of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado drags on, other free agents remain out of focus, waiting for the stars to land their contracts. Other teams also are waiting, expecting the free-agent market to gain some clarity once Machado and Harper are off the board. Several teams are well-positioned to
6:00 AM ET Roger Bannister had the benefit of peer pressure when he became the first human to run a mile in less than four minutes. Two other runners, Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher, chopped up the track as pacesetters for him, running laps to push Bannister, fueling that part of the human condition that