Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 29, 2023, 01:44 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Longtime major league outfielder Nelson Cruz has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as an advisor who is expected
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Associated Press Nov 28, 2023, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Reliever Liam Hendriks and outfielder Cody Bellinger were selected Major League Baseball’s Comeback Players of the Year on Tuesday. The pair, both free agents, were chosen in voting by MLB.com beat writers. Hendriks, a 34-year-old right-hander, made his season debut on
Associated Press Nov 28, 2023, 03:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After serving as Mark Kotsay’s bench coach with Oakland in 2022, Brad Ausmus stayed home in California this year. “This past summer I didn’t do anything. I got a little bit bored, to be honest with you,” he said Tuesday, a
Associated Press Nov 28, 2023, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Kenta Maeda gave the Detroit Tigers what they were looking for in free agency, a veteran talented enough to bolster their rotation with an approach they want pitchers to model on the mound. “We think he’s going to both help us win
Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 28, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions If the Oakland A’s leave for Las Vegas, the East Bay will still have a baseball team to root for. The Oakland B’s. A consortium of
Associated Press Nov 27, 2023, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Hall of Fame players Jeff Bagwell, Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Ted Simmons and Jim Thome are among 16 members of the contemporary era committee that will consider an eight-man Hall of Fame ballot that includes managers Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella, Cito
Kiley McDaniel, ESPN MLB InsiderNov 27, 2023, 12:35 PM ET Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Open Extended Reactions Outfielder Jason Heyward is returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a one-year deal for $9 million,
Nov 27, 2023, 10:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a deal with free agent pitcher Sonny Gray, according to ESPN and multiple reports. Gray, 34, joins a revamped Cardinals rotation that also includes recent free agent additions Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson. Gray is coming off a strong
Associated Press Nov 27, 2023, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt has rounded out his staff, retaining Sandy Alomar Jr. and Carl Willis — two long-tenured coaches under former manager Terry Francona. Vogt was hired earlier this month by Cleveland despite not having any managing experience. He’ll have
Field Level Media Nov 27, 2023, 11:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Mets on Monday announced former Bloomberg CEO Scott Havens as their new president of business operations. Havens will run the day-to-day business strategy and report to Mets owner Steve Cohen. “Bringing someone on board of Scott’s caliber is an exciting