6:33 PM ET Christian Yelich‘s outstanding debut season with the Milwaukee Brewers has ended with the outfield slugger winning the National League MVP award. Yelich topped fellow finalists Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies and Javier Baez of the Chicago Cubs when the winner was announced Thursday. He received 29 of 30 first-place votes. “It’s
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7:06 PM ET Mookie Betts couldn’t draw up a dream season much more perfect than this: a batting title, a 30/30 campaign, a World Series championship and now the American League MVP award. The understated Boston Red Sox star hit .346 with 32 home runs and 30 stolen bases. He won a Gold Glove in
5:38 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The Miami Marlins have unveiled new colors and a new logo in a rebranding effort under Derek Jeter’s year-old ownership regime, and the old orange is out. Blue, black, red and gray are the new colors. The logo features a darting marlin above baseball seams and “Miami” in
4:22 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Peace in baseball is at hand — well, at feet. Major League Baseball and the players’ association ended a footwear flap Thursday, agreeing to loosen restrictions on the colors of spikes that may be used. Ben Zobrist, Kyle Schwarber and Steve Cishek of the Chicago Cubs wore black
6:49 PM ET When you win a World Series, everybody remembers the big home runs and the clutch pitching performances, but the little plays can be just as important. Take Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. The Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 8-6 to put them one win away from the
2:15 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Baseball owners have extended the contract of Commissioner Rob Manfred after two days of meetings in Atlanta. The owners put off any decision Thursday on changes that might speed games. Manfred says they prefer to reach a consensus with the players’ union. Manfred took over as commissioner from
11:08 AM ET Associated Press DETROIT — A young man who was fired from his food service worker job at the Detroit Tigers‘ home stadium after video surfaced showing him spitting on a pizza has been sentenced to 18 months of probation. Twenty-one-year-old Jaylon Kerley also was ordered Thursday to take an anger management class
8:24 AM ET Associated Press NAGOYA, Japan — Sosuke Genda drove in three runs with a bases-clearing triple as Japan beat the MLB All-Stars 4-1 in the final of their six-game exhibition series on Thursday. Genda tripled down the right field line off MLB starter Brian Johnson, and Ryosuke Kikuchi made it 4-0 on a
8:04 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have hired Luis Ortiz as the hitting coach on new manager Chris Woodward’s staff, which will include three returning coaches. Texas also said Wednesday that the contracts of pitching coach Doug Brocail and assistant pitching coach Dan Warthen weren’t renewed. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu,
6:50 PM ET New York Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom won his first Cy Young Award on Wednesday, capturing the National League edition after leading the majors in ERA. A ninth-round pick of the Mets in 2010 and a former Rookie of the Year, deGrom’s majors-leading 1.70 ERA was two-thirds of a run lower than the