11:56 AM ET Houston Astros reliever Joe Smith will miss six to eight months after undergoing surgery for a ruptured left Achilles tendon, general manager Jeff Luhnow announced Thursday. Smith, 34, was injured during a workout last week, and the Astros said the surgery was performed Tuesday. Smith is entering the final season of a
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8:00 AM ET I don’t know when Manny Machado is going to pick his next team. I don’t know when Bryce Harper is going to pick his next team, either. Machado’s decision will almost certainly come before Harper’s. It’s obvious which players are at the top of the free-agent market. But if you review what
7:30 PM ET NEW YORK — Manny Machado’s free-agent tour continued Wednesday afternoon when he made a stop at Yankee Stadium to meet with the second of his three suitors, the New York Yankees. He first dropped by the Chicago White Sox‘s facility on Monday. Machado’s brother-in-law, Yonder Alonso, was just signed last week by
5:51 PM ET Associated Press HAVANA — Major League Baseball, its players’ association and the Cuban Baseball Federation reached an agreement that will allow players from the island to sign big league contracts without defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous trafficking that had gone on for decades. The agreement, which runs through Oct. 31,
1:35 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners will play at T-Mobile Park beginning next year under a new 25-year naming rights deal. The team on Wednesday announced the agreement, which takes effect Jan. 1 and runs through December 2043. The Mariners’ ballpark has been known as Safeco Field since it opened in
10:00 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays don’t know where they will play in a decade. The Milwaukee Brewers spent about $150 million less in payroll than the champion Red Sox. The Minnesota Twins just announced they will retire the number of their most prominent 2018 star, Joe Mauer, who is headed into retirement. These
10:04 AM ET Hey, the New York Mets didn’t hire Brodie Van Wagenen to be just another conventional general manager. They could have gone with the latest 30-something prodigy from Harvard or Yale if they wanted to do that. (OK, Van Wagenen went to Stanford, the “Harvard of the West” except with a prettier campus.)
8:40 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels have agreed on a one-year, $11 million contract with former New York Mets ace Matt Harvey, according to multiple reports. MLB.com first reported Harvey’s contract agreement. Fancred first reported the terms of the deal. The 29-year-old right-hander, beset by injuries following a sensational start to his career, resurrected
5:57 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Andrew McCutchen returned to his home state to join his third team in less than 12 months, intent on regaining his old hitting stroke. The Philadelphia Phillies introduced their newest outfielder at a news conference Tuesday, a week after giving him a $50 million, three-year contract that includes
5:36 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Wilson Ramos had a grip on the New York Mets from the moment he walked into their winter meetings suite in Las Vegas last week. “It was his handshake,” new general manager Brodie Van Wagenen recalled Tuesday at the catcher’s introductory news conference. “As some of you