9:46 PM ET The New York Mets and Seattle Mariners are closing in on a trade that would send All-Star closer Edwin Diaz and former All-Star Robinson Cano to New York, with the Mariners getting top prospects from the Mets, according to multiple reports. With trade talks reportedly heating up between New York and Seattle,
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11:04 PM ET The buzz on Thursday had trade talks between the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets involving Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz heating up hotter than a thousand suns, with reports Thursday night that the sides are closing in on a deal. Names proffered about from the Mets’ side include recent No. 1
5:35 PM ET The San Diego Padres have agreed to a two-year contract with free-agent pitcher Garrett Richards, according to a report by Yahoo! Sports. The deal includes a guaranteed $15 million during that two-year span, according to the report. Rather than wait out a repeat of last season’s slow movement on the hot stove,
4:53 PM ET CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs traded their best pinch hitter, infielder Tommy La Stella, to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday for a player to be named later or cash considerations. The trade comes one day after the Cubs acquired versatile infielder Ronald Torreyes from the New York Yankees. A fan favorite
5:18 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — A group seeking to lure a Major League Baseball team to Portland announced that it has signed an agreement in principle to develop a 45-acre waterfront site. The agreement with the Port of Portland was announced Thursday by the Portland Diamond Project. The group also released artist
6:45 AM ET The refrain over much of America this month is that it has been a rough winter, except we haven’t yet even gotten to winter. It’s actually been a harsh autumn, especially in November. We’re only a month removed from the Boston Red Sox putting the finishing touches on a World Series romp
10:37 AM ET Last offseason, free-agent signings came at a snail’s pace as teams opted to wait out the market and get better deals. The strategy didn’t affect too many high-end free agents, as J.D. Martinez, Yu Darvish, Eric Hosmer and Lorenzo Cain all got big money despite having to wait, and Jake Arrieta and
7:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Robert Van Scoyoc, the 32-year-old cutting-edge hitting instructor who helped turn J.D. Martinez into a superstar, was announced as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ new hitting coach on Wednesday. The Dodgers have hired four new coaches to work under manager Dave Roberts, who is currently under contract for only the
3:53 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen said everything went “fantastic” with his heart surgery Monday and he plans to be back at Dodger Stadium next week to work on getting his heart rate up. “They found the problem, figured it out, put my heart back to normal,” Jansen told MLB Network on
3:34 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The Major League Baseball Players Association has extended the contract of executive director Tony Clark through 2022, a year past the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement with Major League Baseball. The move Wednesday came as the MLBPA finished its annual executive board meeting. Clark says