2:33 PM ET Free-agent catcher Brian McCann has reached an agreement with the Atlanta Braves, according to multiple reports. Contract details have not been disclosed. McCann, who spent the last two seasons with the Houston Astros, started his career with the Braves and played in Atlanta from 2005-13. McCann, 34, was a seven-time All-Star with
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2:12 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Twins claimed slugger C.J. Cron off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. Cron had been designated for assignment by the Rays despite hitting 30 home runs and posting an .816 OPS last season. Cron batted .253, slugged .493 and drove in 74 runs in his
12:31 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A postseason share on World Series champion Boston was worth $416,838, down from a record $438,902 for Houston in 2017. The commissioner’s office said Monday that the Red Sox voted 66 full shares, 10.025 partial shares and eight cash awards. The Astros had 60 full shares, 9.23
11:00 AM ET Jerry Dipoto took over as the Mariners’ general manager on Sept. 28, 2015, and since that day, he has been The Human Transaction Machine, leaving his fellow executives in the dust in volume of deals: Total trades since 9/28/15Mariners: 79Rays: 64Yankees: 63Braves: 61Rangers: 59Dodgers: 57Orioles: 57White Sox: 53Angels: 50Blue Jays: 50 Based
6:37 AM ET Relief pitchers threw 17,422 innings in 2018 — that’s up from 14,977 just five years ago. That’s an average of 81.5 innings per team, so on just a pure volume level relief pitchers are more important than ever. I suspect we may start seeing some of the free-agent relievers start signing this
9:25 AM ET Major League Baseball is requesting a return of a $5,000 donation to a Mississippi Republican candidate for U.S. Senate following her controversial comments and actions ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election. Cindy Hyde-Smith has drawn scrutiny for saying at a Nov. 2 campaign event that she would attend a public hanging if invited.
8:00 AM ET As the director of baseball operations and assistant general manager for the Oakland Athletics and then as the general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Farhan Zaidi has been a major figure in assembling the rosters of postseason-bound teams for seven straight seasons. The 42-year-old executive will be hard-pressed to keep that
8:00 AM ET The Arizona Diamondbacks‘ Paul Goldschmidt finished sixth in the National League MVP voting this year, the fourth top-10 MVP placement of his career — he was second in 2013 and 2015 and third in 2016. His performance this year was particularly remarkable because he started very slowly, struggling against high-velocity pitches. But
8:16 PM ET Associated Press TOKYO — The Seibu Lions will begin the posting process for left-handed pitcher Yusei Kikuchi on Dec. 3 so that he can negotiate with teams in Major League Baseball. The posting period begins Dec. 5, and Kikuchi will have 30 days to sign a contract with a major league team.
3:10 PM ET Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny joined the Kansas City Royals as special adviser for player development on Friday. “This is a great opportunity to have Mike become a member of our organization,” Dayton Moore, the Royals’ senior vice president of baseball operations and general manager, said in a statement. “It