8:42 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Gary Sanchez will have surgery on his left shoulder this week, but the New York Yankees catcher is expected to be ready by Opening Day. Veteran left-hander CC Sabathia, 38, will return to the Yankees for an 11th season with the team after signing a one-year, $8
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3:04 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson is expected to be ready for spring training following surgery on his left wrist. The Braves said Wednesday Swanson had a procedure on Monday to remove a “loose body” in the wrist. The 24-year-old Swanson hit .238 with 14 home runs and 59 RBIs
7:00 AM ET What will happen this offseason? Nobody really knows. But while we wait to start finding out where the biggest available names will land, let’s preview what might happen with this list of superlatives: Guy most likely to sign the biggest deal: Bryce Harper. We know it’s going to be Harper or Manny
11:00 AM ET ESPN News Services Bryce Harper rejected the Washington Nationals‘ offer of approximately $300 million over 10 years late last season, according to multiple reports. Washington tried to lock up Harper with one of the richest deals in baseball history before he became a free agent, but the then 25-year-old opted to test
10:20 AM ET Chicago White Sox general manager Rich Hahn revealed at the MLB general managers meetings on Tuesday that manager Rick Renteria’s contract has been extended beyond the 2019 season. Hahn told reporters the extension wasn’t announced and wouldn’t go into details, only saying it was signed “a while back.” When he was hired
Nov 6, 2018 With free agency underway, the offseason is going to pick up steam. What are the big questions facing all 30 teams? We start in the AL East, where the World Series title currently resides. Boston Red Sox: Who will be the closer in 2019? 2018 record: 108-542019 World Series odds: 6-1 The
7:40 AM ET With free agency underway, the offseason is going to pick up steam. What are the big questions facing all 30 teams? Here’s a look at the NL East, where a changing of the guard seems to be taking shape. 2017 record: 90-722018 World Series odds: 12-1 The Braves weren’t bad behind the
10:43 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN FRANCISCO — Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi has accepted a job to head baseball operations for the Giants, according to ESPN and multiple reports. Zaidi’s Dodgers reached the World Series each of the past two seasons. Four years ago, the Canadian-born Zaidi departed his job as
9:37 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Andrew Friedman knew he was getting a player who didn’t hustle all the time when he traded for four-time All-Star Manny Machado. Still, Friedman, the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ president of baseball operations, was willing to acquire him because his good points outweighed the bad. “He got booed
7:08 PM ET Bryce Harper rejected a long-term “aggressive offer” from the Washington Nationals on the last day of the 2018 season, The Washington Post reports. The offer — discussed at length throughout September with Harper and his agent, Scott Boras — included no opt-outs and was less than the $400 million it was speculated