8:08 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner‘s $12 million contract option for the 2019 season has been exercised by the San Francisco Giants, keeping the 2014 World Series MVP and ace left-hander with the club for at least one more season after his past two years were shortened by injuries. The Giants
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6:45 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals have exercised their $6 million club option for 2019 on lefty closer Sean Doolittle. The Nationals announced the move Monday. His contract has another team option, at $6.5 million, for 2020. The 32-year-old Doolittle had 25 saves and a 3-3 record with a 1.60 ERA
3:09 PM ET The Oakland Athletics, who pulled off perhaps the most surprising run to the playoffs this season, rewarded manager Bob Melvin, executive vice president Billy Beane and general manager David Forst with long-term extensions on Monday. “I’m proud of the tremendous success of our team under the leadership of Billy, David and Bob
12:00 PM ET It was fitting that when Fox’s cameras scanned the Boston bullpen Sunday to see which relievers were warming up for the ninth inning of Game 5, the two men on the mounds were Nathan Eovaldi and Chris Sale, a pair of starters. The 2018 baseball season might well go down as the
1:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals have hired Jeff Albert as their hitting coach and Stubby Clapp as their first base coach, rounding out manager Mike Schildt’s coaching staff for next season. Albert spent time with the Cardinals before spending the past six years with the Astros, while Clapp
11:35 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston will hold a parade Wednesday to honor the Red Sox for their World Series win, with the players riding in duck boats. Mayor Marty Walsh made the announcement Monday. Hours earlier, jubilant fans spilled into the streets after watching their team wrap up its fourth World Series
10:31 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Sunday breakfast on the best day of Alex Cora’s professional life was about what you’d expect: swanky Los Angeles hotel ballroom, eager servants, exotic proteins. The room was filled with Cora’s ballplayers and their families: children, wives, parents, the random cousin, a favored niece or nephew. There was anticipation
3:37 AM ET LOS ANGELES — For David Price, the world will now look different. The air will seem cleaner when he breathes. Food will dance across his taste buds. His chats with the media will … well, maybe those won’t change. But the story of Price’s baseball life now has a very different narrative
3:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium is about the size of a new SUV — and not one of those with the extra row of seats. So you can imagine the scene after you cram in a roster full of baseball players, coaches, clubhouse staff — plus photographers, video
2:33 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts addressed his players for the final time on Sunday night, moments after the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered a season-ending 5-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the World Series. He told them how proud he was and how fortunate he was to be