Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterNov 8, 2023, 08:06 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns anticipates that slugger Pete Alonso will be his Opening Day first baseman next year as the 28-year-old
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ESPN News Services Nov 8, 2023, 12:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Mets left-hander David Peterson will be sidelined six to seven months following hip surgery, the team announced Wednesday. Peterson, 28, had a procedure to repair the labrum in his left hip Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
Associated Press Nov 8, 2023, 03:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Preston Mattingly, a son of former New York Yankees great and MLB manager Don Mattingly, has been promoted to assistant general manager for player development by the Philadelphia Phillies. Mattingly, whose promotion came Monday, was hired by the Phillies in September 2021
Nov 6, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 MLB hot stove is upon us. All eyes are on the top free agent, two-way star Shohei Ohtani, who many predict will become the first $500 million player in North American professional sports history. Which teams will go all-in to contend for a 2024
Nov 7, 2023, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Craig Counsell’s decision to leave the Milwaukee Brewers to manage a division rival in the Chicago Cubs was about wanting “a new professional challenge” and staying close to home, he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an article published Tuesday. Counsell, whose contract with the Brewers
Associated Press Nov 7, 2023, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — If you think the World Series sped by, it did. Nine-inning games in the Series averaged 3 hours, 1 minute, the fastest since 1996, according to Elias Sports Bureau data. The first postseason of the pitch clock also included defensive shift
Associated Press Nov 7, 2023, 05:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARSON CITY, Nev. — A Nevada judge threw out a proposed ballot referendum backed by a statewide teachers union that would give voters the final say on whether to provide $380 million in public funding for a proposed $1.5 billion Oakland Athletics stadium on
Associated Press Nov 7, 2023, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Carlos Febles was hired Tuesday as third-base coach of the Toronto Blue Jays, who expanded the duties of bench coach Don Mattingly to include the title of offensive coordinator. The 47-year-old Febles was a second baseman for Kansas City from 1998 to
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 7, 2023, 10:44 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman spent much of his hourlong media availability on
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterNov 7, 2023, 07:43 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — While Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said firing David Ross was a “very hard decision,” he called the move to bring Craig Counsell on