Associated Press Oct 2, 2023, 03:30 PM ET Former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer and a woman who accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her in 2021 have settled their legal dispute, Bauer’s attorneys said Monday. “Both of their respective claims have been withdrawn with prejudice, effective today,” attorneys Jon Fetterolf and Shawn Holley
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Oct 2, 2023, 04:03 PM ET Jim Caple, a noted baseball writer who spent 17 years at ESPN, died Sunday, his wife wrote on social media. He was 61. Caple covered 20 World Series for ESPN, the St. Paul Pioneer-Press and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He also covered a half-dozen Olympic Games. He closed his career
Associated Press Oct 2, 2023, 05:07 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The mother of Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Josh Lowe and Texas Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe will not make the trip to Tropicana Field for this week’s AL wild-card series featuring her sons because she is battling cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. Younger brother
Associated Press Oct 2, 2023, 06:09 PM ET NEW YORK — The average time of a nine-inning major league game dropped to 2 hours, 40 minutes in the first year of the pitch clock, a 24-minute decrease in a season of change that resulted in a spike in batting average and the most stolen bases
Oct 2, 2023, 12:54 PM ET The New York Mets officially introduced David Stearns as their new president of baseball operations on Monday. Stearns, 38, will oversee the entire operations department, effective immediately. The native New Yorker and former Milwaukee Brewers general manager grew up rooting for the Mets and was an intern with the
Oct 2, 2023, 01:17 PM ET Major League Baseball attendance experienced its largest growth in 30 years in 2023, the league announced Monday. Total attendance of 70,747,365 was up 9.6% over 2022 (64,556,636), and the average attendance of 29,295 was up 9.1%. Seventeen of the 30 teams drew more than 2.5 million fans, matching the
Associated Press Oct 2, 2023, 12:26 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Manager Bob Melvin’s job appears to be safe with the underwhelming San Diego Padres after owner Peter Seidler said in a statement Monday morning that the current leadership team “continues to have my full support.” The announcement came less than 24 hours after the
Oct 2, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Let the 2023 MLB playoffs begin! Starting with this week’s wild-card series (beginning Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET on ABC), it’s sure to be another thrilling October of postseason baseball. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know, from the first pitch of the playoffs to the
Associated Press Oct 1, 2023, 06:51 PM ET ATLANTA — One final power milestone for the Atlanta Braves was especially memorable for Marcell Ozuna. Ozuna homered twice as the Braves tied the major league season record of 307 but lost their regular-season finale 10-9 to the Washington Nationals on Sunday as Jacob Young drove in
Associated Press Oct 1, 2023, 06:51 PM ET ATLANTA — One final power milestone for the Atlanta Braves was especially memorable for Marcell Ozuna. Ozuna homered twice as the Braves tied the major league season record of 307 but lost their regular-season finale 10-9 to the Washington Nationals on Sunday as Jacob Young drove in