7:00 AM ET The 2020 MLB draft was obviously tricky for teams to navigate, with very limited information and a much shorter draft. This year it will be a little bit easier, but with a different set of limitations. Because summer high school showcases still largely went on as planned, a number of prep prospects,
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5:37 PM ET If Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Bryce Harper is to get back to the postseason for the first time since 2017, he knows his team will have to earn it by getting through a stacked NL East. “I think this is the best division in baseball; I don’t think that’s even a question,”
11:51 AM ET Francisco Lindor continues to endear himself to the fan base of his new team, rocking a replica of the New York Mets jacket worn by Eddie Murphy in the classic movie “Coming to America” while making his entrance at the team’s spring training facility Thursday morning. Francisco Lindor wearing the jacket from
7:00 AM ET With the last few top free agents coming off the market in recent weeks, most of the dust has settled on the peculiar 2020-21 Major League Baseball hot stove season. It’s time to take stock. The last time we did this was just before the virtual winter meetings took place in nowhere-land
7:05 PM ET Shohei Ohtani said he topped out at 97 mph while throwing live batting practice on Wednesday, an encouraging development that further supports the enthusiasm voiced by prominent members of the Los Angeles Angels throughout the offseason. Ohtani, the Japanese two-way player who hasn’t pitched regularly since the start of the 2018 season,
9:49 PM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Free-agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo has agreed to a one-year contract to play for a baseball club in his native South Korea. Choo, who spent the last seven seasons with the Texas Rangers, signed a 2.7 billion won ($2.4 million) deal with a Korean Baseball Organization team
7:44 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber hopes to be talking about a new contract with the Cleveland Indians as soon as possible — maybe even this spring. They don’t seem to be in quite the same rush. Earlier this week, Bieber — who at just 25 led the
3:26 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — A day after addressing his teammates, New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán publicly apologized for his role in a domestic violence incident. “I want to take this opportunity before answering questions to sincerely apologize to the Steinbrenner family, my teammates, the front office and those around
4:21 PM ET TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was determined not to show up to another spring training carrying more weight than he wanted. Embarrassed and apologetic after arriving out of shape at summer camp in 2020, the Toronto Blue Jays slugger worked aggressively on his conditioning this offseason, and said he has lost 42
10:18 AM ET Outfielder Jarred Kelenic, a top prospect for the Seattle Mariners, says he’s convinced that his service time is being manipulated by the team based on comments from former team president and CEO Kevin Mather that has drawn the ire of the MLBPA. Among multiple controversial comments made in an online video that