2:51 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Michael Hill is taking over from Chris Young, who stayed just one season in the role of Joe Torre’s replacement as Major League Baseball’s disciplinarian. Hill was hired Monday by MLB as a senior vice president of on-field operations along with former major leaguer Raúl Ibañez. Hill
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11:27 AM ET ESPN News Services Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who hasn’t played since 2019 because of a knee injury suffered two seasons earlier, announced his retirement Monday. Pedroia, 37, a four-time All-Star who was named American Rookie of the Year in 2007 and AL MVP in 2008, played his entire 17-season
Jan 1, 2021 A previously slow offseason has now picked up in large part to the trade market, so we’re taking a look at the top MLB prospects who have moved in trades this winter. Two teams, the Tampa Bay Rays with six players and Pittsburgh Pirates with nine, make up well over half of
6:27 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association is mulling over a proposal by MLB to delay the start of the 2021 season, and if the union does not provide a counteroffer early next
7:45 AM ET With the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, Major League Baseball’s 2020 season was a pro sports version of “The Great Escape,” with the whole plan constantly on the verge of being destroyed. At the outset of the summer camp, the National Leaguer who would go on to win the MVP award, Freddie Freeman,
7:45 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Former Major League Baseball pitcher Scott Erickson has been charged with reckless driving in connection to a hit-and-run in Southern California that killed two boys last year. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said Erickson, 52, was charged Wednesday with one misdemeanor count of reckless driving.
5:19 PM ET The Chicago Cubs are in agreement with former Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Trevor Williams on a one-year deal, sources told ESPN on Saturday. The Cubs, who also agreed to a one-year deal with right-hander Kohl Stewart this week, are looking to bolster a pitching staff that lost Jon Lester, Yu Darvish, Tyler Chatwood
1:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Carlos Rodon will return to the Chicago White Sox after the team reached a one-year, $3 million deal with the left-hander, a source told ESPN on Saturday, confirming multiple reports. Rodon, who was selected by the White Sox with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 amateur draft,
10:54 AM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft It took 94 days into the offseason for the National League Central to see its first big-name player acquisitions, and the latest — Joc Pederson signing with the Chicago Cubs being the first, earlier in the day — is a doozy: The St. Louis Cardinals agreed late Friday night
12:17 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Mets owner Steve Cohen is taking a “break” from Twitter after saying his family received personal threats this week amid an ongoing stock-trading standoff between day traders and hedge funds. “I’ve really enjoyed the back and forth with Mets fans on Twitter which was unfortunately overtaken this