Mets bring back Jay Bruce to break baseball's hot stove cold snap
Jay Bruce is returning to the New York Mets on a three-year, $39 million contract, and my initial reaction was: Why would the Mets want Bruce when they already have Yoenis Cespedes and Michael Conforto to play in the outfield corners?
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post ... -cold-snap
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MLB agent Jason Wood fired; accused of filming clients showering
CSE Talent announced Wednesday that it had fired agent Jason Wood, who led its baseball division, for not upholding the company's "moral and ethical standards."
The Major League Baseball Players Association confirmed it has suspended Wood pending the outcome of an investigation. According to Yahoo! Sports, the investigation is regarding allegations that Wood secretly filmed clients who were using his shower.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2202 ... ts-showers
CSE Talent announced Wednesday that it had fired agent Jason Wood, who led its baseball division, for not upholding the company's "moral and ethical standards."
The Major League Baseball Players Association confirmed it has suspended Wood pending the outcome of an investigation. According to Yahoo! Sports, the investigation is regarding allegations that Wood secretly filmed clients who were using his shower.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2202 ... ts-showers
Pirates trade 5-time All-Star Andrew McCutchen to Giants
The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder Andrew McCutchen from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for right-hander Kyle Crick, minor league outfielder Bryan Reynolds and $500,000 in international signing bonus allocation.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2211 ... gh-pirates
The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder Andrew McCutchen from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for right-hander Kyle Crick, minor league outfielder Bryan Reynolds and $500,000 in international signing bonus allocation.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2211 ... gh-pirates
Fed up Pirates fans want Bob Nutting to sell team after trades
Some Pittsburgh Pirates fans are signing a petition to express their frustration following the team's decision to trade star outfielder Andrew McCutchen to the San Francisco Giants.
As of Wednesday, more than 28,000 fans signed a petition on change.org asking Major League Baseball to force Pirates owner Bob Nutting to sell the team.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2213 ... -sell-team
Some Pittsburgh Pirates fans are signing a petition to express their frustration following the team's decision to trade star outfielder Andrew McCutchen to the San Francisco Giants.
As of Wednesday, more than 28,000 fans signed a petition on change.org asking Major League Baseball to force Pirates owner Bob Nutting to sell the team.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2213 ... -sell-team
Fans may never forgive Pirates for trading Andrew McCutchenPJMIII wrote:Pirates trade 5-time All-Star Andrew McCutchen to Giants
The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder Andrew McCutchen from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for right-hander Kyle Crick, minor league outfielder Bryan Reynolds and $500,000 in international signing bonus allocation.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2211 ... gh-pirates
Within minutes after former MVP Andrew McCutchen received the phone call late Monday afternoon that he was no longer a member of the Pirates, reports emerged that Pittsburgh has a multiyear agreement in place with talented closer Felipe Rivero. The sequence of events had all the look of a stage-managed leak, as if somebody within the Pirates organization was trying to distract fans from the news that McCutchen, a player once viewed as his generation’s Roberto Clemente, was being shipped out of the city.
http://www.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/i ... -mccutchen
Shohei Ohtani struggles with control in Angels debut
Shohei Ohtani's spring training pitching debut is one that he'll file under "learning curve.''
Ohtani took the mound with plenty of hype and a "B'' lineup in the field behind him in Saturday's game between the Los Angeles Angels and Milwaukee Brewers. He labored with his control and threw 31 pitches -- only 17 of them strikes -- before departing with one out in the top of the second inning and the score tied 2-2.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2256 ... mand-debut
Shohei Ohtani's spring training pitching debut is one that he'll file under "learning curve.''
Ohtani took the mound with plenty of hype and a "B'' lineup in the field behind him in Saturday's game between the Los Angeles Angels and Milwaukee Brewers. He labored with his control and threw 31 pitches -- only 17 of them strikes -- before departing with one out in the top of the second inning and the score tied 2-2.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2256 ... mand-debut
By adding Jake Arrieta, Phillies send $75 million message they're ready to contend
In the end, Jake Arrieta didn’t get the $200 million contract agent Scott Boras had initially sought for his client. He didn’t even get $100 million.
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post ... to-contend
In the end, Jake Arrieta didn’t get the $200 million contract agent Scott Boras had initially sought for his client. He didn’t even get $100 million.
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post ... to-contend
Tim Tebow starting season with Mets' Double-A team
Tim Tebow will start the season with the New York Mets' Double-A affiliate in Binghamton, the team announced Wednesday.
Tebow, who is entering his second season in the Mets organization, said in a statement that he is "excited" about the assignment to Binghamton.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2294 ... w-double-a
Tim Tebow will start the season with the New York Mets' Double-A affiliate in Binghamton, the team announced Wednesday.
Tebow, who is entering his second season in the Mets organization, said in a statement that he is "excited" about the assignment to Binghamton.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2294 ... w-double-a
Mets hitter Rusty Staub, known after career for work for police and firefighters, dies at 73
Rusty Staub, the orange-haired outfielder who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday. He was 73.
He died after an illness in a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida -- hours before the start of the baseball season -- the team said in a statement. The Mets learned of the death from friends of Staub who were with him at the time, a team spokesman added.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2295 ... ub-dies-73
Rusty Staub, the orange-haired outfielder who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday. He was 73.
He died after an illness in a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida -- hours before the start of the baseball season -- the team said in a statement. The Mets learned of the death from friends of Staub who were with him at the time, a team spokesman added.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2295 ... ub-dies-73
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We sure enjoyed him when he was in Detroit. Great player and a great guy. RIP Mr. Staub.PJMIII wrote:Mets hitter Rusty Staub, known after career for work for police and firefighters, dies at 73
Rusty Staub, the orange-haired outfielder who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday. He was 73.
He died after an illness in a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida -- hours before the start of the baseball season -- the team said in a statement. The Mets learned of the death from friends of Staub who were with him at the time, a team spokesman added.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2295 ... ub-dies-73
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Real or not? Amazing Shohei Ohtani ups the ante again
http://www.espn.co.uk/blog/sweetspot/po ... ante-again
But how can you believe this?
http://www.espn.co.uk/blog/sweetspot/po ... ante-again
But how can you believe this?
Real or Not? Bad blood brewing after Wednesday's bevy of brawls
I blame the cold weather.
And testosterone.
And the time-honored baseball tradition that goes back to the days of Old Hoss Radbourn and King Kelly: an eye for an eye, blood will have blood.
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post ... -of-brawls
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I blame the cold weather.
And testosterone.
And the time-honored baseball tradition that goes back to the days of Old Hoss Radbourn and King Kelly: an eye for an eye, blood will have blood.
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post ... -of-brawls
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Deven Marrero loses home run after passing baserunner
Alex Avila tried falling on the sword, but first-base coach Dave McKay wouldn’t let him. The Diamondbacks had won a game in blowout fashion, beating the Dodgers for the fifth time in as many games this season, but a major topic in the postgame clubhouse was the home run that wasn’t.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... 518254002/
Alex Avila tried falling on the sword, but first-base coach Dave McKay wouldn’t let him. The Diamondbacks had won a game in blowout fashion, beating the Dodgers for the fifth time in as many games this season, but a major topic in the postgame clubhouse was the home run that wasn’t.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... 518254002/
Angels could be on cusp of a great rivalry with Astros
A rival evaluator who has seen the Los Angeles Angels recently raved about them in conversation here this weekend. "They've got the best defense in baseball," he said, and that was just the appetizer of what was a seven-course assessment.
http://www.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/i ... ith-astros
A rival evaluator who has seen the Los Angeles Angels recently raved about them in conversation here this weekend. "They've got the best defense in baseball," he said, and that was just the appetizer of what was a seven-course assessment.
http://www.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/i ... ith-astros
Reds fire manager Bryan Price after 3-15 start to season
The Cincinnati Reds have fired manager Bryan Price after the team toiled through a 3-15 start in his fifth season with the club.
The Reds said in a statement Thursday morning that pitching coach Mack Jenkins has also been fired. Bench coach Jim Riggleman was named Cincinnati's interim manager. The statement said the Reds will conduct a search for a permanent manager "later in the year.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2324 ... 3-15-start
The Cincinnati Reds have fired manager Bryan Price after the team toiled through a 3-15 start in his fifth season with the club.
The Reds said in a statement Thursday morning that pitching coach Mack Jenkins has also been fired. Bench coach Jim Riggleman was named Cincinnati's interim manager. The statement said the Reds will conduct a search for a permanent manager "later in the year.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2324 ... 3-15-start
Losing Corey Seager leaves Dodgers' season on the brink
With one of the richest, deepest, most efficient organizations in baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers appeared to be impervious to the yin and yang of baseball cycles. Yet in the wake of Corey Seager’s season-ending arm injury, this team has all the earmarks of a club that might go off the rails.
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post ... -the-brink
With one of the richest, deepest, most efficient organizations in baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers appeared to be impervious to the yin and yang of baseball cycles. Yet in the wake of Corey Seager’s season-ending arm injury, this team has all the earmarks of a club that might go off the rails.
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post ... -the-brink
Gives new meaning to The Diamond.Spahny wrote:Perfect story for the modern era. Yoenis Cespedes breaks him diamond necklace sliding into second. Tragic on so many levels.
And I thought the Dodgers were having troubles, geesh.
I've found it easier to tear up tickets at 8/1 instead of 8/5.
Not surprised. I predicted weeks ago the the main break was a harbinger of the season to come.stark wrote:Gives new meaning to The Diamond.Spahny wrote:Perfect story for the modern era. Yoenis Cespedes breaks him diamond necklace sliding into second. Tragic on so many levels.
And I thought the Dodgers were having troubles, geesh.
They will need to move Seager to another position. I'd put him at first and Bellinger in center. Bellinger would be a gold glove center fielder.
Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki to enter front-office role for rest of '18 season
Roughly three hours before first pitch Thursday night, Ichiro Suzuki jogged to join the Seattle Mariners in the outfield, fully in uniform, black mitt in hand, prepping for another pregame routine of catching fly balls and hitting in the cage.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2339 ... 018-season
Roughly three hours before first pitch Thursday night, Ichiro Suzuki jogged to join the Seattle Mariners in the outfield, fully in uniform, black mitt in hand, prepping for another pregame routine of catching fly balls and hitting in the cage.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2339 ... 018-season