Brandon Lowe, a rookie utility man who hit .233 with six home runs in a 43-game stint last season, agreed to a six-year, $24 million contract with the Rays, a source confirmed to ESPN.
- 4 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 2:19am -

Budding superstar Alex Bregman has agreed to a six-year, $100 million contract extension with the Houston Astros.
- 7 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 11:11pm -

The Houston Astros and right-handed reliever Ryan Pressly have agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension worth $17.5 million, a source told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
- 7 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 10:59pm -

The San Francisco district attorney's office will not file criminal charges against Giants CEO Larry Baer after an altercation earlier this month between Baer and his wife was caught on video.
- 9 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 8:41pm -

Cubs starter Yu Darvish says a blister that opened up during a spring game Tuesday won't set him back for the start of the regular season.
- 10 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 8:27pm -

Major League Baseball is lifting restrictions on which players can be sent to the Arizona Fall League and moving up the season by nearly a month.
- 11 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 7:16pm -

An inflamed right shoulder will send Dellin Betances to the injured list, but the Yankees reliever says he thinks he'll miss only three to five days before resuming his throwing program.
- 12 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 5:39pm -

Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks, who hasn't played since March 1 because of tightness in his back, said he's "doing great" after a second cortisone shot and is hoping to resume baseball activities soon.
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What if L.A. had given the outfielder $600 million? $700 million? Heck, with what the Angels will get for the next 12 years -- and beyond -- they could've handed him 10 figures.
- 13 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 5:01pm -

Cubs relievers Brandon Morrow and Pedro Strop each threw bullpen sessions this week as they recover from injuries.
- 13 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 4:55pm -

As Alex Rodriguez's suspension saga unfolds, the New YorkYankees insist it's business as usual for them.
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Carlos Beltran and Matt Adams homered in the eighth inning, andthe St. Louis Cardinals snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers' 15-gameroad winning streak with a 5-1 victory on Tuesday night.
- 7 Aug 13, 12:02am -

Chris Sale allowed one run while outpitching Hiroki Kuroda in tothe eighth inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the New YorkYankees 3-2 on Tuesday night.
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Eric Young made a diving catch to take a go-ahead hit away fromTodd Helton in the sixth inning, then raced home with thetiebreaking run in the eighth, and the New York Mets beat theColorado Rockies 3-2 on Tuesday night.
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Hit by a pitch two innings after homering, Bryce Harper jawedand pointed at Atlanta's Julio Teheran, and the dugouts andbullpens emptied, but the only haymakers thrown during the NLEast-leading Braves' 2-1 victory over the Nationals on Tuesdaynig…
- 6 Aug 13, 10:17pm -

Facebook friends. Transcripts of BlackBerry instant messages.Records of texts.
- 6 Aug 13, 8:43pm -

After more than a year of rehab following Tommy John surgery,Royals left-hander Danny Duffy is ready to make his season debut,pain-free for the first time since high school.
- 6 Aug 13, 7:27pm -

Indians reliever Chris Perez has closed out the local media.
- 6 Aug 13, 7:01pm -

Plate umpire Manny Gonzalez has left Tuesday night's gamebetween the Rockies and Mets after he was struck in what appears tobe the throat by a pitched ball that bounced off the dirt.
- 6 Aug 13, 5:11pm -

After three months out of the Toronto Blue Jays rotation, J.A.Happ is ready to make his return.
- 6 Aug 13, 4:45pm -

Major League Baseball (MLB) has hired London-based Sport Integrity Monitor (SportIM) to investigate suspicious gambling activity in professional baseball. The sport has its share of legal gambling and is among the top three favorites of sports betto…
- 12 Nov 15, 2:50am -

Hundreds of thousands of Kansas City fans will celebrate the city's first World Series championship in 30 years Tuesday with a Royals parade and victory rally. The parade will start at noon CT next and will be live streamed for fans who can' t make i…
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UPDATE: 5:21 p.m. EST -- The final Nielsen numbers are in, and Game 5 pulled in 17.2 million viewers total, confirming that it is indeed the highest-rated Game 5 since 2009.Original story:
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(Reuters) - Kansas City ended a 30-year wait for a World Series title as the Royals reigned over Major League Baseball with a 7-2, 12-inning victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.A pinch-hit single by utility infielder Christian Colon scored the…
- 2 Nov 15, 1:27am -

There isn't a hotter player in baseball right now than the New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, who has hit a home run in a record six consecutive playoff games while leading his team to the World Series. But Murphy, who is married to wife T…
- 22 Oct 15, 4:52pm -

Daniel Murphy, once a largely anonymous second baseman for the New York Mets, has set the baseball world afire by hitting a home run in six consecutive postseason games, along the way propelling the Amazins to a National League pennant and a spo…
- 22 Oct 15, 3:11pm -

The Toronto Blue Jays have waited 22 painfully long seasons since Joe Carter’s magical home run to return to the postseason, but that drought ends with the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers starting Thursday night.
- 7 Oct 15, 3:53pm -

Yogi Berra, one of baseball's most well-known figures, who was renowned as much for his skills as a catcher on the field as his dizzying malapropisms off of it, died on Tuesday. He was 90.Berra died of natural causes at his New Jersey home, accordin…
- 23 Sep 15, 3:14am -

JetBlue is just fine if nine innings last the whole flight. JetBlue and MLBAM, the interactive media arm of Major Baseball League (MLB), have teamed up to bring free in-flight access to MLB.TV, the MLB’s streaming platform, JetBlue announced on T…
- 9 Jul 15, 10:45am -

Pete Rose bet on baseball games as a player, according to a notebook discovered by the U.S.
- 22 Jun 15, 2:05pm -

Workman walks through water pipe during construction of Castaic Hydroelectric Power Plant.
- 2 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 4:00am -

The latest slate of recordings chosen by the Library of Congress for special preservation in its National Recording Registry includes Ritchie Valens’ 1958 hit “La Bamba,” the 1969 original cast recording of the musical “Hair” and Nina Simon…
- 3 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 3:05am -

Death row inmate: In the March 18 Section A, an article about death row inmate Douglas Stankewitz said that there are 737 men on death row. There are 737 people on death row; 24 are women. If you believe that we have made an error, or you have questi…
- 3 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 3:05am -

The Angels could propose a plan to develop the Angel Stadium parking lot in two to four months, Anaheim city manager Chris Zapata said Tuesday. The Angels have retained Brooks Street, a development company based in Newport Beach, as a consultant on a…
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There are wins, the one of 82 where you score more than your opponent, and then there are WINS — the kind that change your franchise, that establish the framework for the future. Tuesday, the Clippers got one of each. Before they beat the Indiana P…
- 4 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 2:10am -

The Cleveland Indians beat the Dodgers 4-2 on Tuesday at Camelback Ranch. They are 13-11-1 in Cactus League play. ON THE MOUND: Walker Buehler surrendered a run and three hits in 2 2/3 innings in his Cactus League debut. He had two strikeouts and did…
- 4 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 1:55am -

Slain 21-year-old USC student Victor McElhaney was remembered at a memorial Tuesday night for his kind heart and passion for music. An estimated 700 people attended the memorial, which was standing room only, at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center Ballroo…
- 4 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 1:40am -

The Angels defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-7 on Tuesday night at Tempe Diablo Stadium. The Angels are 12-11-4 in Cactus League play. ON THE MOUND: Reliever Luis Garcia, whom the Angels acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for one of th…
- 5 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 1:35am -

The Border Patrol released 50 recently apprehended migrants here Tuesday, the first of several hundred border-crossers who officials say will soon be freed because there is no room to hold them. Normally, the Border Patrol would transfer the migrants…
- 5 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 12:50am -

It took until the final week, but Walker Buehler, handled with acute care this spring after dealing with a problem he and the Dodgers have declined to specify, pitched in a Cactus League game Tuesday night. He was characteristically electric and he w…
- 6 hours ago, 20 Mar 19, 12:35am -

The Steelers have a very solid wide receiver group, but that will take a hit next season. The NFL has suspended Martavis Bryant at least one season following a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy. In situations like this, you really hope…
- 15 Mar 16, 7:39pm -

With Brock Osweiler officially a Houston Texan, the Broncos QB situation is extremely murky. Many media reports had Robert Griffin III pegged to land in Denver, but alas, Mark Sanchez was traded to the Broncos. Sanchez is not really regarded as an NF…
- 15 Mar 16, 1:26pm -

In the past few days, promising signs have begun to emerge regarding the potential for undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder facing his No. 1 contender, Alexander Povetkin. According to Povetkin’s promoter, Andrey Ryanbinsky, the fight…
- 15 Mar 16, 1:19pm -

Rugby player Haydn Peacock suffered a horrible injury when his penis nearly got ripped off during a game in France. Peacock, a 23-year-old from Australia, was playing in a French Federation of Rugby League Elite 1 match last month when the unthinkabl…
- 14 Mar 16, 9:59am -

Los Angeles rookie Branden Dawson was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of spousal abuse, a felony charge. He was taken into custody at 8:30am and was released after posting $50,000 bond. The arrest involved his live-in girlfriend. “It’s an aw…
- 14 Mar 16, 9:31am -

On June 11, Ruslan Provodnikov returns to the site of his memorable 2015 clash with Lucas Matthysse, as he faces John Molina in his Showtime debut. I have covered a lot of fights at Turning Stone, which is one of the premier smaller venues in the Nor…
- 14 Mar 16, 9:11am -

The 2016 Printable Bracket for NCAA Tournament March Madness will be updated below with a version that has all the team names on the evening of Sunday, March 13th. So be sure to bookmark this page and check back in the evening of Selection Sunday to…
- 13 Mar 16, 4:53pm -

The Johnny Manziel era in Cleveland is over. Bottlegate, a website dedicated to all Cleveland area sports, created a Johnny Manziel football tribute video to remember his days with the Browns. Unfortunately there wasn’t a lot of on-the-field highli…
- 11 Mar 16, 5:15pm -

Prizefighting is an unpredictable activity by its very nature. You never know what’s going to happen when two athletes square off for gloved combat. But sometimes, a fan can have pretty good reason for optimism. Certain combinations of fighters are…
- 11 Mar 16, 4:43pm -

The writing has appeared to be on the wall for the end of 31-year-old Nate Robinson’s NBA career this season as he was picked up for a short two-game stint with the New Orleans Pelicans and hasn’t sniffed an NBA court ever since. Instead of tryin…
- 10 Mar 16, 4:06pm -

World’s best baseball player close to 12-year contract extensionSeven-time All-Star would earn average of $36m a yearMike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to agreeing a 12-year deal that would secure the outfielder the largest contract in…
- 18 hours ago, 19 Mar 19, 11:44am -

Carlos Santana angered by video game during team’s slumpVeteran was traded away to Seattle Mariners in offseasonIn the midst of the Philadelphia Phillies’ late-season collapse in the final two months of the 2018 campaign, Carlos Santana apparentl…
- 2 days ago, 18 Mar 19, 1:09pm -

The Philadelphia Phillies will be paying the slugger $22m when he’s 39. But it’s unlikely he will be the same player he is now in a decade’s timeFor some, 13 is an unlucky number. For Bryce Harper, originally from Las Vegas, 13 is anything but…
- 15 days ago, 5 Mar 19, 6:47am -

Video last week showed Larry Baer pulling wife to groundMLB is investigating incident in San FransiscoThe San Francisco Giants CEO and president Larry Baer is taking a leave of absence after video emerged last week of him knocking his wife Pam to the…
- 16 days ago, 4 Mar 19, 11:41am -

CEO shown in altercation with wife in video published by TMZBaer, 61, confirms ‘unfortunate public argument’ to ChronicleLarry Baer, the president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants, was involved in an altercation with his wi…
- 18 days ago, 1 Mar 19, 5:23pm -

Harper’s 13-year, $330m deal is richest in baseball historySix-time All-Star was named National League MVP in 2015Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a 13-year contract worth $330m, making it the richest deal in baseball histo…
- 20 days ago, 28 Feb 19, 3:43pm -

A climate skeptic and Twitter troll, the pitcher claims he’s only good at two things: ‘throwing baseballs and pissing people off’He may not be the most reviled man in US sports just yet, but Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer seems hell-ben…
- 27 days ago, 21 Feb 19, 4:26am -

Twenty-six year-old set to join team building for futureDeal would be second-most valuable in baseball historyManny Machado, one of baseball’s biggest free agents, has signed a 10-year, $300m deal with the San Diego Padres, according to ESPN. The P…
- 29 days ago, 19 Feb 19, 1:38pm -

The Ricketts family helped the Cubs end their 108-year wait for a World Series. But some fans think the club has lost what made it uniqueIn August 2009, after two-and-a-half years of trying, the Tribune Company finally sold the Chicago Cubs to the Ri…
- 34 days ago, 14 Feb 19, 4:00am -

Heisman Trophy winner commits to career as quarterbackPlayer had been drafted by Oakland A’s last JuneHeisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray says he will pursue a career in the NFL over playing baseball for the Oakland Athletics. Murray was the ninth o…
- 37 days ago, 11 Feb 19, 2:14pm -

WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Nationals have activated outfielder Denard Span off the seven-day disabled list after he showed no linger effects from a concussion.Span was in the leadoff spot Saturday against St. Louis. Manager Matt Williams says, '…
- 19 Apr 14, 11:24am -

NEW YORK (AP) Aaron Harang threw no-hit ball for seven innings but was pulled after 121 pitches, and reliever Luis Avilan gave up David Wright's two-out single in the eighth as the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 6-0 Friday night.As Harang's p…
- 19 Apr 14, 2:53am -

DETROIT (AP) Albert Pujols hit his 497th home run and Howie Kendrick added two of his own to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.The Angels chased Detroit starter Drew Smyly (1-1) after three innings an…
- 19 Apr 14, 1:58am -

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ricky Nolasco was virtually unhittable a week ago in Minnesota, shutting down the scuffling Royals over eight innings in an easy victory that came amid a three-game sweep.Nothing was easy for Nolasco on Friday night.
- 19 Apr 14, 12:07am -

NEW YORK (AP) The New York Mets traded slumping first baseman Ike Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, parting ways with a power hitter who proved to be too inconsistent at the plate.Pittsburgh sent minor league right-hander Zack Thornto…
- 18 Apr 14, 11:35pm -

BOSTON (AP) David Ortiz wants to visit the Boston Marathon finish line Monday after the Red Sox are done with their Patriots' Day game against Baltimore.Just more than a year ago, two bombs went off near the finish line, less than a mile from Fenway…
- 18 Apr 14, 8:55pm -

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) In three short years, Sean Doolittle transformed himself from a top first base prospect into a shut-down reliever.The Oakland Athletics are rewarding him for it, giving the left-hander a five-year contract Friday for making the…
- 18 Apr 14, 8:46pm -

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Tanner Scheppers felt discomfort in his pitching elbow long before the Texas Rangers went to spring training with a plan to turn the right-hander into a starter.Scheppers finally said something after the fourth start of his big…
- 18 Apr 14, 8:21pm -

DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Tigers have recalled right-hander Justin Miller from Triple-A Toledo and optioned outfielder Tyler Collins to Toledo.The team announced the moves before Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels.
- 18 Apr 14, 7:14pm -

PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks have reinstated outfielder Cody Ross from the disabled list and designated left-handed reliever Ryan Rowland-Smith for assignment.Ross sustained a dislocated hip while running to first base against the New York…
- 18 Apr 14, 7:12pm -

Fantasy owners have a deep talent pool this season in their search for youth, upside.        
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