Baseball News

December 12, 2019

MLB, union agree to testing for opioids after Skaggs' death

Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine, but only players who do not cooperate with their treatment ...

December 12, 2019

MLB's winter meetings turned into the Scott Boras show

A mostly dreary winter meetings lacking spectacular swaps will be remembered as the Scott Boras show. Baseball's most ...

December 12, 2019

AP source: Porcello, Mets agree to $10 million, 1-year deal

Former AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello and the New York Mets have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract, a person ...

December 12, 2019

With extra roster spot, teams test options at Rule 5 draft

Major league teams are getting an extra roster spot in 2020, and clubs went fishing for options at the Rule 5 draft Thursday.

December 12, 2019

AP Source: Angels, Anthony Rendon reach $245M, 7-year deal

Third baseman Anthony Rendon and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a $245 million, seven-year contract Wednesday, a person ...

December 11, 2019

Raiders leaving Coliseum where every Sunday was Halloween

Let the outsiders mock the dirt infield, flooding locker rooms and antiquated facilities. For coach Jon Gruden and many of ...

December 11, 2019

Study: Inconsistent seams, player behavior behind HR uptick

Baseballs weren't juiced during a record-setting 2019 regular season, according to a study commissioned by Major League ...

December 11, 2019

Cole mine: Gerrit, Yankees strike record $324M, 9-year deal

Gerrit Cole quickly ended Stephen Strasburg's tenure as baseball's highest-paid pitcher. Cole agreed to a $324 million, ...

December 11, 2019

Balkovec looks forward to breaking barrier as hitting coach

Rachel Balkovec wants to be a hit with the New York Yankees — and the way to do that is to help their minor leaguers get more ...

December 11, 2019

AP source: Gregorius, Phillies agree to $14M, 1-year deal

Free-agent shortstop Didi Gregorius is reuniting with manager Joe Girardi in Philadelphia, agreeing with the Phillies on a ...

December 11, 2019

Contraction chatter not slowing minor league job seekers

Jack Wang came all the way from Taiwan, well aware of the hurdles and long odds to pursuing a career in baseball. All this ...

December 11, 2019

AP source: Yanks land ace Cole on record $324M, 9-year deal

The New York Yankees landed the biggest prize of the free agent market, adding Gerrit Cole to their rotation with a record ...

December 11, 2019

MLB goes swoosh; Nike logos on upper right chest of jerseys

Baseball is going swoosh. Nike’s logo will be on the upper right chest of Major League Baseball jerseys next season, a far ...

December 11, 2019

Hinch working with MLB on sign steal probe, mum on details

AJ Hinch leaned into a microphone and looked up at one of the deepest gaggles of reporters yet at this week's bustling ...

December 10, 2019

Girardi: "I wasn't shocked" by Astros sign stealing story

Joe Girardi was hardly stunned to learn his firing two years ago as manager of the New York Yankees may have followed a ...

December 10, 2019

Strasburg, Nationals reach record $245M, 7-year deal

Stephen Strasburg returned to the Washington Nationals with a record contract on the first day of the winter meetings, a deal ...

December 10, 2019

Miller's Hall candidacy split MLB, just like union tenure

Marvin Miller's Hall of Fame candidacy split baseball, much like his tenure as the head of the players' association.

December 09, 2019

Dartmouth student lawsuit settled over baseball injury

A lawsuit filed by a Dartmouth College student against the school who was seriously injured during baseball practice has been ...

December 09, 2019

Union exec Marvin Miller, Simmons elected to Hall of Fame

Marvin Miller, the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts ...

December 09, 2019

BBO--Hall of Fame-Simmons

Ted Simmons can thank WAR, on-base percentage and other modern measures of baseball players for helping him reach the Hall ...