Tampa Bay Rays no longer negotiating split-season; declined renewed Tampa stadium talks The Tampa Bay Rays will not split their home games between St. Petersburg and Montreal until at least 2028, according to a memo St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman sent to City Council Wednesday. “Negotiations between the City of St. Petersburg and the Tampa…
DetailsWhy MLB’s New Pitching Restrictions Are Bad for the Game The worst, most unnecessary baseball rule foisted upon managers and true fans of the game has not been implemented yet. There is still time and hope. MLB announced almost a year ago a plan that all pitchers must face a minimum of three batters per…
DetailsReport indicates Brewers plan on cutting payroll in 2020, but David Stearns says team will remain competitive The #Brewers will undoubtedly have a smaller payroll this year, which several rival executives acknowledged during GM meetings https://t.co/xmcVFvRDvj& Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 3, 2019 David Stearns is articulating intention to be competitive and an intention to fill…
DetailsAngels and Anaheim reach a deal for the team to stay in city through 2050 For more than half a century, the Angels have played in a stadium surrounded by acres of parking lots. For the first time, the Angels will have the chance to turn those parking lots into an attraction of their own.…
DetailsMarlins to install artificial turf, move in fences for 2020 season The Miami Marlins will join Major League Baseball’s trend toward artificial turf by installing the surface at Marlins Park for 2020, and they’ll move in the fences for the second time in four years. CEO Derek Jeter said an artificial surface solves the challenge…
DetailsHamels To Join Braves on One-Year Deal Left-hander Cole Hamels signed a one-year, $18 million contract with the Atlanta Braves, the team announced Wednesday. … Hamels joins a Braves rotation fronted by Mike Soroka and including Max Fried and Mike Foltynewicz. Two other members of the Braves’ 2019 rotation are free agents—right-ha Julio Teheran, after…
DetailsFixing the All-Time MVP List “Yes, Mays was the best player in his league just about every year from 1954–1966; but you’re not a victim of outright theft when the MVP goes to guys like Koufax, Robinson, Aaron, and Banks. That said, you are a victim when you see the likes of Maury Wills (1962)…
DetailsLatest On Madison Bumgarner’s Market Zack Wheeler is off the board on a reported five-year, $118MM agreement with the Phillies, and it sounds like a decision from fellow free agent Madison Bumgarner might not be far behind. Even before word of Wheeler’s agreement broke, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand tweeted that some within the industry also expect…
DetailsBraves Turn Attention to Rotation, Add Cole Hamels for 2020 Before Wednesday, the Atlanta Braves’ winter had been centered around fortifying their bullpen. That strategy made sense — Atlanta’s reliever WAR was just inside the bottom third of baseball last year, so keeping the most important pieces of that bullpen around and adding extra talent…
DetailsZack Wheeler signs with Phillies in over $100 million splash Zack Wheeler is now an enemy of the Mets. The free-agent righty agreed to a deal with the NL East rival Phillies on Wednesday, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed. The deal is for five years and over $100 million, according to ESPN.com. Wheeler, 29, has…
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