Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello tried to get contract extension done before season Rick Porcello’s future in Boston remains up in the air as the Red Sox prepare for Opening Day. The right-hander is scheduled to hit free agency after the 2019 campaign along with teammate Xander Bogaerts. Fellow Sox starter Chris Sale would have…
DetailsChanging times: Baseball rife with new rules, approaches For a sport that leans so much on familiarity and tradition, baseball seems to be changing at an unusually rapid pace. Whether it’s because of new technology, new strategies or new rules, the game could look a lot different over the next decade or so. “I think…
DetailsBryce Harper responds to being voted MLB’s ‘most overrated’ player For a second consecutive year, The Athletic surveyed players across Major League Baseball on a variety of subjects, from their favorite managers to potential rule changes. And for the second consecutive year, Bryce Harper was voted the “most overrated” player in the league by the…
DetailsDerek Jeter on trading Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich: ‘We’re fixing something that wasn’t working’ Miami Marlins owner Derek Jeter has turned the team over quite a bit since taking over. When Jeter’s group first assumed control, the Marlins were blessed with talented youngsters like Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna. A few months…
DetailsMLB Preview 2019: Which teams will disappoint this year? There can only be one World Series winner and six division champs. Inevitably, that means a few teams will end the 2019 Major League Baseball season disappointed. Some teams obviously don’t care too much about winning this year. Others have reputations — either surprising finishes or…
DetailsThe Year the Mets Jumped Over the Moon On July 20, 1969, men walked on the moon in what became the centerpiece of one of the more indelible years in American history. That same day, 50 years ago, the New York Mets split a doubleheader with the Montreal Expos. You could say, so what? But…
DetailsAnonymous scout dog whistles like crazy about Odubel Herrera Sports Illustrated’s Phillies preview contains an anonymous scout’s quote about outfielder Odubel Herrera. The quote was so bad — so full of old school racist dog whistling you used to so often hear about athletes of color — that SI went back and softened up the…
DetailsYankees-Orioles projected Opening Day lineups Here are the projected lineups for today’s Opening Day game between the Yankees and the Orioles in The Bronx. Stats are from 2018: Yankees Player AVG. HR RBI CF Brett Gardner …
DetailsMets-Nationals projected Opening Day lineups Here are the projected lineups for today’s Opening Day game between the Mets and the Nationals in Washington. Stats are from 2018: Mets Player AVG. HR RBI LF Brandon Nimmo …
DetailsPete Alonso era starting now ARLINGTON, Va. — The day belonged to Jacob deGrom and his five-year $137.5 million contract extension. It was a pretty good Wednesday, though, for rookie first baseman Pete Alonso, who got the official word he made the team and is penciled in to be the starting first baseman Thursday when…
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