10 Players Switch Agencies Agent Rafa Nieves’ newly-founded Republik Sports agency will represent several players formerly represented by Nieves at Wasserman. A video published earlier today on Republik’s official Twitter feed reveals the names of 11 players who will continue to be represented by Nieves at this new firm. We already heard last night that…
DetailsThe Yankees’ 39-year-old baseball lifer is not done yet On the morning of what turned out to be the final Grapefruit League game at George M. Steinbrenner Field before our world changed forever, Ken Singleton watched Erik Kratz take batting practice and marveled. “He played with my son,” Singleton, the popular and venerable YES Network…
DetailsMLBTR Originals: 3/23/20 – 3/29/20 Even with the baseball world shut down, MLB Trade Rumors is still covering any breaking news and also exploring some other topics. Here’s the roundup of the week’s original content from the MLBTR staff…. Jeff Todd profiled different topics every weekday on MLBTR’s YouTube series, with this week’s entries covering…
DetailsGM Trade History: Rockies’ Jeff Bridich It’s not always fair to judge baseball operations leaders for free agent signings. In many cases, the biggest contracts are negotiated to varying extents by ownership. The same can hold true of major extensions. It’s just tough to know from the outside. There’s obviously involvement from above in trade…
DetailsTwo Cubs Employees Test Positive For COVID-19 Two unnamed Cubs gameday employees have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times. One of those employees is recovering at home; the other is receiving hospital treatment, according to Gordon Wittenmyer of NBC Sports Chicago. The two staff members tested positive on…
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Coronavirus: Training During Times of Uncertainty These are unprecedented times we’re living in right now. There’s a possibility there will be no American sports played during April for the first time in over 100 years. The Summer Olympics in Tokyo will take place in 2021, putting the dreams of many Olympic hopefuls on hold. Postponed…
DetailsYankees star Aroldis Chapman’s muscles look ridiculous in new photo This might help explain Aroldis Chapman’s signature fastball. The Yankees’ star closer looked swole as ever in a picture he shared to Instagram on Saturday, showing himself and a few friends playing dominoes. Chapman has spent some of baseball’s coronavirus-induced break bulking up, as shown…
DetailsJoey Gallo’s makeshift quarantine batting cage might drive his neighbors nuts Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo’s 2019 campaign was cut short after he underwent surgery on his right hand. And not even a quarantine in response to the global coronavirus pandemic is keeping him from staying sharp for Opening Day 2020, which may still be…
DetailsClayton Kershaw’s worry about a December World Series isn’t what you think Nobody knows when baseball will be back, but the longer coronavirus delays the start of the MLB season, the greater the likelihood the World Series will have to be held deep into November or possibly even December. The obvious concern with that is…
DetailsTransaction Retrospection: Jose Quintana/Eloy Jimenez Trade Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of Eloy Jiménez’s MLB debut. With that in mind, it’s an interesting time to look back at the blockbuster crosstown deal that brought the 23-year-old slugger to the South Side. Jiménez wasn’t the headlining name of that July 2017 swap. That was José Quintana, with good reason. The…
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