Red Sox’s firing of Alex Cora draws plenty of hot takes The Red Sox parted ways with manager Alex Cora on Tuesday — one day after Cora was heavily implicated in MLB’s report that found rampant sign-stealing by the Astros in 2017, when Cora was the bench coach. According to the MLB investigation, Cora played…
DetailsRed Sox manager candidates: Who might replace Alex Cora The Red Sox’s search for a new manager officially began Tuesday after the team fired Alex Cora, one day after MLB revealed the disgraced skipper helped orchestrate the Astros’ illegal sign-stealing scandal when he was Houston’s bench coach in 2017. Cora joins now former Houston manager…
DetailsCubs, Jason Adam Agree To Minor League Deal The Cubs have agreed to a deal with free-agent reliever Jason Adam, tweets Robert Murray. It’s a minor league pact with an invite to Major League Spring Training, MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian tweets. Adam, who is represented by Platinum Sports, has already passed his physical. The 28-year-old Adam…
DetailsReds Sign Nate Jones The Reds have agreed to a minor league contract with right-handed reliever Nate Jones, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic tweets. The deal includes an invitation to big league camp. In Jones, the Reds are getting a native of nearby Kentucky who, when healthy, has been one of the game’s most…
DetailsLying Carlos Beltran must come clean in Astros cheating scandal In our latest episode of “That’s So Mets!” the team hires a new manager whose past indiscretions land him in hot water before he even makes it to spring training. Please welcome special guest stars Rob Manfred and Mr. Met as themselves. We find ourselves…
DetailsTwins sign Josh Donaldson to $92 million deal MLB’s free agent herd is a little thinner now. Third baseman Josh Donaldson agreed to a four-year, $92 million deal with the Minnesota Twins, according to MLB.com. The 34-year-old bounced back from an injury-riddled 2018 season to mash 37 homers with 100 RBIs with the Braves in…
DetailsAlex Cora’s Red Sox firing is only start of his MLB nightmare It may only get worse for Alex Cora, the disgraced Red Sox manager who was fired Tuesday a day after MLB revealed he helped orchestrate the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. According to The Post’s Joel Sherman, Cora’s dismissal won’t stop the MLB from further…
DetailsWhat To Do? From the mid-80’s to the early ’90’s, Baseball Cards magazine had an early version of what we now know of as, and mostly love, “Custom Cards.” (Trading Card Database has them here). They’re great. I have a pretty solid run of the magazine, card inserts intact. (It would take some digging to…
DetailsTwins To Sign Josh Donaldson The Twins have agreed to a four-year contract with free agent third baseman Josh Donaldson, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com tweets. Donaldson is represented by the MVP Sports Group. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/twins-sign-josh-donaldson.html
DetailsAlex Cora fired as Red Sox manager in wake of Astros scandal The Red Sox fired Alex Cora on Tuesday, in the wake of an MLB investigation that revealed the manager helped orchestrate the Astros’ illegal sign-stealing in 2017 when he was Houston’s bench coach. Cora, 44, “arranged for a video room technician to install…
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