Manny Banuelos Signs With CPBL’s Fubon Guardians Left-hander Manny Banuelos has signed a deal with the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, according to several reports out of Mexico (hat tip to the CPBL Stats website). Banuelos had most recently been a member of the Mariners organization, before Seattle released him from his…
DetailsMLBPA To Vote On MLB’s 60-Game Proposal In Several Days 4:55pm: The union will hold off several days on voting, which was originally supposed to take place on Sunday, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Instead, players will spend some time review health and safety protocols after teams have shut down their regular spring training…
DetailsFour Members Of Yankees Organization Test Positive For COVID-19 Four people in the Yankees organization have tested positive for the coronavirus, reports George A. King III of the New York Post. Training in Tampa, the Yankees are the latest team based in Florida to have reported positive tests, along with the Phillies (Clearwater) and the…
DetailsMultiple Yankees employees test positive for coronavirus Four members of the Yankees organization in Tampa, Fla., have tested positive for the coronavirus, several people with knowledge of the situation told The Post. Two members work at George M. Steinbrenner Field and two have ties to the nearby minor league complex. The members were not identified…
DetailsMLBPA To Vote On MLB’s 60-Game Proposal This Weekend According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the MLB Players Association is set to vote this weekend on MLB’s latest proposal for a 2020 season, which consists of a 60-game season with full pro rata pay, as well as expanded playoffs and a universal DH through…
DetailsMets will pay their minor leaguers through the summer There doesn’t figure to be a minor league season this year as baseball’s labor dispute has combined with the coronavirus pandemic to bring the sport to a standstill, but a source confirmed Saturday that the Mets would pay their minor leaguers through the end of August.…
DetailsMets and Yankees to hold spring training in NYC, Gov. Cuomo says Spring training baseball camps for both the Yankees and Mets will move from Florida to the Big Apple, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday. The teams will now hold the annual sports rite at their home stadiums, in Queens and the Bronx, respectively, the…
DetailsQuick Hits: Spring Training Sites, James Loney, Alex Cora Given the spile of coronavirus cases in Florida and Arizona, the New York Mets and New York Yankees are both planning on moving their spring facilities to New York for the time being, per MLB Network Insider Jon Heyman. Any potential 2020 season is likely to…
DetailsDutchies in Japan thread As all the baseball fans of the Dutch Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustace, St. Martin and The Netherlands) will know, there are two players (Wladimir Balentien and Rick van den Hurk) from the Dutch Kingdom playing in Japan for a couple of years now. For the first time, they…
DetailsWWE’s Matt Riddle accused of sexual assault by Candy Cartwright Professional wrestler Candy Cartwright accused WWE’s Matt Riddle of sexual assault in a series of tweets Friday. Cartwright, a 28-year-old wrestler on the independent circuit, detailed an alleged incident from 2018, in which she and the 34-year-old Riddle were on the road together with other…
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