Yankees’ Aroldis Chapman wins reliever award, ducks opt-out question WASHINGTON — With Aroldis Chapman expected to opt out of the final two years of his contract, which has $30 million remaining on it, the Yankees’ closer was at Nationals Park on Saturday night to accept the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award. Chapman…
DetailsIt’s too early to say Nationals’ magic carpet ride is over WASHINGTON — It’s decision time for the Nationals, and this has nothing to do with President Trump’s plans to attend World Series Game 5 on Sunday night. Are they content capturing the hearts of this suddenly baseball-mad city? Or do they want to capture…
DetailsLions’ Matt Patricia not trying to make Daniel Jones see ghosts DETROIT — Matt Patricia’s NFL mentor is coming off such a sledgehammer defensive showcase that Jets quarterback Sam Darnold could be heard admitting he was “seeing ghosts’’ during a four-interception nightmare as the Jets were shut out by the Patriots on Monday. Patricia, the…
DetailsAstros right back in World Series because of Jose Urquidy WASHINGTON — The Astros have as many stars per square roster inch as any team. Jose Altuve already has been an MVP, Alex Bregman might be this year. Zack Greinke and Justin Verlander already have a Cy Young, Gerrit Cole may get his this year.…
DetailsAL Notes: Rangers, Choo, Red Sox, Bloom, Espada As presently constructed, the 2020 Rangers project to roster four left-handed corner outfield options in Nomar Mazara, Joey Gallo, Willie Calhoun, and Shin-Soo Choo. That Choo underwent a surgical debridement last week is bad news from the perspective of The Athletic’s Levi Weaver, who opines that the…
DetailsAstros wallop Nationals in Game 4 to tie up World Series WASHINGTON — Left for road kill after losing the first two games of the World Series to the Nationals at home, the Astros are out of the ICU and a victory away from going to Houston looking to win one of two in order…
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DetailsManager Notes: Bogar, Bochy, Martinez Veteran baseball man Dave Magadan can be counted as one vocal supporter of Mets managerial candidate Tim Bogar, as the longtime MLB coach spoke of Bogar’s virtues to Mike Puma of The New York Post (link). Magadan, who has worked with Bogar on several coaching staffs, describes Bogar as a…
DetailsAngels To Hire Mickey Callaway As Pitching Coach 9:30 pm: Though the club is still yet to announce the deal, Joel Sherman of the New York Post characterizes Callaway’s hiring as “official” (link). Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com also confirms the hire (link). 2:22 pm: The Angels have hired former Mets manager Mickey Callaway to be…
DetailsAngels To Hire John Mallee To Coaching Staff The Angeles are indeed hiring John Mallee to their coaching staff as an assistant hitting coach, according to a tweet from Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register (link). Bruce Levine of WSCR-AM had previously reported that Mallee was in consideration for a position on Joe Maddon’s Los…
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