6:38 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Dusty Baker is tinkering with his lineup and wants to avoid hitting José Altuve leadoff. Houston’s manager primarily batted the three-time American League batting champion first last year, but Baker says the 5-foot-6 Altuve isn’t all that fond of the leadoff spot. “Actually, Altuve led off because
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2:21 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees star slugger Aaron Judge will soon get an offer for a long-term contract extension, general manager Brian Cashman said Saturday. “Between now and Opening Day we’ll make an offer, and he’ll obviously receive an offer and all the conversions will have taken place and
10:25 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — Jed Lowrie is staying with the Oakland Athletics to extend the infielder’s third stint with the club, reaching agreement on a one-year contract. The A’s announced the deal Saturday. Lowrie, who turns 38 next month, returned to Oakland last season on a minor league contract and became
6:47 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker apologized Saturday after being arrested on a charge of driving under the influence a day earlier. Walker was arrested early Friday morning in Pinellas County, Florida, and released later that day on $500 cash bond. “There was a traffic incident
7:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — At first, the baseball skipped into the glove of Josh Donaldson, but when it spilled out onto the ground to his right, he loudly formed a familiar four-letter word. Donaldson then returned to the deep crouch on a back practice field at the New York Yankees‘ spring training complex,
10:00 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — The Tampa Bay Rays acquired outfielder Harold Ramirez in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on Friday. Ramirez batted .268 with seven homers and 41 RBI in 99 games with Cleveland last season. He was acquired by the Cubs for cash in November. Chicago got minor league
5:56 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who was entering the final year of his contract, agreed to a three-year extension, the team announced on Friday. Roberts, 49, has led the Dodgers to three World Series appearances and one championship through six seasons. His .622 regular-season winning percentage stands as the highest among
7:00 AM ET Earlier in the offseason, I ranked the top 100 MLB prospects and all 30 farm systems heading into the 2022 season. Now it’s time to go deeper with my team-by-team rankings, wrapping up with the American League after my National League team-by-team rankings came out Wednesday. A quick refresher on a key
9:03 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels signed catcher Max Stassi to a three-year, $17.5 million contract Thursday, buying out two free agent years while providing themselves with a club option for a third. Stassi, 31, was acquired from the Houston Astros in a mid-summer trade in 2019 and has batted .232/.315/.413 in 473 plate
12:35 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” FORT MYERS, Fla. — When Trevor Story sat down at a news conference on Wednesday morning for his official introduction as the newest member of the Boston Red Sox, more than 72
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11:25 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — Free-agent catcher Stephen Vogt has reached agreement on a major league contract to rejoin the Oakland Athletics, according to multiple reports. The deal with the two-time All-Star is pending a physical. Vogt, a 37-year-old journeyman who had become a minor league free agent this winter, spent
6:05 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The progress toward further changes to New York City’s private-sector vaccine mandate has inspired confidence that
7:00 AM ET Earlier in the offseason, I ranked the top 100 MLB prospects and all 30 farm systems heading into the 2022 season. Now it’s time to go deeper with my team-by-team rankings, starting with the National League followed by the American League lists later this week. A quick refresher on a key term
10:30 PM ET ESPN News Services PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — In his first start since last summer, New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom had some butterflies during his Grapefruit League debut. But he certainly looked healthy. “I was nervous, to be honest with you,” deGrom said after firing two innings of one-hit ball Tuesday
8:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith JASON VASS IS WEARING a Ken Griffey Jr. sweatshirt and a Ken Griffey Jr. hat when he opens the front door. He motions to come in and then points toward the bottom of the front stairs, and the official tour of one of the world’s largest, life-changing collections of sports
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” With nearly all of the top MLB free agents signed, the clearest takeaway from this winter is that not even a 99-day lockout could preclude the most lucrative offseason in baseball history.
7:59 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Carlos Correa met his new Minnesota teammates on Monday morning — and wasted no time making new friends. Two days after agreeing to a deal that makes him the highest-paid infielder in baseball, Correa walked into the Twins clubhouse and introduced himself to almost everyone inside.