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Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 16, 2023, 09:45 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball owners voted Thursday to allow the Oakland Athletics to move to Las Vegas, paving the way for the second relocation

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 16, 2023, 06:33 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna Jr. were each named the Most Valuable Player of their respective leagues in

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterNov 16, 2023, 08:04 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — If only the designated hitter rule had come to the National League prior to 2022. It could have changed the course of Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani‘s

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 15, 2023, 08:00 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — It was probably already obvious, largely because of how prior winters have gone, but Los

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterNov 15, 2023, 06:34 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions San Diego Padres starter Blake Snell won his second Cy Young Award on Wednesday, this time in the National League, while New York Yankees hurler Gerrit Cole took home

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 14, 2023, 02:08 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, who elevated his team to national prominence with financial commitments in the hundreds of millions

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterNov 14, 2023, 07:53 PM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions The Baltimore Orioles‘ Brandon Hyde was named the American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday, as the Miami Marlins‘ Skip Schumaker won the National League

Associated Press Nov 14, 2023, 04:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani was among seven players who turned down $20,325,000 qualifying offers from their former teams Tuesday and remained in free agency to pursue more lucrative contracts. In addition to Ohtani saying no to the Los Angeles Angels, others who declined

Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 13, 2023, 06:38 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll and Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson won the Rookie of the Year Award on Monday, only the fifth time both leagues’

Nov 13, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Welcome to MLB Awards Week. As we look ahead to 2024 and await some of the offseason’s biggest free agent signings (where will you go, Shohei Ohtani?), we celebrate the best players in the game during the 2023 regular season. The awards schedule is as follows

Associated Press Nov 13, 2023, 03:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — James Rowson, who developed a good relationship with Aaron Judge in the minor leagues, was hired Monday as the Yankees’ hitting coach after a season in which New York finished with the next-to-worst batting average in the major leagues. Dillon Lawson

Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 12, 2023, 01:09 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Houston Astros are hiring Joe Espada as their manager following Dusty Baker’s retirement, turning to their longtime bench coach as they look to continue a

Tristan H. Cockcroft Nov 12, 2023, 07:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Baseball never rests. Sure, the 2023 season, postseason included, is fully in the books, wrapped up with the Texas Rangers‘ World Series Game 5 win on Nov. 1. But for us fantasy analysts, 2024 is already firmly in our sights. For this columnist,

Nov 6, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 MLB hot stove is upon us. All eyes are on the top free agent, two-way star Shohei Ohtani, who many predict will become the first $500 million player in North American professional sports history. Which teams will go all-in to contend for a 2024

Nov 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The day after the Texas Rangers won their first World Series title in franchise history, 130 players became free agents as baseball’s offseason season began. While this year’s free-agent class doesn’t have as many big names as last year’s — when players such as Aaron Judge,

Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 11:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Williams is returning to the San Francisco Giants as the third-base coach on new manager Bob Melvin’s staff. The team announced its coaching staff Friday. Williams spent the first 10 of his 17 major league seasons as an infielder with

Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Through the ups and downs of Stephen Vogt‘s playing career — the minor league demotions, two All-Star selections, injuries and too many moves to remember — he never lost sight of his goal to one day become a manager. For the kid

Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 12:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Gerardo Parra — of “Baby Shark” fame — will be the new first-base coach for the Washington Nationals as part of a series of changes to manager Dave Martinez’s staff announced by the club on Friday after a fourth consecutive last-place finish