MLB fans couldn’t believe it after the Tigers somehow allowed 2 runs on a pop fly to the pitcher Oh noooo. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 19, 2022
Josh Donaldson homer sparks offense after rain delay as Yankees rally past Orioles, 5-2 BALTIMORE — After the first eight Yankees games of this young season, there were plenty of questions about the offense. Saturday night, the Yankees started finding some answers. Josh Donaldson hit his first home run as a Yankee and the offense rallied for a 5-2 rain-delayed win over the Orioles… Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2022
Josh Donaldson delivers walk-off win vs. Red Sox in Yankees debut NEW YORK — Josh Donaldson singled up the middle in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Yankees rallied for the third time Friday and then finally walked off a 6-5, 11-inning win over the Red Sox on opening day in Yankee Stadium. Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022
Everything You Need to Know Entering Opening Weekend Yesterday was an absolute blast, but it was more of an abridged version of Opening Day because there were only seven games. The other 16 teams begin their seasons today, and there are plenty of great matchups to watch. Let’s run through a few of the ones I’m most anticipating,… Sports Illustrated · Apr 8, 2022
John Romano: These MLB predictions are guaranteed to be correct — until the games begin ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When spring training began last season, the computer models at Baseball Prospectus put Atlanta’s odds of winning the National League East at 20-to-1. Eight months later, the Braves were World Series champions. That’s not a knock on analytics, it’s a nod to unpredictability. Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022
Yankees-Red Sox opening day at Yankee Stadium pushed to Friday by rain NEW YORK — The Yankees and Red Sox will have to wait an extra day to renew their pleasantries. Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022
Yankee catcher Kyle Higashioka once modeled his swing after Josh Donaldson’s, now they are teammates TAMPA, Fla. — Back in 2015, Kyle Higashioka felt like his offense was going nowhere. The catcher looked at the big leagues to find someone who he could imitate to remodel his swing. The American League MVP that year was a slight infielder who showed incredible power, so Higashioka started… Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022
The Yankees Should Trade for Bryan Reynolds or Cedric Mullins The Yankees are going to make another move, right? They entered this offseason with holes at first base, shortstop and center field. There were superstars available at both first base and shortstop, but New York didn’t sign any of them. It’s becoming clearer and clearer with each year that Hal… Sports Illustrated · Mar 18, 2022
Matthew Roberson: The Yankees and Mets have traded places NEW YORK — The Mets — perennial little brothers, laughingstocks, blue and orange painting of dysfunction — have done everything right. They got their A-student in Max Scherzer, boosted their GPA with A-minuses in Starling Marte and Chris Bassitt, and even brought in players from the B-level like Eduardo Escobar… Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2022
Patrick Reusse: Donaldson fiasco over, Twins' Falvey must save reputation, season MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins set a major league record with 307 home runs in 2019. More impressively, they set club records with 939 runs and a plus-185 run differential. Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2022
La Velle E. Neal III: Twins trade machine is churning, but needs to hit a higher gear By the time you finish reading this sentence, the Twins might have made another headline-grabbing trade. Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2022
Twins’ Three Trades Signal They Aren’t Done Yet After adding Gary Sánchez and Sonny Gray and dealing Josh Donaldson, Minnesota is closer to contending than rebuilding. Sports Illustrated · Mar 14, 2022
Yankees Acquire Josh Donaldson, Deal Gary Sánchez and Gio Urshela in Trade With Twins New York dealt two starters in order to acquire the former AL MVP and two other players. Sports Illustrated · Mar 14, 2022
Yankees trading Gary Sanchez, Gio Urshela to Twins for Josh Donaldson, Isiah Kiner-Falefa TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees landed a much-needed shortstop, a former American League MVP and ended their on-going struggles with catcher Gary Sanchez in one move late Sunday night. The Bombers acquired Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Josh Donaldson from the Twins for Gary Sanchez and Gio Urshela, an industry source confirmed. Tribune News Service · Mar 14, 2022
Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022 Mark Bradley: We need to talk about Braves and Freddie Freeman ATLANTA — It’s easy to say, “Give Freddie Freeman what he wants.” He has been the Braves’ second-best position player of the 21st century. (The best became a first-ballot Hall of Famer.) Freeman just helped deliver a giddy-beyond-belief World Series triumph. Nobody has an unkind word to say about the…
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