Gerrit Cole Weighs In on Aaron Judge Extension Talks, Says Yankees Usually ‘Get It Done’ The deadline for New York to lock up its franchise outfielder is rapidly approaching. Sports Illustrated · Apr 2, 2022
Jacob deGrom Dealing With Shoulder Tightness Ahead of Spring Training Start Mets manager Buck Showalter said the pitcher is questionable for his Friday Spring Training start. Sports Illustrated · Apr 1, 2022
Don’t listen to Brian Cashman, who wants us to feel pity for the poor Yankees The Yankees want sympathy. Don't listen to them! USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 1, 2022
Dodgers’ Will Smith Booed at Spring Training Game The Los Angeles catcher has the same name as the actor who hit Chris Rock at the Oscars last Sunday. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31, 2022
Zack Greinke Offers Unenthusiastic Response About Starting Opening Day for Royals The 38-year-old pitcher will start for the Royals next week, 12 years after his last start for the team. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31, 2022
Report: Amazon Prime to Broadcast 21 Yankees Games in 2022 The streaming giant will have the exclusive rights to 21 Yankees games this season. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31, 2022
Yankees GM Blames World Series Drought on 2017 Astros’ ‘Illegal and Horrific’ Actions New York’s general manager still isn’t over the 2017 ALCS. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31, 2022
Marcus Hayes: ‘Nobody in here is scared’, says Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber as Mets loom in the NL East CLEARWATER, Fla. — As Joe Girardi walked through the back corridors of the Phillies’ clubhouse Monday morning, he came upon Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins, dressed in shorts, T-shirts and flip-flops, pantomiming phantom swings. Two hours later, Schwarber hit his first home run of spring training. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 31, 2022
Yankees' Luis Severino turning focus to first big league start since 2019 TAMPA, Fla. — Luis Severino is getting ready for April 9, his first start back in the Big Apple. Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2022
Yankees’ Rachel Balkovec improving but still out after taking batted ball to face TAMPA, Fla. — More than a week after she was hit in the face by a batted ball, Rachel Balkovec is doing better but still sidelined, according to Yankees Vice President of Player Development Kevin Reese. Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 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
Yankees' Luis Severino has ‘general soreness,’ next spring start pushed back TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees said they are being extra cautious with Luis Severino because of his recent history. Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022
Red Sox’ Hopes Depend on New Story, Same Meh Rotation Once again, Boston will feature a potent lineup and starting pitching that’s questionable at best. Will that be enough? Sports Illustrated · Mar 29, 2022
Deivi Garcia competing for spot on Yankees big league pitching staff LAKELAND, Fla. — Deivi Garcia has been competing since before he got to Tampa this spring. Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022
Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022 For 30th anniversary of Camden Yards, Orioles throw back ticket pricing to 1992 levels for first two series Watch baseball like it’s 1992.
Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022 Aaron Judge will have an offer from the Yankees before opening day, GM Brian Cashman says TAMPA, Fla. — With 12 days left until opening day and Aaron Judge’s self-imposed deadline, the Yankees are preparing to make an offer to their slugger and his representatives. After failing to reach an agreement for a one-year contract for this season and potentially heading to arbitration, the Yankees have…
Sports Illustrated · Mar 26, 2022 Yankees Plan to Present Aaron Judge Contract Extension The franchise hopes to get a deal done with their star right fielder, who is eligible for free agency following the 2022 season.
Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022 Aroldis Chapman still the Yankees closer, but will occasionally take the 8th-inning role CLEARWATER, Fla. — Aroldis Chapman is still the Yankees' closer. Manager Aaron Boone made that clear before Friday’s game. It’s just that the Yankees want to expand his role this season by using him in the eighth inning at times.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 25, 2022 Rachel Balkovec Shares Nasty Photo of Her Eye After Spring Training Injury The Tampa Tarpons skipper will take some time off while she recovers.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 25, 2022 The Cubs Are Better Than You Think When the Cubs executed their trade-deadline fire sale last July—after they had traded Yu Darvish and nontendered Kyle Schwarber in December 2020—it appeared that they would be entering a multiyear transition. Perhaps this wouldn’t be the type of long rebuild they endured a decade ago, but it was ...
Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022 Nets' Kevin Durant on NYC lifting vaccine mandate: ‘Mets and Yankees have a lot of power in our city’ MIAMI — Kevin Durant understands the impetus for changing the mandate was baseball, not Kyrie Irving.
Reason · Mar 25, 2022 NYC Exempts Wealthy Athletes From Vaccine Mandates: "A small number of people have an outsized impact on our economy" The government undermines its compelling interest to mandate vaccinations for everyone else.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 25, 2022 Donny Sands was once homeless. Now he’s trying to make the Phillies. CLEARWATER, Fla. — It took Donny Sands three weeks to convince his mother, Alma, to sell her car. The Phillies catching prospect had just bought her a brand new Mercedes Benz with his signing bonus. It was pristine, but that was the problem. She didn’t want to drive it anywhere.…
Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022 ‘Lunatic’ fringe: Rangers prospect Josh Smith brings the relentless energy that Chris Woodward loves MESA, Ariz. — Josh Smith is in his first spring training with the Rangers. He is making team officials take notice.
Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022 Mets players applaud mayor's decision to lift NYC vaccine mandate for athletes PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mayor Eric Adams gained some critics with his controversial decision regarding New York City’s vaccine mandate. But he won’t find any of that backlash in the Mets clubhouse.