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The Yankees Have Big Plans For Aroldis Chapman
Quick, name the only previous reliever to get a five-year deal....
Tim Tebow's Baseball Career May Be Resurrected This Spring
By pretty much any and every baseball metric, aspiring outfielder Timothy R. Tebow did not have a successful stint in the Arizona Fall League. His .194 batting average (.242 slugging) included 20 strikeouts in 70 plate appearances. But when it comes to attracting interest (guilty) in otherwise mean...
Report: Orioles Tell Free Agent Jose Bautista Their Fans Hate Him
This isn’t the greatest free agent pool, but there are still some sluggers on the board. One of those—though not as marquee a name as he was, say, 12 months ago, is outfielder Jose Bautista. And one of the teams looking for an outfielder (and, historically, loves to get power hitters in free agency)...
Baseball Writers Vote To Stop Keeping Hall Of Fame Votes Secret
In a major victory for those of us who believe journalists should practice the transparency they seek from others, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America has voted to make all Hall of Fame ballots public starting next year....
Chris Sale To The Red Sox, God Damn It
Ken Rosenthal is all over the HOT FUCKING STOVE, knocking down pots and pans and dropping his bowtie in the deep fryer. The soup is bubbling and Ken’s got the first taste: ...
The Nationals Are All-In On Chris Sale
From multiple media reports, the Nationals appear to be the team most likely to land White Sox ace Chris Sale in a trade this offseason—possibly as soon as this week’s Winter Meetings. The only thing that might scuttle the deal? If the Nats get Andrew McCutchen instead....
It's Bryce Harper Contract Panic Season Because Baseball Is Good
Bryce Harper won’t be a free agent until after the 2018 season, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early for everyone to start stressing the hell out over how much money he is going to cost. According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, the Nationals have already started discussing a possible extension with...
Rich Hill Finally Got Paid
Rich Hill will be returning to L.A. in 2017 after signing a three-year, $48 million contract with the Dodgers on the first day of the Winter Meetings. Amidst a weak free agent class, Hill’s 2.12 ERA in just over 110 innings split between Oakland and L.A. last season made him one of the shiniest piec...
Phillies' "Pistachio Girl" Fired For Being A White Nationalist
Emily Youcis, better known as “Pistachio Girl” at Philadelphia Phillies games, has been fired from her vendor job by Aramark, because she couldn’t stop supporting white nationalism online....
Baseball Hall Of Fame Votes In Bud Selig And John Schuerholz
Former MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and executive John Schuerholz will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in July 2017 after they were voted in by the Eras Committee today....
The MLBPA Killed The International Draft, But Foreign Amateurs Still Got Screwed
For a second there, it looked like MLB’s just-finalized CBA was good news for international amateur free agents. The owners had originally pushed for the institution of an international draft, which would have artificially depressed the earning potential of amateur free agents from overseas and deni...
Here's Dashcam Footage From Jung Ho Kang's Alleged DUI Crash
South Korean 24-hour news channel YTN obtained dashcam footage from the car of Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang, who was charged with leaving the scene of a DUI accident. You can see the car speeds too fast around a turn, before running over a median and some bollards. YTN also got a photo of the ...
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Report: Jung Ho Kang Charged With Fleeing Scene Of DUI Crash [Update]
According to reports from Yonhap News’ Jeeho Yoo and Korean outlet Naver, Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang has been charged with leaving the scene of a DUI crash in Seoul. It’s Friday in South Korea, and Kang was reportedly arrested at 2:48 a.m. local time with a blood alcohol level of 0.084 perce...
MLB Imposes A Smokeless Tobacco Ban On Future Major Leaguers
As part of baseball’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which was finalized late Wednesday night, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a ban on smokeless tobacco for new major leaguers going forward, according to the Associated Press. City-specific bans already apply to ballparks in Boston, Chicago, Los A...
MLB Will No Longer Allow The Oakland A's To Pretend To Be A Small-Market Team
If you’re fed up with hearing about the Oakland Athletics’ half-assed quest to find a new stadium, MLB and the MLBPA want you to know they’re right there with you. A stipulation in the new collective bargaining agreement reclassifies the Athletics as a major-market team, which does away with the exc...
MLB All-Star Game Will No Longer Determine World Series Home-Field Advantage
This is emotionally surprising, but true: No major American sport has had labor peace as long as MLB. That peace will extend through at least a 26th year, as the owners and the players’ union agreed last night on the framework of a CBA that will run through the 2021 season....
Report: MLB And MLBPA Reach Deal And Avoid Lockout
The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the MLB and the MLBPA was set to expire tomorrow and trigger a lockout, but according to Ken Rosenthal, the two sides reached a deal at the last minute. It’s now been 21 years since a work stoppage has interrupted an MLB season....
Hot Fucking Stove: Don't Touch The Stove It's Extremely Hot
Good news, friends: The Thanksgiving holiday brought us not just a bounty of meats, side dishes, and familial bonding, but also mildly interesting baseball transactions that could have anywhere from no to some impact on the upcoming season of “America’s pastime.”...
Mets Do Something Right, Reportedly Re-Sign Yoenis Céspedes
Congrats to all the Mets fans, whose fears of cheap, swindling management rightfully led them to believe that the hero of their 2015 season, Yoenis Céspedes, might not return to Flushing after exercising his one-year opt-out in late October....
Report: MLB Owners Drop Demand For An International Draft
It seems there will not be an international draft under Major League Baseball’s next collective bargaining agreement. In the final days of negotiations before the current CBA expires Wednesday at midnight, whether or not to implement an international draft starting in 2018 was expected to be a parti...