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Cardinals Must Send Two Draft Picks, $2 Million To Astros For Hacking Scandal
The St. Louis Cardinals will have to pay $2 million and send their top two draft picks in the 2017 draft to the Houston Astros as punishment for former Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa repeatedly logging into the Astros’ player information database. ...

Feds: Cardinals Hacker Probably Leaked To Deadspin As Revenge For Astros' <i>Sports Illustrated</i> Cover
Documents unsealed last week in U.S. District Court for the southern district of Texas reveal new details about the crimes committed by former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa, who was sentenced to 46 months in prison for hacking into the Astros’ player information database....

Aubrey Huff Tells Protesters To Get A Job
In response to Donald Trump’s decision to ban immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Americans took to the airports and streets in protest. In response to those people, former MLB player Aubrey Huff complained online like a big baby....

Sean Rodriguez's Family Hospitalized After A Deadly Crash With A Stolen Police Car
Atlanta Braves infielder Sean Rodriguez and his family were in a serious car crash involving a stolen police cruiser around 1:45 pm on Saturday in Miami....

Rob Manfred Has Started Meeting With Cleveland Ownership To Discuss Chief Wahoo
During the Cleveland Indians’ postseason run, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred hinted that he would speak to the team’s ownership about their horrifically racist logo during the offseason. Now, apparently, he’s followed through and begun that conversation—though the conversation appears to be totally de...

Rangers Pitcher Jake Diekman Will Miss First Half Of Season After Colon Surgery
Texas Rangers pitcher Jake Diekman, who has had ulcerative colitis since he was a kid, underwent the first of several surgeries to remove his colon earlier this week. He had hoped to delay the procedure until next offseason but after a flareup over the holidays caused him to lose nearly 20 pounds i...

King Felix's Yankees World Series Ring Was A Replica His Son Got As A Ballpark Promo<em></em>
Yesterday we wondered why Felix Hernandez had a 2000 Yankees World Series ring, recovered in a burglary bust in Bellevue, Wash. As it turns out, the reason is pretty funny and cute....

Wait, Why Does Felix Hernandez Have A 2000 Yankees World Series Ring?
Police in Bellevue, Washington held a press conference today to announce that they’d busted a burglary ring that had stolen somewhere near $3 million worth of stuff from 123 homes in the Seattle-Bellevue area. ...

Korean Bat-Flipping Hero Will Leave His Bat Flip In Korea
If you know anything about Korean infielder Jae-gyun Hwang, it’s that the man can flip a damn bat. I mean, just look at that beaut....

Yordano Ventura/Andy Marte Autographed Combo Pack Is A Morbid Deal Of The Day
Congrats to memorabilia website Insider Sports Deals for the baldest display of opportunism in recent memory with this pairing of Andy Marte and Yordano Ventura autographed baseballs, marked down in price and marketed as the deal of the day....

Report: The Fate Of Yordano Ventura's $20 Million Depends On Whether He Was Legally Drunk
It feels almost meaningless to discuss the money still remaining on the contract of Yordano Ventura, the 25-year-old Royals pitcher who was killed in a one-car crash early Sunday in his native Dominican Republic. But it’s obviously not meaningless to his family, which would be in line to receive the...

Royals Pitcher Yordano Ventura Killed In Car Crash
Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura died in a car crash today in his native Dominican Republic, according to several reports....

Seriously, Curt Schilling, That's Not The Real Sidney Ponson, Here's Proof
Yesterday, we all got a chuckle out of meme-loving toad Curt Schilling getting into a Twitter fight with someone pretending to be former MLB pitcher Sidney Ponson. Then we all chuckled some more when Curt insisted that he was in fact beefing with the real Sidney Ponson. Then he just kept insisting, ...

I'm Sorry, But When Did They Become The Toronto Red Jays???
Folks, get a load of this:...

Mark Trumbo's Discount Dingers Belong In Baltimore
The Orioles and RF/DH Mark Trumbo have agreed to a three-year deal for $37.5 million, and the most interesting thing about the agreement is that it’s for less than Baltimore offered him at the beginning of the offseason. It’s been a weird winter for power hitters....

Here's The Moment Ivan Rodriguez Found Out He'd Made The Hall Of Fame
Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez was one of three players elected into the baseball Hall of Fame this afternoon. Since-already disclosed ballot returns assured that Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell would make it, Pudge was the only surprising player elected and he barely cleared the 75 percent bar for entry....

Here Is Your 2017 Baseball Hall Of Fame Class
Thanks to Ryan Thibodaux’s diligent ballot tracking, we already knew that Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines (thank God) were going into the Hall of Fame this year. Now that all of the ballots have been counted, we can see if anyone else will be joining them....

Tim Raines And Jeff Bagwell Look Like Locks To Make The Hall Of Fame Tonight
Finally, mercifully, the period of speculation about who will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame this year will come to an end. ...

White Sox Prospect Throws Ball 110 Miles Per Hour
White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech was the 33rd overall pick in the 2014 amateur draft. As you can see here, he is capable of throwing the ball hard as hell:...

Jose Bautista And The Blue Jays Needed Each Other More Than They Were Willing To Admit
In the end, both sides miscalculated. Jose Bautista misread the market for power hitters, and had to settle for what Toronto was offering. The Blue Jays mishandled the slugger they really wanted, and had to settle for the 36-year-old Bautista. It’s not romantic, but it’s a marriage nonetheless: Baut...