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Orioles option RHP Dean Kremer to minor leagues
Right-hander Dean Kremer, who led the Baltimore Orioles in wins and innings in 2025, will not begin the season in the major leagues after he was optioned to minor-league camp on Saturday.,Kremer, 30, will likely head to the organization's Triple-A affiliate in Norfolk following a spring in which he ...
Yankees to add OF Randal Grichuk to Opening Day roster
Outfielder Randal Grichuk will be on the New York Yankees' Opening Day roster, manager Aaron Boone said Saturday.,Grichuk will occupy a backup outfielder role despite batting just .125 in six spring training games, with a .313 OPS. The 34-year-old signed a minor league contract with the Yankees on F...
Mets LHP Sean Manaea out of rotation, assigned to bullpen
Left-hander Sean Manaea is the odd man out in the New York Mets' starting rotation, with manager Carlos Mendoza announcing Saturday that the veteran will begin the season in the bullpen.,The Mets intend to use a five-man rotation, with the early order of Freddy Peralta, David Peterson, Nolan McLean,...
Venezuela’s WBC Win Exposed What Team USA Must Fix
Venezuela’s WBC victory highlights key flaws for Team USA and why changes are needed before 2030....
Spring training roundup: Max Scherzer shines as Blue Jays down Twins
Max Scherzer looked sharp in his latest spring tuneup, working five scoreless innings as the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Minnesota Twins 2-1 in Fort Myers, Fla.,Scherzer allowed two hits, walked two and struck out three as he picked up the win in his longest outing of the spring. The 41-year-old has...
Guardians' Emmanuel Clase, Luis Ortiz now on unpaid leave
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were transferred to unpaid non-disciplinary leave on Friday as they await trial for allegedly rigging pitches to benefit gamblers.,Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to the move after the pitchers were previously on...
Twins release 3-time All-Star closer Liam Hendriks
The Minnesota Twins released three-time All-Star closer Liam Hendriks on Friday.,The 37-year-old Australian right-hander was a non-roster invite to spring training, where he allowed two runs in six innings while striking out four and walking three in six relief appearances.,Hendriks went 0-2 with a ...
Venezuela's WBC title win over U.S. draws record ratings
Venezuela's win over the United States didn't just deliver the World Baseball Classic's first new champion in a decade, it also delivered the biggest audience the tournament has ever seen. ,Tuesday's title game from Miami averaged 10.78 million viewers across FOX, Fox Deportes, and streaming, settin...
Orioles OF Tyler O’Neill aims to extend Opening Day HR mark
Each of the past six straight seasons, Tyler O'Neill has homered on Opening Day in a one-of-a-kind streak in the history of the sport.,The Orioles outfielder, who has been dubbed "Mr. Opening Day," admits tacking on another homer will be on his mind when Baltimore hosts the Minnesota Twins on March ...
Rays place SS Taylor Walls (oblique) on IL; Carson Williams on deck
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls will start the season on the injured list due to a right oblique injury.,Walls, 29, sustained the injury in the batting cage on Tuesday and underwent imaging on Wednesday. President of baseball operations Erik Neander said Thursday there isn't yet a timetable fo...
MLB signs multi-year prediction market deal with Polymarket
Major League Baseball is entering the prediction-market arena, announcing a multi-year partnership that designates Polymarket as the league's official prediction market exchange and includes a new integrity-focused agreement with federal regulators.,Financial terms were not released, but Polymarket ...
Spring training roundup: Blue Jays thwack Yankees with homers
George Springer belted a grand slam in the fourth inning to highlight his three-hit performance, fueling the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-0 romp over a New York Yankees split squad on Thursday in Dunedin, Fla.,Daulton Varsho launched a solo homer in the first inning and joined Springer with three of t...
Report: Jurickson Profar to sit out season after suspension upheld
Jurickson Profar's appeal of his 162-game suspension for a second positive test for performance-enhancing drugs was rejected, and he will miss the entire season for the Atlanta Braves, ESPN reported Thursday.,He also would be ineligible should the Braves qualify for the postseason and will not recei...
Blue Jays RHP Trey Yesavage placed on IL with shoulder impingement
Toronto Blue Jays pitching prodigy Trey Yesavage will be placed on the injured list to start the 2026 regular season due to a right shoulder impingement.,Yesavage started last season at Class-A Dunedin but made his final start of the season in Game 7 of the World Series. ,"It's something that he rep...
Spring training roundup: Yanks' Gerrit Cole makes successful, albeit brief, return to mound
New York Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole threw against outside competition for the first time since the 2024 World Series on Wednesday when he opposed the visiting Boston Red Sox in a spring training game in Tampa.,Cole, who had Tommy John surgery and missed the entire 2025 season, threw 10 pitches...
Report: Venezuela players to split $3.375M of record $37M WBC prize pool
Venezuela's first World Baseball Classic crown came with the largest share of a record $37 million prize pool, Front Office Sports reported on Wednesday.,The run to the title, earned on Tuesday night with a 3-2 win over Team USA in Miami, concluded a tournament that offered compensation more than do...
Blue Jays RHP Jose Berrios has stress fracture in elbow
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios has a stress fracture in his right elbow and won't be ready for the start of the season next week.,Berrios, 31, received the diagnosis after meeting with Dr. Keith Meister, Blue Jays manager John Schneider confirmed Wednesday.,Schneider called the diagnosi...
Why Mark DeRosa Should Never Work in Baseball Again
Team USA lost a thrilling World Baseball Classic final 3–2 to Venezuela. Here's a breakdown of what went wrong and key decisions that mattered....
Eugenio Suarez, Venezuela edge USA to capture first WBC crown
MIAMI -- Eugenio Suarez's double in the top of the ninth drove in the tiebreaking run that led Venezuela to its first-ever World Baseball Classic championship with a 3-2 win over the United States on Tuesday night.,Daniel Palencia sealed the victory in the bottom of the ninth when he worked a 1-2-3 ...
Mariners SS J.P. Crawford (shoulder) could miss start of season
Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford was in Texas on Tuesday to have his ailing right shoulder examined and he may not be available for Opening Day on March 26.,Seattle general manager Justin Hollander said imaging results came back clean and told reporters that the level of concern is "low.",Bu...