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Report: Red Sox trade OF Nate Eaton to Athletics
The Boston Red Sox are trading outfielder Nate Eaton to the Athletics, USA Today reported on Thursday.,In the first trade of the offseason, the Red Sox will receive minor league right-hander Jareth Rayo in exchange.,Eaton, 29, batted .160 with one homer and six RBIs in 24 games with Boston during th...
Report: RHP Michael King opts out of Padres contract
Right-hander Michael King declined the player option on his contract with the San Diego Padres to become a free agent, MLB.com reported Thursday.,King had two seasons remaining on a three-year, $75 million contract and held a player option for each of the remaining seasons.,His decision was to eithe...
Brewers World Series Win Could Make MLB's Labor Fight Even Uglier
The Brewers beat the odds to win their first World Series, but their small-market success could become a major talking point as MLB's labor negotiations approach a December deadline....
Cold Brew? Dodgers 2027 World Series favorites
Gamers or Hall of Famers? The odds are leaning toward the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Milwaukee Brewers in early lines set by sportsbooks for the 2027 World Series favorites.,The futures betting markets have established the high-dollar Dodgers as the team to beat next season.,With the risk of a lab...
Pat Murphy Rips Yankees During Brewers' World Series Celebration
Brewers manager Pat Murphy took a profanity-filled shot at the Yankees during Milwaukee's World Series celebration, just as free agent Jake Bauers prepares for a big payday....
World Series notebook: Jacob Misiorowski ends breakout campaign on top
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jacob Misiorowski may not have started his trophy case with a World Series MVP award a few weeks before he is expected to be named the National League Cy Young Award winner, but it was still a Fall Classic to remember for the Milwaukee Brewers' ace.,The 24-year-old started th...
William Contreras completes dream year with World Series MVP honor
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A year that began for William Contreras with a World Baseball Classic championship for his native Venezuela ended with a World Series Most Valuable Player honor.,The Brewers catcher was chosen out of a host of worthy Milwaukee contenders as the MVP of the franchise's first ch...
Cooper Pratt, Jacob Misiorowski steer Brewers to first Series title
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Rookie Cooper Pratt drove in two runs and Jacob Misiorowski tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, helping the Milwaukee Brewers capture their first World Series title with a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.,The Brewers, who dispatched the Rays in five games, won 11...
Report: Rays tab RHP Drew Rasmussen in must-win Game 5 vs. Brewers
With their season on the line for a second consecutive night, the Tampa Bay Rays named right-hander Drew Rasmussen as their starter for Game 5 of the World Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Times reported.,Rasmussen, 31, returns to the mound after throwing 89 pitches o...
Brewers Need to Flush Game 4 Collapse as World Series Title Awaits
The Brewers try to rebound after blowing a late lead against the Rays in Game 4. Jacob Misiorowski takes the mound with Milwaukee one win from a World Series title....
Brewers turn to Jacob Misiorowski in 2nd attempt to end World Series
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With some pent-up energy and a fearless attitude, the Tampa Bay Rays extended their season at least one more day and will play host to Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday.,With the Rays down to their last three outs, Jonny DeLuca and Ben Williamson provided the heroics to...
World Series notebook: Rays' Ben Williamson finally makes his mark
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Ben Williamson's performance for the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series had been worse than modest: 0-for-7.,In the Rays' Game 3 blowout defeat against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday, Williamson had a foul ball bounce back to strike him in the helmet just before he lost a li...
Brewers sell out World Series watch party as fans await first title
MILWAUKEE -- More than 30,000 title-starved Brewers fans turned out to watch a baseball game played 1,200 miles away, but they will have to wait at least one more day to see their dream fulfilled.,The visiting Milwaukee Brewers were on the brink of the first World Series title in franchise history w...
Rays rally for 2 in 12th inning, extend World Series to Game 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Pinch hitter Ben Williamson delivered a walk-off single in the 12th inning as the Tampa Bay Rays staved off elimination with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday in Game 4 of the World Series.,The Brewers, who squandered a 12th-inning lead, still are up 3-1 in ...
The Brewers Are One Win Away From Their First World Series Title
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to move within one win of their first World Series title. Here's how the game unraveled....
Brewers eye sweep for first Series title, while Rays try to stay alive
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Milwaukee Brewers will bid to make history Tuesday in more ways than one.,Sure, the Brewers will vie for the franchise's first World Series title when they play Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Rays.,Should they complete a sweep, they'll be the first team to accomplish the fe...
World Series notebook: Brewers fans take over Tropicana Field
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay? More like Whitefish Bay, as in the Milwaukee suburb.,With the Brewers two wins away from their first World Series title and ticket prices for Games 1 and 2 at American Family Field over the weekend topping $2,000, Milwaukeeans piled onto airplanes and headed south ...
Jackson Chourio, Brewers blitz Rays in Game 3, close in on Series sweep
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jackson Chourio highlighted his four-hit performance with an RBI double to cap an eight-run fifth inning, fueling Milwaukee to a 10-1 romp over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday as the Brewers took a three-games-to-none lead in the World Series.,Chourio is 8-for-14 with four runs ...
Report: Astros interviewing Mike Rizzo for GM vacancy
The Houston Astros are interviewing former Washington Nationals executive Mike Rizzo for their vacant general manager job, USA Today reported Monday.,Rizzo, 65, was the architect of the Nationals' 2019 World Series championship, when Washington beat the Astros in seven games.,He was the general mana...
Report: Rocco Baldelli withdraws from Mariners' manager search
Rocco Baldelli has withdrawn from consideration for the Seattle Mariners' vacant managerial job, citing "family considerations," The Athletic reported on Monday.,Baldelli, 45, managed the Minnesota Twins for seven seasons and was considered a front-runner to replace Dan Wilson, who was fired on Sept...