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Angels release UTL Chris Taylor, RHP Hunter Strickland
The Los Angeles Angels released utility player Chris Taylor and right-hander Hunter Strickland on Saturday.,Both players had signed minor league contracts with the club.,Taylor, 35, split last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers (28 games) and Angels (30 games) and batted just .186 overall with two ...
Spring training roundup: Braves' Chris Sale outduels Red Sox' Garrett Crochet in battle of aces
In a matchup of left-handed Opening Day starters, Chris Sale got the better of Garrett Crochet as the visiting Atlanta Braves defeated the Boston Red Sox, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon in Fort Myers, Fla.,Sale allowed just one run on two hits over six innings. He struck out four and walked one in an 86...
Report: Padres to add 1B Ty France on Opening Day roster
The Padres are set to add first baseman Ty France to the Opening Day roster, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Saturday.,France signed a minor league deal before spring training, reuniting with the organization that drafted him in 2015 and brought him to the major leagues for the first time in 20...
Marcelo Mayer named Red Sox's Opening Day 2B
Following an uneven rookie campaign that included a season-ending wrist injury, Marcelo Mayer will be on his first Opening Day roster after the Boston Red Sox named him their starting second baseman on Saturday.,"Yeah, Marcelo is going to be our second baseman," manager Alex Cora told reporters befo...
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...