MLB Page 43 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
No Sleepers, All Contenders in MLB's National League
There's a ton of contenders in the National League that will be feared come the MLB Playoffs....
Friday June 14 Best Sports Betting Picks & Predictions For NBA Finals Game 4, MLB, US Open
Our best sports betting picks for Friday June 14th include Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the MLB slate, and US Open golf....
Thursday June 13 Best Bets & Picks For MLB, Stanley Cup Final, & US Open Golf
These are our best sports betting picks and predictions for the Stanley Cup Final, US Open, and MLB on June 13th....
Cincinnati Reds Fan Shows Up To Court In Jersey After Being Tased, Arrested For Running On Field
William Hendon was arrested after streaking the field at Great American Ballpark. He showed up to court in a Cincinnati Reds jersey....
Lifetime gambling ban for Tucupita Marcano; 4 others disciplined
Major League Baseball announced a lifetime ban for infielder/outfielder Tucupita Marcano of the San Diego Padres on Tuesday for betting on baseball games.,Four others, including Oakland Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly and three minor leaguers, each received one-year bans for violating the league's s...
Reports: MLB adding Negro Leagues stats to official records
Catcher Josh Gibson is now officially one of the major leagues' all-time greats, as multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that Major League Baseball has incorporated Negro Leagues statistics into its records. ,Gibson, who spent nine of his 14 Negro Leagues seasons with the Homestead Grays, will no...
MLB commissioner: Automatic ball-strike system unlikely for '25
Citing "technical issues," Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters on Thursday that robot home plate umpires likely won't be implemented next season.,"We haven't made as much progress in the minor leagues this year as we sort of hoped at this point," Manfred said at a news conf...
MLB names Nelson Cruz a special advisor
Major League Baseball has tabbed seven-time All-Star Nelson Cruz to fill the new role of special advisor for baseball operations.,His job will include serving as a liaison between the organization and players in Latin American nations, including his native Dominican Republic.,"Nelson Cruz is a respe...
Astros starter Ronel Blanco suspended for foreign substance
Houston Astros right-handed pitcher Ronel Blanco has been fined an undisclosed amount and suspended 10 games for a violation of rules governing foreign substances, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday.,Blanco was thrown out of Tuesday's 2-1 victory in 10 innings over the Oakland Athletics at Ho...
Roku, MLB partner for Sunday morning games
Roku has received the rights to 18 Major League Baseball games in the continuation of the league's "Sunday Leadoff" television package.,Beginning this Sunday with the St. Louis Cardinals' home game against the Boston Red Sox, the Roku Channel will carry one MLB game every Sunday for 18 straight week...
Bob Nightengale keeps trying to rehab Trevor Bauer
Sometimes, there’s no choice but to cover a vile person in sports because they are doing something that can’t be ignored. Trevor Bauer is not that, but that didn’t stop Bob Nightengale from auditioning to get on his payroll, next to Rachel Luba, whatever it is she does other than be the occasional b...
This week in MLB March 09, 2024
After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to convince us all that he has just tons of support and interest among MLB teams who want to hire him but can’t, Bauer has finally been signed — by a Japanese travel team called Asian Breeze. - Julie D...
Trevor Bauer rejected again; Bob Melvin puts politics back into national anthem; MLB pitchers are now like NFL RBs
After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to convince us all that he has just tons of support and interest among MLB teams who want to hire him but can’t, Bauer has finally been signed — by a Japanese travel team called Asian Breeze. - Julie D...
These MLB players went straight to the majors
On Monday, the Pittsburgh Pirates told No. 1 overall pick Paul Skenes that he will begin in the minor leagues. While it is disappointing we get robbed of seeing one of the league’s most exciting pitching prospects right out of the gate, the move is not unprecedented. In the history of the MLB, only ...
MLB pitchers are the new NFL RBs in terms of career length
Major League Baseball is on the precipice of a pitching crisis. ...
Say what you want about the NBA, it still values its titans
For all the misguided complaints about the melodrama that can be the NBA at times, or the claims that its “wokeness” will be its ruin, or how the league beats itself up over load management or whatever else, it still offers something that none of the other three non-NFL leagues can. And that’s regul...
MLB clubs don't want Trevor Bauer so he's signing with a Japanese travel team
After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to convince us all that he has just tons of support and interest among MLB teams who want to hire him but can’t, Bauer has finally been signed — by a Japanese travel team called Asian Breeze. ...
You probably forgot these MLB players were on these teams
The MLB is one of the oldest leagues in American sports. With that comes some legendary players and names for all of its teams, but nothing is better than watching your team acquire someone legendary from your rivals, or pass on someone who turned out to be a hall of famer because they weren’t all t...
The NFL’s franchise tag is un-American
What happens every time an NFL quarterback resets the QB market? A relatively crap quarterback gets overpaid. The reason Daniel Jones netted a four-year $160 million deal after one good season, instead of getting franchise tagged like he should’ve been, is Joe Burrow got enough money that, by compar...
The Oakland A’s want to build the Sydney Opera House
Leave it to the A’s and John Fisher to be three months late on the renderings for a ballpark that still feels like it has a better chance of being built in Narnia than it does in Vegas, and then to have it leak out a day after they meant it to:...