Flush with cash, the New York Yankees might take a run at Manny Machado. But first, the former Orioles infielder would have some explaining to do. Arriving in Atlanta for two days of owners meetings at a hotel next to the Braves' SunTrust Park, Hal Steinbrenner discussed the state of a team that...
SEATTLE — Major League Baseball is investigating claims made against the Seattle Mariners by the team's recently fired training and conditioning director, who said team management had disparaged Latino players. The Mariners denied the allegations in a statement on Monday following the social media...
The Yankees have made their first big splash of the offseason. It just doesn’t involve Manny Machado or Bryce Harper. Hal Steinbrenner’s team is moving forward with plans to buy back the YES Network from Twenty-First Century Fox and Disney, according to Bloomberg, a deal that would cost $71 billion....
One-time Yankees killer Dallas Keuchel is entertaining the idea of donning pinstripes. So much so the free agent pitcher is willing to shave his signature beard in order to abide with team protocol. "I think everybody is in play right now," Keuchel said in a recent interview with Fox Business....
An American League arms race is underway. The Astros are reportedly interested in making a deal for Mariners’ ace James Paxton, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. “Astros on list of teams talking to Mariners about a trade for LHP James Paxton, sources say,” Rosenthal tweeted Sunday morning....
One trade could have saved us all from watching insufferable Boston fans celebrate another title. Nationals ownership nixed a trade near the deadline that would have sent Bryce Harper to the Astros for a package of prospects, The Athletic reports. Pause and just imagine a 2-3-4 of Jose Altuve,...
The Yankees quest to add starting pitching has reached Seattle, where GM Brian Cashman has checked in with the Mariners about the availability of 30-year-old left-hander James Paxton. The story, originally reported by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, was confirmed Friday by the Daily News via team...
During his well-attended press briefing at the general managers meetings, agent Scott Boras spoke about the teams that aren’t publicly committed to the Bryce Harper sweepstakes. Boras gave one of his favorite lines, saying it’s “not a regatta, it’s a submarine race.” In other words, teams that...
Stories about sports payrolls and contracts and taxes generally make my eyes hurt, but this latest one about the Dodgers is different. This one will make your heart hurt. The Times’ Bill Shaikin has obtained a document, prepared more than a year ago, that outlines a Dodger plan to keep their payroll...
Spring training is three months away, but it’s always Tebow season for baseball skeptics. They have come out firing after the New York Mets said Tim Tebow would likely start the year in Triple-A. That’s just one step away from the Major Leagues, which is about 1,000 steps closer than critics ever...
CARLSBAD, Ca. – Super agent Scott Boras says Bryce Harper is a “generational player,’’ a once-in-a-lifetime talent who over the course of what is expected to be a 10-year, $300 million-plus free agent contract will “pay for himself’’ both in wins and economic benefit to any team lucky enough to...
The Dodgers are confident shortstop Corey Seager will be ready for spring training after undergoing elbow ligament replacement surgery in April and a hip operation in August, Andrew Friedman, the team’s president of baseball operations, said at the baseball general managers meetings this week. ...
The Dodgers plan to keep their player payroll below the level that would require a luxury tax payment for at least the next four years, according to a document prepared for potential investors that was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. By cutting payroll this year to the point where they were...