CC Sabathia can envision the perfect ending to his final big league season. "Right now I'm just focused on trying to win the championship and have a parade at the end of the year," Sabathia said Saturday. "That would be a great way to top this thing off." The 38-year-old Sabathia agreed in early...
The Dodgers and White Sox share a stadium at Camelback Ranch in Phoenix’s west suburbs. They might be able to share memories one day of life with Manny Machado. The Sox remain in hot pursuit of the player the Dodgers acquired at the 2018 All-Star break, an abundantly talented infielder who helped...
Two more aces are expressing concern about how major league teams are playing their cards. Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer said Thursday there are too many teams trying not to win, and all the rebuilding “poisons the game.” Astros star Justin Verlander, a former teammate of Scherzer with the...
Cubs starter Jon Lester said he’s not involved in talks designed to break the free-agent iceberg but acknowledged it’s a “sad time” when superstars Bryce Harper and Manny Machado are among about 100 unsigned players. “We got two of the greatest superstars in the game, faces of baseball that don’t...
Manny Machado has been a free agent longer than he was a Dodger. Now that you’ve gasped over that quivering bit — brought to you by The Ringer’s Zack Kram — at least applaud one team in the hunt for keeping the drama alive through the start of spring training. (We checked: Machado has been jobless...
Jon Jay and Yonder Alonso have adjoining lockers in a section of the White Sox spring training clubhouse. Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin would love to party there. Jay and Alonso worship at the altar of “The U,” aka the University of Miami, where both played college baseball. A miniature version...
Spring training was once a time for teams to forget the past and focus on what’s ahead. But this is the second straight season when unsigned free agents are bountiful, and many teams could completely change their outlook with one or two signings. Is the game changing for keeps, or is it just a...
J.T. Realmuto is happy he no longer has to worry about hitting balls to Odubel Herrera. Realmuto spent his first five seasons playing his home games at the cavernous Marlins Park. The Phillies’ new catcher over his career has a .848 OPS on the road and .678 at home. Last season he bashed 13 of...
TAMPA — Masahiro Tanaka sees the investments the Yankees have made this offseason as enough to challenge their division rival and defending World Series champion Red Sox. The Yankee right-hander, now a five-year veteran of this rotation, sees that as a challenge to himself and his teammates. “That’s...
The Alliance of American Football got off to a solid start over the weekend, but don't expect a case of Tebowmania to break out. Tim Tebow, who won the Heisman and won two national championships under Urban Meyer at Florida, prefers to focus on baseball. Spurrier, who played at Florida and formerly...
Neither Bryce Harper nor Manny Machado plies his trade as a pitcher or a catcher, so this week’s milestone is imprecise but still significant. As battery mates report to Arizona and Florida during the next few days, to be followed by the rest of the rosters next week, the central mystery of this...
Don’t look for a National League designated hitter this year or for new anti-tanking rules in June’s amateur draft. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Friday that management is focused on pace-of-game changes for 2019 and that bolder ideas proposed by the players’ association are...
Two people familiar with the discussions tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball is considering one of two matchups for its 2020 series in London: New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals or Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals. The people spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because...