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General manager Brian Cashman reportedly says the Yankees have “checked in” on free agent starting pitchers Gerrit Cole, Zack Wheeler and Stephen Strasburg. While the Yankees’ starting pitching wasn’t the reason they were ousted in the ALCS, starting pitching has been something of an unsolvable equation for the Yankees in prior seasons. The franchise has seemed more preoccupied with finding controllable starters on cheap deals over the past three or four seasons (Sonny Gray, James Paxton)....
THE RUMOR: The Cardinals are in line to land the one of the biggest fish left in the free agent pool — right-hander James Shields. REPORTED BY: FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal LAST SEASON: Shields, 32, went 14-8 last season with the Royals posting a 3.21 ERA and 180 strikeouts in 227 innings, but failed to live up to his nickname, “Big-Game James,” in the postseason with a 6.12 ERA....
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Beginning Saturday, MLB doubleheaders this season will consist of two seven-inning games instead of two nine-inning games, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Thursday. Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reported MLB is expected to announce the change Friday. MORE: How coronavirus impacts Marlins’ season Passan reported that the MLB Players Association initiated the revision, with executive director Tony Clark suggesting it to MLB deputy commissioner Dan Halem as the first doubleheader of the season — a makeup twinbill between the White Sox and Cleveland — was being played Tuesday....
REPORTED BY: FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal MORE: Five worst MLB draft misses for each franchise | Worst All-Star Game starters THE DETAILS: The A’s are not only interested in pitching help from the Nats, but also in rookie outfielder Michael Taylor, who is filling in for the injured left fielder Jayson Werth. In need of a middle reliever as the team enters Friday’s game ranked 20th in team ERA in the seventh inning or later (3....
And the White Sox apparently will listen to offers, Rosenthal writes. But White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf tells the Chicago Tribune he doesn't expect the team to move Sale. Sale, 24, is under team control through 2019, so Chicago likely would hold out for a major haul before dealing him. The lefty had a 3.04 ERA (good for seventh in the AL), 1.073 WHIP (third) and 226 strikeouts (third) in 2013....
MORE: Worst offseason trades ever for every MLB team But trade rumors surrounding left fielder Braun and catcher Jonathan Lucroy already had prompted Brewers general manager David Stearns to address the issue Sunday on MLB Network Radio. “There’s no need for us to move … an elite-level player,” Stearns told the network, via MLB.com. Braun, 32, is off to his best start in several years, with 11 home runs and slash line of ....
REPORTED BY: Dennis Lin, San Diego Union-Tribune MORE: Eight MLB starters who could be traded in 2016 DETAILS: The White Sox still hold a tenuous lead in the American League Central, but they had lost four straight entering Saturday’s battle against the Royals. Pitching, which started out as a positive for the club this season, has started to regress. The Padres, on the other hand, are 9 1/2 games behind Giants in the National League West, so they might already be in a seller’s market....
The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 19-3 to “cut” their deficit to New York in the division to 10 games. They did so by once again shelling starter Masahiro Tanaka. Boston knocked Tanaka out of his start in the London Series in the first inning, and while it didn’t do that on Thursday, it started pummeling him from the very beginning. The Red Sox plated seven runs in the first inning off of Tanaka, the most scored in an opening frame for Boston against the Yankees since 1989....
Martin Luther King III shared his endorsement in a video message posted online by Yang, a former Democratic presidential hopeful and New York City-based businessman. King III highlighted his father’s calls for universal basic income—a signature policy position Yang has popularized—in his endorsement of the mayoral candidate. Describing Yang as “my friend,” King III said he would serve as co-chair of the mayoral hopeful’s New York City campaign. “Endorsing Andrew has special meaning for me this weekend,” he said....
LAFC’s Bob Bradley, a three-time MLS Coach of the Year, will coach the MLS All-Stars after leading LAFC to the Supporters’ Shield and setting a new MLS regular-season points record in 2019. Opened in 2018, Banc of California Stadium made history as the first open-air sporting venue built in Los Angeles since Dodger Stadium opened in April 1962. The club’s iconic independent supporters’ union, the 3252, creates an environment like few others in North American sports....
Minnesota will play its first MLS match, and the first game of the 2017 season, on the road at the Portland Timbers on Friday, March 3. Its home opener will be the following weekend against Atlanta United at the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium, where the club will play its inaugural season until a new stadium is ready in 2018. Atlanta’s first MLS game will be against the New York Red Bulls on March 5 at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium, the club’s temporary home until Mercedes-Benz Stadium is completed later in the season....
There were incidents before, during and after the 1-0 Nashville SC win that led to a fan getting ejected, and the teams vowed to not enter the field Sunday prior to the national anthem. During last week’s game, there were boos during the anthem, and one fan who threw a water bottle at the players while kneeling was removed from the stadium. Among the players riddled with insults was FC Dallas defender Reggie Cannon, who called the acts “absolutely disgusting....
Multiple teams took advantage of the flood of allocation money that has recently poured into the league, while others benefited from the influx of talented international players available in the draft. It was clear some teams were going to stay away from foreign players due to limits in international player slots, and that paved the way for a few teams to snatch up impressive draft-day hauls. Los Angeles FC set the tone for the day by not only keeping the top overall pick, but also pulling off the first deal of the day by grabbing the third overall pick....
Pitcher Jason Groome of Barnegat High School in New Jersey was found in violation of the state’s transfer rules. The school must now vacate all wins in which Groome played in this season, including Monday night’s victory in which Groome had 19 strikeouts in a no-hitter. MORE: Worst draft misses for every MLB team | Worst No. 1 picks of all time Groome, 17, played at IMG Academy in Florida last year before moving back to New Jersey to finish his senior year with friends....
MORE: The 13 greatest No. 1 picks of all time Putting grades on a draft, then, seems like an exercise in futility, especially when your main focus on a day-to-day basis is following the major leagues, not tracking pre-draft prospects. What we can really tell is how good the names are, but for that next-level analysis, we should look at the draft pick spoonerisms. FAGAN: Real baseball talk about first round...
After the White Sox and Yankees competed in the first-ever Field of Dreams Game in 2021, the Reds and Cubs will be the second matchup of MLB teams in Dyersville, Iowa, when they take the field on Thursday. Unlike last year’s matchup, which featured two teams fighting for the playoffs, neither the Reds nor Cubs are in the mix for the postseason. Instead, this clash could have implications on the NL Central standings, as Cincinnati has improved from a poor start to the season to join the fight for third place in the division with the Cubs and Pirates....
