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MORE: 2015 MLB Draft first-round order 2014-Brady Aiken, LHP, Astros (didn’t sign) 2013-Mark Appel, RHP, Astros 2012-Carlos Correa, SS, Astros 2011-Gerrit Cole, RHP, Pirates 2010-Bryce Harper, C, Nationals 2009-Stephen Strasburg, RHP, Nationals 2008-Tim Beckham, SS, Rays 2007-David Price, LHP, Rays 2006-Luke Hochevar, RHP, Royals 2005-Justin Upton, SS, Diamondbcks 2004-Matt Bush, SS, Padres 2003-Delmon Young, OF, Rays 2002-Bryan Bullington, RHP, Pirates 2001-Joe Mauer, C, Twins 2000-Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Marlins 1999-Josh Hamilton, OF, Rays...

Eligible again in 2015, Bickford’s status took a huge hit on the afternoon before the draft started. Baseball America reports that Bickford, a sophomore at the College of Southern Nevada, tested positive for marijuana in a predraft test. MLB DRAFT 2015: Mock | TV coverage | Five things to know Exactly how that will impact his status will be determined soon. Bickford wasn’t projected to go in the top 10 again this year, but he was expected to go in the first round....

Tapia spent six of his first seven years with the Colorado Rockies before joining the Toronto Blue Jays last season. Tapia has struggled to find a home where he can contribute at a high level, even after so many years with the Rockies. The Red Sox will hope to unlock that potential in 2023 if he makes it up to the majors. MLB fans believe the former Blue Jays outfielder, who became a bit of a fan favorite, deserved better than being signed to a minor league deal....

A free agent, Drew, 30, rejected a one-year, $14.1 million qualifying offer. He's seeking a multi-year contract, likely three or four years, through handler Scott Boras. Teams have been reluctant to reach an accord for Drew's services. While his defense and his regular-season hitting were good, his postseason plate performance was lousy. General managers would have to play hardball with Boras for a player they might see as overpriced. There are rational notions behind re-signing Drew, the Boston Herald notes....

The 28-year-old left-hander is off to a huge start in his walk year; he leads the National League with 48 strikeouts and is second in the majors to the Astros’ Gerrit Cole. He’s 4-0 with a 1.89 ERA in five starts. With that success has come speculation Corbin might fly east next winter after he becomes a free agent. He caused a stir this week when he told USA Today that he would “love” to pitch for the Yanks, the team he rooted for as a kid in Syracuse, N....

Well, the top 11. There’s already been an adjustment, hopefully a sign of things to come; Aroldis Chapman was No. 10, but he agreed to a new deal with the Yankees instead of opting out of the two years and $30 million left on his contract. Yasmani Grandal, who was No. 11, slides up one spot. For each of the 10, we’ll take a quick look at why they’ll be attractive as a free agent, a couple of places they might wind up and then a prediction....

The announcement Tuesday that intentional walks will no longer require actual pitches being thrown is the latest miscue. Beginning this season, hitters will be told to “Take your base” or something to that effect when they get near the batter’s box. Just like that, they’ll make their way to first base. It’s all in the name of shaving seconds off the times of games, you know. And yes, we are talking seconds....

The White Sox may have dropped their season-high eighth straight game, but Chris Sale still triumphed. MORE: Alex Rodriguez hits No. 3,000 | Fan won’t give back HR ball | The 3,000 hit club Despite a disappointing loss to the Rangers, the left-hander allowed just two hits over eight scoreless innings and tallied 14 strikeouts. He has now struck out double-digit batters in six straight starts. Sale is the first pitcher to strike out 10 or more batters in six consecutive starts since Randy Johnson did it in 2002....

New York Yankees player Rodriguez Monday was among 13 players penalised for involvement in doping. The other 12 players accepted 50-game suspensions, but Rodriguez said he planned to fight, reports Xinhua. Rodriguez’s punishment was scheduled to begin Thursday, but he is allowed to keep playing until the grievance is heard by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. Coming back from hip surgery in January, Rodriguez played his first game of the season Monday night in the series opener at Chicago....

Positive tests for COVID-19 are an unfortunate byproduct of MLB forcing a season in the middle of a global pandemic, and if the early returns are any indication, those tests aren’t going to slow as the season gets underway. There have been a number of players who have opted out to this point, giving teams an idea of what exactly they’re up against heading into the 2020 season. Early testing results have been encouraging, however....

The club announced Marco Estrada (13-8, 3.13 ERA in the regular season) will start Game 1 in Kansas City on Friday followed by David Price (9-1, 2.30 ERA with Toronto) in Game 2, Marcus Stroman (4-0, 1.67 ERA) in Game 3, and R.A. Dickey (11-11, 3.91 ERA) in Game 4. MORE: Six pivotal hitter-pitcher matchups in the series | ALCS schedule, players to watch Estrada is the Jays’ most rested starter, as is his Game 1 opponent, the Royals’ Edinson Volquez (13-9, 3....

The forecast (via weather.com) at the time the decision was made called for a 100 percent chance of rain at game time (shortly after 8 p.m. ET), and while only a quarter-inch of precipitation was predicted, New York Harbor is under a gale warning and nearby areas are under a flash flood watch and a coastal flood advisory. Radar forecasts show soaking rain moving into the New York area by 5 p....

It’s been more than a month since SN’s last MLB Power Rankings, and my, my, how things have changed. There’s some shuffling within the top five while two formerly top-10 squads have fallen to the middle of the pack. MORE: MLB postseason schedule, brackets The wide-open NL wild-card race doesn’t lend itself to great teams, but rather a lot of good teams vying for the two tickets to playoff paradise....

Amid all of the talk about the universal DH and the extra-innings runner, MLB and the MLBPA also agreed to larger bases for the upcoming season. The surface area will be going up to 18 inches square from 15 inches, giving players about 99 more inches of surface area to work with. While the change seems minor, the difference side by side is substantial. Why did MLB make the bases bigger?...

Despite being developed by Sony’s San Diego Studio, the Xbox versions of MLB The Show 21 will be published by the MLB. Sony San Diego has been at the head of MLB The Show development since 2006, but with the title becoming available on multiple platforms, the publishing of the title has also changed. RELATED: MLB The Show 21 Reveals Legendary Players In New Trailer After MLB The Show 21 was announced for Game Pass on day one, some fans wondered how the title can be shipped to Xbox’s streaming service so early if the title is developed by its main competitor....

RELATED: MLB The Show 22: The Highest Ranked Players In The Game There is a little something for everyone to enjoy in Diamond Dynasty. MLB The Show 22 has made it a larger feature than previous iterations as they add more players to the mode and challenges outside of the mode that use the Diamond Dynasty team. Updated on August 5th, 2022 by Hodey Johns: With a fresh look as the weeks go by, not many games out there stay as fresh as MLB The Show 22....

A vital point is the amount of freedom the players are offered. They can replicate minute actions from a real-life game that includes stealing bases. Stealing bases is an essential part of baseball which is often done strategically. A correctly timed stolen base usually gets the team that elusive run it’s looking to land the win. So naturally, it’s not significantly different in the game, and players have a choice to steal a base when required quickly....

RELATED: MLB The Show 22 Offering Exclusive Early Access Bundle to Xbox Game Pass Subscribers How to play against friends isn’t too tough. Really, it’s more about deciding what to play than how to play. MLB The Show 22 offers multiple game modes for any kind of sports gamer from full-fledged fantasy leagues to all-time exhibitions, to the classic my-team-versus-your-team experience. Enable Crossplay And Add Friends Go to the My Profile tab Switch the right side to “Cross Play: On” Add friends under the “Friends” button on the left...

In the months leading up to its release, MLB The Show 22 gave fans the impression that some changes were inbound. While somewhat true, some of the game’s modes have received enhancements, and the broadcast commentary team received an overhaul. This year’s title begins to bleed into what MLB The Show 21 delivered a year before when looking past the cosmetic differences. Despite this, the game is welcoming to both newcomers and veteran players alike and offers multiple experiences through its many gameplay options....

Houston, which had been pursuing a starter for almost all of July, missed out on most of its reported targets but landed Zack Greinke in a deal with the Diamondbacks just before the deadline. Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said he was surprised the team acquired the 35-year-old right-hander. “I can’t believe we just added Zack Greinke to this rotation and this team, was probably my first thought,” Luhnow said, via Houston station Fox 26....