Thoughts on Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 12-year, $325 million free-agent contract with the Dodgers, which according to a league source includes a $50 million signing bonus and no deferred money: First, the numbers. They’re staggering. Yamamoto, 25, received the largest guarantee for a pitcher, $1 million more than Gerrit Cole, before ever throwing a pitch … Read more
By Andrew Baggarly, Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon Yoshinobu Yamamoto has yet to stand on a major-league mound, but that hasn’t deterred an abundance of baseball executives and talent evaluators from describing him as one of the most talented pitchers on the planet. He’ll certainly be paid like it. The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed … Read more
By Tim Britton, Grant Brisbee and Stephen J. Nesbitt The trade Yankees get: Juan Soto, OF, Trent Grisham, OF Padres get: Michael King, RHP; Drew Thorpe, RHP; Jhony Brito, RHP; Randy Vásquez, RHP; and Kyle Higashioka, C Tim Britton: Every team would get better if it added Juan Soto. But maybe no team needed Soto more … Read more
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This is a digital version of The Windup newsletter. Sign up here to receive this content directly in your inbox every morning. What if we started the playoffs early? Like … now? Well, the Rangers and Mariners are basically doing that over the next 10 days. Also: notes on Gerrit Cole, the Rays are calling up … Read more
Giancarlo Stanton hit a solo home run in the third inning for just his second hit in eight games, New York relievers retired 15 consecutive batters and the Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Saturday night to move three games over .500 for the first time in a month. Stanton led off the third … Read more
Wells recently made controversial comments involving Bud Light and Nike Olbermann formerly hosted shows for both ESPN and MSNBC networks DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news By Tyrell Feaster For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:08 EDT, 10 September 2023 | Updated: 01:05 EDT, 11 September 2023 A day after making headlines over controversial comments at New York Yankees … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez hit a three-run homer and the Seattle Mariners won their eighth straight game Friday night as Luis Castillo and three relievers combined on a four-hitter in a 9-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Cal Raleigh launched an early two-run shot and Ty France also went deep for the Mariners, who … Read more
Mike Clevinger pitched six strong innings, Elvis Andrus drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-2 on Wednesday night for their fourth win in five games. Yoan Moncada doubled twice and scored one run while Yasmani Grandal had two hits with an RBI and a run. Gregory Santos … Read more