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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – Madison Bumgarner showed the Arizona Diamondbacks he’s more than a rodeo star. The team’s marquee free-agent acquisition of the offseason was solid in his first spring training outing on Thursday. He retired his first five batters, including four on strikeouts, before giving up a solo homer to […]

NEW YORK – Kerwin Danley became the first African American umpire crew chief in Major League Baseball when a series of promotions, additions and retirements were announced Thursday. The moves included Alfonso Marquez being elevated to the first Hispanic crew chief in MLB history born outside the United States and […]

Nippon Professional Baseball announced Wednesday it will hold all 72 of its remaining preseason games behind closed doors, becoming the latest Japanese sporting body to take drastic steps to address the spiraling coronavirus crisis. It follows an announcement by the Japan Rugby Football Union earlier in the day that it […]

MIAMI – Next year’s World Baseball Classic will be played in Taiwan, Tokyo, Phoenix and Miami, with the Marlins hosting the semifinals and final along with half of the quarterfinals. The fifth edition of the tournament will be played from March 9-23, 2021, Major League Baseball and the Major League […]

DUNEDIN, FLORIDA – Luis Severino will miss the season with an elbow injury that requires Tommy John surgery, and the New York Yankees’ rotation no longer looks all that imposing. New York announced Tuesday that the 26-year-old right-hander has a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament, a development that means the […]

BINGHAMTON NEW YORK – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said MLB officials agreed to work to keep Binghamton’s Double-A baseball team, which is among the 42 minor league franchises targeted to lose their big league affiliation. The New York Democrat met with MLB deputy commissioner Dan Halem, Mets COO […]

PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA – Tampa Bay Rays rookie Yoshitomo Tsutsugo slugged his first major league home run — albeit a preseason one — on Monday in a 2-2 tie with the Boston Red Sox. After getting a hit in his preseason debut on Sunday, Tsutsugo tied Monday’s game at 1-1 […]

GOODYEAR, ARIZONA – Shogo Akiyama gave Cincinnati Reds fans a small taste of what he can provide at the top of the batting order and in the outfield Sunday in his first spring training game with the team. Akiyama, hitting leadoff and playing center field, lined the second pitch he […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – Fans hoping to heckle the sign-stealing Houston Astros at their spring opener were met with quite the coincidence. They got their signs stolen. In the Astros’ first spring training game since their sign-stealing scandal rocked baseball, some fans brought signs jeering Houston, and ballpark personnel […]

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – On the day Houston outfielder Josh Reddick said he and other players have received death threats in the wake of the team’s sign-stealing scandal, union head Tony Clark said safety had become an issue for some of his members. “There are undoubtedly concerns out there based […]