Baseball

Los Angeles – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani may have two roles to cover, but first he is going to focus on his pitching when 18 of the 30 MLB teams play their first games of the regular season on Thursday. Ohtani, who will be both pitching and […]

Fort Myers, Florida – The Cincinnati Reds announced Tuesday they have released Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama, who was informed over the weekend that he was not going to make the Reds’ Opening Day roster. Akiyama signed a three-year, $21 million deal ahead of the 2020 season. The Reds did not […]

Los Angeles – Pitchers and catchers this season will be able to use a new wearable technology that allows them to communicate what pitch to throw next in an effort to minimize sign stealing and speed the pace of play, Major League Baseball said on Tuesday. “PitchCom” equips the catcher […]

Sendai – Masahiro Tanaka pitched the coronavirus-hit Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 7-3 Pacific League win against the Saitama Seibu Lions on Tuesday, allowing two runs over seven innings as his team returned to action. Rakuten had canceled its home games against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks over the weekend […]

Former Houston player and new Yankees TV analyst Carlos Beltran conceded that the Astros’ 2017 World Series title is “stained” by the sign-stealing scandal that roiled Major League Baseball. Beltran made the comments in an interview with YES Network that airs Monday, coinciding with Beltran’s first day on the job […]

ANAHEIM, California – Two-way star Shohei Ohtani ripped his third home run of spring training Sunday for the Los Angeles Angels, while Cincinnati Reds outfielder Shogo Akiyama was not named on the Opening Day roster. Batting first as the designated hitter, 2021 American League MVP Ohtani drove a 2-1 changeup […]

The San Diego Padres acquired left-hander Sean Manaea from the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. The Padres also received right-hander Aaron Holiday in the trade in exchange for fellow prospects Euribiel Angeles and Adrian Martinez. Manaea, who joins a rotation that includes Yu Darvish, Blake Snell, Mike Clevinger and Joe Musgrove, […]

Money doesn’t buy championships, but it certainly helps. Eight of the past 12 World Series winners have had a payroll in the top 10 in Major League Baseball in the season in which they won. The exceptions: the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals, the 2015 Kansas City Royals, the since-tainted 2017 […]

Mesa, Arizona – Seiya Suzuki hit his second home run of spring training Saturday, a two-run shot in the fourth inning helping the Chicago Cubs edge the Los Angeles Angels 5-4. The biggest name coming out of Japan in the offseason, the 27-year-old former Hiroshima Carp slugger went 1-for-2 after […]

Hayato Sakamoto took the lead away from the Hanshin Tigers in the first inning. In the ninth, he snatched away their last chance to avoid having their name beside a record no team wants to own. The Yomiuri captain hit the first of the team’s three home runs early in […]