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Madison Bumgarner on Sunday received potentially his last standing ovation as a member of the San Francisco Giants. Bumgarner is in the final season of his contract and will be a free agent this offseason. He was originally schedule to start Sunday …
The Pittsburgh Pirates are making a managerial change. The Pirates have elected to fire manager Clint Hurdle, as first reported by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. General manager Neal Huntington will remain with the team. #Pirates firing manager Clint …
Joe Maddon’s tenure as manager of the Chicago Cubs is coming to an unsurprising end. The Cubs announced the move Sunday ahead of the final game of the season, following a meeting between Maddon and team president Theo Epstein on Saturday …
Chicago Cubs reliever Brandon Kintzler called Yadier Molina “stupid” for the catcher’s reaction to being hit by a pitch during Saturday’s game. Molina was grazed on the elbow by a pitch from Cole Hamels in the bottom of the …
Yadier Molina sparked a bench-clearing incident between his St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs on Saturday due to his reaction to being hit by a pitch. Molina was grazed on the elbow by an inside pitch from Hamels in the bottom of the second …
The Miami Marlins are ending their 100-loss season with quite the gimmick. Wells Dusenbury of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on Saturday that Marlins infielder Miguel Rojas will serve as the team’s player-manager for their last game of …
Less than a year after winning World Series MVP, Steve Pearce is already thinking about hanging up his cleats. The Boston Red Sox utilityman said on Saturday that he is contemplating retirement after 13 MLB seasons, per Pete Abraham of the Boston …
Major League Baseball could be seeing another two-way player next season. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said Friday that he and GM Neal Huntington spoke to pitcher Steven Brault during his exit interview about playing some outfield in 2020, …
The Boston Red Sox are facing a luxury tax bill in 2020, and they’re eager to avoid it. Owner John Henry revealed Friday that the team intends to get below the $208 million luxury tax threshold in 2020. Per Cot’s Baseball Contracts, the …
The Washington Nationals will have a full staff ready for whoever they face in the National League Wild Card game. According to manager Dave Martinez, Max Scherzer will start the game, as expected. He will, however, have significant help in relief, …
Texas Rangers pitcher Mike Minor recorded his 200th strikeout of the season in Thursday’s win over the Boston Red Sox, but the way he got there rubbed some people the wrong way. The left-hander has made it clear he does not care what those …
Yandy Diaz might be just an X-factor of sorts for the Tampa Bay Rays come this postseason. Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reported Thursday that Diaz is working out at Tropicana Field this week in the hopes of showing the Rays that he is …
Tony Romo took the football world by storm when he joined the broadcast booth after retiring as a player and immediately showed off incredible skills. He was funny, did not take himself too seriously, and absolutely crushed with his ability to …
Joe Maddon knows he may take some heat for the lineup he plans to use for the remainder of the regular season, but he does not care. Maddon’s Chicago Cubs are in the middle of an 8-game losing streak and were eliminated from the playoff race on …
Zack Greinke cares a lot more about winning a game than throwing a no-hitter, but he came close to accomplishing both in his stellar outing against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. After coming within just two outs of recording the first …
John Smoltz on Wednesday night shared a great story about the closest he came to throwing a no-hitter. Smoltz was in MLB Network’s studios providing commentary as Zack Greinke took a no-hitter into the 9th inning against the Seattle Mariners. …
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