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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. …
The Chicago Cubs were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Wednesday, and now it seems all but certain that Joe Maddon will not return as the team’s manager. President Theo Epstein said before the season and has promised all along …
Mike Trout may be out for the final weeks of the 2019 campaign, but he still thinks that it was a season for the ages regardless. In an interview with Jeff Fletcher of the OC Register on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Angels star said that he felt 2019 …
Many in the media thought the Milwaukee Brewers were toast as soon as Christian Yelich got injured, but the opposite turned out to be true. The Brewers have gone 17-2 in their last 19 games and surged ahead in the standings. Their 9-2 win over the …
Joey Votto followed up a down power season in 2018 with one of the worst seasons of his career. Even though he’s 35 and seems to be slipping as he ages — a natural progression for professional athletes — Votto still has four years …
The Boston Red Sox have an open executive job, and there’s been growing speculation that a Theo Epstein reunion could be in the cards. Not according to Epstein, at least. While there doesn’t appear to be a lot behind the speculation, some …
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