Major League Baseball settled a class action lawsuit with former minor league players over pay, and … [+] with it the practice of settling cases before the league’s antitrust exemption cou...
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Nationals’ Soto Rejects $440 Million Offer—Biggest Contract In MLB History
Topline The Washington Nationals will consider trade offers for outfielder Juan Soto after the star 23-year-old turned down a 15-year, $440 million contract offer, according to multiple reports, setti...
Dodger Stadium Workers Say They Won’t Strike For MLB All-Star Game
Topline Concession workers at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium will not strike ahead of Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game at the ballpark, their union spokesperson said in a statement Friday, after a widely publ...
Steve Forbes Offers Advice For Ailing MLB
There’s no way baseball can occupy the overwhelming position it once held when it was truly America’s favorite pastime. Affluence and innovation have given people a number of exciting alternatives, in...
Topps Launches New NFTs To Celebrate MLB All-Star Game Week 2022
The Topps Company, a subsidiary division of the next-generation physical and digital trading card company Fanatics Collectibles, has announced plans to launch new non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to celebra...
MLB All-Star and NY Yankee Pitcher Nestor Cortes Set to Launch NFT Collection On The ReserveBlock RBX Network
Advertisement     An exclusive NFT collection by MLB All-Star and New York Yankee pitcher Nestor Cortes, also known as “Nasty” Nestor, will be made available on the Re...
Record Number Of MLB All-Stars May Move Before Trade Deadline
Slugging Cubs catcher Willson Contreras could be among a record number of All-Stars traded before … [+] this year’s August 2 deadline. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Copyright 2022 The Associate...
Tax Expert Weighs In On Fate Of Tampa Bay Rays Lawsuits
The sun sets on Tropicana Field after the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Yankees in May. Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The nasty legal battle that began in May 2021 between Tampa Bay Rays principal...
All 16 MLB Players With New $100 Million Deals Will Miss 2022 All-Star Game
Back on the beam after a seven-week layoff, Mets ace Max Scherzer is an eight-time All-Star not on … [+] this year’s roster for the July 19 game. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Copyright 2022 Th...
ESPN Use Of Mic’d Up Players Continues To Push MLB Into Progressive Broadcast Territory
Jackie Bradley Jr. of the Boston Red Sox is mic’d up by ESPN before a game against the Pittsburgh … [+] Pirates in March of 2019. The insight from players during regular season games has a...
MLB All-Star and NY Yankee Pitcher Nestor Cortes Releasing Personal NFT Collection On The ReserveBlock RBX Network
Miami, United States, 12th July, 2022, Chainwire Personal Proceeds To Benefit Hospitals In NYC & Miami MLB All-Star and NY Yankee Pitcher Nestor Cortes, aka “Nasty” Nestor, announced today that he...
Yankee All-Stars Nestor Cortes, Clay Holmes And Jose Trevino Highlight Magical First Half
New York Yankees Nestor Cortes pitches during baseball game against Tampa Bay Rays, Wednesday June … [+] 15, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. Al...
Clay Holmes Becomes Unlikely New York Yankees’ Relief Ace
New York Yankees pitcher Clay Holmes speaks to a reporter on the field before the first baseball … [+] game of a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in New Yor...
Rowdy Tellez Proves To Be Shrewd Pickup For Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers’ Rowdy Tellez hits a home run during a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays … [+] Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) ASSOCIATED...
Why Juan Soto’s Reported Extension Is Not As Outlandish As It Seems
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 01: Juan Soto #22 of the Washington Nationals celebrates after hitting a … [+] single to right field to score 3 runs off of an error by Trent Grisham #2 of the Mil...
How Sandy Alcantara’s Extension Took Off The Kid Gloves
MIAMI, FLORIDA – AUGUST 28: Sandy Alcantara #22 of the Miami Marlins delivers a pitch to the … [+] Cincinnati Reds in the sixth inning at loanDepot park on August 28, 2021 in Miami, Florid...
What Would MLB, NBA Look Like Without Tanking? Kinda Like MLS
In another sport, the LA Galaxy might have opted to begin a rebuild in 2019. In MLS, they opted to … [+] go big and sign Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic instead. Getty Images Despite the structu...
In The Midst Of Special Season, Aaron Judge Heads Into A Most Interesting Arbitration Hearing
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge gestures to teammates after hitting a single to drive in the winning … [+] run during the ninth inning of the team’s baseball game against the Houston A...
FTX Pulled Out of LA Angels MLB Deal As Crypto Winter Bites: Report
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 1:10 p.m. EST on Tuesday with comment from FTX. Cryptocurrency exchange FTX withdrew from talks to sponsor a jersey patch with the MLB’s Los Angele...
San Francisco Giants’ Carlos Rodon Bet On Himself And Won
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Carlos Rodon follows through during the first inning of the … [+] team’s baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Friday, June 17, ...
Dominant New York Yankees Putting Frustrations Against The Tampa Bay Rays Well Behind Them
New York Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo runs the bases to cheers from fans after his home run during the … [+] ninth of the team’s baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, June 16...
While Up From 2021, Early MLB Attendance Shows 5% Decline From Pre-Pandemic Levels
Fans have returned to the ballpark now that pandemic capacity limits have been lifted. While up … [+] dramatically from 2021, the league is seeing a 5% decline compared to 2019 before the pandem...
Oakland Athletics Struggle While Uncertainty Looms Over Franchise
Minnesota Twins’ Chris Archer, bottom, pitches against the Oakland Athletics during a baseball game … [+] in Oakland, Calif., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ASSOCIATED PRESS Wh...
Contributions Of Matt Carpenter And Jose Trevino Highlight Special Start For The New York Yankees
New York Yankees’ Matt Carpenter hits an an RBI-double in the seventh inning of a baseball game … [+] against the Chicago Cubs, Sunday, June 12, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)...
Pitching Injuries Ground Detroit Tigers’ High Hopes
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Casey Mize watches from the dugout during the third inning of a … [+] baseball game against the Seattle Mariners Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Du...
Smithsonian Delivers History And Innovation With Original Cast From First Tommy John Surgery
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John undergoing examination of his left arm by team orthopedist … [+] Dr. Frank Jobe. Jobe pioneered the procedure to repair John’s injured elbow—now know...
Depth Keeps Brewers Atop NL Central Despite Sudden Rash Of Injuries
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Tyrone Taylor closed out the month of May on a tear, batting .341 with … [+] 5 home runs and 15 RBIs over his final 12 games. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire...
The Phillies’ Plan To Ignore Defense Has Proven To Be Indefensible
The DRS stat scores Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm (-10) as the worst defender in the game this … [+] season. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland) ASSOCIATED PRESS The Great Phillies Experiment is a failu...
MLB Suspends Yankees’ Josh Donaldson Amid Racism Allegation
Topline Major League Baseball on Monday handed down a one-game suspension and undisclosed fine to Josh Donaldson, a New York Yankees third baseman who referred to Black competitor Tim Anderson over th...
St. Louis Cardinals Get Glimpse Of Future With Nolan Gorman, Matthew Liberatore
St. Louis Cardinals’ Nolan Gorman celebrates celebrates after singling off Pittsburgh Pirates … [+] starting pitcher Zach Thompson, for his first Major League hit, during the second inning...