MLB front offices have only nine days left until the trade deadline and the pressure is mounting on every team, from the buyers to the sellers to the clubs that are in between. Contending teams are trying to find ways to improve their rosters for the pennant race and the postseason through trades. They’re also trying to add organizational depth …
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Best MLB trade candidates at each position in 2025
Scan the list of potential trade candidates and one thing becomes very clear: some positions are far more stacked than others. Need a mid-rotation starter? There are plenty of them out there to be had. Corner infielder, perhaps? Regardless of which teams ultimately decide to sell, this market should have enough to satisfy most if not all of the corner-needy …
Read More »Red Sox question MLB rule after becoming second team since 1920 to lose in ‘really weird’ way
PHILADELPHIA — A well-played game between two contending teams ended in the strangest of fashions Monday at Citizens Bank Park, leaving some members of the Red Sox quite confused. The Phillies won in walk-off fashion, 3-2, in 10 innings, but not on a heroic homer or even a clutch single. The winning run, Brandon Marsh, scored when a catcher’s interference …
Read More »Former Dodgers Pitcher Set for MLB Return After Nearly One-Year Layoff: Report
Dick Mountain is riding again. Former Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill, whose last MLB appearance came on Sept. 4, 2024 with the Boston Red Sox, is expected to be promoted from the minors by the Kansas City Royals, according to FanSided’s Robert Murray. More news: Former Dodgers Pitcher Announces Sudden Retirement, Ending Comeback Attempt Hill, who pitched for the Dodgers from …
Read More »Rich Hill returning to MLB as a 45-year-old on record 14th team
Rich Hill is giving Father Time a run for his money. The 45-year-old southpaw is heading back to the big leagues after getting called up by the Royals, FanSided’s Robert Murray reported Monday. When he makes his debut with Kansas City, he’ll have played for 14 different MLB teams, tying Edwin Jackson for the most a player has joined in …
Read More »Mariners Select Brandyn Garcia – MLB Trade Rumors
The Mariners announced that they have selected the contract of left-hander Brandyn Garcia. Right-hander Juan Burgos has been optioned to Triple-A Tacoma as the corresponding active roster move. The 40-man roster had a vacancy but is now full. Garcia, now 25, was an 11th-round pick of the M’s in the 2023 draft. The M’s tried stretching him out last year, …
Read More »Rich Hill returns to majors for record 14th team, will be oldest active MLB player when he makes Royals debut
Veteran left-hander Rich Hill is back in the big leagues. The Kansas City Royals are calling up Hill, who had been with their Triple-A affiliate in Omaha, prior to Monday’s series opener with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, reports FanSided. The team has not yet announced the roster move. Hill could pitch as soon as Tuesday, as Kansas City’s …
Read More »MLB trade deadline intel: Where all 30 teams stand with 10 days to go
With just 10 more days until the MLB trade deadline, it’s only a matter of time before the trades start flying left and right. To get ready, let’s look at where all 30 teams stand, from the buyers to the buyers and sellers to the sellers. Here is the latest intel I’ve received in conversations with front office executives from …
Read More »MLB looking into possible beanball threat by Eddie Perez toward Jazz Chisholm
ATLANTA — Major League Baseball is looking into Saturday night’s kerfuffle between Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Eddie Pérez, the Braves coach who pointed to his head while jawing with the Yankees infielder. The Yankees were under the impression that Pérez may have been saying something about throwing at Chisholm’s head, though Pérez told reporters he was only telling Chisholm to …
Read More »Trump news at a glance: president goes on offensive over NFL and MLB team names | Trump administration
Donald Trump has weighed into a new fight – this time with two sports teams. The president wants Washington’s football franchise the Commanders and Cleveland baseball team the Guardians to revert to their former names, which were abandoned in recent years due to being racially insensitive to Native Americans. Trump said on Sunday on Truth Social that: “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ …
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