Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase has been placed on non-disciplinary paid leave as part of MLB’s investigation into sports betting, the league announced Monday. Clase is the second Guardians pitcher to be placed on leave as part of a league investigation into gambling. Righty Luis Ortiz was also placed on leave earlier this month. It is unclear if the investigations …
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The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 MLB trade deadline. This is the first of a three-part series examining how the personalities of MLB executives impact baseball’s trade deadline. Part two is coming Tuesday. The display screen on Jerry Dipoto’s iPhone can elicit in him despair or delight. It just depends on who is calling. “Sometimes, the phone is …
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The July 31 MLB trade deadline is quickly approaching. Here are 10 marquee deals we’d love to see. Jump to:ARI | ATH I ATL | BAL | BOS | CHC | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | LAD | MIN | NYM | NYY | PHI | SD | STL | TB | TEX | TOR Why the …
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Image credit: Spencer Jones (Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images) Baseball America is set to update our Top 100 Prospects list to add 2025 draftees on Monday, July 28. While the update will primarily be for that purpose, we will also use it as a chance to tweak the order, in general. At BA, we continually work to gather more of …
Read More »Rich Hill just keeps on pitching. The veteran left-hander is being called up by the Kansas City Royals on Monday after he signed a minor-league deal with the team in mid-May. Hill’s promotion from Triple-A Omaha was reported by FanSided’s Robert Murray. By joining the Royals, the 45-year-old Hill supplants Justin Verlander, 42, as the oldest active player in Major …
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A host of details go into an outfielder’s ability to throw out a runner tagging up on a fly ball. Those details begin with getting a good read on the ball off the bat, so the outfielder can settle into position under the fly ball as it drops from the sky. You’ll want to get “behind the ball” as it …
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With Dan Gartland out on assignment, Nicholas Selbe steps in to break down the playoff races, trade buzz and stars poised to shape the stretch run as the MLB season’s second half begins tonight. ⚾ Baseball’s second half 🏌️Rory’s homecoming 🏀 Dame returns home It’s been two days since Kyle Schwarber did his best Happy Gilmore impression as the amazing …
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The “second half” is one of baseball’s biggest lies. Only 40.5% of the season remains starting Friday night. Urgency is upon us, especially with the trade deadline only 13 days away. To get you ready as the baseball season goes into sprint mode, here is a baker’s dozen of the biggest storylines to follow in the (slightly less than) second …
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ATLANTA — Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark wondered Tuesday whether the automated ball-strike system would do well to provide a little grace, a half-inch or so, so that the system isn’t used to overturn calls that are wrong by a razor-thin margin. “Does there need to be some type of buffer-zone consideration?” Clark asked. “We haven’t …
Read More »Column | MLB’s 2027 work stoppage? Baseball folks already are talking about it. The Washington Post ‘Institutionalized collusion’: MLBPA fights cap talk ESPN MLB’s next labor war (and lockout?) coming in hot: ‘Institutionalized collusion’ USA Today MLBPA’s Tony Clark doesn’t want a baseball salary cap NBC Sports A lockout is looming over MLB in December 2026, with a salary cap fight possibly at the …
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