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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterNov 22, 2024, 04:08 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

Associated Press Nov 22, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Right-hander Dustin May, sidelined by injuries since May 2023, agreed to a one-year contract with the Dodgers worth $2,135,000 ahead of Friday’s tender deadline. A member of the Dodgers’ 2020 World Series championship team, May has been limited to 20 starts

ESPN News Services Nov 22, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alyssa Nakken, the first woman to coach in a Major League Baseball game, is leaving the San Francisco Giants to join the Cleveland Guardians. Nakken made history in 2022 when she took over as first-base coach following an ejection. A former college softball

Eric Karabell, ESPN Senior WriterNov 22, 2024, 09:27 AM ET Close ESPN contributor on TV, radio, podcasts, blogs, Magazine Charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame Author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments” Open Extended Reactions It’s November and the fantasy baseball offseason is, pardon the pun, in full swing. Right now, most sports fans

Associated Press Nov 21, 2024, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The St. Petersburg City Council reversed course Thursday on whether to spend more than $23 million to repair the hurricane-shredded roof of the Tampa Bay Rays‘ ballpark, initially voting narrowly for approval and hours later changing course. The reversal on

Associated Press Nov 21, 2024, 09:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is in the early stages of rehabbing from arthroscopic surgery to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder following the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series championship over the New York Yankees last month. “We’ve already removed the stitches,”

Keith Jenkins Nov 21, 2024, 06:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions There are two MVPs in Major League Baseball each year — one in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America has voted for the MVPs at the end of the regular season and before

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2024, 06:32 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Shohei Ohtani was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player unanimously Thursday, capping the first 50/50 season in

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2024, 06:32 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Aaron Judge was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player unanimously on Thursday, capturing all 30 first-place votes

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2024, 02:28 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

Associated Press Nov 21, 2024, 10:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired Matt Hague as their hitting coach, bringing him back to the team that drafted him in 2008. Hague replaces Andy Haines, who was fired after Pittsburgh finished in the bottom 10 in the majors in every significant

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterNov 21, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions Remember Aaron Judge? The guy who hit 58 home runs? Had the highest single-season WAR for a New York Yankees player since 1957? Had a 50-game

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterNov 20, 2024, 08:03 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

Associated Press Nov 20, 2024, 07:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Seth Brown and the Athletics reached agreement Wednesday on a $2.7 million contract for the 2025 season, with the outfielder and first baseman avoiding salary arbitration. The deadline is Friday for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players. Brown got

Associated Press Nov 20, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox and veteran outfielder Austin Slater agreed to a $1.75 million, one-year contract Wednesday. Slater could earn $500,000 in performance bonuses under the terms of the deal. He would get $50,000 for playing in 50 games and $75,000 each

David Schoenfield Nov 20, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chris Sale‘s comeback season has ended with the expected result: He’s the National League Cy Young winner, capturing his first Cy Young Award over Philadelphia‘s Zack Wheeler with 26 of the 30 first-place votes. Sale, the 35-year-old lefty for the Atlanta Braves, finished 18-3

Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 20, 2024, 04:00 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Sen. Dick Durbin plans to introduce the Fair Ball Act, a bill that would further protect minor league baseball players from previous legislation that exempted them

Associated Press Nov 20, 2024, 03:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Catcher Jacob Stallings and the Colorado Rockies agreed to a $2.5 million, one-year contract on Wednesday. The deal carries a $2 million salary for next season, along with a mutual option for 2026 that includes a $500,000 base buyout. It would escalate