The J.T. Miller trade rumors involving the New York Rangers just don’t seem to be going away. Paul Bissonnette talked on the Spittin Chiclets Podcast about rumblings he’s heard on the Rangers’ desire to acquire Miller. Biz: “I heard Drury would do bad! things to get JT Miller. I keep hearing that Rangers to JT … Read more
Baltimore Orioles v New York Yankees PHOENIX — Four-time All-Star pitcher Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks have finalized their six-year, $210 million contract. The team made the announcement on after news broke that the 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner had agreed to terms, pending a successful physical. The deal includes a potential opt-out … Read more
Zac Jones finally spoke about his true feelings regarding constantly getting scratched out of the New York Rangers’ lineup. It’s been a long road for Jones as he can’t seem to find a consistent role with the Rangers. Through his first couple of years with the organization, he was sent up and down from the … Read more
SNY contributor Joe DeMayo answers fan questions in this edition of the Mets Minor League Mailbag… Is Carson Benge a legitimate center fielder? That looks to be the only outfield spot available for a while – @MrFloridaDobbie I recently wrote about the impact signing Juan Soto would have on the Mets prospects. Benge may not be on the … Read more
When legendary, Series-winning New York Yankees sluggers were in their prime, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig would play postseason exhibition games. From time to time they’d even barnstorm in Canada. One Fall afternoon in the early 1930’s Ruth and Gehrig booked a game in Ottawa, against a local team. Among the Ottawa players was Rangers … Read more
MLB Photos Archive MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Lenny Randle, a big league player for 12 seasons who spoke five languages, performed stand-up comedy, was dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in Baseball” and was suspended for punching his Texas Rangers manager, has died. He was 75. Randle died Sunday at his home in Murrieta, California, one … Read more
Baltimore Orioles v New York Yankees PHOENIX (AP) — Four-time All-Star pitcher Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks have finalized their $210 million, six-year contract. The team made the announcement on Monday night, two days after news broke that the 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner had agreed to terms, pending a successful physical. The … Read more
For the first seven weeks of the offseason, the first-base market was frozen. Despite a wealth of intriguing candidates to change threads in both free agency and on the trade block, there was barely any first-base movement to speak of. Starting pitchers continued to find new homes. Seven catchers signed big-league deals. The outfield market … Read more
Let’s get this out of the way from the jump: The Mets should re-sign Pete Alonso, who should want to stay in Queens. Given how his market seems to be shaking out, a reunion makes all the sense in the world. Sometimes, though, the most sensible outcome isn’t the actual outcome. And with 2024 flipping … Read more
(Wally Skalij, Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times; Jeff Dean / Associated Press) Plenty of memorable moments happened in the world of Los Angeles sports in 2024, from the arrival of Jim Harbaugh to the breakout of JuJu Watkins to… The kind of an at-bat that every kid that plays baseball dreams of one day … Read more