The San Diego Padres have reached an agreement to sell control of the team to an investor group led by Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano. The family of late owner Peter Seidler formally announced the deal Saturday. The sale must still be approved by Major League Baseball. The deal with private equity billionaire Feliciano … Read more
Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. left Saturday night’s game against the Colorado Rockies in the second inning with left hamstring tightness. With his team holding a 2-0 lead, Acuña was attempting to run out a ground ball before he pulled up about halfway down the base path and grabbed at his left hamstring. … Read more
Cody Bellinger went 4 for 4 with two homers and four RBIs, leading the New York Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 on Saturday for their 12th win in 14 games. Bellinger hit a pair of solo homers on sliders, putting the Yankees ahead in the second off Kyle Bradish (1-4) and boosting the lead … Read more
There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to follow themselves. Don’t worry, we’re here to help you by figuring out what you missed but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball: Atlanta Braves storm back The Colorado Rockies put up five … Read more
Despite a 10-21 start and a recent 12-game losing streak, the New York Mets are expected to keep Carlos Mendoza as manager, according to president of baseball operations David Stearns. The Mets snapped their franchise-worst 12-game losing streak on April 22 with a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. They’ve since lost five of the … Read more
NEW YORK – The Mets slogged into their end-of-April homestand with a chance to turn things around in a significant way. When they came home last week, they hadn’t won a game in two weeks. So their next nine games against the lowly Twins, Rockies and Nationals should’ve been a tonic. Instead, the Mets continued … Read more
Before this season, it had been nearly five years since Shohei Ohtani last pitched but did not hit in a game. It has now happened twice in Ohtani’s last three starts on the mound, including in Tuesday night’s 2-1 loss to the Marlins, as the Dodgers attempt to keep their two-way sensation as healthy as … Read more
NEW YORK – Sitting on a gray couch in the Citi Field visitor’s clubhouse, James Wood studied a 64-square checkerboard. This was the 23-year-old outfielder’s second game of chess of the afternoon. Moments before, Wood had just said the magic word — checkmate — to shortstop CJ Abrams, defeating his Washington Nationals teammate before moving … Read more
Fomer Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez tested positive for four anabolic steroids at the World Baseball Classic in March, where he set a record as its oldest ever player. The 44-year-old Cuban tested positive for “metabolites of mesterolone, metandienone, oxandrolone and stanozolol,” the International Testing Agency said Wednesday in announcing his provisional ban from … Read more
There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to follow themselves. Don’t worry, we’re here to help you by figuring out what you missed but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball: Murakami is MLB’s home run leader Is Munetaka Murakami a … Read more