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4:46 PM ET At least five New York Yankees coaches have tested positive for COVID-19, sources told ESPN’s Marly Rivera on Tuesday. The Yankees announced third-base coach Phil Nevin tested positive, and manager Aaron Boone said several others have yet to be confirmed. Nevin is fully vaccinated and under quarantine protocol in Tampa, where the

Noah Syndergaard standing on field at spring training looking straight ahead close crop Mets hurler Noah Syndergaard touched on a variety of topics in a wide-ranging interview with GQ, but one stood out among the rest He thinks baseball is getting soft. Syndergaard was asked about his recent Twitter exchange with Trevor Bauer as well

Get ready, Las Vegas, Portland, Nashville or Montreal, because there’s a MLB team that could be looking for a new home soon. The Oakland Athletics reportedly have approval from MLB to seek relocation with the team’s Oakland ballpark plans in limbo, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Athletics have sought a new stadium for years,

George Springer‘s barely played for the Blue Jays. Blake Snell‘s off to a snail-like start for the Padres. And the number of imaginary rats/raccoons/possums at Citi Field nearly mirrors Francisco Lindor‘s home run total. It’s way too soon to call these offseason moves busts, and it’s way too soon to call the ones that have worked

3:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom will be placed on the injured list by the New York Mets with tightness in his right side, a move that will keep the ace from taking the mound until May 20 at the earliest. The Mets said an MRI on Sunday night was “clean

The Red Sox have the most wins in the Majors. Martín Pérez doesn’t have any of them, but he probably should. With five innings of one-run ball on Monday, Pérez earned a no-decision in a 4-1 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards. The loss prevented the Red Sox (22-14) from clinching the four-game sweep,

At long last, the Seattle Mariners are set to call up top prospect Jarred Kelenic. Kelenic is expected to join the big-league team this Thursday, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan. GM Jerry Dipoto recently said Kelenic’s promotion was drawing “” Kelenic, a 21-year-old outfielder, is 8 for 18 (.444) with two home runs in four Triple-A

Marwin Gonzalez is comfortable with his carousel of defensive assignments, but he joked Monday that it does inspire one inconvenience. “It just affects me during the game if I change [positions] because I have to run super fast to get my glove inside and move,” Gonzalez said. “Other than that, it’s good.” In 29 games

Ryan Buchter is a baseball journeyman, a relief pitcher who has been traded four times, released three times, switched organizations 10 times and pitched for teams in 22 cities. He’s never spent a full season in MLB without a demotion or release.  The 34-year-old lefty now understands the business side of baseball that he never

Welcome to The Monday 9, our weekly lineup of Things You Need to Know in baseball. The MLB season is a marathon, so get caught up each Monday morning right here at Yahoo Sports. (Amber Matsumoto / Yahoo Sports) Leading off: Minor league baseball is back. What does it mean that it was gone? Five

USATSI Coming into the 2021 season, expectations were understandably high for the Los Angeles Dodgers.  In addition to winning the World Series in the abbreviated 2020 campaign, the Dodgers also won at a .717 clip during the regular season. That scales to a 116-win pace across the usual 162, and at 13-5 they were even

7:00 AM ET Baseball finds itself at a crossroads. The players on the field have never been more talented, but increased velocity from pitchers has led to record strikeout totals and low batting averages. There is a new generation of stars emerging, but with every bat flip comes another conversation about whether it violates the

The Telegraph Alex Dowsett’s 2021 schedule: Bury himself at Giro d’Italia, win the Olympics, break the hour record In an ideal world, Alex Dowsett will fulfil a lifelong ambition this summer by representing his country at an Olympic Games. The 32-year-old will win a medal in the time trial in Tokyo, having first helped a

A 2-1 loss to the Angels in Sunday’s finale at Angel Stadium was a fitting end to the Dodgers’ worst road trip in recent memory. In 10 games against the Brewers, Cubs and Angels, the Dodgers went 2-8. It’s their worst 10-game road trip since Aug. 22-31, 2008, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. It’s

CHICAGO — Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks stood with his hands on his hips, staring out to center field after throwing his sixth pitch on Sunday afternoon. Adam Frazier had just flicked an outside offering up the middle for a leadoff single. It was just that kind of day for Hendricks. “I felt like I made

With the Yankees locked in a pitchers’ duel with the Nationals for the second consecutive game, each swing of the bat was more important than the last on Sunday. None, however, mattered more than Giancarlo Stanton’s in the bottom of the ninth. After leadoff walks drawn by Tyler Wade and pinch-hitter Aaron Judge, then a