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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJan 10, 2025, 07:00 AM 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 For

For the better part of the past decade, the San Diego Padres have been involved in a steady stream of industry-rattling transactions. Establishing the vision atop the franchise was a passionate owner in Peter Seidler, who demonstrated unbridled enthusiasm and commitment to chasing the team’s first World Series title. Leading the charge was a swashbuckling

Giants agree to contracts with three players to avoid arbitration originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Giants were wheeling and dealing Thursday. With their own players. San Francisco agreed to 2025 contracts with first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. and relief pitchers Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval to avoid arbitration after agreeing to a

Their track record of being cheap is world-renowned. The Athletics — formerly of Oakland, currently of Sacramento, futurely of Las Vegas — are best known by the majority of non-baseball fans as the stingiest franchise in professional sports. It is a penny-pinching penchant made Hollywood famous by Brad Pitt in “Moneyball.” The analytical ingenuity lionized

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast The San Diego Padres are in the midst of a lawsuit battle over ownership that involves the late Peter Seidler’s wife, Sheel Seidler, and his brothers over who should control the team. While this situation doesn’t appear to have a resolution in

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Jan 8, 2025, 10:48 AM ET Former Baltimore Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz, the No. 4 pick in the 2008 MLB draft who spent almost his entire eight-year career with the Orioles, died Tuesday at age 37. Matusz pitched in 279 games for Baltimore, making 68 starts. The only other major league team he played for

Ichiro Suzuki could become the second player to be unanimously voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) Announcement day for the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 is fast approaching. On Jan. 21 we’ll know who will be immortalized with a plaque on the wall of the Hall of

Jeff Passan Close Jeff Passan Senior MLB Insider ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Jesse Rogers Close Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Jan 7, 2025, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Right-hander

Brian Matusz was drafted fourth overall by the Baltimore Orioles in 2008 and spent eight seasons with the team. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brian Matusz has died at age 37, the team announced Tuesday. Matusz, a former first-round pick, played for the Orioles from 2009 to 2016. In a social

Justin Verlander will play his 20th MLB season with the San Francisco Giants. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) The San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a one-year, $15 million deal with starting pitcher Justin Verlander, ESPN reports. Verlander, who turns 42 in February, will join the Giants for his 20th MLB season. The deal signals a

Mark Kotsay SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mark Kotsay sees a new era ahead for the Athletics, and not just because they’ve left their longtime Oakland home and will play in West Sacramento for the next few years until a new ballpark is ready for them in Las Vegas. The A’s manager watched the team sign pitcher

ESPN News Services Jan 7, 2025, 01:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Slugger Brent Rooker and the Oakland Athletics are in agreement on a five-year, $60 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Monday night. The deal includes a sixth-year vesting option at $22 million that can escalate. Rooker’s extension will pay him

Here’s the latest on where free agent Pete Alonso could end up, with a Mets reunion possible… Jan. 6, 11:46 a.m. Alonso will “almost certainly get an opt-out-laden short-term deal,” reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Passan notes that barring another team stepping up, the expectation is that Alonso and the Mets will reunite. If Alonso’s contract

Jan 3, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re around five weeks out from when the first MLB teams report to spring training and plenty of free agents remain unsigned. So while we wait, let’s look ahead to the start of the 2025 season. Where does every team stand heading into spring training? Can

Projecting Phillies’ lineups and X-factors in 2025 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia With the dust mostly — perhaps entirely — settled for the Phillies this offseason and the new year here, the construction of their 2025 lineup can be projected more accurately. The Phillies should have one of baseball’s most balanced and dangerous lineups

In between the signings of Randy Johnson and Corbin Burnes, the Arizona Diamondbacks have been riddled with free agent blockbusters that their fans would like to forget. Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jolly_olive and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jollyolive_/ Grab some merch: https://shop.jomboymedia.com/collections/jolly-olive Sources: Russ Ortiz quotes: https://www.azsnakepit.com/2022/12/30/23508252/diamondbacks-worst-contracts-russ-ortiz Zack Greinke contract amenities: https://www.mlb.com/cut4/zack-greinke-signs-with-arizona-diamondbacks/c-158874402 Madison Bumgarner controversy: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4538589/2023/05/22/madison-bumgarner-diamondbacks-struggles/ Music (in