7:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Mets made it official, hiring Luis Rojas as their manager to replace Carlos Beltran. New York announced the move Thursday, a week after Beltran departed without managing a game. Rojas, who had been the Mets quality control coach, was given a multiyear contract. “I will work
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7:30 AM ET For years on the internet, there was a sizable cottage industry built on the claim that Derek Jeter was overrated. In the five years since Jeter retired, new takes in that vein have grown sparse. And don’t we miss them? This week, with Jeter falling just short of becoming the second player
3:02 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Mariners outfielder Mitch Haniger is expected to miss the start of the regular season and likely needs to undergo core muscle surgery, general manager Jerry Dipoto said Thursday. Haniger suffered the injury during one of his offseason workouts earlier this week. Dipoto said the latest setback is tied
8:38 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is using its financial muscle to support the U.S. women’s softball team, which already is assured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics while the American men’s baseball team struggles to qualify. MLB announced an agreement Thursday to become the presenting sponsor of the women’s
9:45 PM ET Colorado Rockies All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado said Wednesday he’s done talking publicly about his relationship with the club. “There has been a lot of stuff going on that nobody knows about and I was reacting to what was said, and [that] was out of character for me because I’m very private
5:19 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies have signed left-hander Francisco Liriano, right-handers Bud Norris and Drew Storen and infielder Neil Walker to minor league contracts with invitations to attend major league spring training. Liriano was 5-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 69 relief appearances for Pittsburgh last season. The 36-year-old Liriano
11:24 AM ET Major League Baseball has no plans to strip recent World Series titles from the Houston Astros or Boston Red Sox, according to commissioner Rob Manfred. In his first public interview since announcing historic penalties for the Astros last week, Manfred told Fox Business Network that MLB will honor the “long tradition in
7:10 PM ET Outfielder Marcell Ozuna and the Atlanta Braves are in agreement on a one-year, $18 million contract. The Braves announced the deal on Tuesday. The St. Louis Cardinals traded for Ozuna in December 2017, and the 29-year-old outfielder offered protection — and punch — in the lineup behind Paul Goldschmidt as the Cardinals
6:10 PM ET The votes are in! Let’s check in on the winners and losers from Tuesday’s Hall of Fame voting results that saw Derek Jeter get elected in his first year on the ballot, Larry Walker make it in his final year on the ballot and Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds finish with similar
7:55 AM ET Derek Jeter should have been drafted by the Houston Astros. They held the No. 1 overall pick in 1992, and they had it down to Jeter, an Ichabod Crane-ish high schooler, and Phil Nevin, the best player in college baseball. An old Astros scout, Hal Newhouser, was begging his bosses to go