12:21 AM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com Free-agent reliever Cody Allen agreed to a one-year deal

7:55 PM ET Tim Tebow will be back at the New York Mets major league camp in Port St. Lucie, Florida, in February. The Mets’ most famous minor leaguer returns for this third season with the team. Last year, the Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback hit .273 with six home runs and 36

5:20 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, a Puerto Rico native who has been outspoken about its need for hurricane relief, indicated on Thursday that he may skip the World Series celebration at the White House over President Donald Trump’s policies toward the island. Cora previously said he would

1:21 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, a Puerto Rico native who has been outspoken about its need for hurricane relief, indicated on Thursday that he may skip the World Series celebration at the White House over President Donald Trump’s policies toward the island. Cora previously said he would

7:24 PM ET Yankees fans have been clamoring for an impact addition this offseason, and they finally got one: the guy who said he would strike out Babe Ruth every time. Last offseason, Adam Ottavino reinvented himself by throwing in a vacant Manhattan storefront, a former Nine West store that his father-in-law, a real estate

2:13 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Free-agent reliever Adam Ottavino and the New York Yankees agreed to a three-year, $27 million deal Thursday, league sources told ESPN, fortifying an already-deep bullpen with a strikeout-happy right-hander who was one

1:34 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs ownership on Thursday reasserted its stance that having suspended shortstop Addison Russell under contract for 2019 is not an endorsement for his having violated the league’s domestic abuse policy, but rather is the right thing to do for all parties. “The fact that we have decided — after talking

7:00 AM ET With Mariano Rivera still tracking at 100 percent in the Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, it’s clear that the Cooperstown electorate has settled on a couple of things. One is obviously that Rivera belongs in the Hall of Fame. But the possible unanimity in his selection also tells us that the once-hot

10:33 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” As the sweepstakes for baseball’s best free agents heats up, Manny Machado is sitting on an eight-year offer from the Chicago White Sox and is still engaged with the Philadelphia Phillies while

12:49 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Oakland Athletics are sending a group of top executives to meet with Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray on Sunday in hopes of convincing him to pursue a professional baseball career as