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6:02 PM ET Associated Press Tampa Bay Rays reliever Ryan Thompson called for more transparency in the arbitration process after losing his case last week. “The biggest issue with this process to me is that the arbitrators get to make whatever decision they come to, but with no explanation or defense of the decision,” Thompson

4:43 PM ET SURPRISE, Ariz. — Dozens of Texas Rangers players, coaches, front-office members and other staffers congregated between two of the back fields at Surprise Stadium’s sprawling complex on Thursday morning, keeping their eyes fixed on one of the furthest bullpens, where Jacob deGrom, about a week removed from suffering tightness in his left

Feb 23, 2023 Associated Press Bryce Harper‘s arrival at spring training camp remains a couple of weeks away as the Philadelphia Phillies‘ slugger recovers from elbow surgery. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Thursday that Harper is taking swings with a bat at home in Las Vegas and will report March 8 or

7:00 AM ET A group of Los Angeles Dodgers hitters descended upon Kent, Washington, this offseason to swing abnormally heavy bats under the watchful eyes of Driveline analysts, all with one mission in mind: Survive. Hitting has never been more difficult, a truism that acts as the biggest impediment to Major League Baseball’s determined efforts

8:31 PM ET PEORIA, Ariz. — The San Diego Padres will play their first spring training game on Friday, but Fernando Tatis Jr. isn’t expected to be in the lineup. Given his absence throughout the 2022 season and the three surgeries he endured in the midst of it, the Padres are hoping to ease him

4:07 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla — Frankie Montas won’t start throwing until at least late May following right shoulder surgery, a timetable that could allow him to pitch for the New York Yankees in the season’s second half. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday the labrum of the right-hander was cleaned up during

7:00 AM ET After a fascinating MLB offseason of record-breaking contracts and free agency musical chairs, spring training camps have opened and games are about to start with Grapefruit League and Cactus League action beginning this weekend. As our brains start to refocus toward the action on the field, I’m thinking of 30 of the

8:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Twins on Tuesday agreed to a contract with veteran infielder Donovan Solano, according to multiple reports. The deal is for one year at the major-league level, according to The Athletic, and gives the Twins depth at several positions and a decent bat at the bottom of the

4:16 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — Giancarlo Stanton might play right field at times in New York Yankees‘ home games this year, and Aaron Judge could be shifted to the more spacious left field in the Bronx. “I think I have more of a flow when I’m in the outfield,” Stanton said

7:00 AM ET College baseball season is officially underway, and that makes it the perfect time to start looking ahead at the 2023 MLB draft. Since this is my first in-depth look at this year’s draft, which will take place July 9-11 in Seattle, here is a quick rundown of what to expect from a

7:40 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge flashed a big smile when asked if he could repeat his accomplishments of last year, when he hit an American League record 62 home runs for the New York Yankees. “You never know,” he said after the Yankees’ first full-squad workout Monday. “I don’t really

3:46 PM ET ESPN News Services FORT MYERS, Fla. — Team president and CEO Sam Kennedy admits his organization heard lots of displeasure from the fans during the offseason. “Pressure is definitely on the 2023 Boston Red Sox,” Kennedy said Monday at the team’s spring training complex on the first full day of workouts. Following

7:00 AM ET Last month, we took a look at persistent organizational holes — those sore spots on different teams that just never quite seem to heal. This is a companion examination to that exercise, in which we look at the flip side: What are the strongest positions for each team on a year-in, year-out

10:33 PM ET Associated Press Anderson Comas, a minor leaguer in the Chicago White Sox organization, says he is gay. The 23-year-old Comas made the announcement in an Instagram post. “Being a professional baseball player is the best thing that happened to me,” Comas wrote, “so I just wanna say something to those people that

3:45 PM ET ESPN News Services GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona is feeling much better these days. He has a rod in his left foot that bothers him when he wears his beloved flip-flops, but that’s a breeze compared with what he experienced in the past. The former big league infielder dealt

5:19 PM ET GLENDALE — Chicago White Sox pitching coach Ethan Katz had to fight back tears Saturday while discussing closer Liam Hendriks’ recent cancer diagnosis. “He’s special and everyone in that clubhouse knows that,” Katz said while choking up. Hendriks, 34, announced in early January that he’s receiving treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma, but that

5:30 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Milwaukee Brewers have signed left-handed pitcher Justin Wilson to a one-year contract with a club option for 2024 and placed right-hander Jason Alexander on the 60-day injured list. Alexander, who turns 30 on March 1, has a strained right rotator cuff. He went 2-3 with a 5.40

3:11 PM ET Associated Press The Cincinnati Reds and right-hander Hunter Strickland agreed to terms on a minor league contract with an invitation to major league camp. Strickland went 3-3 with a 4.91 ERA and seven saves in 66 relief appearances for the Reds last year. The previous season, he pitched for the Rays, Angels