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Reactions to the death of baseball’s stolen base king Rickey Henderson

Reactions to the death of baseball’s stolen base king Rickey Henderson: ___ “A legend on and off the field, Rickey was a devoted son, dad, friend, grandfather, brother, uncle, and a truly humble soul. Rickey Henderson was the best ball player many know, but that is nothing in comparison to the brother he is to me.” — Former Athletics teammate …

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Famous sports stars who died in 2024: Beckenbauer, OJ, West, Mays, Kiptum

Al Jazeera

A look back at the superlative sporting careers of some of the all-time greats who passed away in 2024. Kiptum exploded onto the marathon scene in October 2023 when he ran a scintillating two hours and 35 seconds in Chicago, taking 34 seconds off fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge’s previous world record. All that changed after his former wife Nicole Brown …

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1 day, 20 hours ago

MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson dies at 65

Daily Mail

MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson has died at the age of 65 after a battle with pneumonia, according to reports. Henderson - who remains baseball's all-time stolen bases leader by some distance with 1,406 - is widely considered the greatest leadoff hitter in the sport's history. Henderson therefore ventured into baseball and was drafted in the fourth round of …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

Paul Goldschmidt headed to Yankees: Reflecting on his Cardinals tenure

New York Times

Quiet but commanding, reserved yet respected, Paul Goldschmidt wasn’t always the most vocal player in the St. Louis Cardinals clubhouse. Though there’s no denying what Goldschmidt accomplished in St. Louis, there is the recognition that the team fell short of its ultimate goal when they traded for the first baseman ahead of the 2019 season. “It’s frustrating, disappointing, whatever negative …

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World Series champion Dodgers top MLB luxury tax at $103 million as record 9 teams owe penalty

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers topped a record nine teams owing Major League Baseball’s luxury tax this year with an unprecedented $103 million penalty, and the $97.1 million bill for the New York Mets raises their tax total under high-spending owner Steve Cohen to nearly $229 million. The Dodgers’ tax payroll of $353 million included $1,032,454 in non-cash …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

Sugano’s resume is impressive, and the Orioles hope the 35-year-old RHP has plenty in the tank

Associated Press

When Tomoyuki Sugano took the mound in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic, pitching for Japan against the United States, it was a pretty good preview of what the major leagues might feel like. “That really solidified feelings of wanting to pitch in the big leagues one day.” Now Sugano is on his way to the majors, although he’s …

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3 days, 15 hours ago

Worst MLB record ever? White Sox open with historically low win total and comical futures odds

New York Times

Longtime Chicago White Sox announcer Hawk Harrelson used to have a saying along the lines of “You win 60 games, you lose 60 games, it’s what you do with the other 42 that matters.” The 2024 White Sox proved that saying wrong — emphatically. On BetMGM, the White Sox’s win total line is at 49.5 — the lowest in the …

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Cost of a World Series title? Dodgers to pay record MLB luxury tax penalty

LA Times

Dodgers players and coaches celebrate the team’s World Series victory over the New York Yankees on Oct. 30. The Dodgers topped a record nine teams owing Major League Baseball’s luxury tax this year with an unprecedented $103 million penalty, and the $97.1 million bill for the New York Mets raises their tax total under high-spending owner Steve Cohen to nearly …

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4 days, 17 hours ago

The Yankees have moved on quickly after losing Juan Soto. Roki Sasaki could be next

Associated Press

NEW YORK — In pivoting to Plan B after losing Juan Soto, Brian Cashman went after a familiar name in Cody Bellinger. Ultimately I did it because it’s a fit.” Bellinger could play outfield or first base depending on other moves the Yankees make. I feel like the winter’s to this point been a good one.” Bellinger is guaranteed $52.5 …

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5 days, 19 hours ago

MLB study: Velocity, max efforts likely causing pitching injuries; rule changes should be considered

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A yearlong study by Major League Baseball concluded rising velocities, pitch shaping and emphasis on maximum effort are the likely causes of the vast increase in pitcher injuries and recommended exploring rules changes to address the problem. There was not sufficient consensus or evidence to establish a link between these other factors and pitcher injuries.” The report …

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Luis Castillo to Red Sox? Suggesting MLB trades, signings to bolster 6 would-be contenders

New York Times

We’ve already seen big swings this offseason from some of the big-market teams: The Mets won the Juan Soto sweepstakes, the Yankees reeled in Max Fried, the Dodgers nabbed Blake Snell, the Giants signed Willy Adames, the Red Sox traded for Garrett Crochet and the Cubs dealt for Kyle Tucker. Reds — Acquire CF Luis Robert Jr. in trade with …

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Roki Sasaki: Meet MLB’s next free agent superstar

CNN

CNN — The ink is barely dry on Juan Soto’s record-breaking contract with the New York Mets, but already MLB franchises are again looking for a shiny new toy. Sasaki’s career stats make for even better reading, with the so-called “Monster of the Reiwa Era” recording an ERA of just 2.02, picking up 524 strikeouts in 414 2/3 innings. Sasaki …

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Dropped Aaron Judge ball sold by MLB (not Dodgers) gets $43,510 in auction

LA Times

New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge makes a fielding error during the fifth inning of Game 5 of the World Series against the Dodgers on Oct. 30. Last week, the ball Judge infamously dropped in the fifth inning of the Yankees’ Game 5 loss to the Dodgers in this year’s World Series was auctioned off for $43,510. “They’re a …

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Column: He refused the COVID vaccine. He exiled himself from baseball. Was it worth it?

LA Times

Benny Gallo stands at a ball field in Encinitas, Calif., in May 2022. “The energy of baseball, and the people that are in baseball, that’s really contagious,” Gallo said. The Nationals had advised employees they would consider “reasonable accommodation” for employees with a “sincerely held religious belief.” In his lawsuit, Gallo cited in part his convictions “as a devout Christian …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Modesto Nuts moving to San Bernardino, turning Inland Empire into California League mecca

LA Times

Modesto has fielded a California League team since 1946. The largest operator of minor league baseball teams bought the Modesto Nuts and plans to move the team to San Bernardino in 2026, the Nuts announced Thursday. The move helps create a mecca of minor league baseball in the Inland Empire, with three California League teams set to play within 25 …

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Pitchers dominate Rule 5 draft, comprising 11 of 15 unprotected players picked in big league phase

Associated Press

DALLAS — Pitchers again dominated the big league phase of the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings, comprising 11 of the 15 unprotected players who were picked Wednesday. There were 14 teams who made picks in the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft of players left off 40-man rosters after several minor league seasons. Six of the …

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Rocky Colavito, 9-time All-Star outfielder and one of Cleveland’s most popular athletes, dies at 91

Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Rocky Colavito, a wildly popular outfielder who was involved in one of the most debated trades in Cleveland sports history, has died. His popularity was evident across Northeast Ohio as sandlot ballplayers everywhere imitated Rocky’s on-deck circle routine of kneeling, then as he stepped into the batter’s box the stretching the bat over the shoulders and pointing the …

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Soto's record $765-m, 15-year deal reverberates through MLB

China Daily

Juan Soto Shortly after striking a record $765 million, 15-year contract for Juan Soto with the New York Mets, agent Scott Boras walked into Nick& Sam's, a restaurant near the winter meetings hotel, with about a dozen of his staff. Soto's deal sparked even greater expectations in a free agent market that includes pitchers Corbin Burnes and Max Fried, first …

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Soto's record $765-m, 15-year deal reverberates through MLB

China Daily

Juan Soto Shortly after striking a record $765 million, 15-year contract for Juan Soto with the New York Mets, agent Scott Boras walked into Nick& Sam's, a restaurant near the winter meetings hotel, with about a dozen of his staff. Soto's deal sparked even greater expectations in a free agent market that includes pitchers Corbin Burnes and Max Fried, first …

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Analysis: After Juan Soto’s megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soon

Associated Press

For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the New York Mets on a $765 million, 15-year deal that’s the richest in baseball history. Judge played three seasons of college baseball for Fresno State before getting drafted by the Yankees in 2013 at age 21 …

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Baltimore Orioles finalize deals with Tyler O’Neill and Gary Sánchez

Associated Press

DALLAS — The Baltimore Orioles finalized a three-year contract with outfielder Tyler O’Neill that includes a player opt-out after the 2025 season, and also completed a one-year deal with catcher Gary Sánchez on Tuesday. O’Neill hit.241 with 31 homers and 61 RBIs in Boston this season, his first with the Red Sox after beginning his big league career with St. …

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MLB investigated to ensure no early Sasaki deal in place, pitcher likely to pick team mid-January

Associated Press

DALLAS — Major League Baseball investigated to ensure no team had an advance deal in place for Roki Sasaki, and the agent for the Japanese pitcher said picking a club will be “like the draft in reverse.” On the first day of Sasaki’s 45-day window to sign with an MLB team, agent Joel Wolfe said the 23-year-old right-hander likely will …

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Wander Franco trial: Rays star faces sexual abuse, human trafficking charges in Dominican Republic

Associated Press

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Thursday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl. Now 23, Franco was having an All-Star season in 2023 before Dominican authorities began investigating allegations he had been in a relationship with a minor and paid her mother thousands of dollars for her …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit for opener in Japan, but not be on the mound

Associated Press

DALLAS — The Los Angeles Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit when the reigning World Series champions open their season in Japan against the Chicago Cubs on March 18 and 19. “I don’t think he’d have it any other way,” manager Dave Roberts said Monday of the NL MVP who had left shoulder surgery last month. “That’s …

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Reactions to the death of baseball’s stolen base king Rickey Henderson

Famous sports stars who died in 2024: Beckenbauer, OJ, West, Mays, Kiptum

MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson dies at 65

Paul Goldschmidt headed to Yankees: Reflecting on his Cardinals tenure

World Series champion Dodgers top MLB luxury tax at $103 million as record 9 teams owe penalty

Sugano’s resume is impressive, and the Orioles hope the 35-year-old RHP has plenty in the tank

Worst MLB record ever? White Sox open with historically low win total and comical futures odds

Cost of a World Series title? Dodgers to pay record MLB luxury tax penalty

The Yankees have moved on quickly after losing Juan Soto. Roki Sasaki could be next

MLB study: Velocity, max efforts likely causing pitching injuries; rule changes should be considered

Luis Castillo to Red Sox? Suggesting MLB trades, signings to bolster 6 would-be contenders

Roki Sasaki: Meet MLB’s next free agent superstar

Dropped Aaron Judge ball sold by MLB (not Dodgers) gets $43,510 in auction

Column: He refused the COVID vaccine. He exiled himself from baseball. Was it worth it?

Modesto Nuts moving to San Bernardino, turning Inland Empire into California League mecca

Pitchers dominate Rule 5 draft, comprising 11 of 15 unprotected players picked in big league phase

Rocky Colavito, 9-time All-Star outfielder and one of Cleveland’s most popular athletes, dies at 91

Soto's record $765-m, 15-year deal reverberates through MLB

Soto's record $765-m, 15-year deal reverberates through MLB

Analysis: After Juan Soto’s megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soon

Baltimore Orioles finalize deals with Tyler O’Neill and Gary Sánchez

MLB investigated to ensure no early Sasaki deal in place, pitcher likely to pick team mid-January

Wander Franco trial: Rays star faces sexual abuse, human trafficking charges in Dominican Republic

Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit for opener in Japan, but not be on the mound