More myth than man.
Escobar plays Little Leaguers in R.B.I. 16
He’s a professional for a reason.
Where the Braves’ Top 30 prospects are starting the season
With the 2016 season getting started, here’s a look at where the Braves’ Top 30 prospects are projected to start the season. Top prospect Dansby Swanson will start the year with Class A Advanced Carolina.
MLB.TV is back, better than ever
From Opening Day through the All-Star Game in San Diego through the final pitch of the 112th World Series, it’s time again for MLB.TV.
SoE: Lupica: Yankees searching for identity
The Yankees have already won the past, everybody knows that. They are the all-time heavyweight champions of the past. But in the hot, present tense of baseball, suddenly they are chasing talented and young and aggressive teams like the Royals and the Astros.
2016 Draft bonus pools, pick values
According to figures released by MLB to teams Monday, Cincinnati has baseball’s largest bonus pool for the first 10 rounds of this year’s Draft at $13,923,700. Jim Callis reports the assigned values of each pick in the top 10 rounds of the 2016 Draft.
Fans, celebrities, leaders celebrate #CapsOn
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Starting lineups for Opening Day
Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.
Gray out with food poisoning; Hill to start for A’s
Sonny Gray has been scratched from his Opening Day start because of food poisoning, and left-hander Rich Hill will start for the A’s on Monday night against the White Sox.
Red Sox-Indians Opening Day postponed
Cold weather in Cleveland pushed Opening Day back by a day for the Indians.
Stephenson added to roster, will start Thursday
It doesn’t matter if it will be for what amounts as a cameo appearance. Reds top pitching prospect Robert Stephenson was thrilled to be on the Opening Day roster while knowing his Major League debut is coming on Thursday.
Cards put Pham on DL, will call up Diaz
When the Cardinals reassigned Aledmys Diaz to Minor League camp two weeks ago, it was done with an eye on getting him a bit more seasoning at Triple-A Memphis. It turns out, there’s no time for that, as the club placed Tommy Pham on the 15-day disabled list with a tear in his left oblique.
Brantley DL’d, will miss 1st opener in 7 years
For the first time in seven seasons, Michael Brantley’s name will not be in the Opening Day lineup for the Indians. Brantley was officially placed on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday, giving the left fielder more time to work his way back from November surgery on his right shoulder.
Animal cappers: 14 pets embracing #CapsOn
Cats (and dogs) are getting their #CapsOn.
Get your head in the game: #CapsOn today
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Hosmer’s hustle: Bunt hit sets Statcast speed record
Eric Hosmer’s sixth-inning bunt single on Sunday night was the fastest home-to-first time of any first baseman in the Statcast era, further backing up what we learned last year — Hosmer is the fastest first baseman in baseball.
Astros-Yankees opener postponed by rain
One of the Astros’ team buses was about 10 minutes from arriving at Yankee Stadium on Monday morning, when the players got word there would be no baseball. Steady rain and cold temperatures caused the postponement of the 2016 season opener by one day, giving some of the Astros a day off in the Big Apple.