MLB Opening Day 2022 – What we’re watching, live updates and takeaways as baseball returns
The start of the 2022 MLB season has finally arrived! Beginning with seven Opening Day games on Thursday and continuing with the rest of MLB...
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Your guide to the chaos — The moves that rocked the MLB offseason and will shape the 2022 season
In a word, the 2021-22 MLB offseason was, well, … chaotic. As soon as the Atlanta Braves were done celebrating their unexpected World Series title,...
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2022 MLB season preview – Power Rankings, playoff odds and everything you need to know for all 30 teams
After a hot stove season interrupted by a work stoppage, it’s time to rejoice, baseball fans: MLB opening week is finally here! As the new...
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Atlanta Braves sign closer Kenley Jansen to 1-year, $16 million deal
The Atlanta Braves signed longtime Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen to a one-year, $16 million contract, the team announced Friday. Jansen, 34, has spent...
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Atlanta Braves sign Matt Olson to 8-year, $168 million deal through 2029 season
NORTH PORT, Florida — The first call from a general manager to a newly acquired player is usually perfunctory, a simple welcome. But when Atlanta...
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Players arrive at spring training camps hours after MLB lockout ends
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly and manager Torey Lovullo shared a hug, a grin and a few slaps on the back under...
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Kiley McDaniel’s 2022 MLB farm system rankings for all 30 teams
After ranking the top 100 prospects heading into the 2022 MLB season, it’s time to turn our attention to each team’s farm system as a...
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David Ortiz gets in, who else got good (or bad) news?
The votes have been tallied and tabulated, and the Baseball Hall of Fame has a new class of one. Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz...
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MLB makes first labor proposal since lockout, awaits union’s counter as threat of postponed spring training looms
5:37 PM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Jesse...
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How indie rocker Faye Webster’s crush on Ronald Acuna Jr. helped inspire one of 2021’s best albums
Indie rocker Faye Webster has spent a lot of time thinking — and singing — about Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. While off the...
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Julio Lugo, shortstop for 2007 champion Boston Red Sox, dies at 45
Julio Lugo, who played for seven teams in a 12-year major league career and was the shortstop for Boston’s 2007 World Series championship team, has...
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Agent Scott Boras – Tanking, MLB’s ‘competitive cancer,’ led to Atlanta Braves’ World Series title
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Baseball’s most influential agent said the sport was the victim of a “competitive cancer” caused by teams unloading veterans to accumulate draft...