Johnny Cueto is still the most interesting man in baseball

Change of plans Braves activate Ronald Acuna Jr

A few years ago, Johnny Cueto bought an ambulance, although calling this particular vehicle an ambulance is somewhat of a misnomer. It’s more like a real life Transformer. You open the back and 22 speakers — nine in each door and a stack of four in the middle — greet you. At the top of … Read more

Rob Manfred says he’s optimistic and that could be ‘disastrous’ for MLB if he’s wrong

Rob Manfred says hes optimistic and that could be disastrous

TAMPA, Fla. — The biggest day in baseball’s attempt to salvage its season comes Saturday. Major League Baseball plans to make a proposal that it hopes will defibrillate negotiations on a new collective agreement. And anyone who longs to hear the crack of the bat and inhale the aromas of a ballpark on March 31 … Read more

Billion Dollar Day: The Wildest 24 Hours in MLB Free Agency History

Billion Dollar Day The Wildest 24 Hours in MLB Free

FOR FOUR DAYS In early November, baseball executives were in and out of Suite 6048 at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. They had gathered in Carlsbad, California, for MLB’s annual managers’ meetings, and almost every organization sent at least one representative to the village to meet with Agent Scott Boras and his team … Read more

Sources: Marcus Semien agrees to 7 years with Rangers

Sources Marcus Semien agrees to 7 years with Rangers

Infielder Marcus semien and the Texas Rangers agree to a seven-year contract, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Sunday. The deal is worth $ 175 million, a source said. After struggling in the shortened 2020 campaign with the Oakland Athletics, Semien bet on himself last offseason, accepting a one-year offer from … Read more

Why MLB seems headed for a lockout and how that will create a frenzy among free agents

CARLSBAD, California – Here in paradise, a place where the sun shines every available hour, a blanket of darkness was omnipresent this week. Almost all substantive conversations at Major League Baseball managers meetings concerned, or, very often, focused on the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement on December 1, which would be followed by a … Read more

G. Antetokounmpo buys stake in the Brewers

The star player of the Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo He has bought a stake in the Milwaukee Brewers, as confirmed by the team itself on its social networks. Antetokounmpo is following the model of the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes– A small market star investing in the local baseball franchise, which Mahomes did in … Read more