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White Sox LHP Garrett Crochet will make his 1st career start on opening day

Mar. 18, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

Garrett Crochet’s first career start will be one to remember. The Chicago White Sox will hand the ball to Crochet on opening day, showing their faith in his transition from the bullpen to the starting rotation. The hard-throwing Crochet has made 72 career appearances, but all have...

College baseball notebook: Seminoles, coming off their worst year, are only unbeaten in Division I

Mar. 18, 2024 17:10 PM EDT

This season has been quite a bounce back for Link Jarrett and the Florida State Seminoles, at least so far. The Seminoles are 18-0 and the only unbeaten team in Division I after sweeping Notre Dame at home over the weekend. Last season, they went 22-31 for their first...

Trevor Bauer says he will pitch against Yankees for Mexican team in exhibition game

Mar. 18, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

Trevor Bauer says he will pitch for the Mexican team Diablos Rojos in their Sunday exhibition game with the New York Yankees. The 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner is attempting to return to Major League Baseball for the first time in three years following his lengthy suspension by MLB...

Ohtani and Yamamoto are unbelievable in any language. Japanese has several words for them

Mar. 18, 2024 14:16 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — If you're a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers' billion-dollar duo of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, you might want to learn a couple of Japanese adjectives. Try these as the Dodgers and Padres are in South Korea to open the MLB season. ...

$510 Dodgers jerseys and $150 caps. Behold the price of being an Ohtani fan in Japan

Mar. 18, 2024 12:41 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Mai Fukuo was gift-shopping for a friend. Hideki Chiba was in the same sports store in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo looking for something for his father-in-law. They each picked up items in blue — Los Angeles Dodgers Blue, of course. This reflects the...

Joey Votto homers on 1st pitch in 1st spring training game with hometown Toronto Blue Jays

Mar. 17, 2024 23:05 PM EDT

Joey Votto sure knows how to make an instant impression, going deep on the first pitch he faced as a member of his hometown Toronto Blue Jays. The veteran first baseman lined a 392-foot homer to left-center off Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler in the first inning Sunday in...

Yankees get the World Series-winning crew back together to help out in spring training

Mar. 16, 2024 20:18 PM EDT

Former Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams was back at camp as guest instructor on Saturday, joining teammate Andy Pettitte and four-time World Series-winning manager Joe Torre. The trio, all key members of the 1996-2000 Yankees teams that won it all four times, were together...

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol agrees to a 2-year contract extension through 2026

Mar. 15, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol agreed Friday to a two-year contract extension through the 2026 season. The 37-year-old former Cardinals minor leaguer led the team to an NL Central title in his first season, winning 93 games in 2022 and becoming the youngest manager to...

Hard-throwing teens draw scouts, scholarships. More and more, they may also need Tommy John surgery

Mar. 15, 2024 06:04 AM EDT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Most teenagers celebrate their high school graduation with friends, family and maybe a party. Brandon Compton had Tommy John surgery. It's been nearly 50 years since the game-changing procedure — which reconstructs a torn ulnar collateral...

Guardians lose a key reliever for season and have a starter that won't be ready for opening day

Mar. 14, 2024 20:27 PM EDT

The Cleveland Guardians have lost a key reliever for the year, one of their starters won't be ready for opening day, and a top pitching prospect is expected to miss his second full season in a row. Trevor Stephan, who was in line to set up All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase, will have...