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South Korea, Mexico, Britain and Alabama are among MLB's scheduled stops in 2024

Mar. 14, 2024 06:03 AM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Beginning with its ninth international opener, Major League Baseball is traveling all over the world in 2024. Here are some dates to remember for the upcoming season: SEOUL SERIES - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego...

Betts, Ohtani and Freeman make for an impressive trio at the top of the Dodgers' batting order

Mar. 03, 2024 20:11 PM EST

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — With Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman, the Los Angeles Dodgers have quite a trio at the top of their batting order. That's a tough start for any pitcher. Betts and Ohtani each had three hits and Freeman drove in two runs during...

Outfielder Randal Grichuk, Diamondbacks agree to $2M, 1-year deal with mutual option for 2025

Feb. 17, 2024 15:41 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks and outfielder Randal Grichuk have agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract that includes a mutual option for 2025. Grichuk will be paid $1.5 million this season and would make $6 million in 2025, or the D-backs could pay a $500,000 buyout....

MLB's free agent market begins to thaw, Soler agrees to $42 million deal with Giants, AP source says

Feb. 13, 2024 20:13 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — The San Francisco Giants and slugger Jorge Soler agreed to a $42 million, three-year deal on Tuesday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations, taking one of the remaining marquee free agents off the market as most of the 30 teams reported for spring training...

Jenny Cavnar makes history as Oakland A's primary play-by-play announcer

Feb. 13, 2024 15:56 PM EST

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC Sports California. The company made the announcement Tuesday. Cavnar becomes the first woman to handle primary play-by-play duties in...

Rockies reliever Daniel Bard will have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in left knee

Feb. 13, 2024 15:08 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies said reliever Daniel Bard will have surgery Wednesday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. There's no timetable for Bard's return. Rockies pitchers and catchers report Wednesday for physicals before the start of spring training in...

Rockies great Todd Helton still getting used to Hall of Fame selection

Jan. 27, 2024 22:33 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — Todd Helton never thought he was going to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Right until he was selected for Cooperstown. Days after Helton was elected to the Hall by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, the slugging first baseman is still getting used to the idea....

Just 58 single-team players among 273 in Hall of Fame after addition of Todd Helton and Joe Mauer

Jan. 25, 2024 16:22 PM EST

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Todd Helton and Joe Mauer will become just the sixth pair of players inducted together into the Hall of Fame after spending their big league careers with one organization. “A lot of things had to go right,” Helton said Thursday during a news conference...

Adrian Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

Jan. 23, 2024 22:30 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Helton thought back to when he was a kid being coached by his father, Jerry, a minor league catcher in the 1960s. "When I would go 1 for 3 — and it's a bad day when you’re young — he'd say 1 for 3 gets you into the Hall of Fame,” Helton said. ...

Cubs claim catcher Brian Serven off waivers from Rockies

Jan. 05, 2024 17:37 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs claimed catcher Brian Serven off waivers from the Colorado Rockies on Friday. The Cubs also agreed to a minor league contract with right-hander Colten Brewer that includes an invitation to big league camp for spring training. The...