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Passan: Two major league teams, two minor league ballparks -- and what it says about the sport
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Thursday, 06 March 2025 04:21
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsTHE SLOW, PROTRACTED death of the Oakland A's played out over two decades, offering a fresh blueprint of how to torpedo a professional sports franchise. The slow, protracted march of the Tampa Bay Rays toward a similar outcome is playing out in real time. And both serve as warnings to the rest of the sport that when it…
Source: Mets hero Iglesias to sign with Padres
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Wednesday, 05 March 2025 17:15
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsVeteran infielder Jose Iglesias has agreed to terms on a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres, a source confirmed to ESPN's Alden Gonzalez amid multiple reports.The contract includes an invitation to major league spring training. He will make $3 million in 2025 if he makes the major league roster.Iglesias, 35, sparked the New York Mets on…
O's SS Henderson dealing with intercostal strain
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Wednesday, 05 March 2025 17:05
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThe Baltimore Orioles are "very, very hopeful" that star shortstop Gunnar Henderson (intercostal strain) will be ready for Opening Day.Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told reporters Wednesday that Henderson suffered a mild strain on his right side."I'm very, very hopeful. But we're going to not push a strain there, and we want to make sure that he gets it…
Astros' Walker out of lineup with oblique soreness
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Wednesday, 05 March 2025 17:05
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - New Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker was scratched from the lineup for a spring training game Wednesday because of soreness in his left oblique.Walker missed more than a month last season with Arizona because of a strained left oblique muscle. He joined the Astros on a $60 million, three-year contract during the…
HOF vet committee tweak limits future appearances
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Wednesday, 05 March 2025 17:05
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- The Hall of Fame made some small adjustments to its veterans committee system to limit people with relatively little support from repeatedly remaining on future ballots, a decision that could make it harder to gain entry to Cooperstown for steroids-tainted stars such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.Any candidate on the eight-person ballot who receives…
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