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Padres 1st team to reach uniform ad deal for '23
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Tuesday, 19 April 2022 15:18
NEW YORK -- There will be a new pitch on Major League Baseball fields next season.The San Diego Padres became the first team to announce a deal for ads on their uniforms, saying Tuesday that patches with a Motorola logo will be worn on the right sleeves of their jerseys.The March 10 memorandum of understanding for a new collective bargaining…
Pitch clock shaving 20 minutes off minors games
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Tuesday, 19 April 2022 15:18
The implementation of a strict pitch clock across Minor League Baseball has shaved 20 minutes off game times, dramatically speeding up the pace while not having a demonstrable effect on scoring, setting the stage for Major League Baseball to implement a clock in the 2023 season.Over the first 132 minor league games that included a 14-second clock with the bases…
Sources: Rockies, Freeland reach $64.5M deal
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Tuesday, 19 April 2022 15:18
Left-hander Kyle Freeland and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a five-year, $64.5 million contract that includes a sixth-year player option, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN.The contract ties the 28-year-old Freeland to his hometown team through at least the 2026 season and will guarantee him the most money for a Rockies pitcher since they signed Mike Hampton…
The end of service-time manipulation? How Kris Bryant paved the way for the next Kris Bryant
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Tuesday, 19 April 2022 04:31
On Opening Day this season, six of the top 25 prospects in baseball took the field with their respective MLB teams. But years before Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson, Bobby Witt Jr. Hunter Greene and others in a stellar rookie class of 2022 broke camp as major leaguers, there was Kris Bryant.Bryant, who just played against his former team on the…
Astros' Altuve strains hammy, set for more tests
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Monday, 18 April 2022 21:41
HOUSTON -- Astros second baseman Jose Altuve left Monday night's 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in the eighth inning with a strained left hamstring.Altuve legged out an infield single with one out in the eighth and then fell to the ground past first base. He sat on the ground and threw his batting helmet into the ground as…
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