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MLB teams are in a spending freeze -- and it's about to get colder
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Sunday, 10 January 2021 04:41
At the contractual rate of roughly $1.1 million per start, Gerrit Cole is in line to make $20 million by August, if baseball has a full season at full pay this year. So it says a lot about how slow this offseason has been that two-and-half months into this winter, there has been exactly one free-agent signing of an MLB…
Nationals adding Kyle Schwarber is a reminder NL East isn't just a two-team race
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Saturday, 09 January 2021 12:31
Before we declare the National League East a two-team race between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets, let us consider the Washington Nationals. You remember them: Won the World Series in 2019, feature the best hitter on the planet in Juan Soto, have a rotation with Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin, and now they've signed Kyle Schwarber…
Source: Schwarber, Nats reach 1-year, $10M deal
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Saturday, 09 January 2021 09:55
Free-agent outfielder Kyle Schwarber, one of the heroes of the 2016 World Series title run for the Chicago Cubs, has signed with the Washington Nationals, a source confirmed to ESPN on Saturday.A source told ESPN's Jeff Passan that the one-year deal is for $10 million.Schwarber was non-tendered on Dec. 3, becoming a free agent after six seasons with the Cubs.He…
Sports world and beyond pays tribute to Dodgers Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda
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Friday, 08 January 2021 10:49
Tommy Lasorda became a Hall of Famer as the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers after a playing career that started when the team still called Brooklyn home, but it was his larger-than-life personality that made him a true icon of baseball and a fan favorite across the country.It's no surprise that upon news of his death at 93 on…
Tommy Lasorda loved the Dodgers and loved being Tommy Lasorda
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Friday, 08 January 2021 09:11
When Walter Alston retired at the end of the 1976 season after 24 years as the manager of the Dodgers, the great Vin Scully interviewed Alston's replacement. How much pressure, Scully asked, would the new manager be under, following a legend? To which Tommy Lasorda said, "I'm not worried about the guy I am following. I'm worried about the guy…
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