TORONTO – The biggest compliment you can pay a major league bullpen in July is, “We haven’t talked about them much.” Around this time two years ago, the Blue Jays bullpen was handing out free wins to anyone who wanted them, becoming enough of a weakness to keep MLB’s most dominant roster out of the … Read more
ANAHEIM — With the Angels desperate for some momentum after losing nine of 10 to end the first half of the season, they turned to their ace and two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani in their first game off the All Break. -Star against the Astros on Friday night. But the same issues that had plagued them … Read more
ARLINGTON — That’s not how the Guardians hoped to start the second half of their season. On Friday, starter Shane Bieber underwent an MRI of his right forearm. The team awaits the results. He is due to see Dr. Keith Meister at some point on Saturday. For now, Cleveland knows Bieber won’t make his Pittsburgh … Read more
This is a digital version of The Windup newsletter. Sign up here to get this content delivered straight to your inbox every morning. The second half starts today and the trade deadline is less than three weeks away. Also, a major lawsuit is over, we’re trying to fix the draft, and Shohei Ohtani’s routine is … Read more
Follow live coverage of MLB Trade Deadline Subscribe to The Windup newsletter | Levi Weaver and Ken Rosenthal provide expert analysis on MLB’s biggest stories every day of the week. Receive it in your inbox. In NCAA basketball tournaments, bubble teams frantically try to qualify for the Big Dance. In baseball, the rhythms are different. … Read more
The 2023 MLB Draft boasted one of the deepest crops of high school and college talent in recent memory. As players always move up and down their projections over the course of 10 rounds and 614 picks, there are always bargains to be found. In this week’s Pipeline podcast, writers Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo … Read more
When the National League secured a dramatic 3-2 win over the American League in the 2023 All-Star Game at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park on Tuesday night, it ended the AL’s nine-game winning streak. It was the second-longest streak in All-Star Game history (dating back to 1933), behind an 11-game flurry by the NL from 1972 to … Read more
SEATTLE — The Reds were unlucky in MLB’s first draft lottery last December. Despite the fourth-worst record, they walked away with the seventh overall selection in a year with five players who would be legitimate candidates for the No. 1 pick in most drafts. Cincinnati held out a faint hope that one of those five … Read more
The MLB World Tour is coming to four international destinations in 2024: London, Mexico City, Seoul and Santo Domingo. The Seoul Series will be the 2024 MLB regular season opener and mark the first MLB regular season games ever played in Korea. Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association announced full plans for all … Read more
The New York Yankees are introducing a sponsored patch on their uniform, the team announced Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know: Starr Insurance logos will debut on Yankees jersey sleeves on July 21. The location of the patch will vary from player to player. The Commercial Insurance Company, named as New York’s “signing partner” … Read more
