California approves limited fans at MLB stadiums
California officials are allowing people to attend Major League Baseball games in limited capacities starting April 1.
California officials are allowing people to attend Major League Baseball games in limited capacities starting April 1.
From former All-Stars trying to make one more roster to top prospects getting a first chance, there are some intriguing players to watch in every spring training camp.
The Vermont Lake Monsters, most recently an affiliate of the Oakland A's, have been sold and will join the Futures League after being left out of MLB's minor league realignment plan.
Here's how we rank baseball's 30 teams as spring training games begin.
Two days after being designated for assignment by the Athletics, outfielder Dustin Fowler was traded Wednesday to the Pirates for cash.
Free-agent closer Trevor Rosenthal, who had been seeking a four-year deal after getting 11 saves with a 1.90 ERA last season, instead has agreed to a one-year, $11 million deal with the A's, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Designated hitter Mitch Moreland and the Oakland A's have agreed to a one-year, $2.25 million major league contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Which AL teams have the most talent making its way toward the majors? We rank the top 10 (and beyond) in each system.
Everyone is looking at up at the Rays on this year's list, but Tampa Bay isn't the only system loaded with talent.
Athletics catcher Sean Murphy will be sidelined for several weeks after having surgery for a collapsed lung but is expected to be fine and fully recovered by Opening Day.
Baseball is back! Here's the key topic in every camp as players report across Florida and Arizona.
They didn't make our top 100, but these players could shoot up prospect lists in the coming season.
Veteran reliever Yusmeiro Petit has agreed to a one-year, $2.55 million contract to stay with the A's, his agent said. Oakland is also closing in on a one-year, $2.25 million deal with reliever Sergio Romo, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Here's how baseball's stars of tomorrow stack up as the sport returns to a full season.
The Dodgers have traded lefty reliever Adam Kolarek and minor league outfielder Cody Thomas to the A's for infielder Sheldon Neuse and minor league right-hander Gus Varland.
Dodgers and A's have made a trade, sources tell ESPN. Oakland will receive LHR Adam Kolarek and OF Cody Thomas. Los Angeles gets IF Sheldon Neuse and RHP Gus Varland.
Here's a look at where things stand now that Major League Baseball has officially announced its 120-team minor league alignment.
Jed Lowrie is returning to the Athletics for a third stint, with the infielder reaching agreement on a minor league contract Wednesday that includes an invitation to big league spring training.
With more free-agent arms still available, here's how baseball's 30 starting staffs stack up today.
MLB's press release 50 years ago Tuesday said Satchel Paige "dominated Negro baseball as Babe Ruth dominated the major leagues." But Paige was named that day to a separate Hall of Fame exhibit from other enshrinees, as the first player recognized for Negro Leagues greatness. In the ensuing months, the Hall changed course and on August 9, 1971, inducted him as a full-fledged member — there are now 35 from the Negro Leagues immortalized in Cooperstown.
The Hall of Fame announced 2/9/71 that Satchel Paige would be enshrined, but not in the area with major leaguers. His ex-KC Monarchs teammate Buck O'Neil said in our 1999 interview, "They were thinking about Negro League baseball: a bunch of clowns out there, just a bunch of showmen." The HoF changed its stance & O'Neil said, "Now it's a true Hall of Fame, this is baseball in America...it's a lesson that it was baseball at its finest."
Negro Leagues legend Satchel Paige was announced as a Hall of Famer 2/9/71, but was to be honored in an area apart from major leaguers. That stance changed & the new inductee's plaque was mounted with the rest. Ted Williams advocated at his induction 5 years earlier for Paige's & Josh Gibson's inclusion & in our 1999 interview said, "Probably as important a thing as I ever said…. you might as well take the whole Hall of Fame out if he (Paige) is not in it -- greatest draw, greatest pitcher."
Before Satchel Paige's 2/9/71 selection to the Hall of Fame & induction that August, no Negro Leaguers had been so honored. They hadn't played the requisite 10 years in the majors, HoF leadership had said, an argument historian Bill James described in our 1999 interview as: "We're no longer going to exclude you because you're Black, we're now going to exclude you because you're not qualified -- you're not qualified because we excluded you before."
Pedro Gomez, an ESPN reporter since 2003 and one of the country's foremost baseball journalists, died Sunday at age 58.
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicago | 3 | 1 | .750 | - | L1 |
LA Dodgers | 3 | 1 | .750 | - | W1 |
Cleveland | 4 | 2 | .667 | - | W2 |
Kansas City | 4 | 2 | .667 | - | L1 |
Milwaukee | 4 | 2 | .667 | - | W1 |
LA Angels | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.5 | W1 |
Seattle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | L1 |
San Francisco | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | W1 |
Colorado | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1 | L1 |
Arizona | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.5 | W2 |
Oakland | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.5 | L2 |
Texas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.5 | W1 |
Cincinnati | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2 | L1 |
San Diego | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.5 | L2 |
Chicago | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.5 | L3 |