Holmes, Mets finalize contract with plans to become starter
MLB, Sports
December 11, 2024
DALLAS (AP) — Clay Holmes and the New York Mets finalized a $38 million, three-year contract on Monday, with plans to convert the All-Star reliever into a starting pitcher. Holmes gets a $13 million s...
MLB, Sports
December 11, 2024
DALLAS (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit when the reigning World Series champions open their season in Japan against the Chicago Cubs on March 18 and 19. “I don’t ...
Francona excited to return to dugout with Reds
MLB, Sports
December 11, 2024
DALLAS (AP) — Terry Francona remembered the specific moment that sparked his return to the dugout. “My girls went to Europe for 10 days, and I watched the grandkids,” he said. “That was the one day I ...
MLB, Sports
December 10, 2024
DALLAS (AP) — Hard-throwing Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki was posted to Major League Baseball teams and will be available to sign as a free agent from Tuesday through 5 p.m. Eastern on Jan. 23. Th...
Pirates great Dave Parker elected into Hall of Fame by Classic Baseball Era Committee
MLB, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 10, 2024
The remainder of the Class of 2025 will be revealed in January. For some time, Dave Parker’s Hall of Fame exclusion has been considered an injustice among baseball circles in and out of Pittsburgh. Bu...
$1M per homer? $27,000 a point? Sports is loaded with money oddities
MLB, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer 
December 10, 2024
These were Juan Soto’s numbers in 2024: 41 home runs, 109 RBIs, a .288 batting average. Keep doing that over the next 15 years, and he’ll be making roughly $1.2 million for every home run. Or $467,890...
Soto agrees to record 15-year, $765M contract with Mets
MLB, Sports
December 9, 2024
He’ll also get a $75M signing bonus and a chance to opt out in 2029. DALLAS (AP) — Star outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets agreed Sunday to a record $765 million, 15-year contract, a person fa...
A’s clear last hurdle for $1.75B stadium in Vegas
MLB, Sports
December 6, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved lease, non-relocation and development documents Thursday to clear the last major hurdles for the Athletics to construct a $1.75 billion stadiu...
MLB, Sports
November 22, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani keeps setting records, even after the season is over. The Los Angeles Dodgers star added his third Most Valuable Player award to his collection and first in the National ...
New hitting coach Hague eager to help Pirates
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 22, 2024
Once the opening became official that the Pittsburgh Pirates were searching for a new hitting coach, Matt Hague didn’t just express interest. He wanted to beat them to the punch. A former Pirates farm...
Atlanta’s Sale, Detroit’s Skubal win Cy Young Awards
MLB, Sports
November 21, 2024
The Braves’ Chris Sale and the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal picked up the National League and American League Cy Young Awards Wednesday. AP Baseball Writer Atlanta’s Chris Sale and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal each...
MLB will test robot umps in spring
MLB, Sports
November 21, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB...
Texans extend Cowboys’ misery with 34-10 loss
MLB, Sports
MONDAY’S LATE GAME
November 20, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Derek Barnett forced the first fumble and returned the second for a touchdown on the definitive defensive play of the game for the Houston Texans. Joe Mixon did his thing, and ...
Skenes voted NL’s top rookie
MLB, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
November 19, 2024
That Paul Skenes’ first MLB campaign was abbreviated, owing to his mid-May call-up by the Pittsburgh Pirates, threatened to weigh him down when individual accolades were on the table. Ultimately, a fa...
Chandler gets the nod as Pirates’ top prospect
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 16, 2024
Bubba Chandler will enter the 2025 season as the No. 1 prospect for the Pittsburgh Pirates in Baseball America’s new top-10 team rankings, though it might not be long before the 22-year-old righthande...
Pirates rookie Paul Skenes selected All-MLB 1st-team starting pitcher
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
November 15, 2024
He’s piling up postseason honors after a remarkable rookie campaign. After electrifying baseball as a rookie pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Paul Skenes now officially can say he’s one of baseball...
MLB, Sports
November 14, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitrator upheld five-year suspensions of the chief executives of Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm for making improper inducements to players and cut the ban of the company’s...
Thompson returns to cheers from Warriors employees
MLB, Sports
November 14, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson exited the team bus then beamed as he strolled back into Chase Center on Tuesday night, greeted by some 400 cheering Warriors employees who lined up along his path t...
BBWAA announces 2024 award finalists
MLB, Sports
November 12, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is a finalist for his first National League MVP award after winning the AL honor twice, joined among the top three in NL voting by New York Mets ...
Rose gets 14-hour visitation at Reds’ ballpark
MLB, Sports
November 11, 2024
CINCINNATI (AP) — Thousands of fans streamed into Great American Ball Park despite steady rain on Sunday to pay respects to Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, who died Sept. 30 at the age of 83...