Manny Machado’s $300M Free-Agent Megadeal the Start of Padres’ Fast Rise to Top
After all that, Manny Machado is going to be paid handsomely to live in a beautiful city and play for a team that isn’t far off from being a National League powerhouse…
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Adam Wainwright: MLB Players Will ‘100 Percent’ Go on Strike, Barring Change
As free agency continues to drag into the start of spring training, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright thinks Major League Baseball is going to have a significant problem on its hands…
MLB Rumors: Analyzing 2019 Free-Agent Whispers as Pitchers, Catchers Report
There are few more glorious sounds in all of sports than a fastball popping into a catcher’s mitt. With pitchers and catchers reporting for 2019 duty this week, that’s quickly becoming a siren’s song for baseball fanatics across Florida and Arizona…
MLB Power Rankings: Where All 30 Teams Stand at Start of 2019 Spring Training
Pitchers and catchers will begin reporting to spring training later this week, and among other things, that means it’s time for an updated version of our MLB power rankings…
Joe Maddon Offers Bizarre Reasoning for Cubs New ‘Own It Now’ Slogan
If Joe Maddon hoped to carve out a career in the marketing business, he should stick to his day job as manager of the Chicago Cubs …
Addison Russell ‘Truly Sorry’ After Ex-Wife Melisa’s Domestic Abuse Allegations
Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell addressed the media for the first time since his ex-wife, Melisa Reidy, made domestic abuse allegations against him last September…
Mets vs. Nationals, Cubs vs. Cardinals Being Considered for London 2020 Game
Major League Baseball is considering two of its biggest rivalries for the 2020 series in London. Per Ronald Blum of the Associated Press, a series between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals or Chicago Cubs and St…
MLB Free Agent Manny Machado Could Gamble on Himself with Monster 1-Year Deal
Entering the 2018-19 MLB offseason, the notion of Manny Machado signing a one-year contract was virtually unthinkable. No, check that…it was straight up absurd…
Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts Responds to Dad Joe’s Racist Emails Leak
Joe Ricketts, the patriarch of the family who owns the Chicago Cubs , and team chairman Tom Ricketts apologized after Splinter News published a number of the former’s emails endorsing and/or sharing racist and Islamophobic sentiments…
Cellar-Dwelling MLB Team Could Bring Chaos to Bryce Harper, Manny Machado Chases
Bryce Harper and Manny Machado are generational talents in the midst of their primes. They’re also unemployed as of this writing. Eventually, both free agents will sign. Will it be with a clear-cut contender on the verge of a title? Maybe…