ESPN www.espn.com Atlanta Braves closer Raisel Iglesias will start the season on the injured list because of inflammation in his pitching shoulder. Braves manager Brian Snitker said Thursday that Iglesias has “low-grade” inflammation and won’t resume throwing for seven days. Atlanta opens its season March 30 against the Nationals. Snitker […]
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Baseball's Most Valuable Teams 2023: Price Tags Are Up 12% Despite Regional TV Woes (Forbes)
Forbes: Baseball’s Most Valuable Teams 2023: Price Tags Are Up 12% Despite Regional TV Woes — Last season’s record revenue for Major League Baseball translates into all-time-high valuations for its teams. — The eroding economics of regional sports networks made little difference: Major League Baseball teams are still hot assets. […]
Phillies 1B Rhys Hoskins carted off field with knee injury
ESPN www.espn.com Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins was carted off the field Thursday because of an apparent non-contact injury to his left knee. Hoskins suffered the injury while attempting to field a grounder in the second inning of the Phillies’ spring training game against the Detroit Tigers. He was […]
MLB Rank 2023: Top snubs, overrated and underrated players (ESPN)
ESPN: MLB Rank 2023: Top snubs, overrated and underrated players — Our list of the top 100 players in MLB for 2023 is out. Naturally, it’s time to talk about what we got wrong. — We asked four of our voters — Bradford Doolittle, Buster Olney, Jeff Passan and David […]
MLB Rank 2023: Ranking baseball's top 100 players (ESPN)
ESPN: MLB Rank 2023: Ranking baseball’s top 100 players — Who will be the best player of the 2023 MLB season? — Opening Day is almost here, which means it’s time to break down how baseball’s elite stack up against each other. — To create our annual MLB Rank list […]