Veteran right-hander Sergio Romo, a three-time World Series champion with the San Francisco Giants, has agreed to a minor-league contract to return to the Giants, reports The Athletic. Romo will make one last appearance at Oracle Park during the team’s Bay Bridge series with the Oakland Athletics at the end […]
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MLB intends to increase enforcement of sticky-stuff checks in 2023 season
Getty Images Major League Baseball intends to increase enforcement of the league’s foreign substance policy in 2023. On Thursday, MLB vice president Michael Hill issued a memo to all 30 clubs informing them umpires have been encouraged to ramp up foreign-substance checks this season, reports The Athletic. Foreign-substance checks were […]
Edwin Díaz injury update: Mets closer likely out for 2023 MLB season after hurting knee during WBC celebration
The New York Mets will likely be without All-Star closer Edwin Díaz for the entire 2023 MLB season. On Thursday, GM Billy Eppler announced Díaz suffered a full-thickness tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee during Puerto Rico’s on-field celebration following their win over the Dominican Republic in Wednesday night’s […]
Edwin Díaz injury: Four routes Mets can take to fill gaping bullpen hole after WBC calamity
Wednesday night the New York Mets were dealt a significant blow when All-Star closer Edwin Díaz suffered a torn patellar tendon in his right knee during Puerto Rico’s on-field celebration following a victory over the Dominican Republic in a win-or-go-home World Baseball Classic game. Díaz will have surgery and is […]
2023 MLB Opening Day starter tracker: List of pitchers starting Game 1, including Shohei Ohtani, Max Scherzer
TBA. Madison Bumgarner has started the last three Opening Days for the Diamondbacks, though Zac Gallen has certainly positioned himself to get the assignment this year. He finished fifth in the Cy Young voting and had a 44 1/3-inning scoreless streak last season, the seventh longest such streak in history. The […]