One of the top pitchers of next offseason’s free-agent class is off the market. The Philadelphia Phillies and left-hander Jesús Luzardo have agreed to a five-year contract extension, the team announced Tuesday. The deal, worth $135 million, covers 2027-31 with a club option for 2032. The $135 million contract is right in line with the…
Opening Day is three weeks away and soon all those prized offseason pickups will begin making an impact in games that count. Spring training games are fun in their own way, but I think we’re all ready for meaningful baseball. And once those games that count begin, it doesn’t take long for injuries to happen…
The case can be made three of the four best teams in the National League reside in the NL East. That has been true for a good three or four years now, though it hasn’t always played out that way on the field. Preseason projections put three NL East teams in the playoffs last year….
The AL East will once again be the AL Beast in 2026. The AL East sent three teams to the postseason last year and, according to FanGraphs projections, it houses four of the American League’s top six teams this year. There’s a chance the 2026 AL East will become the first division to send four…
Getty Images CC Sabathia was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Yankee last summer. Now he will be immortalized in Monument Park. On Wednesday, the New York Yankees announced Sabathia’s No. 52 will be retired on Sept. 26. He will be the 24th player to have his number retired by the franchise. “The…
Spring training has arrived. Camps across Arizona and Florida opened earlier this month, and this past weekend Cactus League and Grapefruit League games got underway. Thank goodness. I was so ready for this slog of an offseason to be over. Spring games are meaningless but they are fun in their own way, mostly because they…
Pirates legend and Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, who hit one of the most iconic home runs in baseball history, died on Friday. He was 89. Although he was one of the greatest defensive second basemen the game has ever seen, Mazeroski is best remembered for his walk-off home run against the Yankees in Game…
Hall of Fame second baseman and Pittsburgh Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski, author of one of the greatest home runs in baseball history, died on Friday, the team announced. He was 89. Mazeroski’s walk-off home run against the New York Yankees at Forbes Field in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series gave Pittsburgh its first…
Hall of Fame second baseman and Pittsburgh Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski, author of one of the greatest home runs in baseball history, died on Friday, the team announced. He was 89. Mazeroski’s walk-off home run against the New York Yankees at Forbes Field in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series gave Pittsburgh its first…
The 2026 edition of the World Baseball Classic is a month away and, Thursday night, rosters for all 20 teams were announced. Team USA is loaded and the early favorite to win the tournament, though they are hardly a lock. Japan is the defending WBC champion, and the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela are also sporting…
