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Nolan Arenado’s contract gets amended with Cardinals

NEW YORK – Nolan Arenado’s contract was amended when the All-Star third baseman was traded to the Cardinals by the Colorado Rockies, adding a $15 million salary for 2027 to leave him owed $2...

DATE: Apr 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB will have minor league experiment with moving back mound

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball wants to see if moving back the pitcher’s mound will increase offense. MLB will experiment with a 12-inch greater distance between the mound and h...

DATE: Apr 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB moves All-Star Game out of Georgia after voting restrictions

NEW YORK – Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics — including the CEOs of At...

DATE: Apr 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Manfred hopes for full capacity baseball stadiums by midsummer

NEW YORK – Fans return to major league stadiums for openers on Thursday amid pandemic attendance restrictions in most places, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred can envision filled ballpa...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB players to wear electronic tracers, face discipline

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball players, on-field staff and non-playing personnel who require access to them at ballparks must wear electronic tracing wristbands from the start of spring tr...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB work stoppage in 2022 increasingly likely

NEW YORK – A work stoppage at the start of spring training 2022 seems increasingly likely after baseball players refused to negotiate with owners over a one-month delay for this spring train...

DATE: Feb 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB players reject delay to season start

Owners, players can’t agree on whether sky is blue

DATE: Feb 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rockies trade Nolan Arenado to Cardinals

Best player in franchise history traded away

DATE: Jan 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

AP Exclusive: MLB payrolls drop nearly $2.5B in pandemic

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball payrolls plunged to $1.75 billion during the pandemic-shortened season from $4.22 billion, and the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers led with $98.6 m...

DATE: Dec 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Minor league baseball shrinks affiliates by 120 teams

NEW YORK – Jackson, Tennessee, lost its Double-A baseball team for next season, one of 40 cities dropped as professional affiliates as Major League Baseball went through with its plan to cut...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Justin Turner will not be disciplined by MLB for return to field

NEW YORK – Justin Turner will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for coming onto the field last week to celebrate the World Series title with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates after...

DATE: Nov 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB says Justin Turner violated protocols when he returned to field

ARLINGTON, Texas – Justin Turner violated coronavirus protocols when he celebrated with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates and he refused instructions from security to leave the field, behavi...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports