Former closer Mitch Williams is taking a leave of absence from the MLB Network, where he serves as an analyst, after eyewitnesses reported bizarre and aggressive behavior from “Wild Thing” during a ten-and-under Cal Ripken Baseball tournament last weekend. Williams, who coaches the team, was
Injuries are part of baseball, and this week two pretty big name producers — Gio Gonzalez and Jose Abreu — hit the 15-day DL and a third, Joey Votto, might be headed to the injured list. They are all expected back in the minimum (although
Yesterday, C.C. Sabathia, who’s been out since earlier this month, was diagnosed with a degenerative condition in his knee. Then Carlos Beltran followed him on the disabled list with a bone spur in his elbow that could keep him off the field for up to two
During Sunday’s Washington Nationals loss to the Oakland A’s starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez got into it with shortstop Ian Desmond after catcher Jose Lobaton and third baseman Anthony Rendon allowed a pop up to drop between them. Although he reportedly had to be restrained, the
Thanks to his legs, Arizona center fielder A.J. Pollock has had the potential for fantasy relevance since the Snakes made him a starter last year. The former first round pick stole 36 bases in his one full minor league season and has just enough pop
Yesterday, the New York Yankees announced that Goose Goosage, Joe Torre, Paul O’Neill and Tino Martinez will each be getting a plaque in Monument Park — essentially the team’s Hall of Fame — in 2014. One of these things is not like the other. That thing
Something very unusual happened last off-season. The Yankees allowed themselves to be outbid in free agency for the services of one of their own homegrown stars. Make no mistake about it, the deep-pocketed Evil Empire could have signed Robinson Cano to a contract comparable to the
The first month of the Major League season is in the books. Here are the players who’d be taking home the award hardware if the season only happened to be a month long. American League MVP Jose Abreu: The big-money Cuban import has so far
The big news in sports this week is the lifetime ban NBA commissioner Adam Silver slapped Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling with. Sterling isn’t the first sports figure to get that maximum punishment. Approximately 40 baseball players have been banned for life, although a
It’s a safe bet Robinson Cano is going to get booed Tuesday night when he comes back to Yankee Stadium for the first time since signing a 10-year, $240 million deal with the Seattle Mariners. Cano even had a some fun with this inevitability during