Even before Mookie Betts played his first game in Dodger Blue, the superstar outfielder decided his future is in Los Angeles. Betts and the Dodgers have reached baseball’s first big-money deal since the coronavirus pandemic decimated the sport’s economy, and Betts agreed on a 12-year, $ 365 million contract Wednesday …
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Mike Trout, initially hesitant about baseball’s plans to organize a season amid the coronavirus pandemic, expressed some optimism with the season opener. “I’m playing,” Trout said Wednesday in a video conference with the media two days before his Los Angeles Angels opened on the road against the Oakland Athletics. Trout’s …
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NEW YORK – Major League Baseball players have the option of wearing a “Black Lives Matter” or “United For Change” patch on the sleeve of a jersey on the opening day of the season with pandemic delay. Additionally, teams have the option of stamping an inverted MLB logo with “BLM” …
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Opening day, finally. A baseball season that was on the brink before it started due to the virus outbreak will begin Thursday night when Max Scherzer and World Series champion Washington Nationals welcome prized ace Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees. York. When it starts, the DC forecast calls …
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Before the Dodgers traded for Mookie Betts, their analytics staff and professional staffing department conducted a study to measure the aging curve of such powerful little outfielders. Betts stands at 5 foot 9 and 180 pounds. His career slugging percentage is .519. They didn’t find anyone like him, unless you …
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