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The Angels adjust to life after Shohei Ohtani: ‘Like being kicked out of the band’

[ad_1] TEMPE, Ariz. — Every morning for the past six years, no matter how early Angels players and staff got to Tempe Diablo Stadium, they saw a throng of Japanese media standing on the Tempe Butte mountain overlooking the team’s spring training complex. This wasn’t a recreational sunrise hike. Every camera was zoomed in, waiting…

2024 MLB ‘Wild-Card Era’ Franchise Rankings: Rangers break into top 10, Cubs fall out

[ad_1] As Jonah Heim squeezed the final strike of the 2023 postseason and Josh Sborz spiked his mitt on the mound to celebrate the Texas Rangers’ first World Series title, a thought crossed my mind: How will this change the franchise rankings? See, the Wild-Card Era (1995 to present) franchise rankings are not a creation…

Prominent MLB team physician sounds alarm on pitching injuries

[ad_1] One of the game’s leading orthopedic surgeons is sounding an alarm on pitching injuries — and citing the advent of the sweeper and power changeup as significant reasons for the spike. Dr. Keith Meister, the Texas Rangers’ head team physician, said teams are exacerbating the problem by emphasizing pitchers’ performance over their availability. “These…

When your landlord bats leadoff: Inside the cliquish world of baseball real estate

[ad_1] Shortly after haggling his way out of free-agent purgatory and into a new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kiké Hernández asked his wife, Mariana, to investigate another market. She contacted former Dodger Rich Hill’s wife, Caitlin, with a request: Could the Hernándezes live in the Hills’ house again? The Hills had bought the…

Rosenthal: Mookie Betts’ latest goal? Become ‘a legend in the game’

[ad_1] GLENDALE, Ariz. — Mookie Betts keeps upping the ante. He talked last season about wanting to become a Hall of Famer. His latest goal: To become, in his words, “a legend in the game.” Betts, 31, made that declaration in an interview I conducted with him Tuesday for Fox Sports. I asked him, after…

Rosenthal: How Cody Bellinger deal could impact Scott Boras’ other top free-agent clients

[ad_1] This can’t be what Scott Boras wanted. And now that the first of the Boras Four, Cody Bellinger, has reached agreement on a lesser contract than expected, it might only embolden the teams pursuing Boras’ other top free-agent clients to hold the line. The opt-outs in Bellinger’s reported three-year, $80 million free-agent agreement with…

Explainer: What we know — and don’t — about MLB’s ongoing issues with Nike uniforms

[ad_1] In the sweltering summer of 1994, back when Russell Athletics was Major League Baseball’s official uniform supplier, the New York Yankees suddenly switched jersey fabrics, from polyester to a more breathable cotton, to beat the heat. Yankees players raved about the cotton uniforms in a front-page story. Luis Polonia: “Cotton is king.”Wade Boggs: “What…

Greenberg: The Jerry Reinsdorf White Sox era takes another turn with new stadium push

[ad_1] For all his mishegas and misdirection, Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is right on one thing: It’s either now or later. Either he’s asking the city and state for more than a billion bucks of public money for a new stadium right now or someone else is going to be asking for it…

Which teams, front offices and managers are feeling the most pressure? Insiders weigh in

[ad_1] As the February sunshine beams down on all of baseball, and the standings say that everyone is undefeated, it’s easy to melt into a zen state of spring training nirvana. But there’s one question in our annual spring survey that jolts us back to life. That’s the part where we ask our voters —…

‘Comfortable being mediocre’: Why the Pirates keep losing

[ad_1] A decade ago, then-Pirates general manager Neal Huntington presented ownership with plans for $8 million in upgrades to the club’s spring training facilities in Bradenton, Fla. The project would include constructing a 12,240 square-foot performance center to replace a weight room a tenth that size, and expanding a home clubhouse that was the oldest…