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Powerful starts for last year\'s pennant winners as the Dodgers and Yankees stay unbeaten
9h · NOAH TRISTER - AP Baseball WriterThe Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are a combined 8-0 to start the 2025 season after both won pennants a year ago.
commentsTorpedo-shaped bats draw attention after Yankees hit franchise-record 9 homers
21h · LARRY FLEISHER Associated PressThis article may be behind a paywall
$Yankees are using a strikingly different model bat in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label, which shapes the end a little like a bowling pin.
Players:Bold new rules have reshaped baseball. Could more changes save starting pitching?
Mar 24 · STEVE MEGARGEE Associated PressOnly four pitchers threw 200 innings last season and just four teams got as many as 900 innings from their starters.
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From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Mar 16 · DAVID BRANDT Associated PressNearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for Seattle, the impact of Japanese players in Major League Baseball is at a high point.
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Check out recent episodes for the Blue Jays. Topps' debut patch cards have become a sought-after collectible for some young major leaguers
Mar 3 · JAY COHEN Associated PressThe hype over Topps' debut patch cards was ramped up by the pursuit of Paul Skenes’ card after it was released in November.
Players:From roofing to a spring training sensation, Rockies' Jefry Yan delights with mound celebrations
Mar 3 · DAVID BRANDT Associated PressMore than a decade after the bat flip became ubiquitous following a big homer, Colorado pitcher Jefry Yan might be at the forefront of a celebration revolution on the mound.
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Francona back in dugout after year away from game
Feb 28 · STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated PressThis article may be behind a paywall
$Terry Francona is rejuvenated after a much-needed year away from managing.
Athletics enter new era with improved roster, playoff hopes
Feb 26 · DAVID BRANDT Associated PressThis article may be behind a paywall
$The (formerly Oakland) Athletics are entering a three-year stretch in a minor league park in Sacramento with an improved roster and positive energy.
Players:As Manfred frets, some opposing players cheer Dodgers' ways
Feb 20 · DAVID BRANDT Associated PressBaseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has praised the Los Angeles Dodgers for their big-spending ways.
Pirates' Skenes looks for more in Year 2
Feb 15 · WILL GRAVES Associated PressPittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes is focused on becoming a more complete pitcher in 2024.
Players:Stolen base king Rickey Henderson dies at 65
Feb 25 · JOSH DUBOW Associated PressThis article may be behind a paywall
$Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died.
Players:After Juan Soto's megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soon
Feb 25 · DAVID BRANDT Associated PressThis article may be behind a paywall
$For the second straight MLB offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing on a $765 million deal.
Players:Source: Juan Soto, New York Mets agree to a $765M, 15-year deal
Feb 25 · RONALD BLUM Associated PressThis article may be behind a paywall
$Soto’s deal is the largest and longest in MLB, topping Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers and Fernando Tatis Jr.’s $340 million, 14-year deal with the Padres.
Soto, Burnes, Buehler, Fried lead field of free agents
Feb 25 · RONALD BLUM Associated PressThis article may be behind a paywall
$Outfielder Juan Soto, pitchers Corbin Burnes, Walker Buehler and Max Fried and first baseman Pete Alonso were among 136 players who became free agents Thursday morning.