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Dodgers’ Dave Roberts responds to Padres owner: ‘I like our dinosaurs’
It’s October, and naturally, the latest topic that seems to be linking two of the National League’s most bitter rivals is … paleontology? San Diego Padres owner José E. Feliciano this week referenced Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter and his collection of dinosaur fossils — a comment interpreted by some as an allusion to the age of Dodgers players.
Ketel Marte ‘free to do whatever’ after being seen at casino during game, Torey Lovullo says
The lingering Ketel Marte no-show saga has taken another strange twist — this one apparently involving a roulette table. Video emerged on social media of the injured Marte gambling at a local casino on Friday night near the team’s complex at Salt River Fields, all while across town at Chase Field, his teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks continued fighting for a postseason berth without him.
The AL West, baseball’s worst division, is on track to make history
Just how bad has the American League West been this season? On Friday, the Athletics fired longtime general manager David Forst, following news in June that the Angels dismissed their GM, Perry Minasian. This week, the three teams with a realistic chance of winning the division — the Astros, Rangers and Mariners — did little to improve their rosters significantly at the trade deadline. What’s left is a division that is on course to make history. Not the good kind.
Tarik Skubal would welcome return to Tigers: ‘Would love to play my whole career in Detroit’ Original
Tarik Skubal’s free agency does not open for another four months, but the recently traded two-time American League Cy Young Award winner and newest member of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ star-studded rotation signaled Friday that he’d welcome a return to the Detroit Tigers. “I would love to play my whole career in Detroit,” Skubal said on the “Pardon My Take” podcast. “I would love to. And hopefully those negotiations can pick back up in November once the playoffs are done.
Finally, Mrs. Met gets her due as Mascot Hall of Fame’s newest member Original
Though it’s been another rough year for the New York Mets, there’s one bright spot to emerge from Flushing: It’s time to make another gigantic bronze bust of an oversized baseball head. A celebration is in order for Mr. Met’s better half, Mrs. Met, who on Friday became the first female mascot elected to the Mascot Hall of Fame. Mrs.
The AL West, baseball's worst division, is on track to make history
Just how bad has the American League West been this season? On Friday, the Athletics fired longtime general manager David Forst, following news in June that the Angels dismissed their GM, Perry Minasian. This week, the three teams with a realistic chance of winning the division -- the Astros, Rangers and Mariners -- did little to improve their rosters significantly at the trade deadline. What's left is a division that is on course to make history. Not the good kind.
Mariners’ Gabe Speier suspended 3 games for plunking Tigers’ Gleyber Torres Original
One day after five players were hit by pitches, triggering heated verbal exchanges and a benches-clearing staredown between the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball suspended Mariners pitcher Gabe Speier three games for intentionally plunking Tigers infielder Gleyber Torres. Speier appealed the suspension announced by the league Thursday and will remain on the active roster until a final ruling is made.
MLB All-Star Game 2026 score, live updates: Highlights, analysis and latest
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MLB All-Star Game 2026 score, live updates: Highlights, analysis and latest The best players in the AL and NL will face off in the Midsummer Classic in Philadelphia. July 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM EDT Citizens Bank Park is hosting the All-Star Game for the first time. Getty Images MLB All-Star Game — Latest We’ve made it to the climactic event of All-Star Week: the All-Star Game between the AL and NL. Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies, hosts this year’s All-Star Game.
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John Carpino resigns as Angels president, team names Molly Jolly as replacement
John Carpino will resign as president of the Los Angeles Angels, a role he has held since 2009, the start of a tumultuous period for the franchise. The club announced on Friday that he will be replaced by Molly Jolly, a longtime executive with the team who most recently served as a senior vice president. kAmx? 2 DE2E6>6?E[ @H?6C pCE6 |@C6?@ 42==65 r2CA:?@ 2 Q4@C?6CDE@?6Q H9:=6 AC2:D:?8 y@==J 2D QE96 A6C764E =6256C :?
David Robertson retires after 17-year career as reliever for 8 teams
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Free-agent OF Max Kepler suspended 80 games for positive PED test
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White Sox fan Pope Leo delivers retort to Cubs fan: ‘They lost!’
Even the grandeur of the papacy apparently hasn’t been enough to prevent Pope Leo XIV from keeping up on baseball’s postseason.
White Sox fan Pope Leo delivers retort to Cubs fan: 'They lost!'
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AL MVP voters share thoughts on Aaron Judge vs. Cal Raleigh: ‘Kind of stressful’
A week-and-a-half ago, before the Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh became just the seventh player to reach the 60 home run mark, a baseball writer with a vote in the American League MVP race made what they thought would be a binding pledge. If Raleigh reached the milestone, the thinking went, that would be enough to pass the Yankees’ Aaron Judge.
Struggling Texas Rangers fire offensive coordinator, put Leody Taveras on waivers
The Texas Rangers on Sunday continued their shakeup amid a slow start at the plate, announcing the dismissal of offensive coordinator Donnie Eckert. The club also placed outfielder Leody Tavares on outright waivers, a source told The Athletic. Both Eckert and Tavares were members of the Rangers' 2023 World Series championship team. But Texas (17-18) has started the season by scoring just 113 runs through its first 35 games, including the eight scored in Sunday's 8-1 win over Seattle.
The New York Mets extended their run as baseball's world champion of payroll, according to salary data obtained by The Associated Press. The franchise, owned by hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, ranked No. 1 in player spending for the third consecutive season in 2024.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays fail to reach long-term contract extension
After once again striking out in their seemingly neverending quest to land a big-time free agent, the Toronto Blue Jays added yet another ignominious setback to their ledger, failing to sign a long-term contract extension with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. A four-time All-Star, a son of a Hall of Famer, and the franchise's most prominent player, Guerrero imposed a Monday night deadline to get a deal done, in hopes of concluding a high-stakes negotiation that at times had grown contentious.
Angels, Yusei Kikuchi agree to 3-year, $63 million deal: Source
The Los Angeles Angels bolstered their standing as the most aggressive team of the offseason thus far, agreeing Monday to their biggest splash yet: a three-year, $63 million deal with left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, a source briefed on the deal confirmed. The 33-year-old Kikuchi was an All-Star in 2021 and made 32 starts in each of the past two seasons with a 105 ERA+, making him a slightly above-average pitcher.
Roki Sasaki, the highly coveted Japanese ace, will be posted to MLB
The Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki's club in Nippon Professional Baseball, announced early Saturday morning that they will post the 23-year-old right-hander, thus making him available to MLB teams in what is expected to be a wide-open sweepstakes for his services. Because of his age, Sasaki will be considered an international amateur in MLB's system, meaning that he would make the minimum salary and his bonus will be capped.
9 ways baseball has changed since Yankees, Dodgers last met in World Series Original
It's fun to play on the internet and encounter treasures like the full television broadcast of the 1981 World Series. Pearl Bailey sang the anthem. The lead play-by-play voice belonged to a man better known for his work on Saturdays, Keith Jackson. And because streaming was a concern reserved only for urologists, the game could only be watched on ABC. Whoa, Nellie! Yeah, a lot has changed about baseball in the 43 years since the Yankees and Dodgers last met in the Fall Classic.
5 storylines to watch
For the first time in nearly four decades, two of baseball's bluebloods are squaring off in the World Series. Despite consistently ranking as the game's top spenders and featuring rosters assembled by front offices known for being on the cutting edge, these star-studded teams have not met in the World Series since 1981. Here are five storylines to watch ahead of the best-of-seven series, which begins on Friday in Los Angeles. 1.
Skip Schumaker reportedly leaves Marlins to become winter's top managerial target
Skip Schumaker, who has long been expected to be the most sought after manager in the big leagues this winter, informed Miami Marlins players after their 15-5 victory on Friday night in Toronto that he would not be returning for 2025, according to multiple published reports. A day later, the Marlins announced that Schumaker would not manage the final two games of the season, having left the club to be home in California to tend to a family health issue.
Thank you, Oakland A's
By now, much of the rage has passed. The takes have gone cold, the vitriol has been spewed, and all the jokes have been told about the dopey owner being born on third base and thinking he's hit a triple. The Oakland Athletics will soon pass into history, which means the time has come to move on from the sadness of the funeral and turn instead to a much-deserved celebration of life. In that spirit, this should be said: To the Oakland A's, thank you. For 57 summers, Oakland has had its own team.
Seattle Mariners
Scott Servais’ tenure as manager of the Seattle Mariners is over just before the end of his ninth season with the team. The Mariners announced Thursday afternoon that Servais has been relieved of his duties effective immediately, with former M’s catcher Dan Wilson hired as the team’s new manager. In addition to the change at manager, the Mariners have let hitting coach Jarret DeHart go.
Mariners expected to fire manager Scott Servais Original
The Seattle Mariners' stunning collapse has prompted a change in leadership, with the club expected to replace manager Scott Servais with Dan Wilson, sources briefed on the Mariners' plans told The Athletic. The official announcement is expected on Thursday. The Mariners have turned a 10-game lead in the American League West into a five-game deficit in the standings, jeopardizing what seemed to be a march toward the postseason for a franchise that is still in search of its first pennant.
A special series in The Athletic
The greatness of baseball as we know it - all of its beauty, its charm, its mystery - is predicated on balance. Success pushing back against failure. Chance infringing upon skill. The hitter standing up to the pitcher, the only player who can start the chain of action that has entranced generations of fans. That balance is so sacred to this sport that any disruption to it triggers backlash.
Willie Mays, a mid-century masterpiece of a modern ballplayer, was our connection to a different time
Baseball royalty sat up front on the dais. It was 2015 and John Smoltz had just been elected into the Hall of Fame and Bud Selig was about to retire after serving as commissioner. Clayton Kershaw won the National League Cy Young Award, and he sat next to the man who deemed the moment special enough that he would present the honor personally. Indeed, nobody could miss Sandy Koufax.
Reds' Marte suspended for violating MLB's PED policy
Noelvi Marte, the rookie infielder who this season was projected to play a major role for the Cincinnati Reds, received an 80-game suspension from Major League Baseball on Friday for violating the league's policy against performance-enhancing drugs. According to the league, Marte, 22, tested positive for the banned substance Boldenone. His suspension begins at the start of the regular season.
Kiermaier returning to Blue Jays on 1-year deal
The Toronto Blue Jays shored up their outfield by agreeing to re-sign free agent Kevin Kiermaier on a one-year, $10.5 million deal, a league source confirmed Tuesday. The agreement, first reported by MLB.com's Mark Feinsand, is pending a physical. Here's what you need to know: Kiermaier hit .265/.322/.419 in 2023 with the Blue Jays, his strongest slash line since 2017. He won his fourth Gold Glove last season. Kiermaier ranked No. 32 on The Athletic's list of top 40 free agents.
Mets hit with record $101 million luxury tax bill Original
The final luxury tax bill for the New York Mets' failed 2023 season became official this week, according to figures published Saturday by the Associated Press, with billionaire owner Steve Cohen on the hook for a record-high penalty of nearly $101 million. For the privilege of fielding a team that loaded up on star players only to wind up far out of the race by the trade deadline, Cohen will pay a tax penalty that dwarfed the total payrolls of some rival clubs.
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani contract seems to follow Chelsea's Premier League blueprint
When the American businessman Todd Boehly assumed control of Chelsea last year, the billionaire investor quickly began exploiting what some within English football would consider to be a risky loophole. By offering unusually long contracts to players - in the seven-year range, or sometimes more - Boehly let Chelsea spread out its transfer costs beyond convention, which effectively sidestepped the Premier League 's soft salary cap.
Ranking MLB franchises closest to winning their first World Series
By Marc Carig and Stephen J. Nesbitt via The Athletic, In Cleveland, you will quickly be regaled with tales of how long it's been since the city has celebrated winning a World Series. Ditto in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit and a certain tortured borough of New York City. But despite championship droughts that have now lasted for decades, fans of the Guardians, Pirates, Orioles, Tigers and Mets can find hope in... Read more on Publisher's website
Who's next? Ranking the MLB franchises closest to winning their first World Series
In Cleveland, you will quickly be regaled with tales of how long it's been since the city has celebrated winning a World Series. Ditto in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit and a certain tortured borough of New York City. But despite championship droughts that have now lasted for decades, fans of the Guardians, Pirates, Orioles, Tigers and Mets can find hope in one very important fact - it's happened before, so why can't it happen again? But what about baseball's final five?
With the Mets, Bartolo Colón's legacy was making it a joy to suspend reality
It was a quiet morning during the slog of spring training, too far from the start of camp to still feel the glow of baseball's return from the winter, and too far from Opening Day to be excited for the upcoming pageantry. For the players, this is a time to get through the grind. The Mets had just won the National League pennant, so their team in 2016 brought the kind of expectations that had largely been foreign.
Is Shohei Ohtani done with the Angels? For the good of the sport, let's hope so: Carig
The end of a curious era arrived on Friday night in a clubhouse in Anaheim, with a lousy team playing out the string of yet another lost season, as the belongings of the best player to ever have donned an Angels uniform were packed up. All that was left by the conclusion of the evening was a mostly empty locker and a packed duffel. No ceremonial sendoff. No expressions of gratitude. Just a tender oblique and a good old-fashioned Gen Z ghosting. How appropriate.
With MLB waiver order now set, which race could be most impacted by last minute additions?
Thanks in part to Arte Moreno's decision this week to turn the Angels into a very expensive pop-up shop, contending teams have been presented with an unexpected chance to bolster their rosters in time for the homestretch of the pennant race. Now, with Wednesday's games completed, we know which teams will have the best shot to help their chances. As we covered in our primer on Wednesday, waiver priority is determined by winning percentage, with the worst teams getting first crack.
Reds nab left-handed relief help, add Sam Moll in deal with A's
The trade Sam Moll, LHP A's get: Joe Boyle, RHP and international bonus pool money Marc Carig: Last week, our Ken Rosenthal flagged the Oakland A's Sam Moll as a trade target. Turns out Ken knows what he's talking about. The A's have 30 - 30! - wins as the trade deadline approaches. That's a .280 winning percentage for those scoring at home. With a big league roster this deficient, flipping anyone on it for anything of potential value moving forward constitutes a nice little win.
Marlins Acquire David Robertson in Trade with Mets: Analysis and Implications
Marlins Bolster Bullpen with Acquisition of David Robertson from Mets By Stephen J. Nesbitt, Rustin Dodd, and Marc Carig In an effort to address their struggling bullpen, the Miami Marlins have acquired relief pitcher David Robertson from the New York Mets. The Marlins hope that Robertson’s experience and track record of success will provide stability and improve their chances of making the playoffs.
Angels trade top prospects for Giolito, López
The Los Angeles Angels traded two of their top prospects, switch-hitting catcher Edgar Quero and left-handed pitcher Ky Bush, to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for right-handers Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López, the teams announced Wednesday. Here's what you need to know: The Athletic's Keith Law ranked Quero and Bush as the Angels' No. 3 and 4 prospects entering this season. Quero, 20, is hitting .246 with three home runs and 35 RBIs this season with Double-A Rocket City.
MLB highlight video edits out A's fans protesting against owner John Fisher
Angry fans, some of them carrying signs urging owner John Fisher to sell the team, descended upon the Coliseum on Friday night, when the A's played their first game at their decaying home ballpark since announcing its intent to move to Las Vegas. But you wouldn't know that from the highlights.
40 thoughts on the 40th effin' anniversary of baseball's best rant
1. The first time I heard the greatest f-- rant in f-- baseball history was in 1997. I was a freshman in college, covering the football team for the school paper. After a particularly unsightly loss, the coach did not appreciate my line of questioning and he let me know it, loudly. I must have looked rattled, because when I got back to the newsroom my professor seemed to know just what to do. He reached into a file cabinet, pulled out an old cassette player and pressed play.
On Lee Elia: 40 thoughts on the 40th effin’ anniversary of baseball’s best rant
1. The first time I heard the greatest f—— rant in f—— baseball history was in 1997. I was a freshman in college, covering the football team for the school paper. After a particularly unsightly loss, the coach did not appreciate my line of questioning and he let me know it, loudly. I must have looked rattled, because when I got back to the newsroom my professor seemed to know just what to do. He reached into a file cabinet, pulled out an old cassette player and pressed play.
The Oakland A's will be mourned, even if the owner wants you to believe otherwise
The A's, as currently constituted, might be the worst baseball team I've seen since I began watching the sport as a boy. This is of course by design. The A's fielded a team that can't hit, can't throw strikes and can't compete. The crumbling Coliseum, which has been left to nature, has mostly been empty. Broadcasters talk about possums living in the press box walls. The images and soundbites are beamed across the country and everybody laughs.
Carlos Beltrán joining Mets front office
Former professional baseball player Carlos Beltrán is leaving the YES broadcast booth to join the New York Mets front office, a source with knowledge of Beltrán's thinking confirmed to The Athletic on Sunday. Here's what you need to know: Backstory Beltrán, 45, spent seven years with the Mets as a player. For his career, Beltrán slashed .279/.350/.486 with 435 home runs and 1587 RBIs. He was a nine-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove winner and was a World Series champion in 2017.
Meet that fan who goaded Ken Rosenthal into baseball Twitter lore
The antagonist at the center of one of baseball Twitter's most juvenile skirmishes speaks with the remnants of a Texas drawl. He tells dad jokes and laughs easily, as he did when he answered the telephone the night before Thanksgiving and explained that he had just been "arguing with Mrs. Sugar Penis." "It's still brought up a couple times a week," said Brian Thomas, a 53-year-old engineer and devout fan of the Texas Rangers, who is known more widely by his notorious nom de Twitter, @MrSugarPenis.
Bruce Sutter, former Cardinals pitcher and Hall of Famer, dies at 69
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Former Cardinals pitcher Bruce Sutter dies at 69
Bruce Sutter, a dominant relief pitcher whose mastery of the split-fingered fastball launched a career that culminated with induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, has died, the Cardinals announced Friday. He was 69. In a statement, the pitcher's family detailed his relationship with the Cardinals. "Being a St. Louis Cardinal was an honor he cherished deeply.
The Bug Game, Part 2? Yankees, swarms of midges could meet again in Cleveland
Triston McKenzie couldn't escape them. As he sat outside last Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium, the lakeside venue that hosts the Cleveland Browns, they floated toward him, settling on his brown, personalized No. 24 jersey. When he retreated inside the Guardians' suite, he watched them assemble on the glass windows and on the white wall where a projector was displaying the broadcast of the game he and his teammates were attending.
Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani? We asked former MVPs to weigh in on the debate
There's no shortage of opinions surrounding the Most Valuable Player award in the American League. Plenty of pundits have weighed in on the merits of the Yankees' Aaron Judge, who passed Roger Maris on Tuesday night with his 62nd homer of the season, and the Angels' resident unicorn Shohei Ohtani, whose prowess both at the plate and on the pitcher's mound is unmatched. But when The Athletic reached out to a group of former MVP winners, there wasn't as much debate as one might think.
What we remember, what we forget, and the brawl that beat back time
The chaos peaks just before the first punch is thrown. On the grainy footage, home plate looks like a clown car, with five angry men packed into a space for three. There was Shag Crawford, whose short fuse was a virtue when umpires ruled the field like despots. He was behind Ted Simmons, the Cardinals catcher who paved his road to Cooperstown with tenacity. There was Cubs third baseman Bill Madlock, a future four-time batting champ known as "Mad Dog." His legs were splayed. His bat was coiled.
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