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Recent Major Leaguers news, rumors

  • Fernando Tatis Jr.: ‘Hopefully I Can Give This City Multiple Championships’
    • Fernando Tatis Jr.: ‘Hopefully I Can Give This City Multiple Championships’
    San Diego’s 22-year-old superstar discussed not doing the home run derby, growing up around major leaguers and how he and his team have a surprisingly old-school approach....2021
  • Kinsler, Valencia join Ducks to prep for Olympics
    • Kinsler, Valencia join Ducks to prep for Olympics
    Former major leaguers Ian Kinsler and Danny Valencia will play for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League to get in shape to be part of Israel's team at the Olympic baseball tournament....2021
  • The son also rises: It's a golden age for major leaguers' kids
    • The son also rises: It's a golden age for major leaguers' kids
    2021
  • • Several Former Big Leaguers Sign With Mexican League’s Guadalajara Mariachis
    Outfielder Jorge Bonifacio, infielder Dawel Lugo and right-hander Justin Grimm are among the former Major Leaguers on the spring roster for the Mexican League’s Guadalajara Mariachis, the team announced this week (Twitter link). Infielders Luis Sardinas and Deven Marrero are on the roster as well, as are pitchers Jason Gurka and Daniel Corcino. All have big league experience, though onlyR...2021
  • • Prospect News: Mighty Casey Mize and the Mystery Machine
    Is Casey Mize easy to hit? For Major League baseball players, I mean--not for your Uncle Bruno who goes to the batting cages once a month. Or did, pre pandemic. Rusty Uncle Bruno would not make contact against Casey Mize. Major leaguers, on the other hand, can’t stop making contact....2021
  • Cole: MLB's service-time problem blatant, 'tired'
    • Cole: MLB's service-time problem blatant, 'tired'
    Add Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to the growing list of major leaguers that have slammed the way some MLB teams think about players in the wake of former Mariners president Kevin Mather's inflammatory comments about service-time manipulation and free agency....2021
  • Double-A, Class A spring training could face delay
    • Double-A, Class A spring training could face delay
    Spring training could be delayed for Double-A and Class A players if major leaguers are not vaccinated for the coronavirus by the time big league practice is scheduled to start in mid-February....2021
  • • Samson: MLB should have recognized Negro Leagues as major leagues long ago
    David Samson weighed on Major League Baseball's recent decision to include Negro League players as major leaguers...2020
  • M.L.B. Will Add Negro Leagues to Official Records
    • M.L.B. Will Add Negro Leagues to Official Records
    More than 3,400 players from seven leagues that operated from 1920 to 1948 will now be considered major leaguers in a move that will shake up the record books....2020
  • • The Padres Bulk Up and Set Their Sights on Catching the Dodgers
    San Diego dealt 16 players and acquired nine major leaguers in a rush of deals before Monday’s trading deadline, hoping to challenge the perennial division favorites in Los Angeles....2020

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Major Leaguers injury and suspension

  • • The Other Chris Archer Trades
    Pirates right-hander Chris Archer has been among the most prominent major leaguers in the news this week. Archer just underwent thoracic outlet syndrome surgery, meaning he won’t pitch until at least 2021. It also means his tenure could be done in Pittsburgh, which will have to decide between an $11MM club option and a $250K…...2020
  • • MLB agent Scott Boras: Baseball players are in 'best isolation situations'
    Baseball’s preeminent player agent is rarely shy about sharing his opinions, but in his latest comments, he’s making an extra effort to not offer anyone advice when it comes to COVID-19. But he still has opinions. Boras believes players are best-suited staying in camp and working out in the semi-isolation of their squads, utilizing the healthcare options available therein, per Joel Sherman of the ...2020
  • • Mets pitcher Seth Lugo suffers fractured toe in hotel room mishap
    Spring training is just about in full swing, so the time has arrived when major-leaguers begin to suffer baffling injuries under the most bizarre and seemingly benign circumstances. New York Mets pitcher Seth Lugo has joined the pantheon of players to suffer such an ignominious injury.  Mets skipper Luis Rojas revealed Tuesday that Lugo suffered a “small fracture” to his left pinkie toe in a hotel...2020
  • • Major Leaguers Discuss Astros’ Sign-Stealing Scandal
    It has been a tumultuous few weeks for the Astros, whose well-documented sign-stealing scandal has owned headlines over the past month. As a result, the club had to let go of its eminently successful GM-manager tandem of Jeff Luhnow and A.J. Hinch after Major League Baseball suspended them for a year apiece. Since Luhnow and…...2020
  • • A’s Shawn Kelley gashes thumb in dishwashing accident
    Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Shawn Kelley fell victim to MLB’s baffling and bizarre injury “curse” when suffering a severe cut to the thumb on his pitching hand in a … dishwashing mishap? Kelley, acquired from the Washington Nationals last month, revealed the nature of the injury last week, which occurred while washing a sharp knife.“A really sharp knife, too,” Kelley admitted this week to the...2018
  • • Longoria sits; Souza returns to lineup
    Evan Longoria and Steven Souza Jr. are dealing with injuries that Major Leaguers often deal with that can also keep them out of the lineup....2017
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Kaepernick Has Black Players Examining Place in MLB
    2016
  • • Cavan Biggio's MLB Upbringing Set Stage for Shedding Father Craig's HOF Shadow
    2016
  • • Micah Johnson injured his hand while pitting an avocado
    Dodgers second baseman Micah Johnson, a depth player who will likely start the season in the minors, will miss a week of spring training due to a left hand injury. This isn’t terribly newsworthy until you learn how Johnson suffered said injury. 1st injury of spring: #Dodgers Micah Johnson needed stitches in left hand. Mishap trying to remove avocado pit. Should heal in a week. — Bill Plunkett (@b...2016
  • • David Ortiz, Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera prevented from competing in Caribbean home run derby
    The Caribbean Series’ first annual home run derby sounded like a great idea, especially given that MLB stars Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera, and David Ortiz were set to participate. Then the MLB Players Association came and ruined the fun, banning that starry trio from participating in the contest. Here’s party-pooping MLBPA executive director Tony Clark’s explanation, via ESPN: “Unfortunately, th...2016

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Major Leaguers lifestyle

  • • Jayson Werth Attends State of the Union
    With Spring Training around the corner, most Major Leaguers are getting ready to hit Arizona or Florida to get prepare for the upcoming season. Jayson Werth spent his Tuesday night in the nation’s capitol. Sure, sure, the free agent spent the last seven seasons as a member of the Washington Nationals so being in DC is not that uncommon, but this time…he was there to take in the State of the Union....2018
  • • Jayson Werth Attends State of the Union
    With Spring Training around the corner, most Major Leaguers are getting ready to hit Arizona or Florida to get prepare for the upcoming season. Jayson Werth spent his Tuesday night in the nation’s capitol. Sure, sure, the free agent spent the last seven seasons as a member of the Washington Nationals so being in DC is not that uncommon, but this time…he was there to take in the State of the Union....2018
  • • 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
    2016
  • • Cubs' Sterling Young Core Showing All Kinds of Roads Travel to Wrigley Field
    2015

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Major Leaguers trade, contract, salary rumors

  • • The Padres Bulk Up and Set Their Sights on Catching the Dodgers
    San Diego dealt 16 players and acquired nine major leaguers in a rush of deals before Monday’s trading deadline, hoping to challenge the perennial division favorites in Los Angeles....2020
  • • Bryce Harper made a future major leaguer cry when they were kids
    On this day 10 years ago, Bryce Harper was drafted. But long before he arrived in the majors, he was doing things nobody had ever before. From tape-measure homers to making future major leaguers cry, Harper announced he was different....2020
  • • Player in Red Sox minor league system tests positive for coronavirus
    An unnamed Red Sox minor leaguer has tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Tuesday. According to the statement: His positive test occurred on March 23rd following his return home and he was last at the Fenway South Player Development Complex on March 15th. Given the timing of the player’s positive test and travel, we believe it is more likely that he contracted COVID-19 after he left Fo...2020
  • • Mookie, Javy or Ohtani? Our ultimate MLB sandlot baseball draft picks
    Trevor Bauer and other major leaguers are looking to start a pickup game -- and we'll take any baseball we can get right now -- so we chimed in with our top choices for a sandlot hardball showdown....2020
  • • MLB agent Scott Boras: Baseball players are in 'best isolation situations'
    Baseball’s preeminent player agent is rarely shy about sharing his opinions, but in his latest comments, he’s making an extra effort to not offer anyone advice when it comes to COVID-19. But he still has opinions. Boras believes players are best-suited staying in camp and working out in the semi-isolation of their squads, utilizing the healthcare options available therein, per Joel Sherman of the ...2020
  • • Quick Hits: Extensions, Boras, Acuna, Dodgers, Pujols, Cards, Giants
    Agent Scott Boras, who brought you the term “swellopt,” has now concocted a phrase to describe team-friendly extensions young major leaguers sign, per Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times. “Great young players are getting what I call ‘snuff contracts,’” Boras told McCullough. “And a snuff contract is that they’re trying to snuff out the…...2019
  • • Rays Expected To Renew Blake Snell For $573,700
    The Rays intend to stick to their pre-arb salary formula with regard to lefty Blake Snell, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. It is anticipated that the team will renew Snell’s contract at the price of just $573,700. Plenty of young major leaguers are playing at similar rates of pay, to be sure.…...2019
  • • Teams inquiring about Rangers reliever Jose Leclerc
    The majority of MLB teams have contacted the Rangers about reliever Jose Leclerc’s availability, Jeff Wilson of the Star-Telegram reports. Vast interest in Leclerc is hardly surprising, considering the soon-to-be 25-year-old right-hander was spectacular in 2018 and won’t even be eligible for arbitration until after next season. Texas isn’t necessarily looking to deal Leclerc or other appealing maj...2018
  • • MLB free-agent qualifying offer price rises to $17.9 million
    The price tag for qualifying offers to Major League Baseball free agents rose to $17.9 million this year. The figure jumped over $2 million in the past two years. The number, which is determined by the year’s average of the top 125 major league contracts. So, maybe it’s safe to say that major leaguers are becoming more valuable by the year. This year’s free agents include some of baseball’s best. ...2018
  • • Progress Report: Last Winter’s Richest Contracts
    The MLB playoffs are underway, which means we’re just a few weeks from seeing dozens of players reach free agency in search of significant paydays. Of the major leaguers who went to the open market last winter, only 11 signed contracts worth upward of $30MM in guaranteed money. It’s still too soon to fully pass…...2018

Major Leaguers stats and results

  • • Major Leaguers Discuss Astros’ Sign-Stealing Scandal
    It has been a tumultuous few weeks for the Astros, whose well-documented sign-stealing scandal has owned headlines over the past month. As a result, the club had to let go of its eminently successful GM-manager tandem of Jeff Luhnow and A.J. Hinch after Major League Baseball suspended them for a year apiece. Since Luhnow and…...2020
  • • Who's No. 1? Fantasy player ranks revealed
    MLB.com's Player Preview comprehensively chronicles more than 800 Major Leaguers, all within a click on your computer or mobile device. Each big league club is covered in the preview, your go-to source for writeups, rankings, stats and videos about your hometown heroes....2018
  • • Shin-Soo Choo Gets His Own Reality Show
    When it comes to athletes and reality shows…no sport has been as under-represented as Major League Baseball. Shin-Soo Choo has joined the tiny fraternity of Major Leaguers (past and present) that have appeared on a reality television show. The Texas Rangers outfielder is one of the focal points on JTBC’s new reality show “Stranger”. According to show listings, the program follows “Korean celebriti...2017
  • • Shin-Soo Choo Gets His Own Reality Show
    When it comes to athletes and reality shows…no sport has been as under-represented as Major League Baseball. Shin-Soo Choo has joined the tiny fraternity of Major Leaguers (past and present) that have appeared on a reality television show. The Texas Rangers outfielder is one of the focal points on JTBC’s new reality show “Stranger”. According to show listings, the program follows “Korean celebriti...2017
  • • Fantasy tips for April's top performers
    The beginning of May was a memorable time for the eight Major Leaguers who garnered awards for their performances in April. While this mixture of veterans and youngsters have been impact performers thus far, a few of them are much more likely than the others to produce game-changing statistics for the remainder of the season. Wise owners will hold some of these players, while peddling the others a...2017
  • • Trumbo headlines 2016 all-bounceback team
    Many Major Leaguers silenced their skeptics by reversing course and having superb 2016 seasons. While all of these players are feel-good stories at the moment, some are better-suited than others to extend their '16 results into next season....2016
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Kaepernick Has Black Players Examining Place in MLB
    2016
  • • 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
    2016
  • • The Post That Ryan Schimpf Made Necessary
    Twenty-eight year old rookies on non-contending teams tend not to generate a great deal of attention. Maybe free agents from Japan who are technically rookies might get some publicity, but guys like Ryan Schimpf? Not so much. Nevertheless, the San Diego Padres second baseman has had a debut worth noticing. Schimpf has recorded just 115 plate appearances as a major leaguer, but has already produce...2016
  • • Cavan Biggio's MLB Upbringing Set Stage for Shedding Father Craig's HOF Shadow
    2016

Major Leaguers parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • The son also rises: It's a golden age for major leaguers' kids
    2021
  • • Bryce Harper made a future major leaguer cry when they were kids
    2020
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    Just before the start of another enthralling October, we asked a bunch of active Major Leaguers -- 85 in all, from a wide variety of teams -- for their favorite postseason moment of their lifetime....2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    Just before the start of another enthralling October, we asked a bunch of active Major Leaguers -- 85 in all, from a wide variety of teams -- for their favorite postseason moment of their lifetime....2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    Just before the start of another enthralling October, we asked a bunch of active Major Leaguers -- 85 in all, from a wide variety of teams -- for their favorite postseason moment of their lifetime....2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    Just before the start of another enthralling October, we asked a bunch of active Major Leaguers -- 85 in all, from a wide variety of teams -- for their favorite postseason moment of their lifetime....2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    Just before the start of another enthralling October, we asked a bunch of active Major Leaguers -- 85 in all, from a wide variety of teams -- for their favorite postseason moment of their lifetime....2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    Just before the start of another enthralling October, we asked a bunch of active Major Leaguers -- 85 in all, from a wide variety of teams -- for their favorite postseason moment of their lifetime....2018
  • • MLBPA Alumni revisit one shining moment
    About two dozen former Major Leaguers gathered Tuesday night at AT&T Park in San Francisco -- together with a similar number of NFL alums -- as part of outreach programs by the player alumni groups....2018
  • • This BTS player is closing in on $5.6M prize
    Eclipsing the mythical 56-game streak has proven about as difficult for Beat the Streak players over the game's first 18 seasons as it has been for Major Leaguers since Joe DiMaggio set the Major League mark in 1941. But one BTS player is inching closer and closer to the magic number -- and it's time he got his moment in the sun....2018

Top Major Leaguers news

  • • Source: Lugo, Rosario to play for PR in WBC
    Puerto Rico added a pair of Major Leaguers to its World Baseball Classic roster on Tuesday. Mets pitcher Seth Lugo and Twins outfielder Eddie Rosario have committed to play for Puerto Rico in the 2017 tournament, sources told MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi....2016
  • • Cespedes continues to live for the big stage
    For most Major Leaguers, the bright lights of the postseason only serve to intimidate. Yoenis Cespedes is not most Major Leaguers....2015
  • • Cespedes continues to live for the big stage
    For most Major Leaguers, the bright lights of the postseason only serve to intimidate. Yoenis Cespedes is not most Major Leaguers....2015
  • • David Ross Considering Front Office Role With Cubs
    David Ross’ playing career has only been officially over for about six weeks, but the veteran catcher is already considering a return to the Cubs, writes CSN Chicago’s Patrick Mooney. The Cubs, who already have former big leaguers Ted Lilly, Kerry Wood and Ryan Dempster on hand as special assistants (plus former Major Leaguers Kevin…...2016
  • • Olivera reaching a comfort level
    One can easily discount the fact that Hector Olivera leads all Major Leaguers with 14 Spring Training hits by pointing out that the need for him to adapt to left field has also led to him tallying more at-bats than anybody else in the Grapefruit League....2016
  • • Source: Lugo, Rosario to play for PR in WBC
    Puerto Rico added a pair of Major Leaguers to its World Baseball Classic roster on Tuesday. Mets pitcher Seth Lugo and Twins outfielder Eddie Rosario have committed to play for Puerto Rico in the 2017 tournament, sources told MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi....2016
  • • Source: Lugo to play for PR in WBC
    Puerto Rico added a pair of Major Leaguers to its World Baseball Classic roster on Tuesday. Mets pitcher Seth Lugo and Twins outfielder Eddie Rosario have committed to play for Puerto Rico in the 2017 tournament, sources told MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi....2016
  • • Comforts of spring: Players' must-have items in camp
    As Spring Training gets underway, MLB.com asked several Major Leaguers about the must-have comfort items with which they travel to Arizona and Florida....2016
  • • 'ESPN The Magazine' Surveys MLB Players, Gets World Series Predictions and More
    2015
  • • M.L.B.’s Cuba Trip to Include Jose Abreu, Star Who Defected
    Abreu, a White Sox slugger, will be joined by other major leaguers on the good-will tour as the Cuban government makes a rare concession toward Cuban players who have left....2015
  • • Greinke feels good after back-field tuneup
    D-backs ace Zack Greinke had a 10 a.m. MST start vs. a mix of Minor Leaguers and a few Major Leaguers on a back field at the club's facility at Salt River Fields, and he wound up going five innings and getting his pitch count where it needs to be this time of year....2017
  • • Rogers: Cubs' success has been a team effort
    Justin Verlander helped his team clinch a division title on Sunday, celebrating about 1,100 miles away from Wrigley Field. He was pitching for the Astros, not the Cubs, of course. One of the reasons why he's pitching for Houston: Theo Epstein wouldn't send any members of his core group of young Major Leaguers to the Tigers as part of a package to get Verlander....2017
  • • Harper: No major leaguers in Olympics is 'dumb'
    Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper didn't hold back in his desire to see major league players taking part in the competition, which will be played at the Olympics for the first time since 2008....2020
  • • Kershaw voted POY by fellow major leaguers
    Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was voted the player of the year in balloting by his fellow major leaguers....2014

Major Leaguers fantasy rankings and news

  • • Win your league with MLB.com's player ranks
    Once again in 2017, the Fantasy Player Preview -- which comprehensively chronicles more than 800 Major Leaguers, all within a click on your computer or mobile device -- can help set you up for fantasy success....2017
  • • 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
    2016
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: World Series Pressure Has Dodgers Hunting Blockbuster
    2015
  • • Fantasy Roundup: What To Do With Samardzija
    Odds are if you’re a Jeff Samardzija owner you’re not too happy this morning. I thought he was being slightly over drafted (16th and 18th among starting pitchers in ESPN and NFBC, respectively) because he was being drafted as a near bona fide ace. He has the raw stuff to be a top 1- real life pitcher — the fastball sits 94-95 and the splitter and slider are true bat-missers against both lefties an...2015

Major Leaguers schedule, game

  • • Double-A, Class A spring training could face delay
    2021
  • • Scherzer, Goldschmidt among major leaguers at secret training sessions
    2020
  • • Giancarlo Stanton: I’d have hit 80-plus HRs in 2017 if stealing signs like Astros
    Giancarlo Stanton made a bold proclamation this week when weighing in on the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, and it’s all about how a slugger like him could benefit from such ill-begotten inside knowledge. Stanton joined the chorus of major leaguers who have been weighing in on the Astros’ cheating as spring training gets underway. The majority of the comments unsurprisingly have been extre...2020
  • • Mets pitcher Seth Lugo suffers fractured toe in hotel room mishap
    2020
  • • Bryce Harper reacts to Astros scandal, notes Aaron Judge losing 2017 AL MVP
    Monday was another eventful day at spring training sites throughout Florida and Arizona when it came to ballplayers weighing in on the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. To no surprise, most of the reactions from major leaguers were in the venomous and vitriolic vein. Perhaps that is partly why Bryce Harper’s measured response when asked Monday about the fallout from the Astros’ cheating ways ...2020
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    2018
  • • Players choose their favorite playoff moments
    2018

Major Leaguers rumors, scandals

  • • Giancarlo Stanton: I’d have hit 80-plus HRs in 2017 if stealing signs like Astros
    2020
  • • Bryce Harper reacts to Astros scandal, notes Aaron Judge losing 2017 AL MVP
    2020
  • • Major Leaguers Discuss Astros’ Sign-Stealing Scandal
    2020
  • • 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
    2016
  • • Accusations of Broken Promises, Ugly Words: White Sox Rift Smashes Wide Open
    2016
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: World Series Pressure Has Dodgers Hunting Blockbuster
    2015
  • • Willie Mays' Immortal Legacy Goes Untouched After A-Rod Hits No. 660
    2015
  • • What Is Behind San Francisco Giants' Bizarre Even-Year Postseason Magic?
    2014

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