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MLB expansion might not happen for a long time Share this story Photo by: John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Major League Baseball last expanded in 1998, when the (then) Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks were added to the group, making a 30-team league. That’s quite some time in the expansion era; since expansion of baseball began in 1961, the previous longest gap between expansions was 16 years, between the addition of the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle...

Dave Dombrowski wants to win again sooner rather than later. The longtime executive moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in September as a consultant for Music City Baseball but found out this week that expansion wont be entertained for more than a year at least. So he finalized a deal Friday to become the Philadelphia Phillies’ president of baseball operations, convinced the team is not far from its first World Series title since 2008. “I consider a retool, not a rebuild for sure,” Dombrowski ...

Garrett Whitlock carved path to Red Sox on Instagram; Dave Dombrowski ready for final act after unceremonious exit in Boston | Chris Cotillo (MLB Notebook) Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Dec 12, 2020 Dave Dombrowski, Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations, watches play against the Tampa Bay Rays during the seventh inning at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP Facebook Share As he worked his way back from Tommy John surgery throughout the last yea...

MLB Winter Meetings 2020 winners, losers: Yankees, Mets, Phillies, J.T. Realmuto, Dave Dombrowski Updated Dec 12, 2020; Facebook Share That was, well, different. Baseball is back and the hot stove is heating up, but not in the way we’ve seen it in the past. The 2020 MLB Winter Meetings felt more like the typical General Manager’s Meetings in November (which were cancelled this year) and likely acted as a springboard to some real big moves in January. As the reality of a COVID-19 vaccine be...

Dave Dombrowski wants to win again sooner rather than later. The longtime executive moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in September as a consultant for Music City Baseball but found out this week that expansion won’t be entertained for more than a year at least. So he finalized a deal Friday to become the Philadelphia Phillies’ president of baseball operations, convinced the team is not far from its first World Series title since 2008. “I consider a retool, not a rebuild for sure,” Dombrows...

His next challenging project: a Philadelphia Phillies team thats gone nine years without a winning record. Dombrowski is set to join the Phillies as president of baseball operations, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the team hadn’t announced the hire. An official announcement is expected as early as Friday, according to one of the people. Andy MacPhail is the Phillies current president...

MLB notebook: Phillies hire Dombrowski as president of baseball operations The former Red Sox president will take over a team that has missed the playoffs nine years in a row. News service report Share Dave Dombrowski, who won a World Series title in 2018 as president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox, only to be fired the following season, has been hired to fill the same position with the Philadelphia Phillies. Chris O’Meara/Associated Press file PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelp...

PHILADELPHIA -- J.T. Realmuto is in the news again. He never left, really. But his name popped up a couple more times Wednesday. He was named to the All-MLB Second Team on Wednesday night. He got mentioned earlier in the day when there were multiple reports that the Mets had

MLB rumors: Ex-Yankees nemesis Dave Dombrowski coming back to make trouble for New York ... in the NL East Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 Former Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski appears to be on his way to the Philadelphia Phillies.AP Facebook Share They are in the advanced stages of serious talks to hire , a man who built World Series teams in three different cities, to be their next president of baseball operations, sources told The Athletic. Dombro...