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Blue Jays Woods Richardson, Gose, Jackson are on the American Qualifying Camp Roster for 2021 Tokyo Olympics

11:10AM: The full roster has been announced by USA Baseball (Twitter link).  Beyond the names already mentioned, the roster also …

Free agent MLB pitchers Homer Bailey and Edwin Jackson are reportedly "expected to play" for the United States in the country's upcoming Olympics...

Is New York Yankees rotation after Gerrit Cole reliable enough? play Cole fans 8 in win vs. Blue Jays (0:42) Gerrit Cole strikes out eight Blue Jays and picks up his second win of the season with six innings of one-run ball. (0:42) Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Early on in his start Monday night against the Toronto Blue Jays on a clear evening in Dunedin, Florida, New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole was fighting to get in a good groove. He allowed a run in the first inning on two opposite-field gr...

MLB stands up for basic right to vote in pulling All-Star Game from Atlanta MLB commissioner Rob Manfred speaks to the media. (LM Otero/AP) | April 4, 2021, 8:20 AM April 4, 2021, 8:20 AM TORONTO – The discourse is too easily hijacked in these disquieting culture-war days, distilling complicated issues into a rhetorical jingoism that prevents rational conversation and nuanced arguments. Predictably, Major League Baseball landed in the woke-versus-MAGA fray with its decision Friday to pull th...

AFP Apr 03, 2021 12:35 PM ET “It was a tough situation. I feel like it was the right decision,” said 17-season MLB pitcher Edwin Jackson. “It’s a powerful impact baseball has shown it has on the community.” Harold Reynolds, a two-time All-Star player now working as a television commentator, said MLB risked having players refuse to play had the game been staged in Atlanta in the wake of the restrictive voting law. “Players were not going to play,” he said. “That’s part of takin...

Photo provided by Vermont Lake Monsters Good morning, Athletics Nation! The minor leagues got a major realignment this winter. The whole system was pared down to 120 teams, with four affiliates for each MLB parent club. The Oakland A’s will still play Triple-A in Las Vegas and Double-A in Midland, while Stockton moves down to Low-A, and Lansing joins the organization in High-A. Beloit switches to the Marlins’ farm. Click here for more details on the new setup. However, one former A’s affi...

Home runs hit by Cubs pitchers By JohnW53 on Feb 5, 2021, 6:34am CST + With the National League adopting the designated hitter for 2020, Cubs pitchers hit no home runs. They had hit at least 1 in each of the previous 19 seasons, the second-longest such streak in team history, surpassed only by 25 straight seasons, 1918-42. ... The first pitcher to hit a homer for the Cubs was Larry Corcoran, on June 20, 1882. The right hander was 22 years old, in his third season with the team then ...

Jack Curtis, who previously served as the defensive coordinator at Tulane, will bring his vast experience to Liberty Mountain as the Flames new safeties coach. Jack Curtis, who previously served as the defensive coordinator at Tulane, will bring his vast experience to Liberty Mountain as the Flames new safeties coach. Liberty Head Football Coach Hugh Freeze has hired Curtis to replace Corey Batoon, who left the Flames after one season to become the defensive coordinator at S...

I don’t know a ton about this crazy GameStop/AMC stuff, but I do know this: I hope the Cubs got in so that they can afford some players. •   Speaking of which: Michael pretty much nailed all the components of last night’s Kolten Wong rumor as it relates to the Cubs. He’s clearly a perfect fit for all the things that they SHOULD be looking for this offseason, but if he’s going to get a one-year deal near his option price ($12.5 million), there is absolutely nothing in the Cubs’ rec...