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The First-Year Player Draft will have a different look in 2021. As of Monday, so will the leadup to the annual event. On Monday, MLB and USA Baseball announced the inaugural MLB Draft Combine will take place June 20-26 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina.
The First-Year Player Draft will have a different look in 2021. As of Monday, so will the leadup to the annual event.
On Monday, MLB and USA Baseball announced the inaugural MLB Draft Combine will take place June 20-26 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina.
Reaction to the death of Tommy Lasorda
By The Associated PressJanuary 8, 2021 GMT
Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former Los Angeles Dodger manager Tommy Larsorda before a baseball game between Korea and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch Stadium on Thursday March 12. 2009 in Glendale, Arizona. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former Los Angeles Dodger manager Tommy Larsorda before a baseball game between Korea and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch Stadium on Thursday March 12. 2009 in Glendale, Arizona. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
2021/01/09 03:45 Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda. He died Thursday at the age of 93: “Tommy Lasorda was one of the finest managers our game has ever known. He loved life as a Dodger. His passion, success, charisma and sense of humor turned him into an international celebrity, a stature that he used to grow our sport. Tommy welcomed Dodger players from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Japan, South Korea and elsewhere making baseball a stronger, more diverse and better game. Tommy loved family, the United States, the National Pastime and the Dodgers, and he made them all proud during a memorable baseball life.” Rob Manfred, MLB commissioner
December 29th, 2020
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired right-handed pitcher Luis Patiño, catcher Francisco Mejía, minor league catcher Blake Hunt and minor league right-handed pitcher Cole Wilcox from the San Diego Padres in exchange for left-handed pitcher Blake Snell.
Snell, 28, departs the Rays with a career 42-30 (.583) record, a 3.24 ERA (556-IP, 200-ER) and 648 strikeouts in 108 starts over five seasons (2016-20). He ranks among the top five in franchise history in strikeouts (fifth), ERA (second to David Price), opponents’ avg. (.223, first) and winning pct. (third). In 2020, he went 4-2 with a 3.24 ERA (50-IP, 18-ER) in 11 regular season starts, then went 2-2 with a 3.03 ERA (29.2-IP, 10-ER) over six postseason starts. Facing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, he became the third left-handed pitcher to record nine strikeouts (or more) twice in a single Fall Classic, joining Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers (three times in 19