Ex-Yankees, Phillies outfielder Raul Ibanez joins MLB league office
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
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Former New York Yankees outfielder Raul Ibanez is going to work for the MLB league office. He will advise baseball regarding on-field issues, including rules, equipment and technology.
Ibanez was a 19-year MLB veteran who played for the Yankees in 2012, hitting 19 home runs in 130 games.
Ibanez’s only All-Star nod came in 2009, when he played for the Philadelphia Phillies. He hit a career-high 34 home runs that season, which ended with a six-game loss to the Yankees in the World Series.
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Here are the details on Ibanez’s new gig, per MLB Communications:
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CC Sabathia discusses how he kept pitching despite alcohol addiction in clip from HBO’s “Under The Grapefruit Tree” Say I pitch on Monday, Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night, I m blackout drunk. Thursday and Friday, I don t drink at all, like, nothing.
12/22/2020
Many professional athletes and broadcasters over the years have battled alcohol addiction, but the realities of what that looks like on a day-to-day basis haven’t always been discussed publicly. Former New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia discusses that in stark terms in a clip HBO released Tuesday from
Under The Grapefruit Tree, the HBO Sports documentary on Sabathia that premiers Tuesday night on HBO at 9 p.m. Eastern. Here’s that clip:
MLB rumors: Ex-Yankees reliever Tommy Kahnle signs with Dodgers over AL East rival
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
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Free-agent reliever Tommy Kahnle in agreement with Dodgers on two-year contract, source tells The Athletic. Kahnle underwent Tommy John surgery in August.
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Kahnle became a free agent in October rather than accept a demotion from the Yankees to Triple-A. Kahnle isn’t expected to pitch in 2021 after having Tommy John surgery Aug. 5. He pitched in just one game In 2020.
The Yankees non-tendered Kahnle rather than keep him around and likely be forced to give him a small raise over the prorated $2.65 million he made this season. Kahnle was set to enter his third and final season of salary arbitration.