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One month into the 2022 MLB season, the league is once again dealing with a change to its baseballs. This time, MLB has reportedly expanded its use of a deadened ball that was partially used last year and begun using humidors at all 30 ballparks. The result is a new dead ball era, with runs down, batting average down and, most noticeably, home runs down. Except in nationally televised games, if New York Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez is to be believed. Speaking with Tim Healey of Newsday,… Source link

New York Yankees minor-league manager Rachel Balkovec made history the instant she took the field Friday. Then, she decided to break some more records. Balkovec won her managerial debut with the Tampa Tarpons — a minor-league affiliate of the Yankees — on Friday. In doing so, Balkovec became both the first woman to manage a game and win a game with a team affiliated with MLB. The Tarpons defeated the Lakeland Flying Tigers by a score of 9-6. The Tarpons fell behind early, but rallied in… Source link

Kept you waiting, huh? The MLB regular season is finally back after a frantic offseason which saw half a billion dollars spent by one team as soon as free agency opened, followed by a nearly 100-day lockout. As a result the season starts a little later this year. There are also some new rule changes and tweaks — hello, universal designated hitter — as a result of the labor negotiations. But you came here for MLB season predictions are you’re going to get them. Our most learned baseball… Source link

Let’s establish some disclaimers before we dive into today’s topic, the 2022 Fantasy Baseball Fade List. The goal is to outline good players who I’m still unlikely to roster often, if at all, in 2022. This doesn’t make these players untalented; it’s just pointless to give you a collection of fades with lagging ADPs. There’s no utility in that. Most fantasy analysts will tell you it’s usually about the acquisition cost, not about the player. If you can land some of these names well… Source link

Shohei Ohtani was the story of the 2021 season, so much so that his presence is about to be felt in the MLB rulebook. MLB and the MLB Players Association have reached an agreement on a number of rule changes following the new collective bargaining agreement, Yahoo Sports’ Hannah Keyser confirmed Tuesday. Among them is a tweak to the universal designated hitter that will undoubtedly be known as the “Shohei Ohtani rule.” Under the new rule, if a team has its starting pitcher in its lineup as the… Source link

Carlos Correa has long been a brash, outspoken leader of the Houston Astros. Now, he’s on the way out. The former Astros shortstop has agreed to a three-year, $105.3 million deal with the Minnesota Twins, according to Fox 26 (KRIV) and ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Per Passan, the deal contains opt-outs after both the first and second seasons, making it very similar to the deal Trevor Bauer signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers last offseason. Essentially it’s a one-year contract with two player options,… Source link

Trevor Bauer will start spring training the same way he ended the 2021 MLB season: on administrative leave, waiting for someone to make a firm decision. MLB placed Bauer back on paid leave Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Bill Shaikin, continuing a state of limbo that has been in place since he was accused of sexual assault last July. The leave reportedly extends through March 19 and can be further extended by agreement between the league and MLBPA. The offseason brought at least… Source link

After all that, there will be a 2022 baseball season. And while some things will look different — more on that in a minute — the most important things will look the same. Three outs, 30 teams, one trophy, six months and — this is the big one — 162 games. Nine days after commissioner Rob Manfred canceled opening day and over three months into an owner-implemented lockout, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to a new labor contract Thursday afternoon in New York… Source link

On Saturday, MLB gave the players a 130-page proposal, the most sweeping one made since the lockout began on Dec. 2, that included adjustments to several core economic issues but ultimately left union officials underwhelmed, according to sources. With no other bargaining session immediately scheduled and both sides believing that there is still a lot of ground to bridge, this effectively ensures that pitchers and catchers will not report to spring training this week as scheduled, an outcome… Source link

One of the biggest reporters in baseball is no longer welcome on MLB Network. The league-owned network has cut ties with Ken Rosenthal, and it is believed that Rosenthal’s past criticism of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred in columns written for The Athletic played a part in the decision, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. Rosenthal was reportedly kept off the air for three months in 2020 after he wrote columns analyzing Manfred’s handling of negotiations over a season threatened,… Source link