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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

Eric Lindquist brings you his MLB DFS picks for Round 15 of the MLB Yahoo Cup Daily Fantasy Baseball, including Carlos Correa today | 7/2/21 Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This free-to-enter, single-entry contest consists of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this… Source link

(Photo by Rod Mar/MLB Photos via Getty Images) A former sports reporter who covered the Texas Rangers wrote in an essay published Sunday that she was raped by an MLB player in 2002.  Kat O’Brien wrote about the alleged attack in an essay for the New York Times headlined “I am breaking my silence about the baseball player who raped me.” O’Brien declined to name her alleged attacker but clarified that he was not a member of the Rangers.  O’Brien described the attack as taking place in a hotel… Source link

Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This free-to-enter, single-entry contest consists of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this multi-round MLB DFS contest at any point, but enter today to give yourself the best chance to take home the title. Click here to begin the… Source link

Elite fantasy closers surprisingly dependable How relief pitchers are valued can vary greatly between fantasy leagues based on formats, but so far the elite closers have been well worth their ADP (which was as high as the 3rd/4th round in NFBC’s Main Event, which has an overall prize component). Liam Hendriks recorded his AL-leading 18th save Tuesday night, lowering his ERA to 2.15 with a 46:3 K:BB line. Josh Hader has a 0.65 ERA and ranks as a top-25 fantasy player this year. Aroldis… Source link

• The sticky stuff remains at the forefront of baseball, as this past week had the lowest spin rate of any this season, resulting in batting average being up and strikeouts down, as MLB’s planned crackdown on pitchers’ use of foreign substances is taking shape. Meanwhile, MLB’s spin leader Trevor Bauer was hit hard Saturday in a home start against a poor Rangers offense, and his stuff clearly hasn’t looked the same recently. Corbin Burnes, whose cutter is among the leaders in spin… Source link