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In a winter fraught with unsteady economics and politics, along with the perils of a chronically undershot pandemic, DJ LeMahieu’s baseball free agency hasn’t looked different than most. Nearing the middle of January, he remains a free agent, same as a large majority of the top free agents. This, perhaps, reflects lost revenue from last summer, the fear of similar conditions ahead and, as some players suspect, an opportunity for club owners to artificially tamp salaries for the coming… Source link

Yankees third baseman Gio Urshela and outfielder Clint Frazier were named Gold Glove finalists, Rawlings announced on Twitter on Thursday. Urshela joins Chicago White Sox 3B Yoan Moncada and Texas Rangers 3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa as the three players going for the Glove in the American League, while Frazier is joined by Rangers OF Joey Gallo and Baltimore Orioles OF Anthony Santander as the trio going for Gold at RF in the AL. Urshela appeared in 43 of 60 possible games this season for New… Source link

As Dr. Anthony Fauci prepared to throw out the first pitch of MLB’s season, President Donald Trump broke some baseball news of his own. Trump announced in the middle of a COVID-19 press briefing last Thursday that he had been invited to throw out the first pitch at a New York Yankees game. He would do so on Aug. 15, a date that saw the rival Boston Red Sox visiting Yankees Stadium. It turns out that announcement was news to the Yankees, according to a New York Times report published Monday.