Dodgers’ bottom half of lineup could be bolstered at trade deadline
PHILADELPHIA — Almost every day, the top half of the Dodgers batting order looks exactly the same.Mookie Betts, when healthy, providing a spark from the leadoff…
Robots won’t replace MLB umpires any time soon, Rob Manfred says
Living, breathing human home plate umpires might keep their jobs longer than anticipated. Rob Manfred touched on several topics at a news conference following an…
Can Angels compete with Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon out hurt?
Ron Washington, the first-year manager of the Angels, is unfailingly positive. He was hired in part to inject relentless rah-rah into a franchise that hasn’t…
Inside the day Shohei Ohtani did not fly to Toronto
TORONTO — It all started with a tweet. Two of them, actually. On Dec. 8 last year, during a Friday afternoon in the thick of MLB’s…
Trevor Bauer to pitch with Diablos Rojos of the Mexican League
Trevor Bauer pitched last season in Japan. He’ll start this season pitching in Mexico. With the Major League Baseball season starting Wednesday and none of…
MLB teams say they can’t discuss free agents. That’s not true
NASHVILLE — For a few minutes Tuesday, reporters peppered Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes with questions about free agent Shohei Ohtani. Everyone knew the club…
After long wait, Jim Leyland elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jim Leyland left his living room in Thornburg, Pa., and had gone upstairs to lie down, convinced the call to Cooperstown wasn’t coming.…