Last year, one of the concerns players had about MLB’s new rules for 2023 was the potential for teams to aggressively challenge whether a team had violated the shift. A toe over the line? Erase a pitch or a play. Now, with Opening Day eight days away, MLB agrees. The commissioner’s office on Wednesday sent … Read more
MIAMI – The script, everyone kept talking about the script. For the last month and a half, Mike Trout heard all about how it should play out. Him in the batter’s box. Shohei Ohtani on the mound. The perfect matchup for the World Baseball Classic. And, once the USA and Japan reached the final, the … Read more
MIAMI — So, let’s get this straight. Shohei Ohtani agreed to play for Team Japan knowing he would be risking injury and a potential $500 million free-agent contract. And now, after displaying more emotion than he ever has, at least on this continent, he’s not going to pitch in the World Baseball Classic final against … Read more
MIAMI – Trea Turner had faced Venezuelan right-hander Silvino Bracho exactly once in his career. “Go look at the highlight of the at-bat,” he told me just before I interviewed him on FS1. “Bad?” I asked. “So bad,” Turner replied. The at-bat took place on Sept. 26, 2016, in the ninth inning of a game … Read more