Category: MLB

FanGraph’s 2021 ZiPS projections, compiled by Dan Szymborski, see the Bronx Bombers living up to their nickname next season.

A look back at some of Len Kasper’s best calls during his 16-season run as the Cubs’ TV play-by-play man.

Yankees third baseman Gio Urshela had surgery Friday to remove a bone chip from his right elbow, and New York said his expected recovery time is three months. Urshela is likely to miss about half of spring training, which starts in mid-February, and w…

In 43 games with the Yankees last season, Urshela slashed .298/.368/.490 with six home runs and 30 RBI.

The Rangers hire Chris Young as their next general manager, plus the Mets show interest in James McCann in this edition of FastCast

"God decided he needed him in heaven before he was able to take his first breath," Barrera said, thanking everyone for their support.

If ZiPS projections – assembled annually by FanGraph’s Dan Szymborski – are to be trusted, the Mets could be primed for a big year as a team, and Pete Alonso could return to his 2019 form.

Major League Baseball and all 30 of its teams are suing their insurance providers, citing billions of dollars in losses during the 2020 season played almost entirely without fans due to the coronavirus pandemic. The suit, filed in October in California Superior Court in Alameda County, was obtained Friday by The Associated Press. It says providers AIG, Factory Mutual and Interstate Fire and Casualty Company have refused to pay claims made by MLB despite the league’s ”all-risk” policy purchases.

Nationals slugger Juan Soto has been active on Instagram this offseason, monitoring the hot stove and identifying a few free agents he might like to play with.

On BNNY, host Doug Williams has a special diary entry about the current MLB free agency period and how the Mets have been linked to just about every big-name free agent on the market as well as trades for elite superstars. Doug also touches on new owne…

This just made things interesting.

The Texas Rangers hired Chris Young as executive vice president and general manager Friday, bringing the Major League Baseball executive home to work under president of baseball operations Jon Daniels, the club’s GM since 2005. Young pitched 13 seasons in the majors, the first two with the Rangers after the 6-foot-10 two-sport standout grew up in Dallas and played baseball and basketball at Princeton. The 41-year-old had been with MLB since May 2018.

Ryan Zimmerman and Stephen Strasburg stand out as legacy players for D.C. sports fans, but the Nationals approach to re-signing stars has thinned out the options.

The non-tender deadline Wednesday added nearly 60 players to the free-agent pool, and the Giants are interested in quite a few of them.

Chris Young, who removed his name from consideration for the Mets’ GM job earlier this week, has taken the job as GM of the Texas Rangers, the team announced Friday.