TORONTO (AP) — With no sign of when training camps can resume, Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro says he thinks Major League Baseball would need at least a month of workouts and exhibition games before regular season play can begin. Opening day has been postponed until at least mid-May because of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
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Dylan Cease pitches 4 crisp innings for Chicago White Sox
PHOENIX (AP) — Dylan Cease said it was probably the best he had ever commanded his fastball. Not bad at all for a spring training game in March. Cease pitched four sharp innings for the Chicago White Sox in a 5-1 win against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. The 6-foot-2 right-hander allowed one run on […]
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Fiers to make spring debut Sunday in A’s split-squad game
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Fiers is scheduled to start a split-squad game for Oakland on Sunday in his first game action since revealing the Houston Astros’ cheating scheme. It had not been determined Wednesday whether Fiers’ spring training debut would come in the home game versus San Francisco or against Arizona in Scottsdale. Fiers […]
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Betts and Price arrive in Los Angeles eager for new starts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts and David Price finally turned up in Dodgers jerseys on Wednesday, completing the journey from Boston to Los Angeles, where they’re expected to help end a World Series title drought dating to 1988. Neither seemed fazed by the trade that dragged out for over a week before it was […]
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Red Sox will send Betts, Price to Dodgers
BOSTON (AP) — Two days before the start of spring training, the Boston Red Sox have again agreed to send 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts and pitcher David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a reworked deal, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Sunday. The Red Sox will […]
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Fiji Island Baseball & Softball Association make huge impact on World Baseball Softball Confederation
SUVA, 30 JANUARY 2020 (PACNEWS) — The Fiji Island Baseball & Softball Association (FIBSA) has made a huge impact on the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Baseball world rankings following its performance at the 2019 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan. The first team ever at a world stage performance has Fiji ranked 72nd […]