MLB lockout: Players reject league’s mediation request as two sides exchange barbs
The next negotiating session has yet been scheduled but they could meet next week in Florida.
What can a silly exercise tell us about how observers feel…
The Athletic’s Mega-Mock Draft was just a lark. But it was also telling in what it said about how observers view the Red Sox.
MLB umps: West done, Ortiz is 1st staffer from Puerto Rico
Joe West has made it official, retiring from Major League Baseball after umpiring a record 5,460 regular-season games
Why the players rejected MLB’s mediation request and what’s…
The MLBPA rejected the league’s request for mediation and it is unclear with talks will resume.
Locked out MLB players reject offer of federal mediation
Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball’s request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time start to spring training and increased the work stoppage’s threat to op…
Red Sox continue to rise in Baseball America farm system rankings
The Red Sox have steadily improved their farm system under Chaim Bloom, and Baseball America is certainly recognizing that improvement, writes John Tomase.
Yankees win AL East in projected ZiPS MLB standings for 2022
The New York Yankees still have a lot of work to do this offseason, but the lockout ZiPS projected standings for the 2022 MLB season currently have them winning the AL East.
Jackie Robinson’s groundbreaking moment didn’t start in the US; it began in Cuba
Before breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947, Jackie Robinson trained in Havana, Cuba with the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Montreal Royals farm team.
Cubs’ minor league spring training ‘full go’ despite lockout
MLB spring training faces a delay due to the lockout, but the Cubs are rearing up to open the minor league side of camp in the coming weeks.