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For those rooting for baseball to speed up the game, Commissioner Rob Manfred says: have patience. Owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement in December, but they’re still negotiating innovations designed to improve the pace of play. Owners discussed the issue during two days of meetings that concluded Friday. “We did review some rule changes largely related to pace of game that are being discussed with the players’…

HOUSTON — As part of his pursuit of becoming a future big-league Met, Tim Tebow has turned to a former Met. Tebow has been training this winter with former Mets and current Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy in Florida in preparation for spring training. Tebow said the two are “next-door neighbors” in Jacksonville, Fla., and Murphy has told him a lot about the Mets and helped him improve. “It’s not…

8:02 AM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer for ESPN Stats & Information Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Welcome to the Great Baseball Skills Competition, a weeklong breakdown and ranking of baseball’s elite and unique talents. Each day this week, we’re taking an aspect of the game…

Eight-time All-Star and two-time Cy Young winner Roy Halladay retired from baseball after the 2013 season. His playing days are obviously over, but that doesn’t preclude him from returning to baseball in some capacity, and it sounds as if that’s exactly what he would like to do in the near future. Via SportsNet.ca: “I do have plans to get back into baseball,” Halladay told reporters on a conference call. “At…

In recent years, the Red Sox have called up and gotten big contributions from young players like Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley and Mookie Betts, and even traded away arguably the top prospect in the game in Yoan Moncada. So it’s safe to say they’ve done a pretty good job identifying and developing young talent in recent years. And, at this point, Andrew Benintendi might just be the most talented of…

Bookmakers have long factored home-field advantage into a baseball team’s odds of winning, but a new study suggests that jet lag could wipe it out. Researchers analyzed more than 46,000 Major League Baseball games played over the course of 20 years – from 1992 until 2011 – and saw the home-field advantage disappear when the home team traveled two time zones east and the away team visited from the…

Bookmakers have long factored home-field advantage into a baseball team’s odds of winning, but a new study suggests that jet lag could wipe it out. Researchers analyzed more than 46,000 Major League Baseball games played over the course of 20 years – from 1992 until 2011 – and saw the home-field advantage disappear when the home team traveled two time zones east and the away team visited from the…

Hey, remember the days when it actually used to be a big deal to be a home run hitter? Whatever happened to those days anyway? Mike Napoli would love to know. Chris Carter would love to know. Mark Trumbo spent months wondering about that. And they had plenty of company in one of the strangest free-agent markets of the 21st century. Of the 18 free agents who landed in the…

Subscribe for free!: iTunes | RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn This is what we’re all looking for in Fantasy: Breakout and bounce-back candidates who could help you win your league. Latest mocks, tiers, rankings and more Which young hitters and pitchers are poised to have their best seasons? That’s the topic du jour on the Fantasy Baseball Today Podcast. We also talk about some young players who were terrible last…

The Catcher Was A Spy, the movie about a real-life baseball player turned American spy, has begun filling out its cast. The production’s already landed its lead in Paul Rudd, who will play Moe Berg, the former White Sox player who decided to follow up his baseball career with some time in the secretive service. Now Empire Magazine reports that Guy Pearce will co-star with Rudd. Pearce’s role is currently…

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Hey, remember the days when it actually used to be a big deal to be a home run hitter? Whatever happened to those days anyway? Mike Napoli would love to know. Chris Carter would love to know. Mark Trumbo spent months wondering about that. And they had plenty of company in one of the strangest free-agent markets of the 21st century. Of the 18 free agents who landed in the…

Bookmakers have long factored home-field advantage into a baseball team’s odds of winning, but a new study suggests that jet lag could wipe it out. Researchers analyzed more than 46,000 Major League Baseball games played over the course of 20 years – from 1992 until 2011 – and saw the home-field advantage disappear when the home team traveled two time zones east and the away team visited from the…

Last Friday I attended a luncheon at Rick’s Smokehouse. The Cincinnati Reds’ “On the Road Show” was in town. It was a cold, blustery day, not a day you would figure you would be talking baseball with anybody but when a major league caravan comes to town it’s a reminder that spring is just around the corner. We radio types from WAXI were there because David…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

Fresh attempts to bring minor league baseball to Loudoun appear to be gathering momentum. A new group, which includes former Redskins quarterback Joe Theisman is lending its support to the plans, which could finally see a stadium built in the county after a catalog of failures. Speaking to the Times-Mirror, Ric Edelman, the prominent CEO of Edelman Financial Services, said he’s one of several people involved. “There are a lot…

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Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports AL East: BAL, BOS, NYY, TB, TOR NL East: ATL, NYM, PHI, MIA, WAS AL Central: KC, CWS, DET, CLE, MIN NL Central: STL, PIT, CHC, MIL The Reds were not a good team last season. With limited additions for the 2017 season, I don’t see anything changing from a fantasy point of view. The Cincinnati Reds have some fantasy stars, but not enough…

Baseball in May, 1874. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images The St. Louis Cardinals hacking scandal—in which then-scouting director Chris Correa used a former colleague’s password to access the Houston Astros’ player database over 50 times in 16 months—is unprecedented in baseball history. This must have made Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision on how to punish the Cardinals all the more difficult. Advertisement Ultimately, the league settled on the Cardinals sending the Astros…

Police are trying to identify this assailant who beat and robbed a teenage girl three months ago at an ATM outside a Chase Bank branch on Torrance Boulevard in Torrance. The girl was forced to withdraw $500 after she was struck in the head with a baseball bat on Nov. 9, 2016, police said. Anyone with information about the man is asked to call Torrance…