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Mike Trout, Clayton Kershaw cast doubts on rumored MLB plans to start season

Baseball / MLB Apr 16, 2020

Mike Trout, Clayton Kershaw cast doubts on rumored MLB plans to start season

Mike Trout has major concerns about the possibility of players being quarantined if the MLB season moves forward once the coronavirus outbreak slows. The Los Angeles Angels superstar told NBC Sports Network on Wednesday that the idea of being confined to hotels and ballparks is ...

Shohei Ohtani helps ice Angels win with two-run homer

Baseball / MLB May 19, 2019

Shohei Ohtani helps ice Angels win with two-run homer

Two-way player Shohei Ohtani drove in a pair of insurance runs with a home run for the Los Angeles Angels in a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday. With the Angels leading 2-0 in the sixth inning, Ohtani came up with one ...

Joe Torre weighs in on blockbuster contracts, wages in minors and pace of play

Baseball / MLB Mar 20, 2019

Joe Torre weighs in on blockbuster contracts, wages in minors and pace of play

by Jason Coskrey

The numbers in the deal the Los Angeles Angels and Mike Trout have reportedly agreed to, as reported by ESPN's Jeff Passan, are eye-catching. Twelve years, $430 million. "Livable wage," MLB Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre quipped during a wide-ranging appearance at the Foreign Correspondents' Club ...

Shohei Ohtani reflects on successful first year in Major League Baseball

Baseball / MLB Nov 22, 2018

Shohei Ohtani reflects on successful first year in Major League Baseball

by Jason Coskrey

A little over a year ago, Nov. 11, 2017, to be exact, Shohei Ohtani strode into a room full of journalists at the Japan National Press Club and told the world he was ready to head to MLB and hoped to one day become ...

Hawks catch break with Yanagita

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Dec 24, 2017

Hawks catch break with Yanagita

by Jason Coskrey

On one hand, Yuki Yanagita will be one of the most well-paid players in Japan next season. On the other, he'll be kind of a steal. While Shohei Ohtani didn't go to the majors for money, Yanagita's new NPB deal with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ...

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