Category: Sport

Bill Shaikin of The Los Angeles Times reports that Dodgers pitcher Jimmy Nelson will undergo lumbar surgery on his lower back on Tuesday. Nelson, 31, signed with the Dodgers on an incentive-laden one-year, $1.25 million contract with a vesting 2021 option back in January. With incentives, Nelson could have pushed his 2021 option from $2 […]

Outfielder Andrew McCutchen only spent a couple of months with the Yankees in 2018, but that was enough time to understand how antiquated the Yankees’ grooming policy is. As NJ.com’s Brendan Kuty notes, the Yankees don’t allow players to wear their hair past the collar of their jersey and their facial hair can’t extend beyond […]

MLB’s 2020 schedule is imbalanced. And that’s okay. We’re in the midst of a pandemic, so MLB has prioritized limiting travel as much as realistically possible over creating a balanced schedule. That being said, some teams will benefit from the imbalanced 60-game schedule and some teams will be hurt by it. Travel Every season, teams […]

So, you wanna know how the shortened MLB season will work? Then this is the post for you. It took a long time for Major League Baseball and the players to come to an agreement about to to play the 2020 season. There have been some well-documented bumps in the road with respect to getting […]

Per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, outfielder Brandon Guyer announced his retirement on Monday. He plans to help train “the next generation of athletes” through an online training platform he created. Guyer, 34, had been on a minor league deal with the Giants but was released in early April. He was last in the majors in […]

Braves outfielder Nick Markakis has opted out of the 2020 season. In announcing his decision, Markakis said, “with everything that’s going on not just in baseball but in the world, it makes you open your eyes. I’ve got three kids that I’ve missed for 11 years now.” He added that he recently spoke with teammate […]