By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 17, 2025 12:10 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays acquired outfielder Myles Straw in a deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Friday. Toronto received Straw, cash considerations and international signing bonus pool space for the 2025 … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 10, 2025 8:13 pm Updated January 10, 2025 10:01 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Right-handed pitcher Jeff Hoffman, selected ninth overall by the Blue Jays in 2014 first-year player draft and dealt to the Colorado Rockies the following summer, … Read more
Some Toronto Blue Jays fans hoping the team will lock-down star slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are going to have to wait a little longer for that to even happen. The Blue Jays announced Thursday that they agreed to a one-year contract Guerrero at US$28.5 million – just in time to avoid the arbitration deadline. If … Read more
Sean Manaea is staying in Queens. He is signing a three-year deal worth $75 million to return to the Mets, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported early Monday morning. Manaea, 32, enjoyed a career year this past season in his first campaign with the Mets, recording a 12-6 record and 3.47 ERA in the regular season … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rickey Henderson, a 10-time All-Star and the all-time stolen base leader, died on Friday after a bout with pneumonia, multiple outlets reported. He was 65. Henderson played 25 seasons in the major leagues, stealing at least 100 bases on three occasions, including 130 steals in 1982 to break Lou … Read more
Sammy Sosa is all but admitting to and apologizing for taking steroids. The longtime big-league slugger put out a statement Wednesday as part of a reconciliation with his former team, the Chicago Cubs. “There were times I did whatever I could to recover from injuries in an effort to keep my strength up to perform … Read more
The Yankees added former National League MVP Cody Bellinger in a trade with the Cubs on Tuesday evening and, in the process, added the 29-year-old to an exclusive list in team history. Bellinger is now part of just the fourth father-son duo to have donned the pinstripes. His dad, Clay Bellinger, played in The Bronx … Read more
The Mets added a utility depth piece Monday, when they announced the signing of Jared Young to a major league deal. The 29-year-old Young has played just 22 games in the majors — all with the Cubs and split between 2022 and ’23 — and split his time in Chicago between first base and the … Read more
DALLAS – Devin Williams is attracting an overwhelming amount of interest on the trade market, with at least 10 teams contacting the Milwaukee Brewers about the star closer, league sources said. The possibility exists that the Brewers end up dealing Williams this week, but a trade at some point later this winter is perhaps more … Read more
Two days before the Winter Meetings officially begin, the annual baseball wheeling-and-dealing exhibition grew more interesting. Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is expected to be posted during the Meetings this week, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed Saturday, which will open a 45-day window in which clubs try to recruit him to their side. The interested teams, … Read more
