MLB History 1973: A group of investors, headed by shipbuilder George Steinbrenner, purchases the New York Yankees from CBS for $10 million. Incredibly, this is less money than CBS paid for the team back in 1964. 2005: Commissioner Bud Selig approves the potential trade of Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson to the New York Yankees … Read more
Braves Franchise History 1966 – The Braves trade Eddie Mathews to the Astros. Mathews is the only player to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta. MLB History 1918 – Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager. Gleason will win the American League pennant in his first season, but it will … Read more
The Washington Nationals have their first baseman. The team is finalizing a trade with the Texas Rangers to acquire Nathaniel Lowe. Reliever Robert Garcia will be headed to Texas in the trade. The Virginia native has been one of the most consistent first baseman in the league over the past few seasons. Lowe has been … Read more
Braves Franchise History 1935: The Boston Bees acquire Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez and Bobby Regis from the Dodgers in exchange for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore. Al López leaps to catch a throw MLB History 1960: Cubs owner Philip Wrigley announces that the club will not have a manager for next season and … Read more
The Tampa Bay Rays have traded LHP Jeffrey Springs, a key piece of the Rays rotation in 2022 that missed the majority of 2023 and 2024 due to injury, to the Oakland Athletics. Among the starting pitchers to deal, Springs made the most sense financially as he was set to make $10.5 million in 2025 … Read more
The Rays pitching depth has only expanded this off-season, despite the recent trade of Jeffrey Springs and Jacob Lopez. The Rays 40-man roster remains full of pitchers, with the majority of them ready to contribute at the major league level. In the list below I’ll denote players are out of options with an asterisk (*), … Read more