The Los Angeles Angels announced they’ve signed outfielder Justin Upton to a new five-year deal that keeps him with the Halos through 2022. Upton, 30, had an opt-out clause that he could’ve used to become a free agent this offseason to walk way from four years, $88 million. Upton’s new deal is worth $106 million with payouts of $16M in 2018, $18M in 2019, $21M in 2020, $23M in...
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The Boston Red Sox announced today that Tom Goodwin will be their new first base coach and outfield instructor. He will also coordinate base running instruction. Goodwin, 49, had been the New York Mets first base coach and outfield instructor for the past six seasons after replacing Mookie Wilson in October of 2011. The former big leaguer is returning to the Red Sox organization that he worked...
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When Justin Turner walloped a walk-off home run in the National League Divisional Series 29 years to the day of Kirk Gibson’s famous dinger it felt like a sign that the Dodgers were the team fated to hoist the Fall Classic Trophy. But Los Angeles was competing against a team from Houston whose destiny was etched in metal the moment their city was leveled by a devastating storm. Wednesday night,...
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Position: Starting Pitcher Throws/Bats: Right/Right Born: August 16th, 1986 (Age 31) 2017 Stats: 3.86 ERA, 118 ERA+, 186.2 IP, 209 K, 1.163 WHIP, 1.3 HR/9, 3.60 K/BB, 3.83 FIP The Mets need to add starting pitchers this offseason if they are indeed looking to compete in 2018. The high profile name on the market is Yu Darvish of the Dodgers. Davirsh will likely command a lot of money as he...
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The offseason officially begins today for all 30 MLB teams. Last night, the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Series 5-1. The Astros knocked out Yu Darvish after 1.2 innings and they never looked back. Charlie Morton pitched four innings of relief to finish out the game and be the winning pitcher. This is the Houston Astros first World Series victory in franchise...
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