NEW YORK — Pitch clocks have reduced the time it takes for minor league games to play by 25 minutes. Major League Baseball hopes the same thing happens next year when they are installed in major leagues. According to the commissioner’s office, the average time for minor league games fell to 2 hours 38 minutes … Read more
11:06 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB InsiderAuthor of “The Arm”, Inside the Billion Dollar Mystery about the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports. ESPN sources confirm that more than 50% of minor league baseball players voted for unionization. This will open the door to players organizing and joining the Major League Baseball Players Association. … Read more
NEW YORK — Derek Dietrich was a former big-league slugger. He tested positive for stimulants and has been suspended from the league for 50 games. Dietrich, 33, is on the roster of the New York Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. In 2020, he last played in the majors for Texas. Dietrich was among five people who … Read more
NEW YORK — Philadelphia Phillies Joalbert angulo, left-handed player, was suspended from the team for 60 games Chicago White Sox Terrell Tatum, an outfielder, will be 50 this Friday after positive testing under the minor league drug program. Angulo, a 20-year-old with the Dominican Summer League Phillies, tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Tamoxifen, which … Read more
NEW YORK — In an effort to increase offense, the Florida State League will draw lines in chalk that run from second base down to the outfield grass. Major League Baseball has been testing shift limit requirements at Double-A, Class A all season. This requires teams to have four infield players, with two on each … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Major League Baseball and minor league players were granted approval to delay for four days the submission of their proposed settlement to a federal court. Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero approved on Thursday a request by both sides to reset July 11th to July 15th as the deadline to file the … Read more
Mets catching prospect Francisco Alvarez and Yankees Shortstop Anthony Volpe is the headliner of the rosters for the 2022 SiriusXM Futures Game at Dodger Stadium, July 16. Alvarez is the No. 9 prospect on ESPN’s preseason top 100 listAfter smashing several home runs for Double-A Binghamton, he is now hitting.272/.364/.540. Mets fans call for Alvarez’s … Read more
9:05 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB InsiderAuthor of “The Arm”, Inside the Billion Dollar Mystery about the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports. According to ESPN, the letter contains a copy of the letter that the executive director at Advocates for Minor Leaguers slammed Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption. The letter was sent to … Read more
The Senate Judiciary Committee is questioning Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption. On Tuesday, Advocates For Minor Leaguers received a letter asking about the effect it has on players’ lives. This letter was a bipartisan effort by Senators Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley (Rep.–Iowa), Richard Blumenthal and Mike Lee (Rep.–Utah). The Judiciary Committee letter is the first … Read more
NEW YORK — Former All-Star pitcher Carlos Martínez was suspended for 80 games Friday under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Ibutamoren, which increases Human Growth Hormone. The contract was signed by the 30-year-old right-hander in the minor leagues San Francisco He was released on March 19. He … Read more