30 h. ago Carlos Carrasco lands major league contract with Yankees following strong showing in spring training

TAMPA, Fla. — Carlos Carrasco’s impressive spring performance has earned the veteran right-hander a major league contract with New York and a spot in the Yankees’ rotation. The Yankees announced on Saturday they had signed Carrasco to a one-year contract. Carrasco, 38, signed a minor league deal with the Yankees on Feb. 5 and could […]

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32 h. ago Max Scherzer delivers defensive gem for Blue Jays with behind

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Max Scherzer’s pitching line showed he’s ready for the regular season.  Scherzer delivered a defensive highlight Saturday that showed the three-time Cy Young Award winner also is ready to field his position for the Toronto Blue Jays.  In the second inning of a spring training game against Minnesota, Scherzer reached behind […]

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3 d. ago NHL launches a front office iPad app to modernize roster, contract and salary cap info for teams

MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — The NHL has launched a front office app that modernizes the league’s roster, contract and salary cap information. The league worked with SAP to develop an app for Apple iPads that streamlines Central Registry data, cap and long-term injury status and no-trade and no-move clauses and lays it all out for […]

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5 d. ago Max Domi’s game has ‘gone to another level’ says Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube

This is the Max Domi the Maple Leafs had in mind. When the Leafs signed Domi to a four-year pact last summer — the longest contract the 30-year-old has had in the National Hockey League — they figured the return would be an impactful offensive player whose speed and feisty side was evident every night. […]

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5 d. ago Germany’s Landmark Spending Splurge Wins Parliament Approval

German lawmakers passed a landmark spending package, taking a major step toward unlocking hundreds of billions of euros in debt financing for defense and infrastructure and heralding the end of decades of budget austerity.

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5 d. ago New Toronto Blue Jays star already battling injury and it could derail season

The season hasn't even started for the Toronto Blue Jays, and they might already have an injury cloud that could hang over them for the entire season.Starting pitcher Max Scherzer — one of the team's biggest offseason acquisitions — has been dealing with an injury to his right pitching hand throughout spring training.At age 40, the three-time Cy Young winner has dealt with the same issue over the past few years."My thumb hurts. It hurts to grip the ball. The critical thing I've learned over the years here is that your thumb is absolutely critical to your arm health. Unfortunately, this is what I've been dealing with since 2023," Scherzer told reporters Monday, as per MLB.com's Keegan Matheson.Scherzer was limited to nine starts in 2024 while playing for the Texas Rangers, after making 27 starts the year prior splitting time between Texas and the New York Mets.He last threw upwards of 175 innings in 2021, where he was named to the All-Star game for the eighth and most rec...

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7 d. ago Daulton Varsho is making a spirited push for Blue Jays opening day lineup. Will it be enough?

DUNEDIN, Fla. — With a veteran lineup bolstered with off-season additions, there hasn’t been a lot of position battle drama in Blue Jays spring training. But with less than a week remaining until the team ships north for the season, there’s one dude determined to bull his way into the opening day lineup. Even if […]

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7 d. ago Mississauga man sings Canadian national anthem at Blue Jays’ spring training game – and he nails it!

You can’t make this up: A group of 15 Canadians recently bought tickets for the Blue Jays spring training game Friday in West Palm Beach against the Houston Astros when a most unusual question was asked by the sales representative on the phone. “Can you sing the Canadian national anthem at our game?” Linda Guertin […]

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7 d. ago SIMMONS: Mississauga man sings Canadian national anthem at Blue Jays’ spring training game – and he nails it!

You can’t make this up: A group of 15 Canadians recently bought tickets for the Blue Jays spring training game Friday in West Palm Beach against the Houston Astros when a most unusual question was asked by the sales representative on the phone. “Can you sing the Canadian national anthem at our game?” Linda Guertin […]

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1 week ago New York Mets star Juan Soto serves up sweet revenge to annoying heckler

In your face, Mr. Heckler! New York Mets superstar Juan Soto’s charmed life just got a bit sweeter during a spring training game earlier this week against the St. Louis Cardinals. Soto was standing in right field minding his own business, then one exuberant fan begins his taunt, screaming “Overpaid, Overrated” over and over. After […]

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1 week ago Thumbs up: MRI reveals no damage to Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer

DUNEDIN, Fla. – Thumbs up to what had the potential to be the biggest injury scare early in Blue Jays spring training. After an MRI to evaluate a wonky right thumb, Max Scherzer was cleared to return to work. “Everything came back normal,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “He played catch (the last two […]

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1 week ago Thumb issue will delay next appearance for Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer

DUNEDIN, Fla. — After some dominant performances through his first three spring training starts as a Blue Jay, Max Scherzer has hit what the team hopes is merely a minor bump in the road. Manager John Schneider said that the 40-year-old veteran will miss his next scheduled start on Thursday due to what the team […]

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1 week ago Blue Jays edge Twins for fourth straight spring training win

DUNEDIN — Josh Rivera hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-2 in spring training action on Tuesday. Rivera’s RBI capped three unanswered runs by Toronto, which has won four straight in Grapefruit League play. Bo Bichette put the Jays on […]

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1 week ago Toronto Blue Jays' top prospect almost quit baseball to be an astrophysicist

As far as MLB prospects go, Toronto Blue Jays utility man Alan Roden isn't exactly young.Now 25 years old and some three years removed from being selected in the third round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Creighton University, Roden is knocking on the door of making his MLB debut with the Blue Jays this season.With stints at both the Double-A and Triple-A level last season with Toronto's affiliates in New Hampshire and Buffalo, Roden is one of many players the Jays are considering giving a shot with the big club this season.Roden hit .293 with 16 homers and 75 RBI in 126 minor league games last season and has remained with the club through the first few weeks of spring training this year.But in an interview with MLB.com's CJ Haddad, Roden revealed that he might've actually taken quite an out-of-this-world path if he hadn't become a professional baseball player.Studying astrophysics while in university, Roden considered becoming a professor — like both of his parents — befo...

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1 week ago China tariffs a blow to B.C. seafood sector already struggling with U.S. tariff war

B.C. Seafood exporters had been bracing for China's retaliatory tariffs in Canada's trade dispute over Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum but the decision lands as another major hit

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1 week ago Exiled from the Trop, the Rays might have MLB’s best home clubhouse at Yankees’ spring training site

TAMPA. Fla.  — “Extreme Makeover: Baseball Edition” is about to premiere. When Tampa Bay players leave Steinbrenner Field following the New York Yankees’ spring training home finale on March 23, their staff will launch a 120-hour transformation of the ballpark for the Rays’ season in exile from storm-damaged Tropicana Field. By the time the Rays […]

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2 w. ago Yankees ace Gerrit Cole concerned about right elbow soreness

TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had imaging on his right elbow, and he expects to know more about the situation in the next couple of days. Cole, 34, was tagged for six runs and five hits in 2 2/3 innings during a spring training start against Minnesota on Thursday. He told […]

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2 w. ago Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson sidelined with elbow soreness

Spring training continues to be a pain and a curse for Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson. The righthander, expected to play a significant role in the revamped Blue Jays bullpen, appears headed towards beginning the season on the injured list for a second consecutive year after a recent setback in Dunedin. Manager John Schneider told […]

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2 w. ago Kevin Gausman solid in brief spring debut as Pirates edge Blue Jays

BRADENTON, Fla. — Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman had a short but solid spring debut as the Blue Jays fell 7-6 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Gausman didn’t allow a hit, walked one and struck out two over 1 2/3 innings in his first start of spring training before giving way to Josh Walker. Gausman […]

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2 w. ago Newcomers Santander, Gimenez lead offensive outburst as Blue Jays thump Tigers

LAKELAND, Fla. — Anthony Santander drove in three runs, fellow off-season addition Andres Gimenez drove in two and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 13-3 in spring training action Monday. Alejandro Kirk and Joey Loperfido also had run-scoring hits for the Blue Jays, who improved to 6-3 this spring. Jose Berrios got the […]

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