Sources - Blue Jays acquiring Cardinals reliever Jordan Hicks - ESPN
The Toronto Blue Jays are finalizing a trade to acquire right-handed reliever Jordan Hicks from the St. Louis Cardinals, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan and multiple reports.
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Dodgers trade for Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly in latest adds, sources say - ESPN
The Los Angeles Dodgers added an experienced arm to their short-handed rotation and a familiar face to the back end of their bullpen Friday, acquiring starter Lance Lynn and reliever Joe Kelly from the Chicago White Sox, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
MLB reporter reveals wild accident that forced him off social media as trade deadline approaches
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MLB All-Star Game - Predictions, live updates and takeaways - ESPN
The Midsummer Classic is here. The 2023 MLB All-Star Game will be played Tuesday night at T-Mobile Park in Seattle (8 ET on FOX).
How the Yankees could change MLB draft strategy forever - ESPN
Baseball's draft can be pretty predictable. Not on a pick-to-pick basis — no prognosticator can predict even half of the picks right, and that includes the scouts and execs making some of the picks — but on the whole, things go as expected. There are slot values associated with every pick, and those add up to a club's total bonus pool. The vast majority of picks sign for basically that suggested amount, and under the draft rules of the past two CBAs, a team has never gone more than 5% over its entire pool (because that's where penalties begin). Only rarely does one spend more than 5% below its pool.
Robot umpires not likely for MLB call-up in 2024, Manfred says - ESPN
NEW YORK — Robot umpires likely won't be ready for a big league call-up next season.
Jeff Passan's early MLB trade deadline preview - ESPN
Every Los Angeles Angels victory, every day they spend over .500, every win-now move they make reinforces what people across baseball now almost universally believe: They will not trade Shohei Ohtani, the best player in the world, before the 6 p.m. ET deadline Aug. 1. Of course, a year ago today, Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo went on a D.C. radio station and said he was not trading Juan Soto. Two months later, Soto was a San Diego Padre.
Mets to call up slugging prospect Mark Vientos, sources say - ESPN
The New York Mets are promoting power-hitting prospect Mark Vientos from the minors, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan, in an attempt to boost their struggling offense.