PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — There are so many reasons why Cam Booser shouldn’t be here.

A horrifically broken left leg, a twice-fractured back, a torn labrum and Tommy John elbow surgery. Bad grades that cost him his spot at Oregon State. A poor attitude that made waste of his five years pitching in the Minnesota Twins system, during which he ...Read more

FORT MYERS, Fla. — An important piece of the puzzle that is the 2026 Red Sox was put into place Saturday morning when manager Alex Cora named Roman Anthony leadoff hitter.

Anthony impressed overall in his 71-game rookie season last year, but he proved an especially strong table-setter. He made 27 starts at the top of the lineup (31 games ...Read more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Bo Bichette entered Saturday’s Grapefruit League game eager to see what he was facing at third base. A career shortstop who hasn’t played third base since travel ball, Bichette has to see how deep he wants to play, he has to figure out the angles of the balls hit to the left side, and figure out the timing of his ...Read more

NEW YORK — Amid the tidal wave of the Tony Clark scandal that rocked the MLB Players Association last week, the baseball owners were meeting at the Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla., to re-affirm their solidarity over the necessity of a salary cap. And when the dust cleared, and Bruce Meyer was quickly and just as unanimously installed as Clark’s...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees’ spring home opener was a real you know what show, and not just because the visiting Tigers surrendered 20 runs in the exhibition.

As putrid as some of the play on the field was, it hardly compared to the literal stench that came from the lower level of George M. Steinbrenner Field, where sewage water leaked into ...Read more

SARASOTA, Fla. — Don Kelly began a team meeting Saturday with news he didn’t want to share. But the Pirates manager also took time to properly honor a franchise legend in Bill Mazeroski.

Mazeroski died Friday at the age of 89, the Pirates announced Saturday morning. As news broke, Kelly took time to remind players of Mazeroski’s legacy as...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Shortly after Gerrit Cole faced hitters for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery last spring, Aaron Judge said that “you would have never known” the Cy Young winner was coming off a procedure that robbed him of the entire 2025 season.

“It looked like the old 45 that I’ve seen for years,” Judge said Friday...Read more

TEMPE, Ariz. — On the eve of the Angels’ first spring training game of the season, the team is still trying to figure out what their television situation will look like when the regular season starts in just over a month.

The uncertainty is a large reason why the Angels payroll is down so much from last year, owner Arte Moreno said Friday. ...Read more

MESA, Ariz. — Bad traffic nearly delayed Munetaka Murakami’s spring debut with the Chicago White Sox.

“Oh, my God, crash,” Murakami said in English of an incident leading to the tie-ups on the Phoenix-area roads.

He continued through an interpreter: “I was so concerned if I could make it on time. There was a big accident on the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Flashing bleached hair under his cap as he settles in with his new team, Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz threw his first pitch of Thursday's live bating practice session to Freddie Freeman. It was called a strike. As Díaz got set for his next pitch, Freeman tapped on his helmet in a playful attempt to challenge the call.

In response...Read more

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Spring training is typically when major league players brag about being in the best shape of their lives after training all offseason, to the point where it’s almost a running joke because it’s become such a cliché.

Brooks Lee didn’t utter the cliché phrase during a nine-minute chat with reporters on one of the ...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The fastest man in the National League in 2015 still wears the crown, which seems impossible until Trea Turner shares his secret.

“I pay attention to a lot of little things,” the Phillies' star shortstop said Wednesday, “that maybe other guys don’t.”

OK, such as?

“Things that happen to all of us all the time,�...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Wander Franco feels “confident and optimistic” heading into a new trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor that is set to start Friday in the Dominican Republic, his lawyer said.

The Rays All-Star shortstop, who hasn’t played since August 2023, was found guilty in June and given a two-year suspended sentence, which is ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Athletics have spent $300 million on the construction of their Las Vegas ballpark as it continues to rise out of the ground.

A’s vice chairman Sandy Dean said those expenses have been paid for by equity from team owner John Fisher.

The A’s $2 billion project will be financed by a mix of up to $380 million in public ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The best way to understand Bryce Harper is to think about all the things he can’t say.

He can’t say that Alec Bohm is a seven-hole hitter at best. He can’t say that Adolis García is much closer to Nick Castellanos than he is a legitimate four- or five-hole hitter. He can’t say that J.T. Realmuto isn’t the guy he was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On the cusp of what promises to be a bitter showdown with major league owners, the players' union has no leader. Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, resigned under pressure Tuesday.

Why did Clark resign?

Clark and the union had engaged separate attorneys as federal authorities ...Read more

BRADENTON, Fla. — Jack Suwinski worried about the future. How could he not?

It was early November, a few weeks from the non-tender deadline. Coming off a two-year stretch during which he hit just .169, struck out 30% of the time and was seventh worst throughout MLB in FanGraphs’ calculation of wins above replacement (minus-1.7), Suwinski ...Read more

It seems my criticism of Tony Vitello’s bizarre press conference on Monday struck a nerve with some of the San Francisco Giants’ blind faithful, because I’ve heard from countless black-and-orange supporters claiming I have it out for the team and their new skipper.

And while I’m sorry they didn’t actually read my column — or, ...Read more