German Marquez has said it before and he said it again Friday. He believes he can win a National League Cy Young Award. Informed that catcher Elias Diaz told reporters Marquez had the talent to win the award some day, the Rockies’ right-hander didn’t shy away. “It’s one of my goals,” Marquez said. “I have been working (on it) for […]

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After a season-long hiatus, minor league baseball will return in April.  Major League Baseball announced that 20 Class AAA teams will participate in "Opening Night," which had become tradition about a week after the major leagues started its season, on April 6. The other 10 Class AAA teams will begin play two days later.  Meanwhile, the remaining 90 teams at […]

During spring training in 2020, when asked about his goal of making it to the majors, Tim Tebow responded with this:  “It’d be a lie if I said that wouldn’t be super cool. Of course that would be special. But I wouldn’t say it would be a success or failure if that did or didn’t happen.” Tebow referred to parts of […]

Fernando Tatis Jr. has agreed to one of the biggest deals in baseball history, a new 14-year contract with the San Diego Padres worth $340 million, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the deal was not yet official. The new contract goes into effect this […]

The question was broad: How do the Rockies approach the 2021 season without star third baseman Nolan Arenado? Manager Bud Black said what you’d expect him to say. “We are going to camp with this group of 60-plus players, and get after it,” Black said Wednesday as the Rockies reported to Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Ariz., to open spring […]

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ESPN MLB insider Author of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training for all 30 teams, and the countdown to Opening Day is on. Between now and April 1, the league and players will contort themselves to avoid the alternating speed bumps and potholes the coronavirus […]

This story originally appeared in the Oct. 10, 1951, edition of The Sporting News.  NEW YORK, N.Y. — Not since the days of Frank Merriwell has there been anybody in baseball like Bob Thomson, third baseman of the New York Giants. The Flying Scot from Staten Island, the seagoing, rugged borough of this city which so resembles the foothills of […]

Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” As negotiations between MLB players and owners reached their apex last summer, the union held together strongly, with Max Scherzer and Jack Flaherty and others taking to social media to collectively reflect the group’s insistence on 100% pay. But it seemed even then that […]