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<!--> All-Star outfielder Jackson Merrill and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a $135 million, nine-year contract covering 2026-34, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal, first reported by FanSided, had not been announced.Merrill's deal includes a $30 million team option for 2035 that would convert to a player option if he has a top-five finish in MVP voting at any point during the contract.ADVERTISEMENT -->Merrill, who turns 22 on April 19, made his major-league debut last season and became an All-Star, hitting .292 with 24 home runs, 90 RBIs and 16 stolen bases. He finished second in NL Rookie of the Year voting to Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes.He has an $809,500 salary while in the major leagues this year after earning the $740,000 minimum […]
Rowan Kavner MLB Writer <!--> --> Before the Yankees' franchise-record nine-homer outburst on Saturday, the Dodgers' hitting coaches had never heard of "torpedo" bats."I saw them like everybody else did — on social media and TV," Aaron Bates said Monday. Now, after a record-setting power display this weekend in New York, they're the talk of the sport. Dodgers hitting coaches Bates and Robert Van Scoyoc are among many throughout Major League Baseball whose interest was piqued after watching Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells combine to launch nine of the Yankees' 15 homers on the weekend while using the new style of bat. ADVERTISEMENT <!-->"Guys are always trying to get better, find new ways to improve or get an edge in that sense," Bates said. "Obviously Major League Baseball said it's all within the rules and everything. […]
<!--> Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton said he'll continue using a torpedo bat whenever he returns from pain in both elbows, but also declined to say whether he thought using the new model might have caused his injury.Last season, Stanton began using the unique bats that feature more wood lower down the barrel closer to the label, shaped a little like a bowling pin. During spring training, he seemed to hint that using the different bats could have caused pain, telling reporters, "probably some bat adjustments," before later adding he didn't know why his injury occurred."You’re not going to get the story you’re looking for," Stanton said Tuesday before New York opened a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. "So if that’s what you guys want, that ain’t going to happen."The torpedo bats made national headlines after Cody Bellinger, Jazz Chisholm […]
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<!--> When a drone suddenly appeared near the left-field wall at Sutter Health Park's home opener on Monday night, veteran Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum decided to help thwart it.The drone tried to lift him off the grass but Thalblum used a bat and brought it down, careful not to cut himself with the spinning blades, while park security offered up a helping hand and a towel just in case.Once the device had been corralled, Thalblum handed it off to a security guard.ADVERTISEMENT -->The drone appeared with Seth Brown batting for the Athletics in the seventh inning of the Chicago Cubs' 18-3 rout and it delayed the game for a few minutes."I think for me I didn't want to cut my fingers off. I always see that on the news, people hurt themselves when it's hovering or whatever and their […]
<!--> It's been a rough last six months or so for Boston Red Sox star Rafael Devers. First, his 2024 ended early due to a shoulder injury. Then, he lost his job at third base to free agent signing Alex Bregman, moving to designated hitter. Next, his spring training was shortened due to a slow ramp-up out of concern for his shoulders, avoiding surgery over the offseason but limiting him to just five games and 14 at-bats before the regular season.Now, five games into the actual season, Devers is still searching for his first hit. Following an 0-for-3 performance with three more strikeouts in an 8-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, Devers is 0-for-19 on the young season with 15 strikeouts, which is a record for the most strikeouts through the first five games of a season. Red Sox […]
<!--> Elly De La Cruz had a single, double and two home runs for a career-high seven RBIs, Brady Singer pitched seven scoreless innings in his Cincinnati debut, and the Reds routed the Texas Rangers 14-3 on Monday night.-->Singer, who was acquired in November from the Kansas City Royals, became the first Reds pitcher with seven-plus scoreless innings in a debut since Tom Seaver on June 18, 1977, against Montreal. The 28-year-old right-hander struck out eight, walked two and allowed one hit.De La Cruz hit a three-run home run to center for a 6-0 lead in the second inning. It was his first homer of the season. He added a two-run shot in the seventh.ADVERTISEMENT <!-->De La Cruz used a torpedo bat for the first time on Monday and said that it felt "really good." When asked if he planned […]
<!--> Pete Alonso hit a grand slam and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 10-4 on Monday night.-->Starling Marte, Luis Torrens and Brandon Nimmo also went deep for the Mets, who finished with 11 hits in the opener of a three-game series. Every starter in the lineup had at least one.New York left-hander David Peterson gave up two runs and five hits in six innings. Peterson (1-0) struck out nine and walked three.ADVERTISEMENT <!-->Alonso’s drive chased Miami starter Cal Quantrill (0-1) and highlighted a seven-run fifth. Torrens capped the outburst when he connected for a two-run shot off reliever George Soriano to put the Mets ahead 8-1.Otto López’s solo homer in the first gave the Marlins a quick lead before the Mets tied it on Marte’s drive in the third.The Marlins scored two in the ninth, ending a […]
<!--> For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate.The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin — became the talk of major league baseball over the weekend.The New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. all went deep using a torpedo bat. New York's 15 homers through the first three games matched the 2006 Detroit Tigers for the most in major league history.Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz used a torpedo bat for a game for the first time on Monday night. He hit […]
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