Baseball

The NCAA Board of Governors decided to hand over the power of determining transgender athlete eligibility within their transitioned-to gender. Effective immediately for winter championships, national sports’ governing bodies will serve as the de-facto mold for each sports’ transgender athlete policy. The policy replaces the NCAA’s 2010 ruling, which based …

Rachel Balkovec had completed two master’s degrees and an internship with the St. Louis Cardinals. But when she applied to fifteen baseball teams in the Phoenix area, she heard nothing back. The then-waitress and Lululemon worker changed the name on her resume from ‘Rachel’ to ‘Rae.’ In addition, she said …

There are six former players that have been elected as new inductees to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso and Tony Oliva were part of the Golden Era Ballot that was selected by the committee. Bud Fowler and Buck O’Neil were selected by …

As of Wednesday at midnight, there will be no more baseball activities for the foreseeable future. The owners and MLB Players Association did not work out a new collective bargaining agreement, resulting in the first MLB work stoppage since 1994-95.  Major League Baseball has officially implemented a lockout, sources tell …

Max Scherzer just signed with the Mets as the highest-paid player in baseball. The new agreement has Scherzer making an annual salary of $43.3 million through 2024. Steven A. Cohen Owner of the Mets, Steven A. Cohen, said Scherzer is one of the best pitchers of the generation. His stats …

The MLB season may be over, but battles are far from it. The league and the Major League Baseball Players Association have a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) which expires Wednesday night at 11:59 p.m. If the two sides don’t agree (which seems likely at this point), team owners will force …

While most people call New York the big apple, others like to say “It’s always bigger in Texas.” This past Monday, two of baseball’s biggest free agents, Corey Seager and Max Scherzer ink deals to join new teams for this upcoming season and beyond. Scherzer’s deal guarantees him $130 million …

Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes won the National League Cy Young Award, and Toronto Blue Jays starter Robbie Ray took home the American League Cy Young Award. The award is voted on by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and given to the best pitchers in Major League …

Managers Kevin Cash and Gabe Kapler took home the  Major League Baseball Manager of the Year award on Tuesday. Both managed their teams to the best record in their respected leagues. In the National League, this marks the first award Kapler has won as a manager for the San Francisco …

Former Florida Gator infielder Jonathan India has been named National League Rookie of the Year. https://twitter.com/Reds/status/1460387224999145481 He led the Florida Gators to their first NCAA title in 2017 and was selected fifth overall in the 2018 MLB Draft. India is the second former Gator to earn this title in the …