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Orioles sign hard-throwing reliever to 2-year contract to bolster bullpen: reports

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Baltimore Orioles have reportedly brought in some firepower for the back of their bullpen.  The Orioles signed flamethrowing closer Ryan Helsley to a two-year, $28 million contract, according to multiple reports. The contract reportedly has a player option after the first year of the deal.  Helsley, 31, drew a lot of …

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Toronto adds Dylan Cease, reinforcing pitching rotation after World Series loss: reports

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After coming up short in a Game 7 World Series thriller, the Toronto Blue Jays wasted little time making a free agency splash.  According to multiple reports, free agent pitcher Dylan Cease agreed to a $210 million, seven-year contract. Cease has been a reliable arm, making at least 32 starts in each …

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Japanese ace Tatsuya Imai snubs Dodgers as high-stakes MLB free agency window opens

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Los Angeles Dodgers’ big bets on Japanese pitchers paid off earlier this month. Yoshinobu Yamamoto won World Series MVP honors, Roki Sasaki recorded critical outs and Shohei Ohtani started in Game 7.  Tatsuya Imai is the latest Japanese ace and free agent who has his sights set on Major League Baseball. …

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Ex-Mets star Darryl Strawberry talks Trump pardon during church sermon

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry expressed his gratitude toward President Donald Trump on Sunday during a church sermon in Oklahoma. Trump pardoned Strawberry earlier this month for past tax evasion and drug charges. Strawberry was welcomed into a Tulsa church by Jackson Lahmeyer, the founder of Pastors for Trump. He …

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MLB commissioner addresses sport’s illegal gambling scandal, will cooperate with Congress on investigation

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday the league will cooperate with a U.S. Senate committee’s request for documents detailing gambling investigations.  “We’re going to respond fully and cooperatively and on time to the Senate inquiry,” Manfred said during a news conference at an owners meeting. The sport has been rocked …

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Pope Leo XIV receives invite to throw out first pitch at White Sox new stadium

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The minute sports fans found out there was a new American pope and he’d been born in Chicago, every American sports fan had one thought: was he a Cubs or White Sox fan? Soon, news emerged that he was a White Sox fan — not without a false report, however, that he …

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Tyler Skaggs’ widow says she was not aware of pitcher’s drug use at time of death; mother also testifies

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The wrongful death trial of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs has reached its sixth week, and his widow and mother took the stand on Monday. Carli Skaggs, who began dating the MLB pitcher in 2014, testified that she knew Skaggs battled a previous addiction to Percocet before they dated but …

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MLB prospect, 24, fighting for life after Dominican Republic car crash kills 3 people

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An MLB prospect is under “intensive medical care” after a car crash in the Dominican Republic that killed three people. Antonio Jimenez, a 24-year-old pitcher in the San Francisco Giants farm system, fractured his femur and spine and suffered “several” lacerations as a result of the Monday morning crash. An SUV collided …

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Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubal win Cy Young Awards as trade rumors swirl around star pitchers

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal were named the National and American League Cy Young Award winners, respectively, Wednesday, capping their terrific 2025 seasons and kick-starting what could be a whirlwind offseason for both star MLB pitchers. Skenes became the first pitcher since Dwight Gooden to win the National League Rookie of the …

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MLB cracks down with new betting limit after Cleveland pitchers charged in gambling scheme

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MLB announced that prominent U.S. sportsbook operators are establishing a nationwide $200 betting limit on baseball prop wagers focused on individual pitches in the wake of the indictment of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz for their alleged roles in a gambling scheme. The announcement also noted that individual-pitch bets …

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