comscore
Skip to main content

Rays turn to Rasmussen to stave off elimination in Game 5

Drew Rasmussen will take the hill for the Tampa Bay Rays as the team looks to again keep its World Series dream alive. The All-Star righty will start Game 5 on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field a day after the Rays avoided a sweep with a 4-3 extra-innings victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.


Orioles introduce new GM Banner, who takes over player development

Jared Banner’s arrival as GM comes at a time when the Baltimore front office is facing plenty of skepticism. The Orioles won the AL East in 2023 and were a wild-card team the following year, but two straight sub-.500 seasons have ramped up the pressure on Mike Elias, who was hired as GM eight years ago and eventually became a team president.


Report: Ex-Jay Hoffman has elbow surgery

Former Toronto Blue Jays reliever Jeff Hoffman had right arthroscopic elbow surgery that removed a bone chip and included a debridement procedure, according to Dan Hayes of The Athletic.


MLB testing outfield positioning rules in minors as quest for more offence continues

Welcome to Major League Baseball’s newest experiment in its long-running quest to juice the game’s sluggish offense: Restricting the positioning of outfielders on every at-bat. The idea is that making outfielders play straight up — instead of adjusting for individual hitters’ tendencies — will lead to more doubles and triples.


ADVERTISEMENT