Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Right-handers Greg Holland of the Kansas City Royals and Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves were named Wednesday as the top relief pitchers in Major League Baseball. Holland won the American League award named for […]
Minneapolis, MN (SportsNetwork.com) – The Minnesota Twins announced Wednesday that the team will not pick up its contract option on reliever Jared Burton for the 2015 season. Burton would have earned $3.6 million next season had the Twins exercised the […]
Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Dan Haren underwent surgery Wednesday to clean out the AC joint in his non- throwing shoulder. The Dodgers expect the veteran hurler to be recovered in time for spring training. Haren […]
San Diego, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Diego Padres have relieved Phil Plantier of his hitting coach duties. The Padres ranked last in the majors in several offensive categories in 2014, finishing 30th in runs (535), hits (1,199), runs batted […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – One pitcher came into the World Series with a reputation for pitching well in big games. The other was James Shields. San Francisco left-hander Madison Bumgarner continued to cement his status as the best postseason pitcher […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Jerome Williams on a one-year, $2.5 million contract, the team announced Tuesday. Williams was 4-2 with a 2.83 earned run average in nine starts for the […]
Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – The Kansas City Royals made one change to their 25-man roster for the World Series against the San Francisco Giants. In the infield, Jayson Nix is in and Christian Colon is out. Colon has one […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Kansas City Royals are back in the World Series for the first time in 29 years. If they want to nail down their first title since that 1985 season, though, they’ll have to get past […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – You can’t teach experience. That’s one advantage the San Francisco Giants have entering their third World Series in the last five years. It’s been 29 years since the upstart Cinderella Kansas City Royals were in the […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Wade Davis was a throw-in in the deal that sent James Shields to Kansas City from Tampa Bay back in December of 2012. As important a piece as Shields is to Kansas City, though, Davis has become an […]