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The New York Yankees will have Aroldis Chapman back in 2020 closing games for them. Chapman had an option to opt-out of his contract with the Yankees and test the free-agent market but instead signed an extension that will keep him in pinstripes through the 2022 season, ESPN reported. Chapman will make a total of $30 million over the next two seasons and then make $18 million in the final year of his contract, according to ESPN. Continue to Article

November 04, 2019 10:23:am EST

Reliever Aroldis Chapman will attempt to secure a contract extension with the New York Yankees before Saturday or opt out of the final two years and $30 million remaining on his current deal with the club, MLB Network announced. If Chapman opts out, the Yankees are expected to present him with a $17.8 million qualifying offer for 2020, according to the report. Chapman, 31, had 37 saves in 42 attempts this past season, with a 2.21 ERA over 60 total appearances. Continue to Article

November 01, 2019 1:47:pm EST

Ron Wotus will have to wait a little bit longer for his first major league managerial job. The Athletic's Andrew Baggarly reported Saturday that the Giants have told the longtime coach that he is no longer in the running for their open job. Wotus has been with the Giants organization since 1988 and has been a coach with the franchise since 1998. Continue to Article

October 27, 2019 12:15:am EST

Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much in Washington these days, but they'll all be cheering on the US capital's baseball team Friday night as it chases its first World Series title in nearly a century. The Washington Nationals will take on the Houston Astros at sold-out Nationals Park holding a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series after improbably taking the first two games of the Major League Baseball championship in Houston. It will be the first World Series game played in the nation's capital since 1933, when the then-Washington Senators lost to the New York Giants and president Franklin Roosevelt threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Continue to Article

October 25, 2019 12:55:pm EST

Halfway to pulling off an epic World Series shocker, the Washington Nationals are defying the odds like few teams in baseball history in their bid to defeat the Houston Astros. The Nationals seized a 2-0 lead in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final with two wins in Houston and only three teams have ever recovered from dropping the first two at home to win the title. Baseball lore has its legendary World Series upsets. Continue to Article

October 25, 2019 1:18:am EST

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