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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger was voted the National League's Most Valuable Player, topping the 2018 winner, Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Christian Yelich. The results of voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America were announced Thursday. Bellinger received 19 of the 30 first-place votes and finished with 362 voting points. Continue to Article

November 14, 2019 6:39:pm EST

Before the 2016 season the Arizona Diamondbacks radically altered their uniforms. The three most radical aspects of the uniform design, as we highlighted at the time, were (1) the blood-red markings around the ankles of the pants, which looked like, well, blood; (2) the dark gray — very dark gray — road uniforms; and (3) the little diamond pattern — sort of a snakeskin pattern — around the shoulders of the jersey. The team did away with the red ankles after only one season, no doubt realizing that all the players looked like they got their ankles stuck in bear traps or something. Continue to Article

November 08, 2019 11:01:am EST

Major League Baseball will move one step closer to robot umpires in 2020 with the implementation of automated strike zones at some minor league ballparks, marking an expansion of its efforts to incorporate technology into a practice that has remained largely unchanged for decades. The program will build on trial runs MLB conducted in its offseason Arizona Fall League and the independent Atlantic League in 2019, where the league tested TrackMan radar tracking technology to call balls and strikes during in-game play. Commissioner Robert Manfred expressed optimism about advances in automated strike zone technology during an appearance on “MLB Network” last week. Continue to Article

November 07, 2019 5:07:am EST

Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez decided Monday not to opt out of his contract that has three years and $62.5 million remaining, agent Scott Boras told The Boston Globe. "J.D. has advised me that his decision is about assuring that he plays for a competitive team and wanting to continue to play in a place where he knows that he can be highly productive," Boras told The Boston Globe. Martinez has been an All-Star in each of his two seasons with the Red Sox and has 153 extra-base hits during the span. Continue to Article

November 04, 2019 6:44:pm EST

Roundup: MLB transactions Arizona Diamondbacks: Declined 2020 club options on infielder Wilmer Flores ($6 million) and left-hander T.J. McFarland ($1.85 million), making both players free agents. The team also announced that infielder Kevin Cron had knee surgery earlier this month. The Diamondbacks also optioned outfielder Abraham Almonte and left-hander Robby Scott to Triple-A Reno. Continue to Article

November 01, 2019 3:58:am EST