Baseball

11/12/2025 |  MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on charges they took bribes from sports bettors to throw certain types of pitches, including tossing balls in the dirt instead of strikes, to ensure successful bets.

11/12/2025 |  Guardians' Vogt, Brewers' Murphy again win Manager of the Year (ESPN) Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy grew up going to minor league games at MacArthur Stadium in Syracuse, New York. In those days, the local team tried to retrieve all the baseballs that went over the fence during batting practice, but Murphy would pocket a souvenir or two before he was run off.

11/12/2025 |  Back-to-Back, Twice: Pat Murphy, Stephen Vogt Repeat as MLB Managers of the Year (Fox Sports) Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt won his second straight AL Manager of the Year award and Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy repeated for the NL honor.
Vogt received 17 of 30 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, beating out Toronto’s John Schneider and Seattle’s Dan Wilson. Voting was conducted before the postseason, and results were announced Tuesday night.

11/12/2025 |  Why Stephen Vogt Was Again a Deserving Choice as AL Manager of the Year (Fox Sports) For anyone up in arms wondering how World Series champion Dave Roberts wasn’t even a finalist (again) for Manager of the Year in the National League and how Blue Jays skipper John Schneider didn’t run away with the award in the American League, a reminder is warranted. 

11/12/2025 |  Should Yankees pursue Tatsuya Imai or wait for other Japanese ace instead? (Yardbarker) The recent news regarding the Seibu Lions beginning the process of posting their star pitcher, Tatsuya Imai, has been well-received by MLB clubs, and for good reason. Imai is coming off his best season in Japan’s NPB, owning a 10-5 record with a 1.92 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 163.2 innings pitched. Keep in mind, NPB is a baseball league where strikeouts are more scarce.