Baseball

4/16/2026 |  Konnor Griffin’s $140M, 9-year contract with Pirates includes $14M signing bonus paid over 2 years (Associated Press (AP)) Konnor Griffin’s $140 million, nine-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates includes a $12 million signing bonus payable over the next two years.
Pittsburgh’s deal with the 19-year-old shortstop, announced April 8, can increase to $150 million based on his finish in MVP voting, according to details obtained by The Associated Press.

4/16/2026 |  The Dodgers shattered MLB’s spending record at $515 million in 2025, 7 times the lowest payroll (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — The Dodgers shattered Major League Baseball’s spending record with a combined $515 million in payroll and luxury tax last year en route to their second straight World Series title, according to final figures compiled by the commissioner’s office, and Los Angeles is projected for the highest total again in 2026.

4/16/2026 |  How the ABS experiment has worked so far in the majors: Which teams, players and umpires have fared the best (CBS Sports) Three weeks into the season, baseball's new automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system has begun to fade into the background. You couldn't not notice it that first weekend. It was new and exciting, and the crowd popped whenever a challenge went the home team's way. Now ABS is becoming just part of the game. It's routine. 

4/16/2026 |  Dodgers smashed MLB's spending record at $515M in 2025 (ESPN) NEW YORK -- The Dodgers shattered Major League Baseball's spending record with a combined $515 million in payroll and luxury tax last year en route to their second straight World Series title, according to final figures compiled by the commissioner's office, and Los Angeles is projected for the highest total again in 2026.

4/15/2026 |  Jarren Duran directs obscene gesture toward fan at Minnesota and says fan told him to kill himself (Associated Press (AP)) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran directed an obscene gesture toward a fan at Target Field as he returned to the dugout after a fifth-inning groundout in Boston’s 6-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.