Baseball

11/13/2025 |  Tampa Bay Rays to return to Tropicana Field in 2026 after hurricane repairs (Associated Press (AP)) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are heading home.
The team announced Wednesday it will return to an updated Tropicana Field for the 2026 season after playing its entire 2025 home schedule at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa while damage to the Trop caused by Hurricane Milton in October 2024 was repaired.

11/13/2025 |  MLB GMs focus on 2026 season despite looming CBA talks (Associated Press (AP)) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Baseball’s general managers are meeting in Las Vegas this week, and negotiations over the collective bargaining agreement are hanging in the background of their team-building conversations.
The GMs are well aware of what could be coming, but when it comes to roster construction, they said little has changed in their approach.

11/13/2025 |  Guardians’ Antonetti focusing on improving team as Clase and Ortiz face charges (Associated Press (AP)) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cleveland Guardians executive Chris Antonetti is sticking with the same approach that he adopted when pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were placed on non-disciplinary paid leave in July.
Days after Clase and Ortiz were indicted on charges they took bribes from sports bettors to throw certain types of pitches to ensure successful proposition bets, Antonetti is focused on helping the Guardians return to the playoffs.

11/13/2025 |  Cleveland Guardians’ pitcher Luis Ortiz pleads not guilty to taking bribes to aid gamblers (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Guardians’ pitcher Luis Ortiz pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he took bribes to help gamblers win bets placed on pitches he threw. His teammate, Guardians former closer Emmanuel Clase, has also been charged in the alleged scheme. 

11/13/2025 |  Paul Skenes wins 2025 National League Cy Young award: Pirates ace takes home honors in just second MLB season (CBS Sports) Skenes on Wednesday night was announced as the winner of the balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He prevailed over his fellow NL award finalists, Cristopher Sánchez of the Phillies and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers. Skenes joins Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, who won in the American League. Here's  look at full voting: