The St. Louis Cardinals were stripped of their top two picks in this year’s amateur draft Monday and ordered to give them to Houston along with $2 million as compensation for hacking the Astros’ email system and scouting database, the final and unprecedented step in an unusual case of cybercrime involving two Major League Baseball teams.
Coyotes knock off defending national champ and No. 1-ranked Yavapai College of Arizona, but settle for 2-2 record in season-opening tournament.
Amed Rosario, a shortstop who is expected to appear with Las Vegas 51s next season, led the way, coming in at No. 3 overall.
Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is the next player voted to be on Card No. 1 for 2017 Topps Baseball, the company announced Thursday.
Negotiations between Clark County and The Howard Hughes Corp., which has an ownership stake in the Las Vegas 51s, had stalled last year.
Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, whose electric arm helped his team win the 2015 World Series title, was killed in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic early Sunday.
The New York Mets jumped from 16th to seventh in ESPN’s latest rankings.
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are rounding second and have a legitimate opportunity to eventually touch home plate in Cooperstown.
Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday, earning the honor as Trevor Hoffman and Vladimir Guerrero fell just short.
Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell appear likely to gain election into the Baseball Hall of Fame when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting is announced Wednesday.
