Chicago Cubs slugger Kris Bryant has worked out in left field and was expected to play there in Thursday’s spring training game.
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Linebacker Brandon Magee was placed on waivers by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wednesday, and now he’s headed to Boston Red Sox spring training… to play.
Major-league baseball teams are worth $1.2 billion on average, an increase of 48 percent from 2014, according to Forbes’ valuations released Wednesday.
This weekend we jump back into conference play as we host San Diego State. For the last three years the Aztecs have been one of the best teams in the conference. Hopefully we can come out and show our best stuff and get it started on Friday night.
Nolan Kingham is one of the top pitching prospects in the West region. Armed with a fastball that has been clocked as high as 96 mph, the lanky right-hander is expected to be the first Desert Oasis player selected in Major League Baseball’s first-year player draft in June.
The Spring Valley baseball team scored three runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings to take a four-run lead and hung on for a 6-5 win over Faith Lutheran, which was handed its first league loss since May 3, 2012.
Major League Baseball reportedly is investigating whether Miami Marlins pitcher Jarred Cosart has bet on baseball.
Little League World Series star Mo’ne Davis appeared on SportsCenter on Monday and says she thinks the college baseball player who was kicked off his team after posting an offensive tweet about her should be given a second chance.
The Los Angeles Dodgers landed coveted Cuban second baseman Hector Olivera after reaching agreement on a six-year, $62.5 million deal, according to reports Tuesday.
One of the biggest deals in U.S. baseball this spring may be the $70 million purchase on Monday by a Finnish company of the Louisville Slugger brand, a name synonymous with the sport itself.
Freshman Austin Anderson had two hits and five RBIs to help UNLV to an 11-8 win over Northwestern and a split of a nonconference baseball doubleheader Saturday at Wilson Stadium. The Wildcats rallied for a 13-12 victory in the first game.
Coronado leadoff hitter Dante Glover stepped to the plate and attacked the game’s first pitch Friday, lacing a double into the right-center field gap. It was a sign of things to come for the Cougars in their five-inning, 13-1 victory at Spring Valley.
Joey Swanner’s RBI single in the 15th inning lifted UNLV to a 9-8 win over Northwestern in a nonconference baseball game at Wilson Stadium. Austin Anderson and Morgan Stotts each had three hits for the Rebels, who led 6-0 after four innings and 7-2 after seven.
Ex-Bonanza star Kris Bryant is the top prospect in baseball. He’s rich, handsome, hits for power and — it turns out — is a really, really nice guy.
Tanner Roundy threw four perfect innings of relief, and eighth-ranked Basic scratched out four runs in the final two frames of a 6-2 victory at fourth-ranked Liberty. Roundy struck out four and allowed only three balls out of the infield.
