Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the 10-1 co-favorite at the Westgate SuperBook and Caesars Sportsbook to lead MLB in home runs.
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The Athletics and Guardians are still scheduled to play in the first of two Big League Weekend series at Las Vegas Ballpark, but a cancellation announcement appears imminent.
Individual tickets for this year’s Big League Weekend at Las Vegas Ballpark will go on sale next Tuesday at noon.
BetMGM lost six figures on San Francisco, which won a franchise-record 107 games to edge the Los Angeles Dodgers (106-56) by one game to win the NL West. The Giants were 60-1 in April.
Before his professional baseball career, Thomas was a two-sport athlete at Oklahoma, playing both baseball and quarterback for the Sooners’ football team.
A’s President Dave Kaval said all potential stadium sites they toured in Southern Nevada are still under consideration after being presented to the MLB owners in New York.
A former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher and three others died in a plane crash in rural Utah.
The Yankees pitcher was hit in the head by a line drive from teammate Giancarlo Stanton during drills at Yankee Stadium.
The Korean Baseball Organization opens its season Monday night Pacific time, with several games set to be broadcast on ESPN networks.
The former Bonanza standout hit .425 with nine homers in 40 at-bats during spring training in 2015 but started the season at Triple-A Iowa
The Aviators will begin their second season at Las Vegas Ballpark on April, 9 against the Albuquerque Isotopes, the team announced Tuesday.
Longtime newspaperman and Las Vegas resident Herb Jaffe covered Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game in 1956 for the Newark Star-Ledger. Larsen died Wednesday at age 90.
Alfonso Rivas hit a three-run homer as part of a five-run rally with two outs in the third inning to help the Aviators to a 9-3 road win Wednesday night.
Austin Barnes homered and knocked in three runs, leading the Oklahoma City Dodgers to a 7-6 victory Sunday night over the Aviators before a Pacific Coast League crowd of 8,470 at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Eric Campbell homered and singled twice and drove in four runs as the Las Vegas Aviators drubbed the Oklahoma City Dodgers 10-5 in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday night before 9,795 fans at Las Vegas Ballpark.