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CHICAGO -- A day after Ian Stewart was optioned to Triple-A Iowa, Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum made it clear that Cody Ransom and Luis Valbuena do not need to be looking over their shoulders. "(Stewart) is down there as a Triple-A player now," ...

On the one hand it's hard not to conjure up a little sympathy for Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts. Travel south about 15 stops down the CTA Red Line from the Addison station next to Wrigley Field and there sits another major league ballpark built for...

Tim Hudson was a dual threat in his 200th career win

With a 95 mph fastball and wipeout slider, right-hander Matt Harvey gives the New York Mets hope for the future.

The Indians will be without their leadoff hitter, starting centerfielder and top base-stealing threat for at least two weeks.

Oakland was taken lightly in preseason, and that was a mistake. The A's are here to stay, writes Paul Swydan.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Love that we've all accepted that pitch count, not Houston's lineup, is the greatest threat to this perfect game.- Andy Behrens (@andybehrens) April 3, 2013 Back in 1962, Don Drysdale threw 163 pitches in his first start of the sea...

The Netherlands, once just a feel-good story in the World Baseball Classic, is now a team that's a legitimate threat to win the tournament.

A key hit by Alex Rios and a key baserunning mistake to squelch a rally helped propel Puerto Rico past Japan, ending a WBC three-peat threat.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Chicago White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy scrapped his Cactus League start Friday because of a threat of afternoon rain. With bad weather in the Phoenix area, Peavy and the team opted instead for a side session against Sox hitters. ...

Keith Lipscomb looks at how the American League has gained a lot more speed thanks to a number of offseason moves.

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Yankees have one outfielder who will miss the first five weeks of the regular season with a broken arm. They have another who persists, despite his manager's threats and pleadings, in going headfirst into first base even though ...

Speaking last week in front of the Hillsborough County Commission in an attempt to win support for a new publicly financed stadium, Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg said, "Major League Baseball at this point no longer believes in the Tampa Bay area...

FanGraphs' Mike Petriello has a story up on ESPN.com (insider) that talks about why the Texas Rangers are still a threat to win the World Series. Petriello lists his reasons. Here's part of his thinking: Even if Jurickson Profar does start off...

Despite losing some key players the Rangers are still a major World Series threat in 2013. Mike Petriello of FanGraphs explains.

Story | Conversation | January 08, 2013

Game 4 of the AL Championship Series between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees has been postponed by bad weather in the area -- although Comerica Park itself was still dry when the game was called.