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Details of Roman Anthony’s $130 million, 8-year contract with the Boston Red Sox for 2026-33
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
Signing bonus: $5 million, payable Jan. 15, 2026 2026 salary: $2 million 2027 salary: $4 million 2028 salary: $8 million 2029 salary: $15 million 2030 salary: $19 million 2031 salary: $23 million 2032 salary: $25 million 2033 salary: $29 million 2034 club option: $30 million Escalators — If first or second in 2025 Rookie of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boston Celtics trade Georges Niang to Utah Jazz for 2 draft picks
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics traded recently acquired forward Georges Niang and two future second-round draft picks to the Utah Jazz in exchange for rookie RJ Luis Jr., both teams announced Wednesday. The deal is contingent on the players passing their physicals. Niang is headed to Utah just a month after being dealt to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Red Sox sign rookie phenom Roman Anthony to an 8-year, $130 million contact
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox signed rookie phenom Roman Anthony to an eight-year, $130 million contract on Wednesday, spending some of the cash they saved by trading Rafael Devers away on a player they hope will be the centerpiece of the next generation of Boston stars. The 21-year-old outfielder, who has 159 major league ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caminero homers twice to reach 30 in the Rays’ 5-4 victory over the Angels
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Junior Caminero hit his 29th and 30th homers, Christopher Morel had a go-ahead shot and six Tampa Bay pitchers combined to strike out 16 in the Rays’ 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. Caminero hit a career-long 447-foot shot with a man on in the first, and had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ohtani homers for 1,000th hit and strikes out 8, but Cardinals rally past Dodgers 5-3
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered for his 1,000th career hit and struck out a season-high eight in four innings on the mound, but the St. Louis Cardinals rallied late to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Wednesday. Jordan Walker had three hits for the Cardinals, including an RBI single that tied the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!David Bednar goes longer than expected for his 1st Yankees save to end their 5-game skid
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — David Bednar got his first save for the New York Yankees after going a little longer than expected, and ended their five-game losing streak before going home. Bednar got the final five outs, all on strikeouts, in their 3-2 win at Texas on Wednesday. The game-ending one came with two runners ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guerrero and Blue Jays rout Rockies 20-1 to cap Coors Field barrage
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
DENVER (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had four hits, including a home run, and Davis Schneider went deep twice as the Toronto Blue Jays capped their Coors Field onslaught Wednesday with a 20-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies. The first-place Blue Jays finished with five homers and 24 hits to set a major league record ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘What a city’: Son Heung-min lands at Los Angeles FC with plans for trophies, love for Korean fans
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Son Heung-min has arrived at Los Angeles FC with great excitement and even greater ambitions for the next stage of his groundbreaking soccer career. “I’m here to win, and I will perform,” Son said at a packed news conference. “I will definitely show you something exciting … are we calling it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Added competition makes wide receiver the position to watch at Packers training camp
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jayden Reed acknowledges that the Green Bay Packers receivers didn’t perform quite the way they wanted last season. That left them plenty motivated to take a step forward this season, even before the front office selected two more receivers in the first three rounds of the draft. The additions of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gavin Williams overcomes frightful first, nearly pitches Guardians’ first no-hitter in 44 years
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Two hard hit comebackers in the first inning Wednesday afternoon had Gavin Williams worrying about the direction his start would take against the New York Mets. Instead, the Cleveland Guardians right-hander nearly made history. Williams came within two outs of Cleveland’s first no-hitter in 44 years before Juan Soto homered with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yankees snap 5-game skid after Paul Goldschmidt’s pinch homer to avoid rare sweep in Texas
By Canadian Press on August 6th, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt put the Yankees ahead with a pinch-hit solo homer in the seventh inning and New York ended its five-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Goldschmidt went deep off lefty reliever Robert Garcia (1-7), who has now given up homers in his last ... Read More »
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