Major League Baseball proposed cutting the regular-season schedule from 162 games to 154 games in a bargaining session with the MLBPA today. Also part of its proposal: higher seeds in playoffs get to choose their opponents, and division series expand to seven games.
Today, the Yankees made the following roster moves:
• Reinstated OF Aaron Judge (#99) from the 60-day injured list.
• Designated RHP Chase Hampton for assignment.
BREAKING: The Seattle Mariners plan to call up left-hander Kade Anderson, the top pitching prospect in baseball, to start Saturday, sources tell ESPN. Anderson, the third pick in the 2025 draft, has a 1.06 ERA over 93.1 innings with 135 strikeouts, 13 walks and 47 hits allowed.
The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to American businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record breaking price over $12 billion, per @ramonashelburne.
Kushner and Iger were involved in the expansion process in Las Vegas, but they pivoted to make an aggressive offer to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter, who had purchased a controlling interest in the team from the Buss family last year.
The New York Yankees are calling up right-handed reliever Bradley Hanner, sources tell ESPN. Hanner, 27, has a 2.10 ERA with 61 strikeouts in 51.1 innings at Triple-A. A 21st-round pick in 2019, Hanner will make his major league debut when Aaron Boone calls his number.
Yankees sign righty-hitting catcher Mitch Garver to a Minor League deal, per @tlschwerz
The 35-year-old Garver was released by the Mariners this week after hitting .175 with a .596 OPS in 50 games this season
@risucci_rick These guys are all getting more jeffers is gonna get 17 or 18 mill per year he's the only good catcher on the market I think Arreaz gets a little more
Bednar will get 15 per
Vesia might be accurate but I would say a little more
DJ coming off also though
Stanton drops a littl