Blake Snell has chance to show he belongs in Rays' loaded rotation When you're armed with excellent pitching depth, there's no harm in showing it off from time to time. And really, there's no better place to show it off than New York. As Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reported on Friday, the Tampa Bay Rays are doing just that by calling up their top prospect, left-hander Blake Snell, to … [Read more...]

Barry Bonds soaks up the love in return to S.F., but puts Marlins first SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds arrived at AT&T Park on Friday and went right to the batting cage. The visitors’ batting cage. Then he went to the dugout, sat down and answered questions from a swarm of reporters. The visitors’ dugout.  Then it was off to the clubhouse.  Oh, the AT&T Park clubhouse.  The stories it could … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Colabello Banned Chris Colabello is set to miss half the baseball season after he was suspended Friday by Major League Baseball. Colabello was suspended 80 games for testing positive last month for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, an anabolic steroid. He began serving his suspension Friday. “The only thing I know is that I would never compromise the integrity of … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Matt Harvey finally wins, but still looks shaky Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. Matt Harvey still didn't look like the ace New York Mets fans expect him to be on Friday night, but … [Read more...]

The White Sox turned the craziest triple play you'll ever see Your browser does not support iframes.Ladies and gentlemen, take out your pencils and scorecards and please throw them in the nearest trashcan. You won't be needing them, because what you're going to witness here won't make any more sense written down in baseball coding than it did to the naked eye.  In no uncertain terms, the … [Read more...]

Logical landing spots for inevitable expansion Here's a fun question for your Friday night: Which cities are the best candidates for expansion? Commissioner Rob Manfred might be asking others that same question in the coming months. On Friday, Manfred revealed that he believes an expansion to 32 teams is inevitable: "Multiples of fours just work better (for scheduling) than multiples of fives," … [Read more...]

Jacoby Ellsbury stuns Rays with straight steal of home Age and injuries have limited Jacoby Ellsbury's base-stealing ability somewhat since joining the New York Yankees in 2014. Make no mistake about it though, he still has the ability to change a game with his speed and his baserunning savvy, and that's exactly what he did on Friday night. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] … [Read more...]

Chris Colabello to work with Frank Mir to fight PED suspension? TORONTO – Chris Colabello became the latest baseball player suspended for PED use when MLB announced an 80-game ban for the Toronto Blue Jays first baseman on Friday. Colabello didn't speak to reporters but he did issue a statement through the MLBPA, acknowledging he had been informed of an incoming suspension on Mar. 13 and … [Read more...]

Blue Jays' Chris Colabello suspended 80 games for PED use TORONTO – Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello was suspended 80 games Friday as MLB announced he has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug. The PED in question is dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, an anabolic steroid designed to increase speed and strength. It is the same PED that led to Phillies pitcher Darren … [Read more...]

Becoming a father has turned Buster Posey into a cancer fighter Something changes in a man when he becomes a parent. Heck, maybe everything changes. Priorities get rearranged. Selfishness vanishes. And emotions he doesn’t know even existed show themselves.  And, particularly in the case of Buster Posey, the star catcher of the San Francisco Giants, purpose becomes more clear. “It’s … [Read more...]