Dream Bracket Semifinals Set: Yankees-Red Sox, Reds-Dodgers

The MLB Dream Bracket presented by DraftKings will resume Thursday with the Yankees and Red Sox as well as the Dodgers and Reds meeting in the semifinals. Both series will wrap up Friday, with select games broadcast live starting at 3 p.m. ET on MLB Network's Twitch, MLB.com and club sites.

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Predicting The MLB Team Of The 2020s

2020 has been a strange year thus far, but in an ideal world, our lives will eventually return to some sense of normalcy here in the United States. When that happens, hopefully it’ll mean the return of sports—and specifically to my interest, the return of baseball.

KMOV

Chris Sale To Begin Rehab Process Thursday

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The Cardinals Will Be Huge Losers If Coronavirus Cancels The Baseball Season

According to a report by Ticket IQ, the St. Louis Cardinals stand to lose more than $152 million if Major League Baseball is out of action until the All-Star Game thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cheap Seats

Scheduled Doubleheaders Could Make A Comeback As MLB Tries To Play A Full Season

Let’s play two? Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black would be down for doubleheaders.

Fox Sports Midwest

Chris Sale Will Have Tommy John Surgery

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Butterfly Effects & The Jason Heyward Signing

’Twas the winter of 2015-16. Jason Heyward wasn’t the best-available player in a well-stocked free agent class. But he was a high-quality performer and still tantalizingly young (26). While hardly a traditional corner outfield star due to his middling power, Heyward was well-established as a quality hitter and superlative defender and baserunner.

MLB Trade Rumors

Chris Sale Begins A Throwing Program In Fort Myers

According to a major league source, Red Sox lefthander Chris Sale has commenced a throwing program in Fort Myers, Fla., after being shut down at the beginning of the month with a strained flexor tendon in his left forearm.

Boston Globe

Chris Sale Set To Resume Throwing Friday

Chris Sale hasn’t thrown since learning he has a flexor strain in his left elbow, but that will change Friday, when the ace is scheduled to test out the arm he’s been resting.

Boston Official Site

Chris Sale On Latest Injury: 'It's A Gut Punch'

The Red Sox revealed on Thursday that ace Chris Sale has a flexor strain in his left elbow and will wait a week before he throws again.

Boston Official Site

Chris Sale Takes Important Step With BP Session

As the ball towered off the bat of Red Sox prospect Josh Ockimey and crashed off the netting beyond the right-field fence, ace Chris Sale dead-panned, “I guess we’ll end on that one.”

Boston Official Site

Chris Sale Won't Be Ready To Pitch Opening Day

Red Sox ace Chris Sale has been ruled out for Opening Day and is likely to start the season on the 15-day injured list, interim manager Ron Roenicke said on Thursday.

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Yoan Moncada Tunes Out Speculation About Contract

Yoán Moncada isn’t worried about contract extensions, leaving those sorts of dealings to his agent and the White Sox to discuss.

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Here Are 11 Players To Keep An Eye On This Spring

Now is when it gets fun. For weeks, we’ve projected what this guy or that one will do and the impact he could have on the standings. With spring games underway, we can see those projections begin to take shape.

St. Louis Official Site

This Is Where Red Sox Stand In David Price Talks

In the weeks leading up to the Winter Meetings, much of the talk surrounding the Red Sox involved the possibility of trading Mookie Betts.

MLB Official Site

Red Sox Interested In Rick Porcello

The Mets aren’t the only team talking with free agent pitcher Rick Porcello.

Boston Herald

Gerrit Cole Breaks Astros' Strikeout Record, Ties An MLB Mark

Forty years ago, J.R. Richard was one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball, striking out batters at a rate that few have before or since. He fanned an Astros-record 313 in 1979 -- his final full season in the big leagues -- and finished third in National League Cy Young Award voting.

Houston Official Site

Justin Verlander Goes Distance In Two-Hitter & Loses

Justin Verlander was just about perfect. Close enough to flirt with something special. Close enough to sense it was possible. This is what the Astros have come to expect from him.

Houston Official Site

What's So Special About Andrew Miller's Slider Anyways?

Andrew Miller has rebounded mightily since the All-Star Break after a sub-par first half with the St. Louis Cardinals. How has he been doing it?

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Chris Sale Focused On Healing, Helping Team Win Again

Considering what the alternative diagnosis could have been in his visit with Dr. James Andrews, Red Sox ace Chris Sale was relatively encouraged about his health while talking to reporters at Fenway Park on Tuesday.

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