By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 17, 2015, 6:26 pm CT From the St. Louis chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Facebook: “Joe Maddon of the Chicago Cubs was named BBWAA National League Manager of the Year tonight. Cardinals skipper Mike Matheny finished second inRead More
Friday morning ESPN and Major League Baseball announced that the opening day game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field has been selected for opening night of the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball broadcast on Sunday, April 5 to kick of the 2015 MLB Season.
These are some quick notes on some of the big headlines around baseball Monday: 12 players around baseball received a $15.3M qualifying offer from their team before Monday’s deadline. Those players are Melky Cabrera (Blue Jays), Nelson Cruz (Orioles), Michael Cuddyer (Rockies), Francisco Liriano (Pirates), Russell Martin (Pirates), Victor MartinezRead More
The Chicago Cubs announced on Friday that they have dismissed manager Rick Renteria and will introduce former Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon as the team’s new manager at a press conference on Monday. Read more about the firing of Renteria and Maddon’s hiring on MLB.com, Bleacher Report, and CBSSports.com.Read More