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Brittany Ghiroli

Brittany Ghiroli

Senior Writer/Senior National MLB Writer/Senior MLB writer at The Athletic

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Once an MLB bust, Travis Snider now hopes to change the toxic culture of youth sports - The Athletic

When Travis Snider was 11 years old, playing in the Little League Western Regional Tournament, he suddenly started hyperventilating. Snider had pitched a perfect first inning and hit a home run. Then, in the second inning, he couldn’t throw a strike. His heart rate shot up, and he started crying. He had to be taken out of the game. At the time, the incident was chalked up to sports-induced asthma. Advertisement Only much later would he be able to admit that it had been a panic attack. Snider had…
11 months ago
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Jerry Reinsdorf had a chance to change the White Sox — and he blew ...

“A nightmare.” “Embarrassing.” “Disgusting.” “All the bad words you can think of.” That’s how owner Jerry Reinsdorf described the 2023 season last August, which the 88-year-old owner dubbed the worst he’s been through in 43 years in baseball. You wonder, then, what Reinsdorf thinks about the 2024 team, which is only three weeks in and already has major “hold my beer” vibes. The White Sox have lost 22 of their first 25 games, a franchise-worst start to the season. They were shut out eight times…
11 months ago
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Orioles’ Jackson Holliday optioned to Triple-A after 10 games: How ...

By Brittany Ghiroli, Sam Blum and Alex Andrejev The have optioned infielder — the No. 1 MLB Draft pick in 2022 — to Triple-A Norfolk after 10 major-league games, the team announced Friday. The Orioles called up Holliday, who ranked No. 1 on for 2024, earlier this month. He’s slashing .059/.111/.059 with two hits and 18 strikeouts through 34 at-bats this season. Additionally, Holliday is missing on 49.2 percent of his swings and 59.4 percent of fastballs he swung at. His in-zone contact rate w…
11 months ago
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Astros’ Justin Verlander delivers in season debut, retires first 7 ...

WASHINGTON — The have certainly missed . The 41-year-old, whose mere presence is a big boost for a struggling Houston team, went six innings and allowed two runs in his season debut Friday night against the . The 5-3 victory marked Verlander’s 258th career win. Advertisement Verlander, who was slowed this spring with , retired the first seven batters he faced before Riley Adams’ double and Ildemaro Vargas’ single scored Washington’s first run. Working on a shorter leash than normal — manager Jo…
12 months ago
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Ronald Acuña Jr. expected to sign with Bad Bunny-led agency facing ...

star is expected to sign with Rimas Sports, according to sources briefed on the matter, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Rimas, the agency led by Bad Bunny, is facing significant discipline from the MLB Players Association, as The Athletic. Rimas agent William Arroyo had his license revoked and two other employees who were pending certification will not get their licenses, leaving the agency with just one certified agent, Michael Velazquez, and prompti…
12 months ago
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Rimas Sports, agency launched by Bad Bunny, facing MLBPA punishment...

Rimas Sports, an agency launched last year by recording artist Bad Bunny, is facing significant punishment from the Major League Baseball Players Association, including at least one license revoked, multiple sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic. The agency launched in partnership with Rimas Entertainment executive Noah Assad and Jonathan Miranda, who was tabbed as president. Rimas employed Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez as a sports ambassador and its client list includes the and , the…
12 months ago
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World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg officially retires, reaches sett...

pitcher Stephen Strasburg has officially retired, he announced Sunday. He reached a settlement with the team after months of negotiation, an source confirmed to The Athletic on Saturday. There will be no reduction in the value of Strasburg’s total contract. “I realized after repeated attempts to return to pitching, injuries no longer allow me to perform at a Major League level,” Strasburg said in a statement. Advertisement “Although I will always wish there were more games to be pitched, I find…
12 months ago
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Ghiroli: This is the Orioles' new chapter, and it's scary how good ...

BALTIMORE — The phrase was everywhere. On placards placed on the seats, the scoreboard and all over the team’s website: The Next Chapter. For Baltimore, that’s exactly what Thursday’s Opening Day represented, as a new ownership group — led by — was officially unveiled to the media, making a day always charged with emotion one the city will perhaps never forget. Advertisement The reigning American League East champions, with reigning Manager of the Year Brandon Hyde and reigning Executive of th…
about 1 year ago
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Exclusive: New Orioles owner David Rubenstein on his to-do list, re...

BALTIMORE — Last summer on Nantucket, the future of the started to take shape. David Rubenstein, the billionaire co-founder of the Carlyle Group, a global private equity investment company based in Washington, D.C., owns a house on the island. So does John Angelos. For years Rubenstein had been intrigued by the idea of getting into professional sports ownership. Angelos, who took over day-to-day operation of the club in 2018 when his late father, Peter, was in poor health, had long been , which…
about 1 year ago
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What we know about MLB interpreters: Pay, job pros and cons and mor...

There are surrounding the betting scandal involving superstar and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. What we do know, though, is Mizuhara wasn’t just an interpreter. He was Ohtani’s right-hand man, his catch partner, his liaison for on –and off– the field matters because the most successful interpreter-player relationships are built on one thing: unrelenting trust. Advertisement “It’s such a big part (of the job),” Mizuhara told The Athletic last summer of establishing a close connection. “We ar…
about 1 year ago
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Ghiroli: Why are the Nationals picking a fight with World Series he...

When the 2019 won D.C.’s first World Series since the 1924 Senators, was the team’s MVP. Strasburg won Game 2 (six innings, two runs, seven strikeouts, one walk) and a win-or-go-home Game 6 (8 1/3 innings, two runs, seven strikeouts, five hits, two walks) — both on the road. Advertisement The Nationals want to honor Strasburg, one of the organization’s defining stars. That much is clear. But are they willing to pay him the rest of his contract, as it was originally drawn up? That’s where it g…
about 1 year ago
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Jen Pawol to become third woman to umpire MLB spring training games...

Jen Pawol, the first female umpire to reach Triple A in three and a half decades, is another step closer to the big leagues. Pawol will umpire major-league spring training games in Florida this season, becoming just the third woman to do so. Pawol, who will also be elevated to the role of Triple-A crew chief, is aiming to become the first woman to umpire a regular-season game. She is one of 24 umpires who will be announced Monday to do big-league spring training games. Pawol, , started her care…
about 1 year ago
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After making history, Bianca Smith has moved on from the Red Sox - ...

Bianca Smith made headlines when in January 2021 as the first Black woman coach in professional baseball’s history. CNN, BBC and People Magazine were among the outlets that ran stories about the newest minor league coach. Two years later, Smith left the Red Sox organization to much less fanfare – leaving a multi-year offer on the table because she says she didn’t feel challenged. Advertisement “They wanted to send me back to rookie ball and I had no desire to be there, so I decided to take my…
about 1 year ago
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Ghiroli: In the wake of Orioles sale, it's time for Nationals owner...

In April of 2022, Mark Lerner — the son of real estate magnate Ted Lerner — announced that the had hired a New York investment bank to research potential investors and buyers for the organization his father had purchased 16 years before. While ownership was careful to say there was no set timetable or outcome, anyone who follows professional sports knows: When a team’s owners so much as mentions selling, they’re interested in selling. Advertisement But they didn’t. They haven’t. In the two year…
about 1 year ago
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Angelos family agrees to sell Orioles after 30 years of ownership: ...

Over the past few years, as rumors swirled about whether John Angelos would sell the or move the team out of Baltimore, as lawsuits against his own brother, Lou, aired the Angelos’ dirty laundry and the family’s patriarch, Peter, remained steadfast in his desire for the franchise to be sold upon his death, fans were left in a state of limbo. Advertisement Baltimore had seen its team, the Colts, leave town when owner Robert Irsay moved it to Indianapolis in 1984. Angelos’ words, “as long as For…
about 1 year ago
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Ghiroli: The Red Sox need to get their message straight - The Athletic

Baseball is, at its core, an entertainment product. Messaging and public relations can matter almost as much as the actual product. If your team is rebuilding, you’re selling hope, the future of your farm system. If your team is trying to win now, you’re selling the players currently on the roster. It’s not terribly complicated. Unless you’re the — in which case no one has any idea what you’re selling. Advertisement One veteran manager often proposed that “we should have ‘Liar, Liar’ Day”: 24 w…
about 1 year ago
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Zack Britton, former Yankee, Oriole All-Star reliever, retires - Th...

Zack Britton is officially retiring from baseball after a 12-year big-league career, the 35-year-old pitcher told The Athletic in an exclusive interview earlier this month. Britton was a two-time All-Star with three 30-save seasons under his belt, including an American League-leading season in 2016. He spent seven and a half seasons with the and the following four and a half with the . The left-hander finishes his career with 154 career saves, a 35-26 record and 3.13 ERA in 442 games (641 innin…
over 1 year ago
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Where the Baltimore Orioles stand as the Hot Stove begins to kindle...

Where do the go from here? The biggest question surrounding the reigning American League East champions’ offseason is how aggressive general manager Mike Elias will be and how willing Baltimore ownership will be to add resources to a team with legitimate World Series aspirations. The O’s, who have an enviable collection of young position players — many who debuted in the last year or two — will try to get at least one starter and a backend reliever. However, the preference is to get multiple ro…
over 1 year ago
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Dusty Baker tells multiple people that 2023 is his final season as ...

HOUSTON – has expressed to multiple people inside and outside of the organization that 2023 will be his final season as manager, sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic over the past week. On Wednesday, he informed Astros owner Jim Crane that he is retiring as manager of the team. Baker is expected to announce that decision publicly at a news conference scheduled for Thursday at noon ET. Advertisement Previously, Baker, who managed this season on a one-year contract that has expired,…
over 1 year ago
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Ghiroli: Kim Ng was a reluctant trailblazer. Her Marlins exit makes...

Editor’s Note: This story is included in The Athletic’s Best of 2023. . ARLINGTON, Texas — When Kim Ng was in November 2020, it made national news. She was on “Today” and got a text message from former first lady Michelle Obama. The weight of being the first woman and the first person of East Asian descent to serve as general manager of an team meant everything she did was a headline. Advertisement Women in the industry, and some outside of it, texted me at the time about — how it was about t…
over 1 year ago
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Why Kim Ng left the Marlins — and what could come next - The Athletic

The abrupt departure of general manager on Monday morning came as a result of numerous instances in which Ng — who led the Marlins to the playoffs this season for the first time in a full-season year since 2003 — felt like she was being stripped of her power and underappreciated, multiple sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic. Advertisement One of the chief issues, sources say, was that the organization — which picked up Ng’s mutual option for 2024 before she declined her end — didn’…
over 1 year ago