Marc Carig

Angry fans, some of them carrying signs urging owner John Fisher to sell the team, descended upon the Coliseum on Friday night, when the played their first game at their decaying home ballpark since announcing its intent to move to Las Vegas. But you wouldn’t know that from the highlights. Signs included “SELL” and “#FISHEROUT” and “KAVAL=LIAR,” a reference to team president Dave Kaval, who has been in Nevada lobbying government officials in an effort to secure $500 million in public financing…

By Marc Carig, Tim Britton and Andy McCullough get:, RHP; , RHP get:, C; , LHP Marc Carig: We’re here to grade the trade, not the strategic direction. So let’s set aside the question of whether the Angels would have been , potentially the greatest rental of all-time, for a decent haul of prospects. Wise or not, , thus fulfilling his franchise’s destiny as America’s Wackiest Buyers. The Angels are going for it, baby. And if that’s the choice, well, there could have been worse outcomes than securi…

The Athletic has for all transactions at the deadline. The trade get:, LHP; international bonus pool money A’s get:, RHP Marc Carig: Last week, our Ken Rosenthal flagged the Oakland A’s Turns out Ken knows what he’s talking about. The A’s have 30 — 30! — wins as the trade deadline approaches. That’s a .280 winning percentage for those scoring at home. With a big league roster this deficient, flipping anyone on it for anything of potential value moving forward constitutes a nice little win. Adv…

Thanks in part to Arte Moreno’s decision this week to turn the into a very expensive pop-up shop, contending teams have been presented with an unexpected chance to bolster their rosters in time for the homestretch of the pennant race. Now, with Wednesday’s games completed, we know which teams will have the best shot to help their chances. , waiver priority is determined by winning percentage, with the worst teams getting first crack. Advertisement By around 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, we should know…

The end of a curious era arrived Friday night in a clubhouse in Anaheim, with a lousy team playing out the string of yet another lost season, as the belongings of the best player to ever have donned a uniform were packed up. All that was left by the conclusion of the evening was a mostly empty locker and a packed duffel. Advertisement No ceremonial sendoff. No expressions of gratitude. Just a tender oblique and a good old-fashioned Gen Z ghosting. How appropriate. Now the credits roll on a base…

In Cleveland, you will quickly be regaled with tales of how long it’s been since the city . Ditto in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit and a certain tortured borough of New York City. But despite championship droughts that have now lasted for decades, fans of the , , , and can find hope in one very important fact — it’s happened before, so why can’t it happen again? Advertisement But what about baseball’s final five? As in the remaining five franchises yet to win a World Series, now that the ha…

The final luxury tax bill for the failed 2023 season became official this week, according to by the Associated Press, with billionaire owner Steve Cohen on the hook for a record-high penalty of nearly $101 million. For the privilege of fielding a team that loaded up on star players only to wind up far out of the race by the trade deadline, Cohen will pay a tax penalty that dwarfed the total payrolls of some rival clubs. A record eight major-league teams will pay the luxury tax. Joining the Met…

The shored up their outfield by agreeing to re-sign free agent Kevin Kiermaier on a one-year, $10.5 million deal, a league source confirmed Tuesday. The agreement, first reported by MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, is pending a physical. Here’s what you need to know: Kiermaier hit .265/.322/.419 in 2023 with the Blue Jays, his strongest slash line since 2017. He won his fourth Gold Glove last season. Kiermaier ranked No. 32 on The Athletic ’s list of . What it means for Kiermaier Kiermaier more than pa…

, the rookie infielder who this season was projected to play a major role for the , received an 80-game suspension from on Friday for violating the league’s policy against performance-enhancing drugs. According to the league, Marte, 22, tested positive for the banned substance Boldenone. His suspension begins at the start of the regular season. “The Reds fully support Major League Baseball’s drug policy and its penalties,” the club said in a statement. “We will have no further comment.” Marte i…

star said he was “saddened” and “shocked” by the recent gambling revelations by his one-time trusted interpreter and confidant, Ippei Mizuhara, and denied making illegal bets on sports or ever paying money to an illegal bookmaker. “I’ve never bet on baseball or any other sports or never have asked someone to do it on my behalf,” Ohtani said Monday afternoon when he addressed the scandal for the first time. “I have never (gone) through a bookmaker to bet on sports.” Advertisement Speaking for 10…