Top News:
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
'I know how I'm going to be judged': Tony La Russa welcomes the scrutiny in return as White Sox manager — PHOENIX - Tony La Russa is sitting outside a golf resort, wearing a New England Patriots cap and talking about the sensation searing through his body that he hasn't felt since, well …
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …, South Side Sox, NBCSports.com, New York Post and Bleacher Nation
Medium:
TIM TEBOW ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT — The New York Mets today announced that outfielder Tim Tebow is retiring from professional baseball. — “It has been a pleasure to have Tim in our organization as he's been a consummate professional during his four years with the Mets,” said Team President Sandy Alderson.
Discussion:
USA Today, Sports Illustrated, New York Post, MLB Baseball News …, CBS New York, Bleacher Nation and The Athletic
Shi Davidi / Sportsnet.ca:
Blue Jays set to open 2021 season playing home games in Dunedin — TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays, displaced once again by pandemic border restrictions, will open the 2021 season at their spring home in Dunedin, Fla., the club announced Thursday morning.
Discussion:
Sports Illustrated, Chicago Sun-Times, DraftKings Nation, MLB Trade Rumors and Bluebird Banter
Associated Press:
Six-game series among changes to minor leagues — NEW YORK — Baseball's minor leagues will shift to regionalized six-game series with a common off day in a move that cuts scheduled travel mileage by 28-56% and reduces expenses in their first season of operations under Major League Baseball.
Eric Longenhagen / FanGraphs Baseball:
2021 Top 100 Prospects — Picks to Click: Who We Expect to Make the 2022 Top 100 — Which Kinds of Prospects Were Most Affected by the Year Off? — Prospect Limbo: The Best of the 2021 Post-Prospects — ZiPS 2021 Top 100 Prospects — How Will Teams Approach This Year's Draft?
The Athletic:
‘This is a pattern’: Three women told Mets about sexual harassment in 2018 — In the summer of 2018, three women who worked for or had previously been employed by the Mets spoke with a member of the team's human resources department to complain about the behavior of hitting performance coordinator Ryan Ellis.
Discussion:
Outsports, Bleacher Nation, MLB Baseball News …, Sports Illustrated, New York Post and Chicago Sun-Times
Mike Singer / Denver Post:
Nuggets expecting G League team for start of next season, sources say — After years of unsuccessful attempts, the Denver Nuggets are finally expecting to get a G League team at the start of next season, league sources told The Denver Post. — The partnership, which isn't official …
Discussion:
Hoops Rumors and Denver Stiffs
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: San Diego Padres, Fernando Tatis Jr. agree on 14-year, $340 million deal — Fernando Tatis Jr., the emerging face of baseball, agreed to a 14-year, $340 million contract extension with the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, securing one of the largest guarantees in American sports history …
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner hopeful normal spring leads to better results — When Diamondbacks left-hander Madison Bumgarner thinks back to the way he handled last year — from the sudden end of spring training through the quarantine period and into the start of summer camp — there is one thing he would change.
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Pitching depth is going to be critical to Yankees, other MLB teams a year after 60-game pandemic season — TAMPA — Wednesday the Yankees pitchers and catchers will report to Tampa, take their physicals and get ready for their first official workout of 2021 spring training.
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley