Remembering the Montreal Expos’ first game
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. On April 8, 1969, the …
Tampa Bay Rays
Sustainable success requires Rockies Way to be more like Tampa Bay
The grass is forest green, expectant. Peanut shells crunch underfoot. Bright sun splashes across the stadium. Baseball is hope breathing. Until the first pitch. The Rockies do to optimism what …
Springer, Biggio and Guerrero Jr. hit home runs in season-opening win over Rays
George Springer, Cavan Biggio and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered Thursday to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a season-opening 8-2 road victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Alejandro Kirk and …
Wander Franco put on administrative leave before Rays’ Opening Day
Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been placed on administrative leave through June 1 amid an ongoing investigation into an alleged relationship with an underage girl, a source confirmed to The …
Ex-Met Amed Rosario signs one-year, $1.5M deal with Rays
A former Met has a new home, and it’s in the AL East. Amed Rosario, who played for the Mets from 2017-2020, signed a $1.5 million, one-year contract with the …
Judge grants MLB star Wander Franco permission to leave Dominican Republic amid sexual exploitation allegations
A Dominican judge on Friday ordered the conditional release of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco while he is investigated for allegations he had a brief relationship with a 14-year-old …
Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco fails to show up for meeting with Dominican prosecutor
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco failed to show up Thursday for a meeting with a prosecutor who is investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor. Prosecutor Olga …
Rays’ Wander Franco wanted for questioning in Dominican Republic
Authorities in the Dominican Republic are searching for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, but have yet to locate him, according to Spanish-language reports. The Santo Domingo Prosecutor’s Office for …
Japanese phenom Yamamoto joins Ohtani on Dodgers with $325M US contract: reports
Prized free-agent pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a $325 million US, 12-year contract, according to multiple reports. Yamamoto is set to join Japanese countryman …
Dodgers have tentative deal to acquire Glasnow from Rays, subject to new contract: reports
The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a tentative trade with the Tampa Bay Rays to acquire right-hander Tyler Glasnow and outfielder Manuel Margot for pitcher Ryan Pepiot and outfield …