Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. The Yankees list of needs before the July 31 trade deadline is growing by the day. Shortstop will not be one of them. Anthony Volpe is in the midst of another rough stretch in the third year of his notoriously...

The and will take on the and on Thursday at 2:20 PM ET, at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are -103 moneyline underdogs in this matchup against the favored Phillies (-116). Philadelphia (-1.5) is the favorite on the run line. The total is 7.5 runs for this matchup. Here's everything you need to know from a betting perspective on the Phillies-Cubs game, regarding the run line, moneyline and total, plus...

Itll be a sellers market with demand generally outweighing supply, but there should be several solid or better closers available. Though the weakest teams dont have many great starters, they do have closers. The top guys: 1. Tanner Scott, Marlins: The veteran lefty is on a roll. The Phillies, Orioles, Yankees and Dodgers are thought to be interested, as are many others. Tanner Scott could be a...

PHOENIX (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired starting pitcher Jack Flaherty, San Diego added All-Star closer Tanner Scott, and Arizona, Baltimore and Pittsburgh made significant deals for the stretch run ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline. Many top stars mentioned as trade targets stayed with their teams, including Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr., San Francisco pitcher Blake Snell and...

Never known for their big spending, the Pirates are planning some level of a payroll increase in 2024, GM Ben Cherington told and other reporters. Id anticipate us ending up above where we landed last year , Cherington said. Generally speaking, we expect that as we get better, the payroll will continue to climb with us. To some extent, its motivation for us is if we can actually push that as we...

Freddie Freeman and his wife Chelsea had some positive news to share about their son Maximus after the 3-year-old had to Luis Urias Jersey be . The Freemans posted on Instagram Sunday night that Maximus had finally come home after spending eight days in the Pediatric ICU. Max still has a long road ahead of him to regain his strength and relearn how to walk, the post read. But we are so thankful...

CLEVELAND (AP) Salvador Perez hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs as the Kansas City Royals completed a doubleheader sweep of Cleveland, beating the Guardians 9-4 on Monday night to pull within one game of first in the AL Central. The Royals won the opener 4-3 as Bobby Witt Jr.s 27th homer and 11th since July 19 snapped a tie in the eighth inning. After being nine games back in...

May 16: The White Sox announced the trade. However, rather than the cash considerations indicated by Brown, the Sox announced that theyre sending international bonus pool space back to Houston in the swap. Pool space must be traded in $250K increments unle s a team is emptying out a bonus pool that has under $250K remaining (in which case the entire remainder is sent). Given the Sox position...

First baseman/outfielder has been released by the Reds, reports . Mancini, 31, just signed a minor league deal with the Reds a week ago. In five games for Triple-A Louisville, he hit two home runs in 19 plate appearances and slashed .316/.316/.737. Despite that strong showing, hes been cut loose. Speculatively speaking, its po sible that Mancini had some kind of opt-out in his deal, allowing...

The Orioles made their first major splash on the free agent market this evening when they agreed with outfielder on a . That signing addre sed their desire to add a right-handed bat to the lineup following the departure of switch-hitting free agent , who was their best hitter in the outfield against left-handed pitching. The clubs biggest need of the winter remains unaddre sed, however: a...