Giants expected to battle Dodgers, Cubs for .865 OPS free agent originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The top free agent in baseball this offseason is widely accepted to be Kyle Tucker.

Chicago Cubs fans hoping to escape the harsh Midwest winter and soak up the Arizona sunshine now can plan their schedules accordingly. The Cubs released their 2

Major League Baseball’s spring training schedule will open Feb. 20 with seven games, and then work around the World Baseball Classic, before Opening Night on March 25.

Major League Baseball’s spring training schedule will open Feb. 20 with seven games, including the New York Yankees against Baltimore in Sarasota, Florida, and the Chicago Cubs against the Chicago White Sox at Mesa,

San Diego right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., St. Louis shortstop Masyn Winn, third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes and Miami utilityman Javier Sanoja also won in the NL. It's the second Gold Glove for Tatis and Hayes, who was traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on July 30.

The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were announced this evening and three Cubs players. second baseman Nico Hoerner, center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong and left fielder Ian Happ, all won Gold Gloves at their respective positions.

McDaniel was the first scheduled hitter in the bottom of the 10th. He had thrown just four pitches, so Kennedy decided to leave him in to bat for himself. This was fairly common in that era. McDaniel, entering 1963, was a .179 career hitter with one home run in 234 career at-bats, “not bad for a pitcher,” as some used to say.