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NEW YORK — The Mets’ season on the brink, starting pitcher Chris Bassitt sat at a microphone Saturday afternoon and fielded a question about possibly facing the San Diego Padres and manager Bob Melvin in a decisive Game 3. Bassitt played for Melvin in Oakland for seven seasons, which explained... → Read More
For Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, there is a pure joy in doing something that has never been done. → Read More
A dozen of those who know the All-Star best share their favorite stories about him. → Read More
Revisiting the night one of the most beloved figures in Knicks history got tossed out of Madison Square Garden. → Read More
His rookie season with the Mets has been prodigious and unprecedented. Yet his persona can still be summed up in two words: That’s Pete. → Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There is a phrase for what happened on Saturday night at Kauffman... → Read More
In an effort to optimize training and increase productivity, the Royals pushed the start of workouts back an hour, from 10 to 11 a.m. They are hopeful the change will allow their players to sleep later and more comfortably. They are just the latest club to bet on the power of sleep and the science that suggests its import. → Read More
Former Royals pitcher Luke Hochevar has not pitched in a major-league game since July 21, 2016. He missed all of last season after undergoing surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. But he’s not retiring. → Read More
As Eric Hosmer sought to explain his decision to leave Kansas City and sign an eight-year, $144 million contract with the Padres, he made reference to his past. With the KC Royals, he was part of a wave of talent that crested at once, turning a lost franchise into a champion. In the Padres, he saw a similar image, an opportunity to be the leader of a similar awakening. → Read More
Reliever Peter Moylan is close to signing a contract with the Atlanta Braves, the club that gave him his major-league start. Moylan, 39, spent the last two seasons with the Royals, becoming a dependable right-handed specialist in the bullpen and well-liked personality among fans. → Read More
As first baseman Eric Hosmer prepares for his first season in San Diego, the Royals are unlikely to search for his replacement on the free-agent market or seek a reunion with third baseman Mike Moustakas, general manager Dayton Moore said on Sunday. → Read More
Royals manager Ned Yost sunk into a chair in his office here on Sunday morning and reflected on seven seasons spent with Eric Hosmer, who is signing with the San Diego Padres. Yost offered one of his favorite stories of Hosmer. → Read More
At first glance, the San Diego Padres’ contract offer to free-agent first baseman Eric Hosmer appears roughly similar to the overall dollar number dangled by the Kansas City Royals. But the Padres front-loaded their deal, guaranteeing Hosmer $105 million in the first five years, while the Royals likely included smaller yearly salaries in 2018 and 2019 to Hosmer before a new local television… → Read More
The San Diego Union Tribune reported late Saturday that the Padres reached an agreement with former Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer. He reportedly agreed to an eight-year deal with an opt-out after five years. → Read More
Nate Karns, 30, is hopeful that his arm problems and injury issues are behind him after missing most of last season due to thoracic outlet syndrome, a condition in which a nerve becomes compressed and causes pain and numbness in the arm. In his second season with the KC Royals, he is seeking to solidify a spot in the starting rotation. → Read More
The romantic ideal of spring training, of crusty ballplayers using the time to work off a beer gut, is gone now, and it’s led to a yearly question inside clubhouses, including that of the KC Royals: Is spring training too long? You don’t have to go far to find a yes. → Read More
Michael Gordon, the father of Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, died on Wednesday, according to an obituary in the Lincoln Journal-Star. He was 63. A celebration of life is scheduled for Sunday in Lincoln. A Royals official offered thoughts and prayers to the Gordon family and said the club expected Alex Gordon to arrive at spring training after attending to all family arrangements. → Read More
On Thursday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the league would institute new pace-of-play rules this season, whether the players association signed off on the changes or not. The same morning, Royals starting pitcher Danny Duffy derided the idea, calling it “nonsensical” and “reckless.” → Read More
In the KC Royals’ first arbitration hearing with a player since general manager Dayton Moore took over in 2006, the club defeated reliever Brandon Maurer on Friday morning. Maurer will be paid $2.95 million in 2018 instead of $3.5 million. → Read More
Royals manager Ned Yost declared five positions — and maybe more — as open as the club continued workouts Thursday in preparation for its first full-squad session on Monday. The team will hold camp battles for starting jobs at first base, third base, center field, right field and designated hitter in the coming weeks. → Read More