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Fortunately for the Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes ignored the advice of former MLB star Alex Rodriguez, who implored the quarterback to drop football and take up his sport. Rodriguez, a 14-time MLB All-Star and World Series champion with the Yankees in 2009, played alongside Mahomes’ father, Pat, with Read More      

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer Close Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Follow on Twitter You learn a lot when you delve deeply into all 30 teams. These are not always happy things. Like, you learn about the White …

A once top-prospect heads to the KBO Read More      

You can maybe start with Yankee GM Brian Cashman’s rather dubious record when it comes to acquiring supposed No. 1-type starting pitchers from other teams, either by trades or free agent signings. (See: Javier Vazquez, Kei Igawa, Kevin Brown, Esteban Loaza, Carl Pavano, Jeff Weaver, Sonny Gray and Read More      

The teams the New York Yankees haven’t been able to beat in the American League spent the last two years trading for dominant starting pitchers. For two straight years, the Yankees have been the team that passed on those trades—and eventually, they were the team that didn’t win. Now maybe …

Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire. WEDNESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: NBA: New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSB) NBA: LA Lakers at Cleveland, 8 p.m. (ESPN) NBA: Oklahoma City at Golden …

Hitting coach Chili Davis was fired after the end of the season and replaced with Anthony Iapoce, the team’s third hitting coach in three seasons. Assistant hitting coach Andy Haines departed to become the lead hitting coach of the rival Milwaukee Brewers. Pitching coach Jim Hickey resigned for personal Read …

Both the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians had their postseason runs cut short last season, with the Dodgers losing in their second straight World Series and the Indians falling to the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series. And now the two teams are reportedly engaged in & …

Both the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians had their postseason runs cut short last season, with the Dodgers losing in their second straight World Series and the Indians falling to the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series. And now the two teams are reportedly engaged in & …

Other news • Catcher Jeff Mathis and the Texas Rangers have finalized a $6.25 million, two-year contract. Mathis, 35, spent the last two seasons with Arizona and is known for his defense; he hit .200 with one homer and 20 RBIs last season…. Cleveland OF Leonys Martin has been cleared …