Biggest contract in sport history tempts baseball star to join city rivals Sport Business Major League Baseball star Juan Soto has agreed sport’s biggest ever contract, worth $765m (£599m), to join the New York Mets. The Dominican’s 15-year deal eclipses Shohei Ohtani’s $700m contract with the LA Dodgers, signed last year, although that is worth more per season. Soto, a free agent after leaving the New York Yankees, is [...]
Brit gets MLB debut with Los Angeles Dodgers Home run Michael Peterson has become the first English Major League Baseball (MLB) player since 2015 to earn a maiden big league call-up. The 30-year-old from Middlesex has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers from AAA affiliate Oklahoma City. He has represented Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic, where last year he left a mark in striking [...]
Watch London Stadium transform into MLB pitch pitch change! West Ham United’s Olympic Stadium has undergone a Stateside makeover for this weekend’s MLB showpiece. National League East teams the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets will face off in a two-game series this weekend at the former Olympic Stadium. Nearly 150,000 square feet of synthetic turf has been installed in Stratford with West Ham [...]