The Red Sox are trading left-hander Chris Murphy to the White Sox, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today. The Red Sox are receiving a catcher in return, per Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic. More to come.

Aaron Judge has repeated as the American League MVP. The Yankees star edged out Cal Raleigh and easily cleared third-place finisher José Ramírez to claim his third MVP in four seasons. He’s the thirteenth player in league history to win the award on three occasions. More to come.

If you weren’t a fan of Tuesday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show, then you aren’t a fan of our troops. At least that’s how Pat McAfee sees it, one day after he hosted his eponymous daily ESPN show live from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina in celebration of Veterans Day. Read more... The post Pat McAfee responds to critics of his Donald Trump interview: ‘You hate the troops’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

There may be several suitors for the services of Framber Valdez, but the San Francisco Giants may be a very viable option.

The Giants’ coaching staff continues to be overhauled, as Shayna Rubin and Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle report that assistant hitting coach Damon Minor and bullpen coach Garvin Alston won’t be part of the 2026 staff.  Hitting coach Pat Burrell is also “unlikely to be part of the major league staff” but he’ll…

The Braves on Friday announced the hiring of former Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino as their new third base coach. He’ll take over for Fredi Gonzalez, whose departure from the staff was reported earlier in the week. Atlanta also hired former Giants pitching coach J.P. Martinez — not to be confused with the former Braves…