Billy Heyen

4 days ago | sportingnews.com | Billy Heyen

Shedeur Sanders is doing everything he can. That's the message early in the Cleveland Browns' offseason. They're currently in the Organized Team Activities stage of things, and it's a busy quarterback time for them. The Browns have veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett, along with rookies Dillon Gabriel and Sanders. It's still probably most likely that a starting job ends up with either Flacco or Pickett. That's not even considering the injured Deshaun Watson who is still around, too.

4 days ago | sportingnews.com | Billy Heyen

The New England Patriots have to be holding their breath for the outcome of this one. They lost a surefire starter to injury during Monday's practice, and it didn't sound good. Here's how ESPN's Mike Reiss described it:"LB Jahlani Tavai left today’s practice after remaining down for an extended period of time during 11-on-11 drills," Reiss wrote on X. "Teammates kneeled around him as everything stopped and the music was turned off. Tavai was eventually helped off by Jabrill Peppers.

4 days ago | sportingnews.com | Billy Heyen

新型コロナウィルス蔓延の影響で短縮された2020年シーズン、誰がアメリカンリーグのホームラン王に輝いたか覚えているだろうか。 正解は当時、ニューヨーク・ヤンキースでプレーしていたルーク・ボイト。彼は今、日本プロ野球（NLB）へ旅立とうとしている。 ▶MLBグッズをAmazonでチェック！ ボイトは2020年シーズンを通じて活躍を見せ、56試合で22本のホームランを放った。 ボイトのメジャーリーグデビューは2017年のカージナルスだったが、2018年にヤンキースへ移籍。2021年までヤンキースでプレーした後、パドレス、ナショナルズ、ブルワーズでもプレーした。 過去2シーズンはメキシコでプレーしており、昨年は打率.270、23本塁打をマークした。今年も既に11本塁打を放ち、OPS1.050を記録している。 この実績を手にボイトは今回、日本の東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルスとの契約を手にすると報じられている。 キャリアの終盤に差し掛かった経験豊富なアメリカ人プレイヤーが日本へ向かうのは珍しいことではない。 ボイトに関してはメジャーで生き残れなかったのは意外だった。...

4 days ago | bvmsports.com | Billy Heyen

Even in retirement, teams can save money with certain tricky salary cap undertakings. That's what the Miami Dolphins benefited from on Monday, June 2. Offensive tackle Terron Armstead announced his retirement a couple months ago, but it didn't go into the NFL's books until after June 1 due to its "post-June 1" designation. That allowed the Dolphins to save a bit against the salary cap.

4 days ago | bvmsports.com | Billy Heyen

This news was originally known almost three months ago, but it didn't become NFL-official until Monday. Since it's after June 1, the positive salary cap implications of this retirement are into effect now. Those rules are the reason that defensive tackle Michael Pierce announced his retirement in early March but didn't have that as his official NFL status until June 2. Holding off on the official designation allowed the Ravens to push $1.33 million into 2026 cap space.