From the start of the Triple-A season on April 9 until he got his first Major League call-up just a few days ago, Slade Heathcott had been the most consistent player for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ...

He could fly around the outfield, but not like this. Slade Heathcott, a former top prospect for the Yankees and 2009 first-round pick, is moving on from baseball and taking to the skies. “Next Chapter ...

After a turbulent stint in baseball, Slade Heathcott is taking his next career to new heights. The one-time troubled Yankees top prospect wants to fulfill his dream of becoming a commercial pilot.

BOSTON -- Slade Heathcott admits to rooting for the Red Sox. But after the Yankees drafted the five-tool prospect with the 29th overall pick in Tuesday's draft, it seems his loyalties have already ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Slade Heathcott is crashing. And the 6-year-old isn’t wearing a seatbelt. Nobody is, because Slade’s stepfather, Jeff, hasn’t installed them yet in the pickup truck he built from scratch ...

Heathcott announced Monday that he would end his baseball career in order to pursue commercial piloting, Mark W. Sanchez of the New York Post reports. Heathcott, a 2009 first-round pick of the Yankees ...

Slade Heathcott is so busy nowadays, largely with baseball-themed projects, that he barely watches the game itself. Although, he noted his 5 ½-year-old son’s increasing interest could change that ...

Among the notable names are right-hander Simon Castro, who logged 37 innings with the A’s last season, as well as veteran utility infielder Steve Lombardozzi, former Cubs lefty Eric Jokisch and former ...

The Athletics reassigned Heathcott to their minor-league camp Sunday, Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle reports. Heathcott's prospect star dimmed long ago, but the 27-year-old still makes ...

MESA, Ariz. — A’s outfielder and first baseman Slade Heathcott, 27, is here doing what he loves. That’s the most important thing. To endure what he did as a kid growing up in Texarkana, Texas, and ...