Ever since Roki Sasaki's agent, Joel Wolfe, met with the media at the Winter Meetings, there’s been speculation about which team might be the best fit to land the prized right-hander, who was recently posted by his Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines. As one executive put it when asked

The Astros’ pursuit of Nolan Arenado has hit a major roadblock. According to sources, the Astros and Cardinals were in discussions on a potential trade involving the third baseman, but Arenado informed St. Louis that he will not waive his no-trade clause to go to Houston. The Cardinals were willing

We don’t only deal in tools around here. Performance (i.e. what players do with those tools) matters, too. Stats form much of baseball's vocabulary. It’s part of how we tell the stories of the game. Look no further than the 2024 Major League season, when Shohei Ohtani recorded the first

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NEW YORK -- Juan Soto aside, the Mets still need pitching to make this offseason a success. Well aware of that deficiency, they struck another deal to address it on Wednesday, agreeing to a one-year, $4.25 million contract with right-hander Griffin Canning that includes up to $1 million in bonuses,

Alex Bregman was never going to be the flashiest free agent on the market this year, not the year of Juan Soto and not by a long shot. But Bregman has never been the flashiest player on the field for the Astros, despite being one of the best and biggest

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NEW YORK – The three words lingered in Max Fried’s mind, days after he had been escorted on a tour of the home clubhouse at Yankee Stadium, representing the next step in the Yankees’ courtship of the touted left-hander. He recounted the sequence of those large letters, printed for all

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The Yankees continued their post-Juan Soto spree on Tuesday, acquiring Cody Bellinger in a trade with the Cubs. New York will ship right-hander Cody Poteet to Chicago, which, according to sources, will also send $5 million to the Yankees to help cover part of Bellinger’s salary.

Who will be the best players in baseball this season? It seems like a relatively simple question, but when it comes to predicting baseball, there really is no such thing. At least that’s what we’re telling ourselves. Just before Opening Day, MLB.com gathered a panel of 11 writers, researchers and

The White Sox signed free-agent right-hander Bryse Wilson to a one-year, $1.05 million deal on Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the club traded catcher Chuckie Robinson to the Angels for cash. Wilson, who is entering his age-27 season, elected free agency after being outrighted to the Minors by the Brewers

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NEW YORK -- Cody Bellinger and the Yankees have been linked for some time, and it turns out some of those flames were fanned by the player himself. General manager Brian Cashman confirmed as much on Wednesday, barely 24 hours after the outfielder/first baseman was acquired from the Cubs. "He’s

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The transformation of Guaranteed Rate Field is officially underway, as the home of the Chicago White Sox adopts a new name beginning Wednesday: Rate Field. This change follows the rebrand of Guaranteed Rate to Rate, a move designed to streamline the customer experience and solidify the company’s fintech leadership. “We

Spencer Horwitz was on his way to the movies to see “Gladiator II” when he saw the Blue Jays acquired second baseman Andrés Giménez from the Guardians. A few minutes later, he got a call from Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins saying that he was part of the package

Over the last year, in an effort to better understand the rise of pitcher injuries, Major League Baseball interviewed over 200 experts from all areas and levels of baseball. The goal was to begin the process of identifying the root causes of pitcher injuries, which have increased over the last

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