The Way-Too-Early 2025 MLB Power Rankings: Who’s on top at the outset of the offseason
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Way-Too-Early 2025 MLB Power Rankings: Who’s on top at the outset of the offseason

New York Times  

By Stephen J. Nesbitt, Rustin Dodd and C. Trent Rosecrans Ballwriters and fans tend to trot out the well-worn phrase “hope springs eternal” whenever spring training comes around. 2024 Record: 89-73 Final 2024 Power Ranking: 12 Notable free agents and options: RHP Jesse Chavez, C Travis d’Arnaud, OF Adam Duvall, LHP Max Fried, 2B/OF Whit Merrifield, LHP A.J. — Rosecrans 2024 Record: 71-91 Final 2024 Power Ranking: 25 Notable free agents and options: LHP Patrick Corbin, RHP Trevor Williams No team had more plate appearances by 25-and-under players than the Nationals in 2024. — Nesbitt 2024 Record: 62-100 Final 2024 Power Ranking: 29 Notable free agents and options: None The Marlins’ biggest free-agent loss is 2023 NL Manager of the Year Skip Schumacher. Chicago White Sox 2024 Record: 41-121 Final 2024 Power Ranking: 30 Notable free agents and options: RHP Mike Clevinger, RHP Chris Flexen, 3B Yoán Moncada, RHP Michael Soroka, C Max Stassi It can’t get worse.

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Predicting where the top 15 remaining MLB free agents will sign: Who lands Sasaki?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Predicting where the top 15 remaining MLB free agents will sign: Who lands Sasaki?

New York Times  

The Mets signed Juan Soto to a record-breaking $765 million deal, the Yankees landed Max Fried with a $218 million deal, and the Diamondbacks once again shocked the baseball world, adding ace Corbin Burnes on a $210 million pact. Alex Bregman, 3B Age: 30 WAR: 4.1 OPS+: 118 Agent: Boras Corporation I was surprised Bregman reportedly turned down six years …

MLB Hot Stove mailbag: Recruiting Sasaki, landing Burnes, post-Soto Yankees, and trade talk
3 months ago

MLB Hot Stove mailbag: Recruiting Sasaki, landing Burnes, post-Soto Yankees, and trade talk

New York Times  

With trades and signings coming fast and furious, it’s a good time for another reader mailbag on the MLB offseason. When recruiting Sasaki, here some important factors that teams will prioritize: • The major-league team’s chances of winning in the short- and long-term • Strength of the farm system for promoting players and/or acquiring players via trades • Financial resources …

Analysis: After Juan Soto’s megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soon
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Analysis: After Juan Soto’s megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soon

Associated Press  

For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the New York Mets on a $765 million, 15-year deal that’s the richest in baseball history. Judge played three seasons of college baseball for Fresno State before getting drafted by the Yankees in 2013 at age 21 …

Juan Soto agrees to record $765 million, 15-year contract with Mets, AP source says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Juan Soto agrees to record $765 million, 15-year contract with Mets, AP source says

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Star outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets agreed Sunday to a record $765 million, 15-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press, a deal that could escalate to $805 million and is believed to be the largest pact in team sports history. The deal, spurning the New York Yankees’ attempt to retain …

Baseball star Juan Soto lands world record 15-year, $765m deal with NY Mets
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Baseball star Juan Soto lands world record 15-year, $765m deal with NY Mets

Al Jazeera  

The Dominican baseball player moves to the Mets as free agent after playing last season for the New York Yankees. The New York Mets have made history by reportedly signing Dominican baseball superstar Juan Soto on a 15-year, $765m deal – the biggest ever in professional sports – leading oddsmakers to tab New York as a serious contender to go …

The top 90 remaining MLB free agents
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The top 90 remaining MLB free agents

New York Times  

With the Hot Stove warming up and the Winter Meetings getting underway in Dallas, let’s pull back and survey more of the free-agent field. Anthony Santander, OF — Santander led all free agents in home runs last season with the Orioles, but he’s a below-average defender in right field and has a career.307 on-base percentage. Jakob Junis, RHP — Junis …

Juan Soto starting to eliminate teams from negotiations, agent Scott Boras says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Juan Soto starting to eliminate teams from negotiations, agent Scott Boras says

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Juan Soto is starting to drop teams from negotiations ahead of baseball’s winter meetings next week. Likely to approach or set a record contract, the free agent slugger has met with the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays. “When you’re going through these things, he’s just got …

Plan for Juan Soto to announce his new team emerges as Yankees, Mets and Dodgers chase MLB star
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Plan for Juan Soto to announce his new team emerges as Yankees, Mets and Dodgers chase MLB star

Daily Mail  

A timeline has been revealed for when fans can expect a decision regarding MLB star Juan Soto's future. 'I believe, based on what I've been told from sources the last couple days, that we will know where Juan Soto is going within the next ten days,' he revealed. - @jonmorosi on #MLBNHotStove pic.twitter.com/hMpKZnIb3I — MLB Network December 2, 2024 Jon …

What I’m hearing in MLB free agency about potential Juan Soto dominoes and more
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What I’m hearing in MLB free agency about potential Juan Soto dominoes and more

New York Times  

Call them the Soto Dominoes, the free agents that will fall once free-agent outfielder Juan Soto picks his next team. Consider … The outfield market Anthony Santander and Teoscar Hernández, ranked ninth and 11th on The Athletic’s Top 40 Free Agent Big Board, currently are on hold while the Soto negotiations continue. Signing Soto, on the other hand, almost certainly …

What’s next in MLB free agency? Bowden on Soto, Burnes, Adames, Santander and more
4 months ago

What’s next in MLB free agency? Bowden on Soto, Burnes, Adames, Santander and more

New York Times  

On Monday, I answered your questions about the trade market. — Chris T. The Mets’ pivot that makes sense to me in that scenario would be to land two starting pitchers out of the group of Burnes, Fried, Buehler and Sean Manaea, then either sign Walker to play first base or Adames to play third and move Mark Vientos to …

Juan Soto expected to go through multiple rounds of free-agent offers
4 months ago

Juan Soto expected to go through multiple rounds of free-agent offers

New York Times  

MLB teams vying for the services of star free agent outfielder Juan Soto were expected to submit their preliminary contract offers this week, a league source told The Athletic on Tuesday morning. To this point, the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers each have met with the Dominican Republic native …

MLB heavyweight 'out of the race to sign Juan Soto' as a 'clear favorite' emerges to land the slugger
4 months ago

MLB heavyweight 'out of the race to sign Juan Soto' as a 'clear favorite' emerges to land the slugger

Daily Mail  

A pair of National League East division foes have made their stances clear on the pursuit of Juan Soto. On the flipside, the New York Mets have emerged as the clear frontrunners to sign Soto, per USA Today. The three other teams believed to be in the Soto sweepstakes, the incumbent New York Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays, and Boston …

Ranking Juan Soto’s free-agent suitors: Which team will sign him? And for how much?
4 months, 1 week ago

Ranking Juan Soto’s free-agent suitors: Which team will sign him? And for how much?

New York Times  

Three weeks into this MLB offseason, two questions dominate the discussion across the sport: Which team will sign Juan Soto? Five teams — the Mets, Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox and Blue Jays — have met with Soto and his agent, Scott Boras, to make their initial pitches. If a player wants a particular destination, Boras and his lieutenants don’t want …

Fifteen notable MLB players who could be traded this offseason
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fifteen notable MLB players who could be traded this offseason

New York Times  

Last week’s general managers’ meetings marked the beginning of trade talks throughout the league. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B, Blue Jays The Blue Jays have given no indication they’re going to trade Vladimir Guerrero Jr. this offseason, but one National League general manager told me he believes they’ll change their mind when they realize they have little chance of extending him; …

Juan Soto's agent reveals the most important thing free agent wants before joining new MLB team
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Juan Soto's agent reveals the most important thing free agent wants before joining new MLB team

Daily Mail  

Free agent Juan Soto wants to get paid. The All-Star slugger's agent, Scott Boras, told media at this week's general manager meetings in San Antonio that Soto wants to sign with a team that shares his commitment to 'winning,' reported Newsday's Erik Boland. The good news for Yankees fans is that general manager Brian Cashman has started talks with Boras …

A Deep Class of Free Agents Could Shape the Future of Baseball
4 months, 3 weeks ago

A Deep Class of Free Agents Could Shape the Future of Baseball

Associated Press  

The Los Angeles Dodgers spent big in free agency before winning big this postseason, taking home a World Series title after committing more than $1 billion on players like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Teoscar Hernández. Now it’s time to see which teams are in the mood to open their wallets for free agents in preparation for the 2025 season.

2024-25 MLB offseason: Bowden’s 25 predictions for signings, trades and more
4 months, 4 weeks ago

2024-25 MLB offseason: Bowden’s 25 predictions for signings, trades and more

New York Times  

Welcome to another MLB offseason! The Yankees match the Mets’ and Dodgers’ best offers to Juan Soto, signing him to a $622 million contract that keeps the Soto-Aaron Judge tandem in New York’s lineup for years to come. The Mets focus on starting pitching in free agency and manage to sign both Corbin Burnes and Max Fried to long-term contracts …

Keith Law’s top 50 MLB free agents: Juan Soto headlines a decent overall class
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Keith Law’s top 50 MLB free agents: Juan Soto headlines a decent overall class

New York Times  

Updated: Nov. 4, 2024 at 4:50 pm ET This winter’s free agent class looks a bit better than last year’s dismal group, highlighted by one all-time superstar, after which there’s a decent tier of potential impact players on both sides of the ball if very few other players you could reasonably call “stars.” This is my ranking of the top …

Top 30 MLB free agents: Will Juan Soto get Shohei Ohtani money — and will Dodgers sign him?
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Top 30 MLB free agents: Will Juan Soto get Shohei Ohtani money — and will Dodgers sign him?

LA Times  

The champagne has barely dried. Re-signing with the Padres is a distinct possibility, especially since Profar left Boras for MVP, which represents Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. Tyler O’Neill, 29, OF, Boras: O’Neill has played more than 100 games only twice in seven seasons, but he hit more than 30 home runs both times, including 31 in 2024 in …

Ranking the 18 MLB teams that didn’t make the playoffs: Who is best-positioned for 2025?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ranking the 18 MLB teams that didn’t make the playoffs: Who is best-positioned for 2025?

New York Times  

There are 18 teams that didn’t make the MLB postseason, so while we all enjoy October baseball, I thought I’d power-rank the non-playoff teams based on who is best-positioned to contend in 2025. However, his greatest accomplishment this year was the development of Boston’s younger players including outfielders Jarren Duran and Wilyer Abreu, middle infielder/center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela and first …

Yankees’ Juan Soto makes telling free agency comment after milestone home run
6 months, 1 week ago

Yankees’ Juan Soto makes telling free agency comment after milestone home run

New York Times  

SEATTLE — With the New York Yankees just a win away from clinching a playoff berth, star slugger Juan Soto’s mind was on the money. pic.twitter.com/Tl4kUOjn0k — YES Network September 18, 2024 In May, Soto’s agent Scott Boras downplayed Soto’s comfort with playing in New York, saying he’s had success in many other stadiums. “All the work I have been …

Juan Soto says he WILL consider other teams in free agency after the season as the Yankees 'prepare $540MILLION offer for All-Star slugger'
10 months ago

Juan Soto says he WILL consider other teams in free agency after the season as the Yankees 'prepare $540MILLION offer for All-Star slugger'

Daily Mail  

New York Yankees star Juan Soto will keep his options open in free agency despite the Bronx Bombers' ability to sign him to a lucrative deal next season. In December, The Athletic's Tim Britton projected that Soto could receive a 14-year, $540 million deal - be it with the Yankees or elsewhere. Yankees star Juan Soto is keeping his options …

Blue Jays 2024 top 20 prospects: Ricky Tiedemann, Orelvis Martinez lead the way
1 year, 1 month ago

Blue Jays 2024 top 20 prospects: Ricky Tiedemann, Orelvis Martinez lead the way

New York Times  

The Blue Jays continued to trade from their system last year, restocking it with a solid 2024 draft class, although the 2023 draft class’s first full year in pro ball was kind of disastrous. Addison Barger, 3B Bats: L | Throws: R | Height: 6-0 | Weight: 210 | Seasonal age in 2024: 24 Barger’s come into some pretty decent …

2024-25 MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board: Dodgers make big moves, but impact players remain
1 year, 2 months ago

2024-25 MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board: Dodgers make big moves, but impact players remain

New York Times  

The Los Angeles Dodgers seem awfully comfortable taking up the role of baseball’s Evil Empire. Data: fWAR from FanGraphs Contract Details 3 years, $66 mil Staff rankings 10 Law 9 Britton 15 Gleeman 9 Jennings 16 Bowden 3 year fWAR COF 12 Sean Manaea 3 years $75 mil Profile Age 33 Position LHP, SP Last team New York Mets Innings …

Soto gets record $31 million, 1-year deal with Yankees. Guerrero asks for $19.9M from Blue Jays
1 year, 2 months ago

Soto gets record $31 million, 1-year deal with Yankees. Guerrero asks for $19.9M from Blue Jays

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Juan Soto and the New York Yankees agreed Thursday to a $31 million, one-year contract that broke Shohei Ohtani’s record for an arbitration-eligible player. Among the 171 others who agreed to deals were New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, Milwaukee right-hander Corbin Burnes, Atlanta left-hander Max Fried, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres, Cleveland right-hander Shane Bieber, …

Soto, Guerrero among 194 still with uncertain salaries ahead of Thursday’s abitration swap deadline
1 year, 2 months ago

Soto, Guerrero among 194 still with uncertain salaries ahead of Thursday’s abitration swap deadline

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Pete Alonso are among 194 players across Major League Baseball still with uncertain salaries for 2024 heading into Thursday’s deadline to exchange proposed figures in arbitration. Four players reached agreements on one-year contracts Wednesday: Colorado right-hander Cal Quantrill for $6.55 million, Kansas City left-hander Kris Bubic for $2.35 million, Pittsburgh righty …

Where will the top remaining MLB free agents sign? Predicting their new teams, contracts
1 year, 3 months ago

Where will the top remaining MLB free agents sign? Predicting their new teams, contracts

New York Times  

The Winter Meetings were quiet this year, mainly because the industry was waiting for Shohei Ohtani to sign. Best fits: Diamondbacks, Mariners, Angels Contract prediction: Two years, $30 million Age: 30 2023 : 3.0 WAR Team prediction: Diamondbacks Gurriel slashed.261/.309/.463 last season with 35 doubles, 24 home runs and 82 RBIs. Best fits: Giants, Cubs, Padres, Blue Jays Contract prediction: …

Juan Soto by the numbers: What Yankees are (and aren’t) getting plus a bold 2024 prediction
1 year, 3 months ago

Juan Soto by the numbers: What Yankees are (and aren’t) getting plus a bold 2024 prediction

New York Times  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Was it really only 16 months ago? How can it be possible that Juan Soto’s entire tenure as a San Diego Padre went by so fast it fit in between seasons of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”? The magic number —.421 Dudes as young as Juan Soto aren’t supposed to have a career on-base percentage that starts with a …

Juan Soto is a Yankee. What might his next contract look like?
1 year, 3 months ago

Juan Soto is a Yankee. What might his next contract look like?

New York Times  

Juan Soto is headed to the Bronx for his final year before free agency. Player Signed Age fWAR 1 fWAR 3 Years Total 2023 AAV Juan Soto 2025 26 5.5 16.4 Manny Machado 2019 26 6.2 14.9 10 300.0 35.7 Bryce Harper 2019 26 3.4 11.1 13 330.0 30.2 In general, Soto compares favorably to both those players at the …

Alex Verdugo first... Juan Soto next? Yankees and Red Sox complete just their seventh trade in 50 YEARS with New York 'now set to step up efforts to bring Padres star to the Big Apple'
1 year, 3 months ago

Alex Verdugo first... Juan Soto next? Yankees and Red Sox complete just their seventh trade in 50 YEARS with New York 'now set to step up efforts to bring Padres star to the Big Apple'

Daily Mail  

New York Yankees have traded for Alex Verdugo of the Boston Red Sox, with the two rivals completing just their seventh trade in 50 years. New York Yankees traded for Alex Verdugo of the Boston Red Sox late on Tuesday SNY said that talks between the Padres and the Yankees regarding Soto could pick up this week after previously reaching …

The top 100 remaining MLB free agents
1 year, 4 months ago

The top 100 remaining MLB free agents

New York Times  

Read Jim Bowden’s look at the Top 100 MLB free agents for 2025. Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP — Rodriguez will probably need to wait to sign until Snell and Montgomery make their decisions, but after posting a 3.30 ERA over 26 starts, he’ll fare well in free agency. Cron, 1B — After belting 57 home runs the previous two years combined, …

Top 40 MLB free agents for 2023-24: Contract predictions, team fits for Ohtani, Yamamoto, more
1 year, 4 months ago

Top 40 MLB free agents for 2023-24: Contract predictions, team fits for Ohtani, Yamamoto, more

New York Times  

Read Jim Bowden’s look at the Top 100 MLB free agents for 2025. Josh Hader, LHP Age: 29 HT: 5-11 WT: 180 2023 : 2.4 WAR Career: 11.7 WAR Agent: CAA Sports 2023 salary: $14.1 million One of the game’s most dominant closers, Josh Hader put together a strong free-agent walk year, recording a 1.28 ERA and 33 saves with …

Shohei Ohtani headlines majors’ soon-to-be free agents, and there’s a sizable gap to the next name
1 year, 6 months ago

Shohei Ohtani headlines majors’ soon-to-be free agents, and there’s a sizable gap to the next name

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — There is Shohei Ohtani, and then there is the rest of baseball’s soon-to-be free agents. Here’s a closer look at a couple more of baseball’s best potential free agents: 1B/OF CODY BELLINGER Bellinger also was a free agent in 2022. 3B MATT CHAPMAN There are several contract options and opt-out clauses that could change the market, but it’s …

MLB Draft prospect Charlee Soto, armed with high-90s heat, is ready for the next step
1 year, 10 months ago

MLB Draft prospect Charlee Soto, armed with high-90s heat, is ready for the next step

New York Times  

Charlee Soto will always remember the summer of 2022 as the one that changed his life. That’s the only thing he liked.” Now 17 and just days away from his high school graduation, Charlee Soto is still eschewing the normal amusements of his peer group in favor of baseball. “He’s the guy who’s going to go, ‘Hey, we’re ready to …

Top 25 MLB free agents for 2022-23: Contract predictions, team fits for Judge, deGrom, more
2 years, 4 months ago

Top 25 MLB free agents for 2022-23: Contract predictions, team fits for Judge, deGrom, more

New York Times  

MLB free agency is almost here so it’s time for my annual top 25 list with contract predictions and the best team fits for each player, based on what I’m hearing and thinking about this offseason’s standouts. José Abreu, 1B Age: 35 B: R T: R HT: 6-3 WT: 235 2022 : WAR: 4.2 OPS+: 133 Agent: ISE Baseball 2022 …

Finding new MLB teams for soon-to-be free-agent shortstops: Carlos Correa, Trea Turner, more
2 years, 5 months ago

Finding new MLB teams for soon-to-be free-agent shortstops: Carlos Correa, Trea Turner, more

New York Times  

This offseason’s free-agent class is expected to include four elite shortstops: Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson, Carlos Correa and Xander Bogaerts. Player Team Age Contract Francisco Lindor Mets Entering age-27 season 10 years, $341M Fernando Tatis Jr. Padres Entering age-22 season 14 years, $340M Corey Seager Rangers Entering age-28 season 10 years, $325M Wander Franco Rays Entering age-21 season 11 years, …

MLB rising prospects: Jackson Chourio’s promotion, 200 Ks for Brandon Pfaadt
2 years, 6 months ago

MLB rising prospects: Jackson Chourio’s promotion, 200 Ks for Brandon Pfaadt

New York Times  

The final week featuring regular-season action from all full-season teams in the minor leagues is behind us. https://t.co/abcaiWgclR — Sam Dykstra September 12, 2022 • Hello to Diamondbacks pitching prospect Brandon Pfaadt, who Sunday eclipsed the 200-strikeout mark for the season while flattening the competition in the Pacific Coast League yet again. After racking up double digits in strikeouts for …

San Diego Padres agree on HUGE deal for superstar outfielder Juan Soto
2 years, 7 months ago

San Diego Padres agree on HUGE deal for superstar outfielder Juan Soto

Daily Mail  

Washington is also acquiring veteran first baseman Luke Voit from San Diego The Padres are sending five of baseball's top young prospects to the Nats Juan Soto is a San Diego Padre. In a deadline-day move that could swing baseball's balance of power this season and beyond, the 23-year-old superstar and former World Series champion has been sent by the …

How the Padres trading for Juan Soto is impacting 2022 World Series odds
2 years, 7 months ago

How the Padres trading for Juan Soto is impacting 2022 World Series odds

LA Times  

Juan Soto tosses his bat after winning a round at the 2022 MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby on July 18. Lost in the magnitude of the Juan Soto trade is that the San Diego Padres also got a very strong switch-hitter in first baseman/outfielder Josh Bell, who will help a lineup that ranks 20th in weighted on-base average and …

Top 60 MLB prospects: Keith Law’s updated rankings following the Juan Soto trade
2 years, 7 months ago

Top 60 MLB prospects: Keith Law’s updated rankings following the Juan Soto trade

New York Times  

This is my midpoint check-in on the best prospects still in the minors, including players drafted two weeks ago who have signed by now but have not debuted in pro ball. He’s already outpacing his offensive performance from last year and is still just 20 years old in High A. Marco Luciano, SS, San Francisco Giants Previous ranking: No. Ezequiel …

Hear Me Out: Do Not Trade One of the Best Young Players Ever
2 years, 8 months ago

Hear Me Out: Do Not Trade One of the Best Young Players Ever

Slate  

Major League Baseball only has so many bona fide franchise players. The margins of the Soto negotiation are pocket change no matter how much money the franchise is bringing in—and MLB teams have never opened their books voluntarily, so we’ll never know. Soto is already expensive as he works through MLB’s arbitration process for pre–free agency players: He makes $17.1 …

Commentary: Angels should follow Nationals’ Juan Soto blueprint with Shohei Ohtani
2 years, 8 months ago

Commentary: Angels should follow Nationals’ Juan Soto blueprint with Shohei Ohtani

LA Times  

The Major League Baseball world was upended Saturday. But my feelings of wanting to win are stronger.” Ohtani spoke his mind two weeks before another Angels disappointing season ended. Just a few weeks ago, Ohtani hinted at the Angels’ struggles after a win, noting that he felt he needed to pitch deep into a game because the bullpen was short-handed …

With MLB back in business, the free-agent frenzy is about to begin
3 years ago

With MLB back in business, the free-agent frenzy is about to begin

LA Times  

Carlos Correa, celebrating his two-run double for the Houston Astros against the Chicago White Sox in the 2021 playoffs, will be one of the most-coveted players on the free-agent market. “When this deal is done, it’s gonna be the craziest free-agent frenzy we’ve witnessed,” former Dodgers slugger Joc Pederson wrote on Twitter last week. Freeman, a former Orange El Modena …

Bowden: 5 trades I’d like to see before Opening Day, from a Yankees-Rockies blockbuster to a Blue Jays-Reds win-win
4 years ago

Bowden: 5 trades I’d like to see before Opening Day, from a Yankees-Rockies blockbuster to a Blue Jays-Reds win-win

New York Times  

At this point in the MLB calendar, there usually aren’t major trades made before Opening Day. Yankees acquire: SS Trevor Story, RHP Germán Márquez, RHP Daniel Bard Rockies acquire: RHP Deivi García, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga, 3B Gio Urshela, INF Miguel Andújar This year it’s World Series or bust for the Yankees. The blockbuster trade that makes the most sense would …

Mariners 2021 prospect rankings: Keith Law on Seattle’s top 20
4 years, 1 month ago

Mariners 2021 prospect rankings: Keith Law on Seattle’s top 20

New York Times  

The Mariners put five guys on my top 100, which I believe is the most they’ve ever had since I started compiling these lists 14 years ago, and that includes some guys with very high ceilings. Emerson Hancock, RHP From the Top 100: The Mariners took Hancock with the sixth overall pick in 2020, although a full spring might have …

My guys: Kris Bryant and 24 more players who I’m hitching my wagon to in 2020
5 years ago

My guys: Kris Bryant and 24 more players who I’m hitching my wagon to in 2020

New York Times  

Any My Guys column worth its salt should give readers a good cross-section of the league. Tommy Pham, Padres Grab Pham and you’re getting 20 homers, 25 steals, strong rates no matter if your league uses batting average or OBP, 90 runs and 75 RBI. Caleb Smith, Marlins The second half of last season got really ugly really fast for …

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