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Will Juan Soto top Shohei Ohtani’s deal? In the era of deferred money, it might depend on the math
1 month ago

Will Juan Soto top Shohei Ohtani’s deal? In the era of deferred money, it might depend on the math

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Deciding whether Juan Soto tops Shohei Ohtani for baseball’s largest contract could be in the eye of the beholder because of all the deferred money in Ohtani’s deal. And the answer to that is I don’t think they’re going to want to do anything that impedes their primary pursuit and goal.” The interest figure used for discounting …

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Preston Mattingly, son of Don Mattingly, promoted to Philadelphia Phillies general manager
2 months ago

Preston Mattingly, son of Don Mattingly, promoted to Philadelphia Phillies general manager

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Preston Mattingly, a son of former star first baseman and manager Don Mattingly, was promoted to general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday under president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. We have a good relationship between all of us and really, you kind of look towards the future and say, ‘Well, how will this all work out?’” …

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MLB front office check-in: Key offseason needs and goals for all 30 teams
2 months ago

MLB front office check-in: Key offseason needs and goals for all 30 teams

New York Times  

One of the many things front office executives accomplish at the general managers’ meetings is to meet with their counterparts and learn each team’s needs and goals for the offseason. Astros GM Dana Brown: Keeping Alex Bregman is their “biggest priority.” Houston Astros Re-sign Alex Bregman, add a left-handed-hitting outfielder and a depth starter and improve the bullpen It will …

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

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San Francisco Giants fire Farhan Zaidi; Buster Posey new president of baseball operations
3 months, 1 week ago

San Francisco Giants fire Farhan Zaidi; Buster Posey new president of baseball operations

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — Not long after the Giants hired Farhan Zaidi to become their top baseball official prior to the 2019 season, the analytically inclined former lieutenant with the A’s and Dodgers met with season-ticket holders for a chalk talk in the home clubhouse. While announcing Zaidi’s dismissal in a press release, Giants chairman Greg Johnson announced that Posey would …

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Buster Posey takes reins in Giants front office, enthusiasm abounds: ‘I’m sure he will excel’
3 months, 1 week ago

Buster Posey takes reins in Giants front office, enthusiasm abounds: ‘I’m sure he will excel’

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey traded his shinguards for a boardroom seat two years ago when the decorated former San Francisco Giants catcher bought an ownership stake in the franchise that he led to three World Series championships. “I’m excited for Buster,” former Giants manager Bruce Bochy said via text. He did a great job leading on the field so …

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Twins’ brass, from top down, will try to figure out how to clean up mess
3 months, 1 week ago

Twins’ brass, from top down, will try to figure out how to clean up mess

New York Times  

MINNEAPOLIS — Before he and owner Joe Pohlad addressed the Minnesota Twins’ future, Derek Falvey made an emotional 3 1/2-minute opening statement Sunday about his team’s six weeks of failure. After describing the final six weeks of the season as watching a “train wreck,” Pohlad confirmed Falvey would remain in his role leading the team’s baseball operations department and that …

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Mets’ Stearns returns to Milwaukee with his new team’s playoff hopes on the line
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mets’ Stearns returns to Milwaukee with his new team’s playoff hopes on the line

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns finds himself in an unusual situation this weekend as he returns to American Family Field for the first time since leaving the Milwaukee Brewers. “I think at this point I have enough distance for it,” Stearns said before the Mets’ 8-4 loss to the Brewers on Friday night. Milwaukee’s …

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Texas Rangers give Chris Young a contract extension and new title after 4 years as GM
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas Rangers give Chris Young a contract extension and new title after 4 years as GM

Associated Press  

ARLINGTON, Texas — Chris Young has a contract extension and a new title with the Texas Rangers after nearly four years as general manager and overseeing his hometown team’s first World Series title. The Rangers were World Series champions last year, but went into Friday night’s game at Seattle 7 1/2 games back in both the AL West and the …

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‘Massive operation.’ Inside the rise of Brandon Gomes, and Dodgers’ front-office evolution
4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Massive operation.’ Inside the rise of Brandon Gomes, and Dodgers’ front-office evolution

LA Times  

At last December’s annual winter meetings in Nashville, Andrew Friedman emerged from a crowded hotel conference room, caught the gaze of an approaching reporter, then pointed to his top lieutenant walking ahead of him. “It’s allowed us to divide and conquer,” Gomes said of his dynamic with Friedman, as one of nine MLB general managers who report to a president …

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Who is Shohei Ohtani’s new interpreter with Dodgers? They call him ‘Will the Thrill’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Shohei Ohtani’s new interpreter with Dodgers? They call him ‘Will the Thrill’

LA Times  

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wore a grim expression while talking to reporters in Seoul last week. The team had just fired interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, who had been accused by representatives of Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani of engaging in a “massive theft” of the Dodgers two-way player’s funds to allegedly pay off at least $4.5 million in debt to an illegal …

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Mets acquire Houser, Taylor from Brewers as Stearns executes trade with his former team
1 year ago

Mets acquire Houser, Taylor from Brewers as Stearns executes trade with his former team

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — The New York Mets acquired right-hander Adrian Houser and outfielder Tyrone Taylor from the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday for minor league pitcher Coleman Crow. The trade was the first between the teams since former Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns left the team to run baseball operations with the Mets. The Brewers also must replace two-time All-Star …

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From free agent whispers to riverboat rides: A day at the MLB Winter Meetings
1 year, 1 month ago

From free agent whispers to riverboat rides: A day at the MLB Winter Meetings

New York Times  

NASHVILLE — A job seeker comes out of the cold and into a lobby that’d be empty if not for the Hall of Fame manager standing there. “I hate this place,” a writer confided earlier this week, “but it fascinates me.” The absurdity of the resort and of the Winter Meetings — a job fair, trade show, carnival and meeting …

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MLB trade and free-agent targets: Solutions for each NL team’s key needs
1 year, 1 month ago

MLB trade and free-agent targets: Solutions for each NL team’s key needs

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of MLB free agency and the Winter Meetings in Nashville. Note: Only major-league signings and trades and top hires are listed under “What they’ve done so far.” GO DEEPER MLB trade and free-agent targets: Bowden on solutions for each AL team's key needs Arizona Diamondbacks Needs: Starting pitching What they’ve done so far: Traded RHP …

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MLB trade scenarios: Bowden answers 25 questions on top starters, big bats and more
1 year, 1 month ago

MLB trade scenarios: Bowden answers 25 questions on top starters, big bats and more

New York Times  

On Sunday, we had the first big signing of the offseason, as the Phillies brought back right-hander Aaron Nola on a seven-year, $172 million deal. — Steve E. Your trade proposal all hinges on who the two major-league-ready prospect arms are, but if they’re Emmet Sheehan and Nick Frasso, then the Brewers would make that trade so fast your head …

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As MLB free agency begins, uncertainty in TV revenue looms for some teams
1 year, 2 months ago

As MLB free agency begins, uncertainty in TV revenue looms for some teams

New York Times  

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When an offseason begins, baseball teams typically have at least a general sense of their target payroll for the following year. … It’s certainly a challenge in our industry for sure, especially in the smallest market in the league.” Another team that was with Bally last season, the Minnesota Twins, had its TV rights deal expire. “There’s …

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Billy Eppler resigns as Mets GM, and is under investigation by MLB, according to AP source
1 year, 3 months ago

Billy Eppler resigns as Mets GM, and is under investigation by MLB, according to AP source

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Billy Eppler resigned as New York Mets general manager Thursday, and a person familiar with the probe said he is under investigation by Major League Baseball. His surprising resignation came three days after David Stearns was hired above Eppler as the Mets’ first president of baseball operations. Eppler spent the past two seasons running baseball operations for …

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Mets general manager Billy Eppler RESIGNS after New York hired David Stearns as President of Baseball Operations and fired Buck Showalter
1 year, 3 months ago

Mets general manager Billy Eppler RESIGNS after New York hired David Stearns as President of Baseball Operations and fired Buck Showalter

Daily Mail  

The Mets hired David Stearns as President of Baseball Operations last month New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler has resigned, the team announced Thursday. Eppler's resignation comes after the organization hired David Stearns as its new President of Baseball Operations. New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler has resigned, the team announced Thursday David Stearns is set to become …

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David Stearns introduced as president of baseball operations by New York Mets, his hometown team
1 year, 3 months ago

David Stearns introduced as president of baseball operations by New York Mets, his hometown team

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Decades ago, David Stearns used to sneak into Shea Stadium to root for the New York Mets. “I’ve got plenty of work to do.” The 38-year-old executive was placed above general manager Billy Eppler and under Cohen in a working structure fairly common around baseball but new to the Mets. “I view the managerial position as one …

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Buck Showalter fired as New York Mets manager
1 year, 3 months ago

Buck Showalter fired as New York Mets manager

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For the fifth time in six years, the New York Mets are in the market for a manager. “When hiring a president of baseball operations, they’re entitled to bring in their own people,” owner Steve Cohen said during a brief postgame news conference. Baseball’s been very fair to me, all things considered.” Showalter managed the fourth-place Mets …

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David Stearns agrees to become Mets president of baseball operations, according to reports
1 year, 3 months ago

David Stearns agrees to become Mets president of baseball operations, according to reports

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — David Stearns has agreed to become president of baseball operations for the underperforming New York Mets, according to several reports. Stearns led the Milwaukee Brewers’ baseball operations department from September of 2015 through the 2022 season before stepping down and moving into an advisory role. Mets manager Buck Showalter, who is concluding the second season of a …

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Angels might want to follow path of Dave Dombrowski's Phillies
2 years, 2 months ago

Angels might want to follow path of Dave Dombrowski's Phillies

LA Times  

Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski talks on his phone before a game against the Marlins on Sept. 15 in Miami. Dombrowski was a free agent the last time the Angels hired someone to build their team, amid persistent industry speculation that owner Arte Moreno would pursue him. All Dombrowski would say was that, at the time the …

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Brewers’ Arnold cherishes opportunity after paying his dues
2 years, 2 months ago

Brewers’ Arnold cherishes opportunity after paying his dues

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — Matt Arnold has spent over two decades working for a handful of different major league organizations as he awaited the opportunity to run a franchise’s baseball operations. I don’t envision changing a lot here meaningfully in terms of philosophy going forward.” Arnold, 43, worked alongside Stearns as Milwaukee made a franchise-record four straight playoff appearances, a streak that …

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Brewers’ president of baseball operations Stearns steps down
2 years, 2 months ago

Brewers’ president of baseball operations Stearns steps down

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — David Stearns is stepping away from his role as the Milwaukee Brewers’ president of baseball operations, saying Thursday he just needs a break and isn’t thinking about taking a job with any other organization. Matt Arnold, who has been the Brewers’ senior vice president and general manager since 2020, takes over the lead role in overseeing baseball operations. …

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