The relief market dominoes continue to fall in the wake of Josh Hader’s signing earlier this month. This time it’s Hader’s former team, the San Diego Padres, getting in on the act, reportedly agreeing to terms with former Yankees lefty Wandy Peralta. Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the deal is a rather unusual one: […]
January 31, 2024
The Angelos family, the owners of the Baltimore Orioles since 1993, have reportedly agreed to sell the franchise to billionaires David Rubenstein and Mike Arougheti for $1.725 billion, according to John Ourand of Puck News. Per Ourand, Rubenstein and Arougheti will initially purchase 40% of the club before buying the rest following Peter Angelos’ death […]
January 30, 2024
A quiet offseason for the defending champs just got even rockier, as Texas Rangers general manager Chris Young revealed on Tuesday that star shortstop Corey Seager had undergone sports hernia surgery. Young did add that the club is “hopeful” the 2023 World Series hero will be ready to play come Opening Day, adding that the […]
January 30, 2024
For much of January, speculation ran rampant about which MLB star would grace the cover of MLB The Show 24. There’s arguably never been so much young, five-tool talent in the game, guys with the type of power, speed and dynamic athleticism we used to only get once in a generation. Who would the developers […]
January 30, 2024
Two of this winter’s most disappointing teams combined to jolt MLB out of its offseason doldrums on Monday night, as the Minnesota Twins sent longtime infielder Jorge Polanco to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for a four-player package that includes two Major Leaguers (reliever Justin Topa, swingman Anthony DeSclafani) and two Minor Leaguers (outfielder Gabriel […]
January 29, 2024
When news broke back in November that the Milwaukee Brewers had handed 19-year-old outfielder Jackson Chourio an eight-year, $80 million extension — a record number for a prospect, despite the fact that Chourio had just 24 plate appearances above Double-A — we wrote that this sort of deal was about to become baseball’s new normal. […]
January 28, 2024
It took a while — certainly longer than their fan base would’ve liked — for the Chicago Cubs to get their offseason rolling, but Jed Hoyer and Co. are finally starting to pick up some steam. A couple of weeks after swooping in to land Japanese lefty Shota Imanaga, Chicago has added a much-needed impact […]
January 27, 2024
With Yoshinobu Yamamoto officially a Dodger, the title of best player in Japan now shifts to a different young righty: 22-year-old phenom Roki Sasaki, who’s already taken the world by storm in three seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball. Sasaki was utterly dominant in 2023, with a 1.78 ERA and 135 strikeouts across 91 innings with […]
January 26, 2024
The Arizona Diamondbacks haven’t been the splashiest team this offseason — they’ve been overshadowed by a team in their own division there — but in terms of finding value and filling needs, you’d be hard-pressed to argue that anyone’s done it better than GM Mike Hazen and company. That streak continued late Thursday night, when […]
January 26, 2024
The calendar has flipped to 2024, and with the holiday behind us, expect the Hot Stove to get cranking again soon — with 14 of our top 25 free agents still available and lots of money freed up now that Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are off the market. So who’s heading where? Each weekday, […]
January 25, 2024
The results are in, and we have our Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2024: Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer reached the 75% necessary for induction on the BBWAA ballot, joining Jim Leyland from the Contemporary Baseball Era committee. Those four legends are getting most of the attention, and rightfully so; they earned […]
January 24, 2024