The baseball world is still reeling from Shohei Ohtani’s bombshell over the weekend, but Hot Stove season waits for no one — if anything, action figures to finally pick up now that the sport’s best player has chosen his destination. Plenty of big names remain available, and the teams who missed out on landing Ohtani […]
December 15, 2023
A rotation that was already full of question marks for the defending World Series champs just had another big one tossed onto the pile. Per multiple reports, Rangers righty Max Scherzer underwent surgery on Thursday to repair a herniated disc in his back, an operation expected to keep him out for most if not all […]
December 15, 2023
The Dodgers officially kicked off the Shohei Ohtani era on Thursday, unveiling the two-way superstar for the first time in a heavily attended press conference at Dodger Stadium. Ohtani touched on a little bit of everything, from his future on the mound to what drew him to his new team to even the name of […]
December 15, 2023
With the ink officially dry on Shohei Ohtani’s record-setting, mind-bending $700 million contract, the new offseason priority for the Los Angeles Dodgers became addressing their starting rotation. And it didn’t take long for president Andrew Friedman to get to work: According to a report for Ken Rosenthal, L.A. has acquired hard-throwing righty Tyler Glasnow from […]
December 14, 2023
Baseball’s offseason got off to a fairly sleepy start, but things have kicked into overdrive over the past week or so — as two historic players found their way to arguably the two most recognizable brands in the sport. First, the New York Yankees swung a trade with the Padres but superstar outfielder Juan Soto. […]
December 14, 2023
Shohei Ohtani has been a Los Angeles Dodger for just a couple days, but his new team is already putting him to work. Star Japanese righty Yoshinobu Yamamoto is next on L.A.’s offseason wishlist, and when the two sides met in person on Tuesday, the Dodgers put together quite the recruiting party — highlighted by […]
December 13, 2023
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants finally landed the big-name free agent they’d long sought, signing star Korean center fielder Jung Hoo Lee to a six-year. $113 million contract. It was a big moment for team president Farhan Zaidi: Lee is an excellent fit for a Giants roster that desperately needed youth and athleticism in […]
December 13, 2023
The baseball world is still reeling from Shohei Ohtani’s bombshell over the weekend, but Hot Stove season waits for no one — if anything, action figures to finally pick up now that the sport’s best player has chosen his destination. Plenty of big names remain available, and the teams who missed out on landing Ohtani […]
December 12, 2023
Just as the baseball world was wrapping its mind around Shohei Ohtani’s record $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, another bombshell dropped on Monday night: Ohtani would be deferring some $680 million of that number, only making $2 million per year over the actual course of the deal. Immediately, questions — and accusations […]
December 12, 2023
We’ve known since he announced his decision on Saturday that Shohei Ohtani would be deferring at least part of his whopping 10-year, $700 million contract, an effort to give the Dodgers greater flexibility to build a team around him. “He is excited to begin this partnership, and he structured his contract to reflect a true […]
December 11, 2023
In the wake of landing Shohei Ohtani over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers hooked up with the New York Yankees for a trade on Monday. New York is sending Minor League shortstop Trey Sweeney out west in return for lefty reliever Victor Gonzalez and infield prospect Jorbit Vivas, according to a report from ESPN. […]
December 11, 2023