We’re now almost two weeks removed from the Rangers’ World Series win, and we’re still waiting for the first offseason domino to fall. With the non-tender deadline coming up on Friday, Nov. 17, and Winter Meetings the first weekend in December, it shouldn’t be too much longer until the Hot Stove starts really warming up. […]
November 17, 2023
Free agents are officially on the market, qualifying offers have been extended (and rejected), contract options exercised and/or declined and 40-man rosters whittled down. Welcome to the MLB offseason. Flags fly forever, but now that the champagne has dried and the confetti has been cleared, the Texas Rangers are already on to how they might […]
November 17, 2023
Free agents are officially on the market, qualifying offers have been extended (and rejected), contract options exercised and/or declined and 40-man rosters whittled down. Welcome to the MLB offseason. For the Minnesota Twins, it’s one full of questions, both on and off the field. Yes, they cruised to a division title and finally snapped that […]
November 17, 2023
At this point, two weeks removed from the end of the World Series, most everyone’s attention has shifted toward what should be a wild winter around baseball. But before we fully stoke the Hot Stove and close the book on 2023, there was one more bit of business to attend to: the AL and NL […]
November 16, 2023
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday afternoon that the Atlanta Braves will host the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, awarding the Midsummer Classic to Truist Park for the first time just two years after it was stripped of the event in very public and controversial fashion. Atlanta will host the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, Rob […]
November 16, 2023
MLB revealed the Cy Young Award winners for each league in a live broadcast on Wednesday night, and there were no big surprises: New York Yankees workhorse Gerrit Cole finally got over the hump in the AL after years of near-misses, while Blake Snell took home NL honors to become just the seventh pitcher to […]
November 15, 2023
We’re just a few hours away from the announcement of MLB’s Cy Young Awards on Wednesday night, with lefty Blake Snell the prohibitive favorite to take home the hardware in the NL after a spectacular season in which he led all of baseball in ERA (2.25 ERA) and struck out 234 batters in 180 innings. […]
November 15, 2023
The Arizona Diamondbacks ultimately fell just short of a championship, but it was still an October to remember in the desert, from sneaking into the playoffs to dethroning the Brewers, Dodgers and Phillies en route to one of the most unlikely pennants in MLB history. But the baseball calendar never rests, and so now the […]
November 15, 2023
Really, you could sum up this entire preview with two words: It’s time. For years, Orioles owner John Angelos and GM Mike Elias have kept their offseason powder dry, focusing on tanking at the Major League level while stockpiling Minor League assets. Baseball’s version of The Process finally bore fruit in 2023, with 101 wins […]
November 15, 2023
We’re now almost two weeks removed from the Texas Rangers’ World Series win, which means that it’s about time for Hot Stove season to really start burning. It’ll be a particularly urgent winter for the Toronto Blue Jays, who not too long ago looked like one of the league’s up-and-coming contenders but now seem to […]
November 15, 2023
MLB’s awards week continued on Wednesday with Manager of the Year, and unlike the Rookie of the Year voting, we had a little bit of drama. In the end, the Marlins’ Skip Schumaker took home the honors in the NL in an extremely tight race, with the Orioles’ Brandon Hyde earning the award in the […]
November 14, 2023