After months of waiting, the Chicago Cubs finally got their man, bringing Cody Bellinger back to the North Side after his bounce-back season in 2023. While some of his underlying metrics suggest that the former NL MVP got a bit lucky en route to putting up an .881 OPS last season, he still had more […]
February 25, 2024
Well, this certainly isn’t going to slow down the hype train. After an offseason that featured a billion dollars in salary and enough star power to light up the Hollywood sign, the new-look Los Angeles Dodgers finally took the field for a real, actual baseball game on Thursday afternoon, taking on the San Diego Padres […]
February 22, 2024
Well everyone, we finally made it: Spring training has arrived, and in a matter of days we’ll have real, actual baseball games to talk about. Sure, there’s still a good amount of Hot Stove business to be wrapped up, but it’s time to get our first look at how all 30 teams are shaping up […]
February 22, 2024
You can tick the first name off our list of likely extension candidates this spring: The Pittsburgh Pirates and All-Star righty Mitch Keller have agreed on a five-year, $77 million contract extension, per MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, buying out Keller’s last two years of arbitration and first three years of free agency. It’s also the second-largest […]
February 22, 2024
Well everyone, we finally made it: Spring training has arrived, and in a matter of days we’ll have real, actual baseball games to talk about. Sure, there’s still a good amount of Hot Stove business to be wrapped up, but it’s time to get our first look at how all 30 teams are shaping up […]
February 21, 2024
Well everyone, we finally made it: Spring training has arrived, and in a matter of days we’ll have real, actual baseball games to talk about. Sure, there’s still a good amount of Hot Stove business to be wrapped up, but it’s time to get our first look at how all 30 teams are shaping up […]
February 21, 2024
Longtime big-league first baseman Eric Hosmer announced his retirement from the Majors on Wednesday, bringing an end to a polarizing but nonetheless impressive 13-year career. Hosmer also announced that he’ll be shifting his focus to a new podcast venture he’s launched called MoonBall Media. Hosmer, 34, spent 31 games with the Chicago Cubs last season […]
February 21, 2024
Major League Baseball’s regular season will begin in less than a month, but this wonky, at times sluggish offseason means that there’s still plenty of Hot Stove business to attend to — and, in turn, rumors to keep track of. Each weekday, we’ll be doing just that, bringing you the latest news, rumors and reports […]
February 21, 2024
Veteran lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu is heading back to Korea, with Yonhap News reporting that the 36-year-old is set to sign a four-year, $12.7 million (in U.S. dollars) contract that will make him the highest-paid player in the KBO. MLB teams will always need more competent pitching, and Ryu reportedly mulled offers from big-league teams before […]
February 20, 2024
It’s safe to say that Anthony Rendon hasn’t been the most popular man in Los Angeles over the last few years. The third baseman has yet to play more than 60 games in a season since signing a massive seven-year, $245 million deal with the Angels in the winter of 2019; injuries limited him to […]
February 19, 2024
We’ve now hit the second week of spring training, and the reigning NL Cy Young winner still doesn’t have a team. Blake Snell’s free agency has been at a standstill for months now, and with just over a month until Opening Day, that appears to still be the case: Per MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand and USA […]
February 19, 2024