As they get set for a season that appears to be more about retooling than contending, one question has loomed over the New York Mets: Would the team agree to a contract extension with first baseman Pete Alonso, or would the All-Star play out his final year of team control and hit free agency next […]
February 12, 2024
It’s no secret that the New York Yankees have been in search of rotation upgrades this offseason. The team made a serious run at landing Yoshinobu Yamamoto before the Japanese ace landed with the Dodgers and was linked to just about every arm on the market — Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery, Dylan Cease and more […]
February 12, 2024
I don’t blame you if you read the above headline and immediately wondered whether I’ve lost my mind: The Los Angeles Dodgers won 100 games, then went out and landed the top two free agents available as part of a billion-dollar spending spree. They’re prohibitive World Series favorites in the eyes of just about every […]
February 12, 2024
Turns out, the rumors were true: Verizon did indeed manage to get Beyoncé into a commercial during Super Bowl 58. The company had released two bizarre ads on Thursday and Friday — for example, actor Tony Hale squeezing lemons and talking to a silver disco horse — leading social media to speculate that the superstar […]
February 11, 2024
After a frustratingly (if understandably) quiet offseason, this wasn’t how the Philadelphia Phillies wanted to begin their ramp up to spring camp: The team announced on Friday afternoon that outfielder Brandon Marsh has undergone arthroscopic debridement surgery on his left knee. It is a relatively minor surgery, and Marsh is expected to return to game […]
February 9, 2024
One of the greatest pitchers of his generation called it a career on Friday, as righty Corey Kluber announced via Instagram that he’s elected to retire after a sterling 13 years in the Majors. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Corey Kluber (@ckluber28) “With sincere appreciation, I am announcing my retirement from […]
February 9, 2024
The calendar has flipped to February, with teams officially starting to report to spring training — and with a decent number of our top 25 free agents still available, plenty of those teams still have work to do if they plan on making a run at a World Series. So who’s heading where? Each weekday, […]
February 9, 2024
It’s official: After a long, cold winter, spring training is here. The Los Angeles Dodgers had their pitchers and catchers report to camp in Arizona on Friday morning, the first step of the marathon that is the 2024 MLB season. The other 29 teams around the league will follow suit over the next week, with […]
February 9, 2024
Having followed their last-place finish in 2023 with a frustratingly (to fans, at least) quiet offseason under new chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, the 2024 season already stood to be something of a fraught transition for the Boston Red Sox. Now, that transition will be on display for everyone to see: Netflix announced on Wednesday […]
February 7, 2024
Just over 24 hours after Bobby Witt Jr. broke the bank with the Kansas City Royals, MLB’s extension season rolls on. Next up is a future Hall of Famer: Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Houston Astros have reached an agreement with Jose Altuve on a five-year, $125 million contract extension that will keep the star […]
February 6, 2024
Clayton Kershaw is coming back to the Los Angeles Dodgers for at least one more season, with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman of the New York Post reporting on Tuesday afternoon that the future Hall of Famer has agreed to terms on a deal with the only professional team he’s ever known. The exact nature […]
February 6, 2024