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The Yankees are looking to make it back to the World Series in 2025 but they hit a bit of a snag in the offseason. Juan Soto went crosstown to the Mets, leaving a gaping hole in the lineup and outfield. GM Brian Cashman used the money that would have gone to Soto to make

Open Extended Reactions Veteran first baseman/outfielder Trey Mancini and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training, sources told ESPN, launching a comeback for the 32-year-old who sat out the 2024 season. Mancini, who has played parts of seven major league seasons, missed 2020 after being

Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Max Scherzer joined the Toronto Blue Jays convinced he can win a World Series with a third team following titles with Washington and Texas. “Winning cures everything,” the 40-year-old right-hander said Friday, three days after his $15.5 million, one-year contract was announced.

Sporting a preseason beard, perhaps a symbol for what he and the Mets hope to achieve later on this season, Brandon Nimmo discussed the return of Pete Alonso on Friday in Port St. Lucie, Fla. “So excited,” Nimmo told SNY. “Obviously, I love competing with Pete and have been with him for so many years

On an emergency episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are excited to close the book on the free agency of Pete Alonso, with the final chapter bringing the slugger back to Queens. Connor and Joe cover how the deal finally went down between the Mets and Pete,

The Los Angeles Dodgers don’t exactly care about subtlety these days, and that extends to their promotion schedule. The defending World Series champions released their ticket package schedule on Thursday, with many of the usual suspects on there: various heritage nights, L.A. Kings night, teacher appreciation day. It was the giveaway for the Star Wars

Alden GonzalezFeb 6, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions PECOTA, the popular projection system by Baseball Prospectus, released its estimated win totals for the 2025 season earlier this week. And

Overall, the third base group for 2025 is a solid cohort with plenty of players who should offer significant fantasy production. But, in comparison to other positions, the hot corner is full of potential traps once we get past the headliners, José Ramírez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball league

Take a bow, David Stearns. Perhaps only Pete Alonso knows just how close Stearns came to losing the high-stakes game of chicken that he was playing with his slugging first baseman, which means the rest of us may never know for sure. Was there ever a deal to be made with the Toronto Blue Jays?

Associated Press Feb 5, 2025, 02:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Outfielder Harrison Bader and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2026, according to multiple reports. A Gold Glove winner for St. Louis in 2021, Bader will be playing for his fifth team in five

On the latest episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo keep talking about Pete Alonso, while also talking about the actual Mets who are already ramping up spring training. Connor and Joe cover the latest non-news in the Alonso free agency journey, examine the signing of infielder Nick

Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 11:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Hall of Fame voter who declined to select Ichiro Suzuki remains a mystery. All 321 voters who allowed their ballots to be made public Tuesday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America selected the Japanese star. Suzuki appeared on 393

So far this MLB offseason, the reigning champion Dodgers have signed as many free agents as the rest of their division combined. But it’s the Mets who signed the most expensive free agent ever. The Yankees pivoted admirably after losing a generational star, while the Blue Jays came in second multiple times. The Diamondbacks managed

Pat Hoberg had been a full-time umpire in MLB since 2017. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Major League Baseball upheld its decision to fire umpire Pat Hoberg on Monday after it said that he had been sharing a betting account with a friend who bet on baseball. Hoberg, MLB said, was fired for failing to “uphold

The catcher position in fantasy baseball is like the green vegetables on a dinner plate — even on a good day, they aren’t the main attraction. Still, the 2025 pool of backstops is a respectable group. Most managers will draft in leagues that require just one starting catcher, and in those formats, there are plenty

Feb 2, 2025, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Right-hander Jack Flaherty and the Detroit Tigers are in agreement on a two-year, $35 million contract that includes an opt-out after the first season, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Sunday night. Flaherty returns to the Tigers after departing Detroit for the Los Angeles Dodgers at

Jack Flaherty was traded to the Dodgers ahead of the deadline last summer, and was critical in their World Series run. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Jack Flaherty is headed back to Detroit. The right-hander struck a two-year, $35 million deal with the Tigers on Sunday night, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The new

By record, this was the worst division in baseball last season. The American League West, which boasted both ALCS teams in 2023, finished with a combined record 43 games under .500 in 2024. All around, it was bad, bad, bad and worse. Houston had its worst playoff performance in nearly a decade. Seattle, unable to