How MLB’s Top 100 position players stack up, from Juan Soto to Shohei Ohtani
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, ...
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MLB insiders rank starting pitchers: Who’s ‘just a guy’ and who’s No. 1?
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, ...
MLB Preseason Power Rankings: Where is your favorite team starting the 2025 season?
By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. NesbittEvery week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — ...
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. turned down Blue Jays extension offer of more than $500 million (with deferrals): Report
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. turned down half a billion dollars* from the Toronto Blue Jays. You can probably guess what that ...
Putting a price tag on extending Kyle Tucker, Dylan Cease and other looming free agents
Monday’s deep dive into Paul Skenes, perhaps the most interesting extension case in baseball, was a sneak peek of Extension ...
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reveals final counteroffer to Blue Jays was ‘much less’ than Juan Soto’s deal with Mets
Contract offers and the numbers thrown out in negotiations are usually tightly held state secrets. But apparently, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ...
Max Scherzer has many more thoughts on robot umps: ‘What problem are we really solving?’
DUNEDIN, Fla. — He’s a solver of problems. Always has been. It’s what makes great pitchers great. It’s what has ...
Orioles star Gunnar Henderson’s Opening Day availability in question after intercostal strain
The Baltimore Orioles were hit with a rather large question mark for Opening Day.Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson, one of the ...
Bowden’s 2025 MLB report card: Offseason grades, takeaways, predictions for all 30 teams
With spring training in full swing and Opening Day three weeks away, it’s time for my annual offseason report card ...
Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: 9 intriguing pitchers to consider after pick 200
Finding effective pitchers in the late rounds is paramount to having a successful fantasy baseball season. Pitchers tend to be ...
Max Fried looks the part in Yankees spring training debut, 12-3 win over Pirates
Max Fried's Yankees spring training debut arrived, Cody Bellinger and Anthony Volpe each had two hits, and Dominic Smith's roster ...
The 25 MLB rookies most likely to have an impact in 2025 regular season
When I rank prospects every offseason here at The Athletic, I’m considering the players’ eventual peaks and their long-term values, ...
Blue Jays never should have reached this point with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ failure to sign first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a contract extension should come as no ...
MLB 26-and-under power rankings, Nos. 25-21: Giants, Angels, Rangers hoping their young core steps forward in 2025
Yahoo Sports’ 26-and-under power rankings are a remix on the traditional farm system rankings that assess the strength of MLB ...
MLB offseason grades for all 30 teams, from the Dodgers (A) to the Cardinals (F)
By Chad Jennings, Aaron Gleeman and Tim Britton The semester was about to end, and too many of our students still ...
Vlad Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays fail to reach agreement on contract extension: ‘Now, they’re going to have to compete with 29 other teams’
After failing to reach an agreement on a contract extension, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will not negotiate during the season and ...
Which MLB front offices, managers and teams are under the most pressure? Insiders weigh in
Here in the frozen north country, we feel more February heat from our toaster than from the sun. But that ...
MLB power rankings: Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies 1-2-3 as spring training starts, season beckons
Pitchers and catchers have officially reported, full-squad workouts are almost here and spring training games start in a week. Although ...
MLB insiders predict the players most likely to get traded in 2025 spring training
It was just last spring, in this very space, that we wrote these fateful words:In recent years, the good old ...
2025 spring training survey: MLB insiders on the players, teams and storylines to watch
It seems like only yesterday that some of us were wielding our largest snow shovels to burrow a path from ...
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