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Braves Reportedly Moving On From $45M All-Star As Atlanta Resets
Atlanta is reportedly ready to eat money on a former Silver Slugger after two rough years, the clearest early signal of how differently this winter's being run.
Big Mike's DeskMilwaukee's rookie flamethrower and New York's breakout righty both took all 30 first-place votes, a clean sweep that puts 2026 in rare company.
The deal's shape says as much as the deal itself: four guaranteed years, then a 2031 option that lets Washington decide later whether Young is part of the next good team.
The Astros just hired a manager, the Mets and Padres are circling Tarik Skubal, and nothing on my board actually moves until one of these lands.
Ausmus caught for the Astros across parts of three different stints before this, a decade behind the plate in that uniform before he ever wore it in the dugout.
Two New York front offices are circling the same NPB Triple Crown winner while the Mets juggle a Cy Young chase and a $75 million pitcher on the trade block.
MLB Morning Read: Mets and Dodgers Both Circling Tarik Skubal as Stove Heats Up
Two big-market front offices are set to sit down with the best arm on the board, while the Padres bet on a reclamation project with a 7.62 ERA attached.
The Brewers' three-time Manager of the Year reached out to the Yankees GM over old words about a losing clubhouse, and Cashman says the gesture landed.
Max Fried Injury Update: Yankees Ace Had Bone Spur Removed From Throwing Elbow
The procedure was a clean-out, not a reconstruction, and that distinction is the whole story for anyone tracking the Yankees rotation toward spring.
MLB Betting News Today: A Cubs Rotation Question and a Quiet Futures Board
Ben Brown's successful spine surgery is already reshaping how I think about the Cubs' rotation math, and awards week is about to move markets nobody's pricing yet.
The Clemente family's fight over who controls Roberto's likeness just lost its last appeal, and the cert denial settles nothing about what the family gets going forward.
Two 22 year olds, two different leagues, one televised night: a Tigers shortstop and a Reds first baseman opened baseball's awards week back to back.
Toronto comes out of a season it's calling one of its most disappointing in years circling a Cubs outfielder with a very specific skill set it's missing.
No games on the board tonight, but three stories are quietly reshaping futures markets before a single free agent signs anything.
Yankees third basemen have been a sub-replacement disaster, and a credible Seager rumor is the kind of story futures books watch before it's confirmed.
Atlanta Braves Injury News: Durable Lefty Targeted to Eventually Succeed Chris Sale
The reported price tag is just $6.2 million, a modest number that says as much about how Atlanta values rotation insurance as it does about Sale's innings log.
Pedro Martinez is begging both sides to avoid a lockout while Houston and Oakland quietly reshape who runs their dugouts and front offices, and I'm tracking which of these moves actually touches a number.
The hall of famer lived through the 232-day wipeout of 1994 and 95, and he's watching the same fault lines crack open again in this round of labor talks.
Detroit's ace looks increasingly out of reach on the open market, and the front office is already shopping for a new second baseman to fill a different hole.
A 25-year-old closer with 25 saves just started a 45-day clock, and three other transactions are already reshaping bullpen and front-office conversations before a single pitch of spring training.
Jyun-Yue Tseng Enters MLB's Posting System Out Of Taiwan's CPBL
A 25-year-old closer with 25 saves and a 45-day window to find a big league home, in a posting system more used to Japanese and Korean arms.
Seattle just handed the keys to a manager with no dugout resume, the Skubal bidding war has a salary-cap wrinkle neither side has solved, and Pujols to Houston is still just a word on the street.
Braves Shut Down Ronald Acuna Jr. Trade Rumors Despite Playoff Backlash
Atlanta says the frustration from October doesn't change the calculus on a generational talent, and the front office is willing to let that answer sit through a tense winter.
A witness tied to the Ohtani interpreter fallout says his pipeline on Emmanuel Clase pitches went quiet once the scrutiny hit, a real look at how thin these markets actually are.
At 36, Stock rejoins New York on a one-year deal just months after he broke a seven-year drought and got his first big league win since 2019.
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