Spring Training is the time for position battles. But here in this annual exercise, we’re going to pit the positions … in a battle against each other. [Cue dramatic music here.] Following MLB Network’s ranking of the Top 10 Players Right Now at each position, let’s take a look at

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- It sure sounds like Bryce Harper took things personally. He insisted on Sunday morning at BayCare Ballpark that he creates his own motivation every offseason. He always works to be great, he said. But this offseason looked and felt different following Phillies president of baseball operations Dave

Spring Training is here and optimism is plentiful across the league. Every team enters the year with some hope of being a competitive group, with many clubs looking for deep playoff runs. For last year's playoff teams, the goal is to dethrone the Dodgers and be the last team standing.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Astros have had only one father-son combination play for them in the Major Leagues. That came in 2008 when Jose Cruz Jr. -- son of Astros legend Jose Cruz -- ended his career with 38 at-bats in a Houston uniform.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Both Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor downplayed the idea of issues within the Mets clubhouse on Sunday, dismissing a narrative arc that has lingered since the dying days of last season. “We’ve always pulled for each other,” Lindor said after returning to camp following left

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Early Sunday morning, hours before the Padres held their first full-squad workout of Spring Training, Nick Castellanos retreated to a back field at the Peoria Sports Complex. He’d arrived only moments earlier, his signing yet to be officially announced. Castellanos was flanked by Nick Punto and Ryan

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- A quick internet search for the question, "What is a bidet?" leads to the following description: “A bathroom fixture or toilet attachment designed for personal hygiene that uses a targeted, gentle stream of water to clean … ” Well, everyone gets the point. But that definition is

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- If not for his final chapter of 2025, Roki Sasaki might be in a rather uncertain place this spring. Last year was shaping up to be a disappointing Major League rookie campaign for Sasaki until he returned from a right shoulder impingement for a dominant stint as

PHOENIX – Brewers officials took a significant risk when they included rookie flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski on the postseason roster last year, considering the way he slumped to the finish of the regular season and had little experience in relief. Now they’re hoping for a significant reward. The 23-year-old right-hander is

When the World Baseball Classic returns next month, we'll get to see players from all over the world put on a show for the sixth time. But a lot has changed between the first Classic in 2006 and the 2026 Classic two decades later. For one thing, we now have

TAMPA, Fla. – Jasson Domínguez understands there is uncertainty about his role, after Yankees general manager Brian Cashman suggested the switch-hitting outfielder might be best served to begin the season in the Minors. “The Martian” also recognizes how quickly circumstances can change.

And just like that, we’re back! The college baseball regular season got underway Friday and there’s no bigger showcase to open the season than the eight-team field on hand in Arizona for the seventh iteration of the Desert Invitational. There are four first-time participants among this year’s field (Air Force,

No team underwent a more extreme lineup makeover this winter than the Pittsburgh Pirates. After having no qualified hitter post at least a league-average, 100 wRC+ mark last season, the Pirates are now projected to field six for the upcoming season, according to Steamer projections. Those forecasted above-average bats include

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Five days after opening Spring Training by revealing Spencer Schwellenbach will miss significant time, Braves manager Walt Weiss said Sunday that Hurston Waldrep is the team’s latest starting pitcher with a potentially significant health concern. Waldrep drew rave reviews after flashing some 99 mph fastballs and

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Tarik Skubal is a back-to-back American League Cy Young Award winner, a Team USA ace and a record winner in arbitration. He got here by never being satisfied, which might explain his next foray in pursuit of more hardware. Skubal is an aspiring barista.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Zac Gallen was on the 16th hole of a golf course Friday afternoon when he got a text from his agent Scott Boras that talks with the Diamondbacks had taken a turn for the better. A deal appeared imminent. Those last few holes didn't go as well

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Upon returning to Mets camp Sunday morning, Francisco Lindor spent his time bouncing amongst the back fields, the batting cage, the weight room and the clubhouse. With a left hand still heavily bandaged following surgery to repair a stress reaction in his hamate bone, Lindor

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Add Shingo Takatsu to the list of people who were surprised by Munetaka Murakami’s selection of the White Sox via free agency, a two-year, $34 million deal that really took shape one week before both sides agreed to contractual terms. Takatsu, the 2004 White Sox closer, was

MESA, Ariz. -- Something that Nico Hoerner said to Pete Crow-Armstrong resonated with the 23-year-old center fielder and stuck with him throughout the offseason. It was pointed out to Crow-Armstrong that he felt some disappointment after a season in which he piled up 30 homers, 30 doubles and 30 steals

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Giants added a new face to their outfield mix just in time for their first full-squad workout at Scottsdale Stadium on Sunday. San Francisco announced a one-year Major League deal with Will Brennan, a left-handed-hitting outfielder who spent the last four seasons with the Guardians. The

The longest current partnership between a GM/head of baseball operations and manager in baseball is the one between Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts with the Dodgers. Since they got together in 2016, Los Angeles has won nine National League West titles in 10 years, won the World Series three times

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- In the quarter century of the current Red Sox ownership group, the club’s annual first full-squad workout has been preceded by an organizational-wide meeting that includes messages from ownership, the front office, the manager, support staff and sometimes a player or two. A new and powerful

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The fact that third baseman Isaac Paredes even reported to camp and put on an Astros uniform Sunday morning was a surprise to many. But not to him. Paredes has been the subject of trade rumors all offseason because he’s the most movable piece in

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The unknown is the fun part of this. That’s where the upside lives. Cody Ponce is one of the Blue Jays’ biggest variables, and spring is the time to dream on what it could look like if everything goes right.