Determining the best MLB player at each position is no easy exercise, and the results of the number-crunching will never please everyone. But the debate is all part of the fun. We find ourselves in that place again with MLB's Network's annual ranking of the Top 10 Players Right Now

They say you can’t predict baseball — and it’s true. Unless you have a crystal ball, no one knows exactly how each season will unfold. Still, it’s always interesting to see how the various projection systems view things before the start of each year.

Spring Training is going to be packed with top prospects this year -- but who will be able to use it as a springboard to Opening Day rosters? In all, 72 prospects from MLB Pipeline's overall Top 100 list are taking part in big league camp, including all but 2025

The Rangers are set to reunite with a pitcher from their 2023 World Series triumph, agreeing to a one-year deal with left-hander Jordan Montgomery, a source told MLB.com's Kennedi Landry on Wednesday. Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reported that the contract is for $1.25 million, which the club

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Turns out there’s a full circle in the Olde English D, at least for Justin Verlander. Nine years after Verlander’s trade away from Detroit marked the unofficial beginning of the Tigers’ rebuild, his return is the latest sign of the Tigers’ intent to make the most of

Gear up for the 2026 season with an extra special version of Hot Stove on MLB Network. Matt Vasgersian, Harold Reynolds and Lauren Shehadi will co-host a live version of MLB Network’s long-running offseason program from the MLB Flagship Store in New York City at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday.

Veteran left-hander Jose Quintana has agreed to a one-year deal with the Rockies, according to a report from ESPN's Jesse Rogers. The deal, which has not been confirmed by the club, is worth $6 million, per FanSided's Robert Murray.

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Anthony Santander’s comeback season has already been grounded. Santander will undergo left labral surgery on Wednesday with Dr. Keith Meister and is expected to miss five to six months, manager John Schneider announced, another brutal blow after injuries and poor performance wiped out the first year of

There are, unfortunately, many similarities between how Black athletes were treated in both Major League Baseball and English soccer in the early part of the 20th century. Like in baseball, there wasn't an official rule, but a kind of "gentlemen's agreement" that Black players couldn't participate in the top soccer

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor’s Opening Day status is in question following a left hand injury. Lindor will be evaluated on Tuesday for a stress reaction in his hamate bone, which he began experiencing over the past couple of days, president of baseball operations David Stearns

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- New Giants manager Tony Vitello is used to being on the move. He was a fixture on the recruiting trail during his days as a college baseball coach, and he continued his peripatetic ways when he made an unprecedented leap from the University of Tennessee to the

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Sept. 8, 1990, is an otherwise lackluster date in the history of Texas Rangers baseball. But on that date, future Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan created the iconic picture of him pitching with a bloody lip.

Everyone loves a good list, and a couple of big ones have been unveiled in recent weeks: MLB Pipeline’s preseason Top 100 Prospects list, and the Top 100 Players Right Now list. But do you know what’s better than one list? Ten lists!

Two of the greatest pitchers in Tigers history are joining forces. On Tuesday, three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander signed a one-year deal to return to the club with which he spent his first 13 MLB seasons and won the 2011 American League Cy Young Award. Verlander will team

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Jurrangelo Cijntje stepped atop a mound at the Cardinals' complex in Jupiter, Fla., on Tuesday for his first bullpen session of the spring with his new team. The No. 91 overall prospect immediately showed why he will be a must-watch pitcher throughout camp. The ambidextrous Cijntje threw pitches left-handed and

TAMPA, Fla. -- Cam Schlittler stood on the field at Yankee Stadium shortly after the deciding game of the American League Wild Card Series, his cap backwards and his arms slung around each of his parents. He wore a beer-soaked clubhouse T-shirt and a grin of satisfaction, one that said

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Amid the mundane task of taking their physicals, the buzz in the Reds' clubhouse leveled up several notches on Tuesday morning when Eugenio Suárez walked in. Players offered hugs as Suárez moved around the room. Whether or not they knew him from his previous tour with the

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- One year into a 15-year contract with the Mets, Juan Soto is changing positions. Soto will move from right to left field this season, president of baseball operations David Stearns told reporters on Tuesday, opening up right field for a host of candidates.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The day was about pitchers and catchers having their first official workout of the spring, but a position player made news at Diamondbacks camp Tuesday as Carlos Santana's one-year, $2 million deal became official. The addition of Santana, a switch-hitter, gives the Diamondbacks the complementary first baseman

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- One last time, before the crunching of cleats on concrete welcomes a new season Wednesday morning in Dunedin, Fla., we need to talk about the play at the plate. Tuesday morning, 130 miles south in Fort Myers, Isiah Kiner-Falefa had to talk about it. Fresh off the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- On the first day of spring workouts for Giants pitchers and catchers, most of the attention focused on the arrival of the club’s newest lineup addition: three-time batting champion Luis Arraez. Arraez reported to Scottsdale Stadium after finalizing a one-year, $12 million deal with the Giants on

The Mets are acquiring left-handed reliever Bryan Hudson from the White Sox for cash considerations, the team announced on Tuesday. Right-hander Reed Garrett was placed on the 60-day injured list in a corresponding move. Last season with the White Sox and Brewers, the 28-year-old posted a 4.80 ERA in 16