The D-backs are ending trade talks involving second baseman Ketel Marte (per a source), a decision that could have ripple effects across the offseason landscape.

Welcome to 2026! It should be a fascinating year. Frankly, it already has been. And a new year brings new Power Rankings. Here, thusly, are our first of the calendar year. There are obviously many more moves to be made throughout the rest of this Hot Stove season, but this

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SAN DIEGO -- With one month until pitchers and catchers report to the Peoria Sports Complex, the Padres’ pitching staff offers quite the juxtaposition. Within that pitching staff is perhaps the best -- and deepest -- bullpen in the Majors. Also within that pitching staff: a thin starting rotation.

NEW YORK -- The Yankees added an experienced bullpen arm on Friday, claiming right-hander Kaleb Ort off waivers from the Astros. Ort, 33, made 49 appearances for Houston last season, going 2-2 with one save and a 4.89 ERA. He registered career highs in games, innings (46) and strikeouts (49).

The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced Friday that free-agent outfielder Max Kepler has received an 80-game suspension after testing positive for Epitrenbolone, a performance enhancing substance, in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Kepler became a free agent in November after spending 2025

The Diamondbacks asked for a big return in a potential Ketel Marte trade and none materialized, so GM Mike Hazen has informed the teams that he had engaged in talks with that Arizona will not longer consider trading its All-Star second baseman. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal was the first to

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers stocked up on infield depth on Friday, agreeing to terms with Andy Ibáñez on a one-year deal, according to several reports, including one from Francys Romero. The team, which hasn't confirmed the report, also claimed Ryan Fitzgerald off waivers from the Twins earlier in the

Major League Baseball's return to NBC this season will feature a pair of marquee Opening Day matchups, Wild Card Series postseason games, a special "Star-Spangled Sunday" slate on July 5 and the return of Sunday Night Baseball and MLB Sunday Leadoff.

As the chances of a reunion with the Blue Jays continue to fade, interest in Bo Bichette is picking up elsewhere, particularly from the Phillies, Yankees and Cubs. According to The Athletic's Matt Gelb and Ken Rosenthal, Phillies officials are expected to meet with Bichette on a video conference in

If the Mets are a television series right now, they are the baseball version of “Extreme Makeover.” Other teams have changed since the end of last season. Not like they have. David Stearns is the Mets' president of baseball operations. If this were Hollywood, he’d be called the showrunner for

NEW YORK -- The Yankees avoided arbitration by reaching deals with all of their remaining eligible players on Thursday, including a significant raise for second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who will earn $10.2 million in his final season before potentially reaching free agency. The club also announced one-year agreements with

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The Tigers came to terms with seven of their eight remaining players who are eligible for arbitration this offseason on Thursday. The one exception was noteworthy. Detroit did not reach an agreement with two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal prior to Thursday’s 8 p.m. ET deadline. Consequently, the

Eighteen players were unable to come to terms with their teams on a salary for 2026 prior to Thursday night’s deadline, and while all of them exchanged arbitration figures with their clubs, one stood out above the rest. Tarik Skubal, the two-time defending American League Cy Young Award winner, filed

If you're a team looking for a long-term star hitter in free agency, you're probably looking at Kyle Tucker, who's been the unquestioned No. 1 free agent on the market all winter as an elite bat who's just entering his age-29 season. But if you're a team that's ready to

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For the first three installments of the MLB Pipeline Executive Poll, we asked front offices around baseball to focus on players. For our fourth and final report, we asked them to turn the spotlight on each other. As we have since we started this series in 2023, we are wrapping

You already know David Ortiz's favorite catchphrase: "Daaaa Yankees lose." But on Wednesday night, it was Big Papi doing some losing of his own. The Hall of Famer and Red Sox icon was revealed as a contestant on the premiere of a new season of "The Masked Singer" on FOX,

NEW YORK -- When the Yankees look ahead to the upcoming season, they envision the day Gerrit Cole rejoins the rotation, returning from Tommy John surgery to throw his first big league pitches since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series. That won’t happen in April, and possibly not in

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It’s January, and the best all-around player on the free-agent market – Kyle Tucker – is still seeking his next team. That he’ll get a nice long contract isn’t in dispute, nor is the fact that he’ll help whichever team he ends up joining. (He’s never played on a team