Not everyone had a 2025 worth remembering. Plenty of big names will head into the 2026 season hoping to turn the page after disappointing campaigns. Based on FanGraphs' projections, here are 10 players who could be poised for especially large rebounds.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- It is entirely possible that Juan Soto, at age 27, has already accomplished enough to be a Hall of Famer. Yet there are plenty of things that even Soto hasn’t achieved -- chief among them a Most Valuable Player Award. On paper, Soto profiles as

Brandon Nimmo addressed his trade away from the Mets and his relationship with Francisco Lindor this week in an interview with The Athletic (subscription required). Nimmo, the longest-tenured Met, was traded to the Rangers for Marcus Semien in November after the Mets had a tumultuous season that ended with them

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- After all that he has been through, Alex Vesia looked rather like his usual self when he took the mound at Camelback Ranch for the first time this spring. But every day, he and his wife, Kayla, carry the memory of their late newborn daughter, Sterling Sol,

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- In his second game of the 2026 Cactus League season, José Ramírez proved that ball, in fact, does not lie.

BRADENTON, Fla. – When the Yankees watch George Lombard Jr., they see someone ready to play defense in the big leagues. The Yankees’ top prospect has the arm, instincts and range to prevent runs right now. The Bombers are content to wait on the rest of the package. They view

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- After a season of struggles with his swing and with his health, Michael Massey turned into a bit of a physicist this offseason as he aimed to rework his swing. As Massey fully let his left ankle, right hand and back -- all injuries he sustained last

JUPITER, Fla. -- As Michael McGreevy prepared to face his first batter of the spring, he noticed something different about the baseball in his hand. It was all scuffed up.

PHOENIX -- Major League Baseball can’t implement the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System this season without knowing every hitter’s precise height, right down to the millimeter. So, like a flashback to the first day of elementary school, Brewers hitters lined up Monday to be measured. Major Leaguers have been weighed

Spring Training is not just a time for players to get back into game shape. It's also a time of opportunity. Though teams already have a good idea about their Opening Day lineups, the full rosters usually aren't completely set when players report to camp in Florida or Arizona. That

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Miguel Cabrera said he sent a text to Justin Verlander as soon as news emerged of Verlander’s return to the Tigers. “I told him I want to come back, too,” Cabrera said, followed by his familiar bellowing laugh.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Jeff Kent isn’t a fan of spam calls, so he doesn’t typically pick up when an unknown number flashes on his phone screen. One day, on a whim, he decided to let one through. “I had my phone in my hand, and this phone number came up,”

MESA, Ariz. -- The Cubs have a strong starting outfield trio, but the ballclub continues to look for ways to build up the depth behind that group and to create more contingency plans. That constant search for more help has led Chicago to veteran outfielder Michael Conforto. On Monday, the

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Monday looked like a typical Spring Training outing for Tarik Skubal, who opened his 2026 season with four strikeouts over two scoreless innings in Detroit's 3-0 loss against the Twins. Aside from one start for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, he said afterwards, it will

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Oh, so that’s what it could look like. Kazuma Okamoto’s first home run in a Blue Jays uniform was majestic, a 431-foot blast to dead center that the wind didn’t want to let go of in Toronto's 4-3 loss to New York on Monday. It was a

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The rocketed walk-off home run by Rockies’ No. 11 prospect Zac Veen – 113 mph, 468 Statcast-projected feet of left-on-left lightning off Shane Murphy for a 5-4 victory -- went down as the second-most powerful act on Monday afternoon. After breaking from the celebration near the plate,

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There are two things that Evan Carter would like to stop talking about soon enough: his ongoing health and his ability to hit left-handed pitching. He understands why the topics persist. But it’s up to him to change the narrative.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Phillies left-hander Jesús Luzardo still remembers seeing Andrew Painter the next day. They were pumped. “All right,” Luzardo said. “We’re on the same team.” “I don’t think I could’ve been happier,” Painter said.

It’s been over a month since the 2026 international signing period opened, giving the proverbial ink on contracts time to dry. It’s also given MLB Pipeline a chance to take stock of which organizations have pulled in the best overall hauls.

You know that pitchers run the risk of blowing out an elbow ligament. But who would have thought they could lose a rib? Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is, unfortunately, a risk that comes with the unnatural art of throwing a baseball, and it has affected some big-name pitchers -- and

For all the stories and tales enshrined at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., there are bound to be figures and impactful lives that slip through the cracks, whose details are forgotten (or willfully ignored) by the rest of the world. Author and historian Gerald Early, who’s

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Logan Gilbert has added the most robust accessory to his assortment of conditioning devices that he totes to work every day, though this one doesn’t exactly deal with baseball. It’s a stroller, and watching the Mariners’ 6-foot-6 right-hander gently pace it through Seattle’s facility has been one