A's extend star shortstop Jacob Wilson to 7-year deal
A lot has happened in a short time for Jacob Wilson, from making his MLB debut in 2024 a little more than a year after he was drafted by the Athletics to becoming the first fan-elected rookie shortstop to start an All-Star Game in ‘25. It didn’t take long into
10 darkhorse candidates to be No. 1 Right Now on 2027 list
MLB Network recently completed the annual reveal of its Top 100 Players Right Now list. Surprise, surprise: Shohei Ohtani was at the top. Ohtani has ranked No. 1 in four of the past five seasons, dropping to No. 4 in 2024, when rehab from elbow surgery turned him from two-way
The top 10 shortstops in baseball are ...
Everyone loves a good list, and a couple of big ones have been unveiled in recent days: 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!
Judge (elbow) on schedule; what about rest of rehabbing Yanks?
NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge let his arm do the talking during the American League Division Series last October, uncorking a 90.2 mph throw from right field in the opener against the Blue Jays that signaled his right flexor injury was no longer a concern. That progress has continued into
Former All-Star LHP Pérez agrees with Braves on Minor League deal (source)
ATLANTA -- Martín Pérez will come to Spring Training looking to prove he is healthy and capable of filling a spot on the Braves’ pitching staff. The Braves signed Pérez to a Minor League deal on Friday, a source told MLB.com. This agreement, which the club has not confirmed, gives
Falvey, Twins mutually agree to part ways
MINNEAPOLIS -- In a major change to the club’s top-level operations, the Twins announced Friday that they had “mutually agreed to part ways” with Derek Falvey, the team’s president of baseball and business operations. Falvey had been with the organization since he was hired to run baseball operations in 2016.
J-Rod joins list of big names suiting up for Team DR in Classic
The big names just keep rolling onto the Dominican Republic’s roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Mariners righty Logan Evans (UCL surgery) out for 2026 season
The Mariners announced on Friday that right-hander Logan Evans had surgery to reconstruct a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right arm on Jan. 23. The UCL reconstruct and internal brace procedure was performed by Dr. Keith Meister in Texas. The estimated recovery time is approximately 12 months. Evans
Incumbents abound in Dodgers' 2026 infield
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Inbox: Comparing Yankees' Jones to Judge as a prospect
Nothing creates more opinions than new prospect rankings. And we like to hear them, and we have, when we released our new Top 100 Prospects list last week. We love hearing from all of you, and this week's MLB Pipeline Inbox is a collection of some of the questions we
Why move to Mets could unlock the best of Bichette
Bo Bichette has a new team, a new position and (likely) a new lineup spot. The question now is whether those changes will bring out an even more valuable version of the two-time All-Star than the one we saw with the Blue Jays. After seven seasons with Toronto, Bichette signed
All-Stars Aranda, Walker part of crew joining Mexico for Classic
Mexico is bulking up its roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Astros land Teng in trade with SF as they continue to revamp pitching staff
HOUSTON -- The Astros acquired right-handed pitcher Kai-Wei Teng in a trade with the Giants in exchange for Minor League catcher Jancel Villarroel on Thursday. Right-hander J.P. France was designated for assignment to make room for Teng on the 40-man roster.
Terrin Vavra set to join Czechia at 2026 World Baseball Classic
The fan favorite Czechia -- a team consisting almost entirely of amateur players born and developed in the Czech Republic -- has a new Major Leaguer joining the team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Though second baseman Eric Sogard will have to miss the tournament due to injury (his
Dodgers exec also stressed out over Game 3: 'I may or may not have spiked a barstool'
As it turns out, Andrew Friedman is just like the rest of us. The 2025 World Series will go down as one of the best of all time, as the Dodgers and Blue Jays traded haymakers into the 11th inning of Game 7. The stress of the Fall Classic didn’t
Breaking down the Cubs' extreme bullpen makeover
It’s been an eventful offseason for the Cubs, who have added Alex Bregman and Edward Cabrera, lost Kyle Tucker in free agency (to the Dodgers) and overhauled much of their bullpen. Plenty has been written about the additions of Bregman and Cabrera, but Chicago’s complete overhaul of the bullpen could
Sometimes a rookie catcher's advice to his veteran closer is pretty darn simple
It didn't matter that Carlos Narváez was just a rookie and Aroldis Chapman was a 16-year veteran. With the Red Sox facing the rival Yankees in the 2025 postseason, the young catcher wasn't afraid to go to the star closer and tell him exactly what he wanted.
Yankees just running it back in '26? Cashman begs to differ
The Yankees officially announced their reunion with outfielder Cody Bellinger on Monday as the two sides finalized a five-year deal that will keep the left-handed slugger in pinstripes following his stellar 2025 season in the Bronx.
MiLB's Trash Pandas will host a team from Japan in an unprecedented exhibition
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8 teams that could still have some big moves up their sleeves
The past two weeks saw a flurry of moves around baseball: The Dodgers signed Kyle Tucker, the Yankees re-signed Cody Bellinger, the Mets dealt for Freddy Peralta and signed Bo Bichette, the Red Sox signed Ranger Suárez, the Rangers traded for MacKenzie Gore, and the Giants added Harrison Bader. While
Pitching market still well-stocked for patient Tigers
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Half-Dominican, half-Clevelander, J-Ram committed to winning it all with Guards
CLEVELAND -- José Ramírez initially joined the Guardians' organization in November 2009, as a 17-year-old international free-agent signing out of the Dominican Republic. Put another way, he’s spent nearly as much of his life as a member of the franchise as he did outside of it. “I can call myself
Phils' talented infield touting same faces in 2026
PHILADELPHIA -- Say what you want about whether the Phillies are “running it back” in 2026, but the infield is the one area in which they are, truly, running it back. While the outfield will certainly have a different look -- something we explored here -- the Phils plan to
These HOFers each played for only one franchise
The Hall of Fame admits only a very select group of the greatest players in baseball history. Even within that limited club, there is a much smaller circle that is extra special: the One-Teamers. Even for a Hall of Famer, playing an entire career for the same MLB franchise is
Rangers eager to see Gore 'level up' in new environs
ARLINGTON -- At just 26 years old, and four years into his big league career, MacKenzie Gore was traded for the second time two weeks ago, when the Rangers acquired the left-handed starting pitcher from the Nationals in return for a package of top prospects. Gore, who was introduced at