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Projecting MLB free agent contracts for Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes and other top players

Projecting MLB free agent contracts for Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes and other top players

When Michael Bluth charged his own brother, Gob, for a Bluth frozen banana in a season one episode of “Arrested Development,” his mother Lucille chided him. “I mean it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost: $10?” “You’ve never actually set foot in a supermarket, have you?” I think of that line a lot this […]

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Keith Law’s top 50 MLB free agents: Juan Soto headlines a decent overall class

Keith Law’s top 50 MLB free agents: Juan Soto headlines a decent overall class

This winter’s free agent class looks a bit better than last year’s dismal group, highlighted by one all-time superstar, after which there’s a decent tier of potential impact players on both sides of the ball if very few other players you could reasonably call “stars.” This is my ranking of the top 50 free agents

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What’s it like to see the field for the final out of a World Series win? Catchers share memories

What’s it like to see the field for the final out of a World Series win? Catchers share memories

A catcher aims to be a fly on the wall. “If you go through a game and nobody knows you’re back there, that’s the ultimate compliment,” A.J. Pierzynski said. It’s the only position that sees every other player on the field, including the batter, when the final out is recorded. Pierzynski knows. He watched from

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Top 45 MLB free agents for 2024-25 with contract predictions, team fits: Will Soto get $600M+?

Top 45 MLB free agents for 2024-25 with contract predictions, team fits: Will Soto get 0M+?

MLB free agency is almost here so it’s time for my annual ranking of the top free agents with contract predictions and the best team fits for each player. Eligible players technically become free agents the day after the World Series ends but cannot sign with a new team until five days after the final out. This year’s

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What we’ve learned about MLB’s playoff format: Would changes make it more ‘fair’?

What we’ve learned about MLB’s playoff format: Would changes make it more ‘fair’?

NEW YORK — It all looked kinda familiar, almost as if we’d seen it before … There they were, that where’d-they-come-from wild-card team dancing and hugging in the infield, as fireworks popped and 44,000 people obliterated what was left of their vocal cords … While across the field, but in another universe, those famous dudes from that

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What you need to know from the MLB playoffs: Yankees await Tigers or Guardians

What you need to know from the MLB playoffs: Yankees await Tigers or Guardians

A squeeze play sent one American League Division Series to Game 5, as Cleveland’s David Fry hit a pinch hit homer and then bunted home the winning run in the Guardians’ come-from-behind road win over the Detroit Tigers. Meanwhile, benches cleared in an otherwise quiet evening in Kansas City, Mo., where the New York Yankees

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MLB’s best playoff ballparks: Ranking the top environments for postseason madness

MLB’s best playoff ballparks: Ranking the top environments for postseason madness

By Chad Jennings, Stephen J. Nesbitt and C. Trent Rosecrans No major-league ballpark holds more fans than Dodger Stadium. Its 56,000 seats blend high-wattage celebrities with anonymous diehards to create one of baseball’s loudest, most intense atmospheres. It’s intimidating. Especially in October. Just not for Jurickson Profar. Home crowds always have their say in the

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Royals puzzled by replay decision in loss to Yankees: ‘You could see the daylight’

Royals puzzled by replay decision in loss to Yankees: ‘You could see the daylight’

NEW YORK — In the moments after the Royals’ 6-5 loss to the Yankees on Saturday night, Michael Massey left the field and parked himself in front of a screen in a room inside the visitors clubhouse. Massey, the Royals second baseman, knew what question was coming when the room opened to reporters, so he

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2024 MLB Division Series: Mets rally past Phillies, Yankees survive, Ohtani homers

2024 MLB Division Series: Mets rally past Phillies, Yankees survive, Ohtani homers

In his postseason debut, Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a comeback win over the San Diego Padres. The New York Mets continued their late-inning comeback magic. The New York Yankees topped the Kansas City Royals in a back-and-forth, unconventional October classic, while a Cleveland Guardians’ offensive outburst helped them take the

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‘We hated each other’: When the Yankees and Royals turned baseball into a blood feud

‘We hated each other’: When the Yankees and Royals turned baseball into a blood feud

NEW YORK — The moment that defined a rivalry came 47 years ago Sunday. It was a cool fall night in the Bronx, Game 2 of the 1977 ALCS, and Hal McRae stood on first base. The Kansas City Royals were trailing the New York Yankees 2-1 in the sixth inning, but McRae had an

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