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How Juan Soto would fit 9 potential suitors, from the Yankees to, yes, the Nationals

How Juan Soto would fit 9 potential suitors, from the Yankees to, yes, the Nationals

Let the bidding war begin. After seven big-league seasons, four All-Star selections, two blockbuster trades, two World Series appearances and a batting title, Juan Soto is a free agent. His decision will dominate headlines in the coming months, as fans and executives debate the superstar’s present and future value. Though the Soto sweepstakes has been […]

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Roki Sasaki’s contract situation, signing process and suitors, explained

Roki Sasaki’s contract situation, signing process and suitors, explained

The first bombshell of Major League Baseball’s offseason landed Saturday when the Chiba Lotte Marines announced 23-year-old pitching phenom Roki Sasaki will be able to sign with an MLB club this winter. “I will do my best to climb up from a minor-league contract and become the best player in the world,” Sasaki said in

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Roki Sasaki, coveted Japanese ace, will be made available to MLB teams: Will Dodgers strike again?

Roki Sasaki, coveted Japanese ace, will be made available to MLB teams: Will Dodgers strike again?

Roki Sasaki, a premier pitcher in Japan and the No. 3 ranked player in The Athletic’s top 40 MLB free agent big board, is on the precipice of making his long-anticipated jump to Major League Baseball. The Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki’s club in Nippon Professional Baseball, announced early Saturday morning that they will post the

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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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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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Ranking the 18 MLB teams that didn’t make the playoffs: Who is best-positioned for 2025?

Ranking the 18 MLB teams that didn’t make the playoffs: Who is best-positioned for 2025?

There are 18 teams that didn’t make the MLB postseason, so while we all enjoy October baseball, I thought I’d power-rank the non-playoff teams based on who is best-positioned to contend in 2025. I did the same thing a year ago, listing the Padres, Mets and Yankees as three of the top five non-playoff teams

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Law: Picking winners for 6 major MLB player awards, including Rookie of the Year

Law: Picking winners for 6 major MLB player awards, including Rookie of the Year

I actually have the NL Manager of the Year ballot this year, an award on which I think I’ve only voted once previously in my 15ish years in the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), and certainly my least favorite one to vote on, because I don’t think there’s a good way to evaluate managers

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MLB Power Rankings: Mets, Tigers on the upswing; 1 thing each team is playing for

MLB Power Rankings: Mets, Tigers on the upswing; 1 thing each team is playing for

By Tim Britton, Chad Jennings and Kaitlyn McGrath Every week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results. Well then, we’ve made it — through 25 weeks of power rankings, through ups and downs and surprises and

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MLB Power Rankings: Dodgers lose the top spot, Orioles slip; We hand out end-of-year awards

MLB Power Rankings: Dodgers lose the top spot, Orioles slip; We hand out end-of-year awards

By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. Nesbitt Every week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results. There are two weeks left in the Major League Baseball regular season. Each team has four series remaining

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