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Cubs assessing needs while waiting for Darvish’s return

Darvish has been out six weeks with an elbow issue and is seemingly back to square one in his rehab. “It’s been a good couple days for him, but he’s still in that strengthening mode,” Epstein said Friday before the Cubs played the Cincinnati Reds. “Anytime you stop like that [rehabbing] and go for another […]

J.D. Martinez says he wants to finish his career with Detroit

The 28-year-old right fielder, who had a sensational 2015 season, said on Thursday that he hoped to remain in Detroit on a long-term deal. “This team gave me the opportunity and I would love to stay here as long as I can and hopefully finish my career next to Miggy [Miguel Cabrera], next to Victor […]

Brewers, P Colin Rea agree on 1-year deal with ’25 club option

Rea gets a $3.5 million salary next season, and the deal includes a $5.5 million team option for 2025 with a $1 million buyout. He can earn $500,000 annually in performance bonuses based on innings: $75,000 each for 80 and 100, $100,000 for 120 and $250,000 for 140. If the 2025 option is declined, Rea’s […]

Shohei Ohtani, Cody Bellinger headline MLB free agent market

Max Muncy, Joe Jiménez and Colin Rea gave up a chance to go free and agreed to new contracts with their teams. The free agent market also includes Sonny Gray, Josh Hader, Matt Chapman, Jorge Soler and J.D. Martinez. Minnesota prevented outfielder Max Kepler and infielder Jorge Polanco from going free, exercising a $10 million […]

Why Cubs, Giants will top Vegas’ expectations

Prediction: Over 93.5 wins FanGraphs projection: 96-66 Baseball Prospectus projection: 94-68 The 2023 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the gang back together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> The Cubs won 97 games last season and proceeded to splurge in free agency to the tune of […]

Trevor Bauer, Nolan Arenado, Charlie Blackmon decline opt-outs; Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard get qualifying offers from New York Mets

Bauer agreed to a three-year, $102 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in February and began 8-5 with a 2.59 ERA in 17 starts. He has been on paid leave since July 2 while he is investigated under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. He is keeping salaries of $32 million in each of […]

Can either of these teams win the AL East? How Red Sox, Yankees are overachieving — and underachieving

Expectations are only expectations. Coming into the 2021 MLB season, many baseball observers considered the American League East the New York Yankees’ division to lose. Fast forward two months and New York is looking up in the standings at three teams — the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. The Yankees’ […]

May MLB Quirkjians — A month of May, May and Mays, plus Anderson, Anderson and Anderson

May began with two Mays pitching. The month also included the 90th birthday for Willie Mays. And that is just the beginning — because there was plenty of wild, weird and wacky. Here are The Quirkjians for May. May 1 Dodgers pitcher Justin May made his first appearance ever in a game in the month […]

Gerrit Cole gives New York Yankees best starters’ stretch since 1932

NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole shook off rare control problems to pitch four-hit ball over seven innings and give the Yankees their most dominant stretch of starting pitching in 89 years, leading New York over the Chicago White Sox 7-0 Saturday for a five-game winning streak. Cole (6-2) allowed four singles in seven innings, struck […]

San Francisco Giants acquire OF Mike Tauchman in trade with New York Yankees

The 30-year-old Tauchman, a veteran of five major league seasons, had a breakout year for the Yankees in 2019 when he set career bests with a .277 average, 13 home runs and 47 RBIs. But he hasn’t been able to replicate those stats since, slashing .242/.342/.305 during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and .214/.267/.286 in 16 […]

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