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Fielder up, Kinsler down after deal

OK, so technically it’s not yet winter — that won’t arrive for another 31 days — and Wednesday’s pending swap between the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers was influenced as much by monetary as talent concerns — we’ll now await word of just how much cash the Tigers are sending the Rangers — but there’s […]

Allen Craig in, Shane Victorino out

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny altered his original lineup for Monday night’s Game 5 of the World Series, dropping first baseman Matt Adams for Craig, who is batting .444 (4-for-9) in the Series but is still suffering the effects of stretched ligaments in his left foot. Craig, who doubled off Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and […]

Five MLB teams who can take down the Dodgers, Braves in 2024

We asked five of our ESPN MLB experts to each pick one team they think is best suited to take down the Dodgers and Braves in October, when it counts the most. While none of our experts necessarily expects this team to be better than L.A. and Atlanta for the 162-game long haul, they all […]

MLB spring training 2024: Teams, stars we can’t wait to see

More Teams. More Games. Shohei Ohtani wastes no time getting in the cage during his first batting practice session with the Dodgers. (0:22) After a busy baseball winter, spring is in the air again. The Los Angeles Dodgers spent $1.2 billion this offseason, landing the top two free agents in Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. […]

MLB free agency reset: Moves we liked, ones we didn’t, what’s next

Bradford Doolittle: I should be clear that I’m not thinking of this as the best or most-impactful move. It’s simply the one that I’ve liked the most. And, as someone with a long affinity for life in the middle of the continent, I don’t get really excited when the game’s top players cluster in New […]

Cubs’ Bellinger declines option as free-agent market takes shape

The 2019 NL MVP, Bellinger is in line for a huge payday after hitting .307 with 26 homers and 97 RBIs. It was quite a turnaround for a player cut by the Los Angeles Dodgers in November after being limited by injuries and experiencing a drastic decline on offense. The Cubs signed Bellinger to a […]

The state of Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres so far

We asked ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez and David Schoenfield to weigh in with what has defined the 2023 season — so far — for each team, plus update their preseason predictions. Doolittle: 125. This is the AXE rating for James Outman. (Which means, roughly, that he has been 2.5 standard deviations better […]

Fantasy baseball weekend watch: Focus on new faces in AL East

More Teams. More Games. Freddie Freeman’s phenomenal 2023 is the subject of my Geeky Stat of the Week. Video by Tristan H. Cockcroft (1:36) Friday is an important day on the baseball calendar as rosters will be locked as far as each team’s playoff-eligible player pools are concerned, and active rosters expand from 26 to […]

The New York Yankees just keep losing

I got a text the other day from a friend: “The Yankees need to re-sign Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon.” It’s a running joke between us, a reference to the 2005 season, when the Yankees were 39-39 on June 1, not looking very good, and Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon popped up out of nowhere […]

Fantasy baseball weekend watch: Premium pitchers in new places

Pitching is at the forefront of fantasy managers’ minds this weekend, from those traded to new teams during the past week making their debuts in their new digs, to prominent names returning from the IL, to a scorching-hot duo drawing soft matchups: Justin Verlander, who won the 2022 (and 2019) AL Cy Young Award while […]

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