One Black Friday 2024 free-agent deal for every MLB team
December is almost upon us. The final month on the calendar is the most transactional time of the baseball year. In nine days, the industry will gather in Dallas for …
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Bowden: 24 reasons I’m thankful for MLB in 2024
It’s Thanksgiving, so I wanted to give thanks for the 2024 MLB season, which saw the best team in the regular season — the Los Angeles Dodgers — go on …
Five things to watch on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot: How can Ichiro not be unanimous?
Woohoo. It’s that time again. Hall of Fame election time. Baseball’s 2025 Hall ballot was announced Monday — featuring one guy destined for an all-time landslide (Ichiro Suzuki) and 27 …
All-MLB team 2024: Ohtani, Soto only repeat winners as Bowden picks the best at each position
The league’s 2024 All-MLB team will be announced on Thursday, so it’s the perfect time to make my own picks for the best in baseball at each position. I’ve chosen …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Jim Donovan, 68, longtime Cleveland Browns broadcaster, dies after cancer battle
Jim Donovan, the Cleveland Browns’ longtime radio play-by-play man, died Saturday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 68. Donovan became the full-time voice of the Browns upon the …
Top 45 MLB free agents for 2024-25 with contract predictions, team fits: Will Soto get $600M+?
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 …
In an era of short starts, the bullpen is running out in MLB’s League Championship Series
CLEVELAND — For a generation, he was as much a part of October as fun-size Snickers bars and pumpkin-spice lattes. Andy Pettitte made 44 starts in baseball’s postseason, logging so …