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 …
Ranking Juan Soto’s free-agent suitors: Which team will sign him? And for how much?
Three weeks into this MLB offseason, two questions dominate the discussion across the sport: Which team will sign Juan Soto? And for how much? The Soto sweepstakes are heating up. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …