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Top 100 MLB prospects 2025: Keith Law’s rankings, with Roman Anthony at No. 1

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Welcome to this year’s ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. I’ve been compiling and writing such rankings for 18 years now, and those...
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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred reflects on decade spent putting ‘my mark on the game’

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NEW YORK — The passage of time is an unavoidable conversation these days for Rob Manfred, the 66-year-old commissioner of Major League Baseball. Sitting in...
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Stark: My 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot — the 10 players I voted for, and why

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Ichiro! How many votes will he get — and how many flights are there from Tokyo to Cooperstown? Billy Wagner! The last time he threw...
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Grading each MLB team’s offseason so far: Bowden on signings, trades and key questions

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There are still a number of difference-making free agents on the board and likely some significant trades still to come, but let’s take stock of...
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MLB’s most mind-blowing hitting, pitching feats of the year — plus the 5 most ridiculous games

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There was a game in El Paso where even a two-touchdown lead wasn’t safe. … There was a game in Houston where a pitcher allowed...
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MLB’s weirdest injuries of 2024: Beware of water bottles, heating pads and walls

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First prize — We tip our cap  Here at Strange But True Injury Central, there’s only one thing we love more than a good Injury...
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MLB’s Strange But True 2024: The team, game, inning and homer of the year — plus The Ohtani Game

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I swear this all happened in the Strange But True baseball year of 2024: A man played for both teams in the same game. …...
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The 2024 Baseball Trivia Extravaganza: Take our mega quiz to test yourself!

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When last we saw a Major League Baseball game, the Los Angeles Dodgers were celebrating a World Series title at Yankee Stadium. If you’re a...
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Why are MLB’s free-agent contracts often beating projections this offseason?

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They paid how much? For that guy? Free-agent prices in baseball seem astronomical, which isn’t only a bar-room conversation but might be something that’s driving...
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Rise of the National League: Big-spender owners shift balance of power away from the AL

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NEW YORK — The question was inevitable. On the day Juan Soto was introduced as the newest member of the New York Mets, owner Steve...