Who's up next for the Yankees after free-agent target Patrick Corbin takes the Nationals money?  —  The best man may have worn a Yankees cap at Patrick Corbin's wedding last month, but the next time Corbin takes a big-league mound, he'll be wearing the red hat of the Washington Nationals.

How long can Robinson Cano be a force in the NY Mets' lineup?  —  Robinson Cano discusses his trade to the Mets  —  Before introducing Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz on Tuesday, Brodie Van Wagenen had some good news for Brandon Nimmo.  —  “We joked that it's a tremendous opportunity …

LATEST EPISODE … PAST EPISODES  —  NFL Week 13 fastest 2 minutes.  (2:20-8:57) Mike McCarthy fired and we broke the news, not to brag.  Recapping NFL Sunday, the Chargers big win, AFC WC cluster fuck, Done Chain, Texans are still winning, Chase Daniel is Chase Daniel …

Rick Sutcliffe gets contract extension from ESPN: ‘A terrific analyst who is as dialed into the game as anyone’  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Rick Sutcliffe, a Cy Young winner with the 1984 division champion Cubs who joined ESPN as a baseball analyst in 1998, has agreed to a multiyear contract extension …

Mel Stottlemyre Jr. hired as Marlins pitching coach  —  MIAMI — Former Seattle Mariners pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. has been hired as pitching coach for the Miami Marlins.  —  Also joining manager Don Mattingly's staff is former Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman, who will be first base and infield coach.

DeWitts have fond memories of President Bush  —  It was early in the morning after one of those playoff games that went late into the night when Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. heard his phone buzz to life and opted to ignore it.  —  It had to be 2005, or maybe 2004 …

What would happen if baseball killed the shift?  Support for the idea is building inside the game  —  What if baseball banned The Shift?  —  We don't ask that question because we're looking for clicks.  We don't even ask it because we're trying to get invited to the potentially epic End of the Shift party at Matt Carpenter's house.

Another Japanese star pitcher is headed to MLB.  How strongly will Rangers pursue him?  —  Texas Rangers general manager Jon McDaniels talks about Adrian Beltre's accomplishments at Beltre's fairwell retirement conference from Major League Baseball at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

Giants' Dave Righetti to remain in organization  —  Former Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti is not riding into the sunset just yet.  Righetti, whose contract with the club was due to expire at the end of the year, will have a place in the new baseball administration.

David Ortiz: J.D. Martinez not getting credit he deserves  —  CAP CANA, Dominican Republic — Sitting in a golf cart at the 11th Annual David Ortiz Golf Classic, the function's host got increasingly animated as he spoke.  —  For David Ortiz, the topic of J.D. Martinez hits home.