Pitching depth is going to be critical to Yankees, other MLB teams a year after 60-game pandemic season  —  TAMPA — Wednesday the Yankees pitchers and catchers will report to Tampa, take their physicals and get ready for their first official workout of 2021 spring training.

NBA trade news: Andre Drummond to Raptors coming?  Lonzo Ball interest and more  —  As the NBA's trade deadline nears, NBA team executives have noticed a somewhat abnormal trade market over the past few weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic impacting the league and positive cases …

Dollars and years are disappearing from MLB free agents  —  As negotiations between MLB players and owners reached their apex last summer, the union held together strongly, with Max Scherzer and Jack Flaherty and others taking to social media to collectively reflect the group's insistence on 100% pay.

Matt Andriese eager to learn with, show what he can do for Red Sox  —  For newly acquired righthander Matt Andriese, arriving in Fort Myers, Fla., for a fresh start with the Red Sox comes with elation.  Or relief.  —  After what seemed like an endless kerfuffle between …

Oakland Athletics bolster bullpen, reach agreements with Yusmeiro Petit, Sergio Romo  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Veteran reliever Yusmeiro Petit has agreed to a $2.55 million, one-year contract to stay with the Oakland Athletics, pending a physical, his agent said.

A's 2021 prospect rankings: Keith Law on Oakland's top 20  —  The A's contend year-in and year-out without the benefit of a great farm system, boosting the team through trades and some smart finds on waivers or in the low end of free agency, along with the very occasional Matt Chapman.

Q&A: Oakland A's farm director on prospects to watch and state of the farm  —  Oakland Athletics' farm director Ed Sprague talks MILB season as spring training approaches  —  The Oakland A's farm is in a bit of a rut.  With most of its top prospects graduating to the big leagues and a lost year …

Here is the 2021 All-Underrated Team  —  It is time for the most underrated baseball column of the year — the 2021 All-Underrated Team.  —  But what does it mean to be underrated, anyway?  —  In years past, we've filled out this team with guys who have never been All-Stars …