MLB announces new 3-year rights deals with ESPN, NBC, Netflix  —  On the heels of a 2025 season that saw large viewership increases — including the most watched postseason in eight years and a World Series Game 7 that was the most watched Major League Baseball game in 34 years …

Jeff Passan's 2025-26 MLB offseason preview, intel, updates  —  Any concerns about the health of Major League Baseball's 2025-26 free agent market vanished at the general managers meetings in Las Vegas last week.  With the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement barely a year away …

Rob Manfred addresses MLB's next steps after betting scandal  —  NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday said the league did not anticipate any further restrictions on baseball prop bets after prominent U.S. sportsbooks recently established a nationwide $200 betting limit …

MLB returning to Field of Dreams in '26, with Twins hosting Phillies  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Major League Baseball is going back to Iowa.  —  For the first time since 2022, MLB at Field of Dreams is returning to Dyersville, Iowa, with a Thursday, Aug. 13, matchup between the Phillies and Twins at the refurbished site.

3 offseason questions as Los Angeles Dodgers eye three-peat  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers greeted their fans at the tail end of their championship parade on Nov. 3, and virtually every player who grabbed the microphone atop a makeshift stage at Dodger Stadium expressed the same goal:  —  Three-peat.

Randy Jones, Padres' first Cy Young Award winner, dies at 75  —  Randy Jones, the left-hander who won the Cy Young Award with the San Diego Padres in 1976 during a 10-year major league career, has died.  He was 75.  —  The Padres announced Wednesday that Jones died Tuesday, without disclosing a location or cause.

Way-Too-Early 2026 Fantasy Baseball Top 300 Rankings  —  Here's the second offseason update for my 2006 fantasy baseball top 300 for 5x5 leagues.  I just finished up my first go at the pitching projections, so most of the significant changes from the initial update last month will be to the starters and relievers.

Pitchers Shota Imanaga, Brandon Woodruff among 4 to take QOs  —  New York Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham, Detroit Tigers infielder Gleyber Torres, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga accepted their qualifying offers Tuesday …

Hall of Fame releases ballot for 2026 election  —  The Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot for the 2026 Hall of Fame election was released on Monday, with 12 new names joining a group of 15 holdovers from the 2025 voting cycle.  —  In both of the past two years …