Red Sox trade for Willson Contreras, adding bat to lineup in deal with Cardinals  —  The Red Sox have been pursing a major lineup addition for weeks.  On Sunday night, they landed one.  —  Boston acquired three-time All-Star Willson Contreras and cash from the Cardinals in a trade …

What I'm hearing about the Blue Jays' interest in Bregman; plus more MLB offseason notes  —  Add the Toronto Blue Jays to the list of teams showing interest in free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman.  —  The Athletic's Mitch Bannon wrote at the winter meetings that Bregman was a …

Sources: Munetaka Murakami to join White Sox on 2-year deal  —  Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $34 million contract, sources told ESPN on Sunday, landing the home run record-setter in Nippon Professional Baseball with a rebuilding team making …

Bobby Dalbec has new home — on new continent — a year after end of Red Sox tenure  —  Former Red Sox infielder Bobby Dalbec is taking his talents to Asia.  —  Dalbec, who spent time with three different organizations in 2025 after his nine-season run in the Red Sox organization concluded …

Phillies lean right with new-look bullpen, still waiting on J.T. Realmuto  —  By the end of this frenetic Phillies week, in which they settled on an outfield alignment and rearranged their bullpen, things were not materially different.  The core of this roster will remain intact …

Orioles acquire Shane Baz from Rays for prospects, draft pick  —  The Baltimore Orioles acquired right-hander Shane Baz in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, sending a four-prospect package and a draft pick in a rare intradivision deal.  —  Following a search all winter for starting pitching …

Major League Baseball 2025 Luxury Tax Assessments List  —  Major League Baseball luxury tax assessments for the 2025 season.  Payments are due to MLB by Jan. 21.  —  Team  —  Tax  —  Los Angeles Dodgers  —  $169,375,768  —  New York Mets $91,637,501  —  New York Yankees $61,774,820

Pirates land Rays 2B Brandon Lowe in 3-team trade  —  The offense-starved Pittsburgh Pirates finally made an aggressive offseason move, acquiring two-time All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe from the Tampa Bay Rays as part of a three-team trade that also includes the Houston Astros.

Dustin May ‘excited’ to join rotation while Cardinals continue shopping for starter to add  —  Pitcher Dustin May talks about joining the St. Louis Cardinals on Dec. 18, 2025.  —  kAmu@C 2 e\7@@E\e C:89E\92?  56C H9@D6 42C66C :D 567:?  65 3J H92E 96 5@6D 2E 2 5:DE2?  46 @7 e_ 766E[ e :?  496D[ ?

Sources: Padres, RHP Michael King agree to 3-year deal  —  Right-hander Michael King and the San Diego Padres agreed to a three-year, $75 million contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Thursday.  —  The deal allows King to opt out after the 2026 and 2027 seasons.

Man Utd hopeful of beating City to Semenyo amid Guardiola uncertainty  —  Exclusive: United to target Bournemouth winger in January, with doubts over future of Catalan coach potentially working in their favour  —  Manchester United will go all-out to sign Antoine Semenyo in January and hope …