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What people around MLB are saying about the MacKenzie Gore deal, plus more offseason notes — Prospect-based trades are impossible to evaluate the day they are made, and often for years afterward. But within the industry, certain types of deals are immediately recognizable.
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Andrew Baggarly / The Athletic:
Giants rebuffed after making aggressive pitch for Nationals' CJ Abrams: Source — With their options thinning out and just two weeks remaining before players report to spring training, the San Francisco Giants recently turned up the aggression to get something done on the trade market.
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New York Post, Bleacher Report, NBC Sports Bay Area … and MLB Trade Rumors
ESPN:
Rangers get MacKenzie Gore in 5-for-1 trade with Nationals — The Texas Rangers have acquired All-Star left-hander MacKenzie Gore in a five-for-one trade with the Washington Nationals on Thursday. — In exchange for Gore, who turns 27 in February, the Nationals received a handful of prospects …
Ben Clemens / FanGraphs Baseball:
More for Gore: Rangers Snag Top-Line Starter in Bulk Deal — When the market is hot, it seems like it'll never cool down. Forget the fact that we're late into free agency and yet too early in the year for contract extensions. The last few marquee free agents to sign are starting to do so …
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MLB.com, Yahoo Sports, The Athletic and Bleacher Report
ESPN:
Bold predictions for rest of 2026 MLB offseason — With Cody Bellinger, Bo Bichette and Kyle Tucker coming off the board in the last week, MLB free agency has entered the homestretch — but there will still be some big moves in the weeks to come before spring training begins.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
With Bellinger back, are the Yankees done making moves? — NEW YORK — The dance between Cody Bellinger's representatives and the Yankees was deep into a second month, the club having offered five years and the player's side holding out for more, as Aaron Boone held out hope for a speedy resolution.
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Yahoo Sports, MLB Trade Rumors, New York Post and New Jersey Online
Jeff Kassouf / ESPN:
Trinity Rodman contract saga ends with record Spirit deal — United States forward Trinity Rodman signed a record three-year contract Thursday with the Washington Spirit to remain with the club through 2028, ending months-long uncertainty over the star's future.
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Bleacher Report, Sportico, Los Angeles Times, sports.yahoo.com, Plain Dealer, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, New York Post and masslive.com
Ben Fisher / Sports Illustrated:
Rockies' Ownership Acknowledge Past Mistakes in Building New Front Office — Amidst years of losing, the Monfort family has charted a new path for the Colorado Rockies. — In the midst of seven straight losing seasons and three straight campaigns of more than 100 losses …
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Yahoo Sports
Jim Callis / MLB.com:
NEW: The 2026 preseason Top 100 Prospects list is live! — Could a golden era of shortstops be dawning? — Konnor Griffin (Pirates) has the best tools in the Minors and is MLB Pipeline's reigning Hitting Prospect of the Year. Kevin McGonigle (Tigers) is the best pure hitting prospect in the game …
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Sportsnet.ca, Yahoo Sports, redsminorleagues.com, SNY and Boston Herald
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Hall of Fame's starting pitcher problem — and what it means — The Baseball Hall of Fame must evolve with the ever-changing game it celebrates. In the case of starting pitchers, it's not evolving quickly enough. — The 2026 balloting results announced Tuesday confirmed what many had anticipated …
Jacob Gurvis / MLB.com:
Travis Bazzana leads way as Australia looks to top 2023 World Baseball Classic performance — Baseball has roots Down Under dating back to the 1850s, when American gold miners played on the gold fields of Ballarat, a city about 70 miles northwest of Melbourne.
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Yahoo Sports
The Athletic:
What we're hearing about Karl-Anthony Towns' Knicks future, plus more NBA trade intel — Welcome to this week's edition of What We're Hearing, NBA Trade Deadline edition. Each week leading up to the Feb. 5 deadline, I, along with our other league insiders and beat writers …
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Hoops Rumors, NESN.com and Bleacher Report
Mirjam Swanson / Orange County Register:
Kyle Tucker has a downright enviable situation with Dodgers — The right fielder is the second-highest paid player in baseball history (per year) without being expected to put a team on his back or feel responsible for filling the bleachers every night — LOS ANGELES — Imagine being paid $60 million a year to be one of the guys.
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True Blue LA and Yahoo Sports
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