What Kyle Tucker's Dodgers contract means for MLB labor peace  —  THERE IS A group of fans who are angry at baseball.  There are a lot of them, and they do not exist only on social media.  They are inside of group chats that talk about how much money the Los Angeles Dodgers are spending …

How the Phillies' $100 million marriage with Nick Castellanos ended in divorce  —  Share full article  —  The beginning of the end for Nick Castellanos' time in Philadelphia came on the night when the $100 million outfielder cracked open a Presidente beer and carried the green bottle into the Phillies dugout in the middle of a game.

The familiar Phillies are (mostly) back, but this spring will be about the kids  —  Share full article  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — For the eighth straight spring training, J.T. Realmuto took residence in the same corner of the clubhouse at BayCare Ballpark.  The veteran catcher sat inside …

What is the hamate and why are so many players injuring theirs?  —  Spring Training has just begun, and yet hamate bone injuries have already impacted some of the biggest names in MLB.  —  This week, we've learned that the Mets' superstar shortstop Francisco Lindor and the Diamondbacks …

Sources: Orioles, Chris Bassitt reach 1-year, $18.5M contract  —  Right-hander Chris Bassitt and the Baltimore Orioles are in agreement on a one-year, $18.5 million contract, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, adding a reliable veteran with significant postseason experience to their overhauled rotation.

Projected Opening Day lineups and rotations for every team  —  The 2026 Major League Baseball season is upon us.  —  With help from MLB.com's beat writers, here's how each team's lineup and rotation figure to stack up come Opening Day.  —  AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST  —  BLUE JAYS  —  Lineup

Elroy Face, ‘The Baron of the Bullpen,’ dies at 97  —  Long before teams relied so heavily on deep, dominant bullpens filled with skilled specialists and fire-breathing, flame-throwing closers, there was Elroy Face.  —  Nicknamed “The Baron of the Bullpen,” Face was a pioneering late-inning reliever …

MLB owners vote in favor of enforcing rule to curb pitch stealing  —  Base coaches in Major League Baseball will have to remain in their respective coaches' boxes until the pitch is thrown after owners voted to enforce the rule Thursday at their annual meetings in Florida.

Cubs camp is barely underway - and Alex Bregman is already making his new teammates better  —  Share full article  —  MESA, Ariz. — So there was left-hander Hoby Milner at the Chicago Cubs Convention last month, minding his business and meeting new teammates, when Alex Bregman engaged him in conversation.

Netflix pursuing Barry Bonds for coverage of Giants vs. Yankees on Opening Day: Sources  —  Share full article  —  Netflix is pursuing Barry Bonds to be part of its exclusive coverage on Opening Day when the San Francisco Giants host the New York Yankees on March 25, sources briefed on the discussions told The Athletic.

In pitch-rigging case, Guardians pitcher seeks to shift more blame onto teammate  —  Share full article  —  In a sign of a growing fissure between two Cleveland Guardians pitchers facing charges tied to a pitch-rigging scheme that benefited gamblers, a lawyer for Luis Ortiz said his client …

Kris Bryant looks done in Colorado.  That is one of many good things happening for Rockies  —  Under new management with Paul DePodesta and Josh Byrnes, the Dodgers are not the Death Star, but the North Star  —  The Kris-cross, applesauce drivel is gone.  The pretzel logic has stopped.

Verlander back where it all began, signs 1-year deal with Tigers  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — Turns out there's a full circle in the Olde English D, at least for Justin Verlander.  —  Nine years after Verlander's trade away from Detroit marked the unofficial beginning of the Tigers' rebuild …