Top News:
FanGraphs Baseball:
2026 Top 100 Prospects — Padres Assistant Director of Player Development Mike Daly Sees Promise in a Depleted San Diego System — Miami Marlins Top Prospect Thomas White Is Refining His Wipeout Arsenal — 2026 Top 100 Prospects Chat - ZiPS 2026 Top 100 Prospects
Discussion:
Baltimore Sun, Yahoo Sports, Bleacher Nation and Lone Star Ball
RELATED:
Evan Woodbery / MLive.com:
Tigers prospect opens up about grief, growth and lessons from a tough season — LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers catching prospect Thayron Liranzo lost 35 pounds this winter after the team challenged him to reshape his body. — “He looks more like a center fielder than a catcher right now …
Discussion:
Yahoo Sports
Ian O'Connor / The Athletic:
Inside Giants coach John Harbaugh's frantic first 30 days in office — Share full article — John Harbaugh was back in his Baltimore-area home Saturday, catching up with his wife on Valentine's Day while remembering the call from New York Giants co-owner John Mara last month that changed his life.
Discussion:
New Jersey Online, Pro Football Rumors, New York Post, Bleacher Report and Awful Announcing
AJ Cassavell / MLB.com:
Preller stays on, signs multiyear extension with Padres — PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres have signed A.J. Preller to a long-awaited contract extension, the team announced Monday, just as Spring Training gets underway. — Preller, the Padres' president of baseball operations and general manager …
Discussion:
San Diego Union-Tribune, Gaslamp Ball, ESPN, sports.yahoo.com, The Athletic and MLB Trade Rumors
Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
Kris Bubic has Royals' attention. Will it be enough to secure long-term deal? — AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. — Bubic threw to live hitters for first time in nearly seven months after shoulder injury. — Royals will ramp him up in spring; he'll get Cactus League game action soon.
RELATED:
Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
An injury halted this KC Royals starter's career. Now he is eager to pitch again
An injury halted this KC Royals starter's career. Now he is eager to pitch again
Discussion:
Yahoo Sports
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
What's next for D-Backs and Orioles, plus the Boras scoreboard and more notes — Share full article — Every offseason, it seems, at least one free agent who rejects a qualifying offer gets burned. — This offseason that free agent was right-hander Zac Gallen, who on Friday agreed to a one-year …
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors, DRaysBay, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report
Tim Healey / The Boston Globe:
Red Sox president Sam Kennedy addresses departures of Rafael Devers, Alex Bregman — FORT MYERS, Fla. — One year after the Red Sox signed Alex Bregman and upset Rafael Devers — triggering a series of events that concluded with both leaving the organization — team president and CEO Sam Kennedy …
Discussion:
NESN.com, The Athletic, masslive.com, Chicago Tribune, MLB Trade Rumors, Over the Monster and Bleacher Report
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals crave a right-handed-hitting outfielder. Their answer may be an infielder. — JUPITER, Fla. — If he remembers correctly, the last time Thomas Saggese played a game in the outfield he was 10, on an All-Star team for his youth league, and the reason for relocating him to right field seemed sound enough at the time.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Outfielder Will Brennan reaches one-year agreement with Giants to provide depth — The San Francisco Giants added outfield depth on Sunday, reaching agreement with Will Brennan on a one-year contract. Brennan is guaranteed $400,000. He will make $900,000 while in the major leagues and $400,000 in the minors.
Discussion:
NBC Sports Bay Area …, MLB Trade Rumors and McCovey Chronicles
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Harper addresses Dombrowski's comments about his performance: ‘Kind of wild to me’ — CLEARWATER, Fla. — It sure sounds like Bryce Harper took things personally. — He insisted on Sunday morning at BayCare Ballpark that he creates his own motivation every offseason. He always works to be great, he said.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Odd man out? Domínguez hears the talk, but ‘a lot of things can happen’ — TAMPA, Fla. - Jasson Domínguez understands there is uncertainty about his role, after Yankees general manager Brian Cashman suggested the switch-hitting outfielder might be best served to begin the season in the Minors.
Discussion:
ESPN and Yahoo Sports
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Padres' Manny Machado: Dodgers' spending ‘great for the game’ — PEORIA, Ariz. — San Diego Padres star Manny Machado has no problem with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers continuing to spend on players while his own team and others take a backseat in free agency. — “I f—ing love it,” Machado said Sunday from Padres camp.
Discussion:
Orange County Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, The Athletic, Bleacher Report and Yahoo Sports
MLB.com:
In move for future, Cubs sign rehabbing reliever Miller to 2-year deal — MESA, Ariz. — Not every signing is for the immediate picture. On Sunday, the Cubs signed veteran righty Shelby Miller with the hope that he could impact the pitching staff in 2027, following a comeback from elbow surgery.
Discussion:
FanGraphs Baseball, Yahoo Sports, North Side Baseball, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Bleacher Nation
RELATED:
Robert Murray / FanSided:
Sources: Cubs to sign free-agent reliever Shelby Miller to multi-year contract
Sources: Cubs to sign free-agent reliever Shelby Miller to multi-year contract
Discussion:
The Athletic, Bleacher Nation, MLB Trade Rumors, MLB.com, Yahoo Sports and Chicago Sun Times
