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Jim Bowden / The Athletic:
Biggest offseason needs for all 30 MLB teams for the 2026-27 offseason  —  Now that we have crowned a new World Series champion — congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers — it's time for every team in MLB to bear down on their biggest and most pressing needs for the upcoming season.
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ESPN:
MLB offseason buzz: Intel on Skubal, free agency, trade rumors  —  The MLB hot stove season has arrived!  —  With players becoming free to sign with any team they choose today (free agency officially begins Monday at 5 p.m. ET), we asked our MLB reporters to open their notebooks …
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Rankings, contract projections: Top 50 2026-27 MLB free agents  —  The MLB offseason has officially started!  As free agency begins, it's time for our annual ranking of the top 50 free agents in the class and predicting how much money each player will get.  —  The story of this market is threefold …
Kerry Miller / Bleacher Report:
Educated Guesses On MLB Free Agency 2026 Early Signings
Daniel Kramer / MLB.com:
Mariners to hire Jason Kanzler as next manager (sources)  —  SEATTLE — The Mariners have found their new manager, and it's an outside-the-box hire who will become a first-time skipper at any level.  —  Jason Kanzler — a 36-year-old emerging talent in the industry, who's spent …
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MLB.com:
Mariners Name Jason Kanzler Field Manager  —  Kanzler, who most recently served as Cubs Director of Player Development, also brings World Series experience as Major League coach  —  SEATTLE - Seattle Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto announced today that Jason Kanzler …
Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. named finalist for 2026 AL MVP Award  —  Key Takeaways  —  AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.  — Bobby Witt Jr. joined Junior Caminero and Yordan Alvarez as 2026 AL MVP finalists.  — Witt hit .281 with 157 hits, 18 home runs, 54 RBIs and a 6.7 WAR in 143 games.
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MLB awards finalists revealed: See top three for MVP, Cy Young and more
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
2026-27 Top 50 Free Agents With Predictions  —  It's that time of year again.  The offseason is upon us, and we at MLB Trade Rumors are proud to present our 21st annual Top 50 Free Agent list, complete with contract and team predictions for each entrant.  These are this year's top 50 free agents based …
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Ben Clemens / FanGraphs Baseball:
2027 Top 50 Free Agents  —  Despair!  Another baseball season is in the books, which means many months of inactivity before the games matter again.  But rejoice!  Because as we do every year, FanGraphs is releasing our ranking of the top 50 free agents available this winter.
The Athletic:
What we're hearing about Mets' offseason priorities: Pitching is paramount  —  With third baseman Bo Bichette choosing to return, the New York Mets are less inclined to aggressively pursue Teruaki Sato, a free-agent slugger from Japan, league sources said.  The sources spoke on the condition …
Baseball Hall of Fame:
Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidates Announced  —  (COOPERSTOWN, NY) - The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today announced the eight-person non-player ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2027.
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Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
With Bohm now a free agent, who will play 3B for Phils?  —  This story was excerpted from Todd Zolecki's Phillies Beat newsletter.  To read the full newsletter, click here.  And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.  —  Who's playing third base next season for the Phillies?
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Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
MLB increases cap and floor in latest proposal, sets 2028 target  —  Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association held another collective bargaining session Tuesday, with the league proposing that a salary cap and floor system be implemented beginning in 2028, the second year of an agreement.
ESPN:
Former MLB star Mark Teixeira wins U.S. House seat in Texas  —  Republican Mark Teixeira, a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star, has won election to the U.S. House in Texas' 21st Congressional District.  —  The former slugger for the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees defeated Democrat Kristin Hook …
Zack Rosenblatt / The Athletic:
With Braelon Allen's breakout, is it time for the Jets to trade Breece Hall?  —  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A crowd of reporters surrounded a mic stand, but there wasn't a Jets player standing behind it yet.  —  A Jets spokesperson directed the crowd to “just make a hole so he can get through.”
 
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Change is coming for the Rangers this offseason, and it could start with the team's star players
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