Here's why teams should take a chance on Conforto
Aaron Judge is the free-agent outfielder every team wants. Then Brandon Nimmo. Then probably Andrew Benintendi. But here's one who's gone under the radar with the buzz surrounding the big names, and who could be a huge steal: Michael Conforto.
The risk in signing Conforto is obvious. He just missed...
Michael Conforto
The unheralded FA relievers that could make a difference
This year's free-agent market for relievers was long known to be a weak one, and teams, knowing that, went all out to retain their best free-agent arms before they ever reached the market -- like Edwin Díaz, Robert Suarez and Rafael Montero. What’s left, then, is a collection of older...
Hot Stove standouts: 5 tools, 5 free agents
No matter what type of player your team wants, it can find one on the free-agent market.
Sluggers? They're out there. Speedsters? Those too. Elite defenders? Yep.
Let's try to find the free agents with the best individual skills, using baseball's classic five tools. In other words, we're looking for...
Aaron Judge
Xander Bogaerts
Trea Turner
Willson Contreras
Kevin Kiermaier
Every move of the 2022-23 offseason, tracked
The Major League Baseball offseason is here, and MLB.com's team of writers will have quick-hit analysis of each major transaction in a running list here....
Best FA bat after Judge? The answer might surprise you
There’s no debate about who the best hitter is in the current free-agent class. Aaron Judge just won the American League MVP Award after setting an AL record with 62 homers and leading MLB in a long list of categories. The 6-foot-7 slugger is No. 1, case closed.
But second...
Jose Abreu
The 22 nastiest pitches of '22
Want to see the nastiest pitches of 2022? Look no further.
Let's use Statcast's pitch tracking data to find the very best pitches this season had to offer.
These pitches had it all. They're the ones with the most overpowering velocity. The most elite spin. The most extreme Wiffle ball...
Sandy Alcantara
Shohei Ohtani
Jacob deGrom
Framber Valdez
Edwin Diaz
Hunter Greene
Jose Berrios
Clayton Kershaw
Kyle Crick
Anibal Sanchez
Dillon Tate
Scott Effross
Matt Brash
Ryan Helsley
Jhoan Duran
Justin Verlander
Joe Kelly
Aaron Bummer
The Statcast 2022 All-Defense Teams
We already know who won the 2022 Gold Glove Awards. But what if we only used Statcast's fielder tracking data to decide the best defenders in baseball?
Let's pick the Statcast All-Defense Teams for 2022.
These are the best fielders in the American League and National League at every position...
This free agent’s speed changes the game. Here’s how
This is the right offseason for Trea Turner to be a free agent, because his game-breaking speed is about to be more valuable than ever.
Turner's true elite speed already gives him a skill that separates him from all the other top free agents in this year's class, and notably,...
Trea Turner
When you have this ace, who needs a closer?
Sandy Alcantara wasn't like the other Cy Young Award finalists. They were the best starting pitchers in the Majors. Alcantara was an ace and a closer all in one.
And that's why he won.
The Marlins' right-hander is the unanimous 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner, and it's because of...
Sandy Alcantara
Which star free-agent shortstop is best defensively?
There are four big-name free agent shortstops available in the market this winter -- Xander Bogaerts, Carlos Correa, Dansby Swanson, and Trea Turner \-\- and in some ways, it’s quite easy to tell them apart. Which one is the youngest? Correa, though they’re all within two years of one another....
