Why Yankees' newest pitcher is a big breakout candidate
Ryan Weathers is more than just a stopgap for the Yankees while Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón get healthy.
The 26-year-old left-hander, who was acquired in a trade with the Marlins on Tuesday, actually offers a lot of upside to the Bronx Bombers' pitching staff in 2026.
Weathers is a...
Ryan Weathers
Boston's new rotation addition has taken a unique path to success
This story was originally published before Ranger Suárez came to a five-year, $130 million agreement on a free-agent contract with the Red Sox....
Ranger Suárez
Making sense of Bellinger's latest complicated free agency
It feels like we’ve been here before. It feels like we’re always here, actually, asking: Hey, what kind of player is Cody Bellinger? What kind of contract should he get?
It was the question after the disastrous 2021-’22 that got him non-tendered by the Dodgers. (He got one year, $17.5...
Cody Bellinger
Bregman is exactly the type of hitter the Cubs wanted. Here's why
The Cubs' lineup has a type. And Alex Bregman is it.
One of the biggest keys to the Cubs' transformation from a middle-of-the-pack offense in 2024 to a powerhouse playoff offense in 2025 was the way the team adopted a pull power approach up and down the lineup.
With Chicago's...
Alex Bregman
The future Hall of Famers we will see play in 2026
Ahead of the 2016 season, we took our first attempt to identify the future Hall of Famers we would see playing in the Majors that year. It's now become an annual tradition at around this time.
It’s been enough years now that some of those names are, indeed, in the...
How Edward Cabrera gives the Cubs' rotation a new look
The Cubs have been rather forthcoming about their desire to acquire impact starting pitching, with Jed Hoyer, the club’s president of baseball operations, calling it the focus of their offseason back at the GM Meetings in November. On Wednesday, Chicago completed its pursuit by acquiring 27-year-old righty Edward Cabrera from...
Edward Cabrera
Which free-agent hitter will stand tallest in '26? Here's Bregman's case
If you're a team looking for a long-term star hitter in free agency, you're probably looking at Kyle Tucker, who's been the unquestioned No. 1 free agent on the market all winter as an elite bat who's just entering his age-29 season.
But if you're a team that's ready to...
Alex Bregman
The 8 teams that need Kyle Tucker the most, ranked
It’s January, and the best all-around player on the free-agent market – Kyle Tucker – is still seeking his next team.
That he’ll get a nice long contract isn’t in dispute, nor is the fact that he’ll help whichever team he ends up joining. (He’s never played on a team...
Kyle Tucker
5 highlights of Ohtani's return to pitching in '25
One of the biggest storylines in baseball in 2025 was Shohei Ohtani's return as a pitcher.
And what a return it was -- from the two-way superstar topping 100 mph in his Dodgers pitching debut to his electric playoff gem against the Brewers, when Ohtani sent Los Angeles to the...
Shohei Ohtani
Examining the underrated aspects of Ohtani's offensive greatness
Shohei Ohtani is doing things we’ve never seen on a baseball field before.
That might be an obvious statement for you, the reader, but there’s never a bad time to recount his heroics of recent years. The two-way phenomenon has won three straight MVPs, the latter two coming with the...
Shohei Ohtani
