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Outfielder Kyle Tucker, who spent 2025 with the Cubs, is widely considered the best player on the free agent market and could fetch a deal in excess of $400 million. There's plenty of other All-Stars available including Bo Bichette, Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso and Framber Valdez.
Even after the Cincinnati Reds earned a rare playoff berth, team president Nick Krall got no bump in his payroll budget for 2026. Where's he gonna go?
November is the start of baseball’s hot stove league. Some call it talking season. Others call it speculating season — especially as it concerns free agency.
There's no disputing the fact that Jorge Polanco's 2025 season was worthy of the qualifying offer. He slashed .265/.326/.495 with 26 home runs and 78 RBI for the Seattle Mariners and came through in seemingly every huge spot in the postseason as well. The reason Polanco didn't get the qualifying offer stems back to his previous three seasons.
The top defensive honors for the 2025 MLB season were given out on Friday night. San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. and Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. were the recipients of the Platinum Glove Awards, which are presented to the top defensive player in each league during regular-season action.
The general managers' meetings will begin what is expected to be an interesting offseason around MLB this week in Las Vegas.
The All-Star festivities at baseball’s most elite prospect circuit are always an unforgettable event. The 19th annual Fall Stars Game will be no different. This year’s iteration, which will be broadcast live on MLB Network and MLB.
Hitters, however, are by nature reactive and much more defined by their environment from a scouting perspective, especially in the case of sluggers such as Murakami. The list of power-focused Japanese hitters who turned out well in MLB is basically Shohei Ohtani (a special case himself, obviously), Hideki Matsui and, so far, Seiya Suzuki.