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Rumors abound regarding Juan Soto's looming free agency, and the Yankees are better prepared to strike than you think
Jack Devin|
The Phillies return their 2023 playoff team virtually intact for 2024. They also get Bryce Harper for a full season. Here's the concern: Are they getting old and staid?
Bill Felber|
The Yankees have tremendous strengths, notably in Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto. But there are also plenty of concerning question marks.
Bill Felber|
The Dodgers spent more than $1 billion this winter upgrading a team that won 100 games. They're plainly shooting for a World Series win. But is it even possible to build for that?
Bill Felber|
The Atlanta Braves look solid coming off a 104-win 2023 season. The post-season? That's another, more speculative matter.
Bill Felber|
The Arizona Diamondbacks are defending National League champions. Obviously they're capable of contending. There is, of course, that Los Angeles Dodger problem.
Bill Felber|
These new uniforms are drawing ire from fans and players alike.
Emily Townley|
There are plenty of articles about keys to the coming MLB season, many of them longish. But can those lists be cut down. For the Phillies, yes.
Rick Soisson|
Saves can tend to be an easy be-all. end-all for relief pitchers in fantasy baseball, but these three have value beyond tallies in that category.
Brad Berreman|
The MLB Draft is a gamble, but Georgia Tech freshman Drew Burress' four-home run performance shows that sometimes scouts whiff.
Drew Koch|
For a moment, pretend you are Blake Snell. You just had another great season, winning your 2nd Cy Young award. You are unsigned in MLB free agency.
Jeff Perry|
It is very tempting to see the Pittsburgh Pirates as NL Central contenders this year, but, in fact, the team is only at a point where they have to decide if they have the right young players.
Rick Soisson|
After a lost 2023 season, a return to form for Carlos Rodon makes a good Yankees team great.
Jack Devin|
Can it get any worse for fans of the Oakland A's? With John Fischer running the club it can. What became the team's slogan back in 2017 is now a thing of the past. Fischer seems determined to remind fans that the A's are moving to Las Vegas.
Drew Koch|
Pete Alonso told reporters he really wants to stay in New York just a few days after hiring as his new representative the one man known to be least likely to make that happen.
Bill Felber|
Cody Bellinger's three-year, $80 million contract makes perfect sense for both Bellinger and also for the Cubs, the only wonder being why it took the two sides so long to see it.
Bill Felber|
Cody Bellinger ended his free agency on Sunday as he signed a three-year $80 million deal with the Cubs that includes player opt outs each of the first two years. If Bellinger keeps having years like last season, he will command bigger dollars in 2025.
Scott Alan Salomon|
None of the top five prospects are major league ready; looks like the Boston Red Sox will not be getting any younger in 2024.
Scott Alan Salomon|
As pitchers and catchers begin to report for the 2024 season, new players will be integrating with their new teams. A big factor in any clubhouse is chemistry.
Jeff Perry|
Top players remain unsigned and there is no movement with teams and players such as Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman , Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery. With MLB spring training starting yesterday, the window is closing for these players to get to camp.
Scott Alan Salomon|
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