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The 2023 season represented Ben Cherington’s fourth consecutive season of negative short-term impact for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Bill Felber|
Mike Rizzo took a cautious approach to team-building in Washington in 2023, making few moves of significance.
Bill Felber|
Aaron Nola, who is an upcoming free agent this offseason, should parlay a dominant postseason into a big payday this winter.
Brendan Smith|
Some of the latest news and notes from around MLB, including a major injury for the defending NL Central champions and a scare for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Kevin Henry|
Chicago White Sox President Ken Williams and GM Rick Hahn were replaced prior to season's end. Their collective 2023 performance provided some illustration of why.
Bill Felber|
Scott Harris worked to change the roster for the Detroit Tigers in his first season in the Motor City. So how did he do?
Bill Felber|
Bill Schmidt's work as GM of the Colorado Rockies produced few positive outcomes, ranking his front office toward the bottom during 2023.
Bill Felber|
The Boston Red Sox front office led by Chaim Bloom and GM Brian O'Halloran had another undistinguished season in 2023, hurting their team's talent level by 4.6 games.
Bill Felber|
The Dodgers won big in 2023, but not due to the efforts of their front office led by Andrew Friedman and Brandon Gomes.
Bill Felber|
Perry Minasian and his Los Angeles Angels front office went through a third straight season of frenetic, but mostly unproductive, activity leading to no postseason appearance..
Bill Felber|
The Phillies-Braves matchup for Game 3 of their NLDS series seemed to be a matter of which starting pitcher would perform well. That question became moot quickly.
Rick Soisson|
Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos were shown on social media wearing clothing promoting Deion Sanders, a former member of the Atlanta Braves
Kevin Henry|
Should more of the blame for the failure of the Chicago Cubs to make the postseason rest on the front office?
Bill Felber|
The St. Louis Cardinals front office led by President John Mozeliak and GM Mike Girsch performed poorly in 2023. Its moves hurt Cardinal fortunes by -5.9 games, ranking it the 26th-best front office.
Bill Felber|
The 2023 Miami Marlins thrilled their fans by making the playoffs. Will team owner Bruce Sherman take the historic step of building on that success?
Sean Millerick|
One year after being a force in the National League, the San Francisco Giants sank back into mediocrity and fired their manager
Bill Felber|
The Oakland A's front office run by David Forst not surprisingly ranked 30th in MLB for franchise improvement in 2023.
Bill Felber|
After being acquired from the Colorado Rockies at the trade deadline, Pierce Johnson has excelled with the Atlanta Braves
Kevin Henry|
Alarm bells are sounding for the teams that got first round playoff byes. There's no reason for that; they're just losing to other good teams.
Bill Felber|
After firing Chaim Bloom and still looking for Chief Baseball of Operations, the Boston Red Sox are the latest team to be linked to Shohei Ohtani, but there are more reasons as to why they won't sign him than signing him.
Scott Roche|
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