Derek Law Elects Free Agency

Veteran reliever Derek Law is a free agent, per his MiLB.com transaction tracker. The Diamondbacks designated the right-hander for assignment in mid-September. He passed through waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A. Law is now back on the open market. Arizona added Law on a minor league deal in January. He was recovering from flexor tendon […]

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The Opener: Contreras, Bailey, Peralta

The Brewers, for the first time ever, are up 2-0 in a seven-game series. The NLCS heads to Los Angeles on Wednesday. 1. Contreras powers Brewers  Catcher William Contreras paced Milwaukee’s relentless offense on Monday. He tied the game in the first inning with an RBI single. Contreras knotted the game again in the fifth […]

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Dodgers To Consider Benching Ohtani In Game 3

The Dodgers head back to Los Angeles with their hopes of a three-peat in serious jeopardy. The Brewers took Game 2 by a 7-4 margin to hold serve at home, putting them two games away from their first pennant in 44 years. They’ll have an opportunity to take a commanding lead when the NLCS moves […]

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The Tigers’ Under-The-Radar Option Decision

Option decisions are among the first pieces of offseason business. Any club and player option provisions must be decided upon within five days of the end of the World Series. The vast majority of those will be formalities, obvious decisions in either direction based on the player’s walk year performance. That said, every year brings […]

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Offseason Outlook: Texas Rangers

In perhaps the most underwhelming division race in history, the Astros won the AL West with an 81-81 record, while the Rangers finished a game (and a head-to-head tiebreaker) behind at 80-82.  While technically not far away from being a playoff team, Texas clearly still has a lot of holes to fill in order to […]

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Reviewing The Rays, Angels, And Reds Three-Team Trade

The three-team deal that sent Josh Lowe to the Angels and Gavin Lux to the Rays over the winter was intriguing, if not season-altering. Los Angeles picked up an everyday outfielder to replace Taylor Ward, who was traded to the Orioles. Tampa Bay landed a Brandon Lowe replacement after sending the second baseman to Pittsburgh. […]

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Offseason Outlook: Seattle Mariners

The Mariners fell well short of expectations in 2026. The goal will be to get back on track in 2027. They will need their core players to have bounceback campaigns but they should also be able to make moves with money to spend and pitching to trade. Guaranteed Contracts Julio Rodríguez, CF: $144MM through 2034 […]

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How The Rays Turned Bryan Baker Into An All-Star Closer

The Rays entered the 2026 season with an unsettled closer situation for the first time in years. Manager Kevin Cash’s fickle ninth-inning usage ended when Pete Fairbanks emerged. From 2017 through 2022, a different reliever led Tampa Bay in saves each season. Fairbanks became the permanent closer in 2023 and paced the club in saves […]

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Trade Rumors Front Office Subscriber Chat, Today 3pm CT

MLBTR’s Steve Adams is hosting a live chat today at 3pm CT, exclusively for Trade Rumors Front Office subscribers. Unlock Subscriber-Exclusive Articles Like This One With a Trade Rumors Front Office Subscription BENEFITS Access weekly subscriber-only articles by Tim Dierkes, Steve Adams, and Anthony Franco. Join exclusive weekly live chats with Anthony. Remove ads and […]

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Marlins To Name Dillon Lawson Hitting Coach

The Marlins have settled on former Yankees hitting coach and former Red Sox assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson as their next hitting coach, reports Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Lawson joined the Marlins organization as a roving hitting coach this past summer, following his April dismissal in Boston. Miami moved on from hitting coach […]

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Rays, Guardians Announce ALCS Rosters

The Rays and Guardians on Monday announced their rosters for the forthcoming American League Championship Series, which begins tonight when the 98-win Rays host the 85-win Guardians at St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay will hand the ball to Cy Young candidate Drew Rasmussen, who pitched 172 innings of 2.67 ERA ball during the regular […]

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The Opener: Turang, Misiorowski, Griffin

The Brewers aren’t getting swept this time around. Milwaukee took Game 1 of the NLCS with a tight 2-1 win over the Dodgers. While they didn’t light up the scoreboard, the Brewers did score more runs than they did in any game during last year’s NLCS. 1. Turang takes Skubal deep The biggest swing of […]

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Alex Anthopoulos Discusses Braves’ Free Agents, Rotation, Profar

The NL East champion Braves saw their season ended on Wednesday when the Dodgers eliminated Atlanta from the NLDS in four games.  The team’s wrap-up press conference took place today, as Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos met with the media (including the Athletic’s Jesus Cano and MLB.com’s Mark Bowman) to touch on several […]

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Each Team’s Penalty For Signing A Qualifying Offer-Rejecting Free Agent

Since we just looked at what teams would stand to receive in draft compensation if they lost a free agent who rejected a qualifying offer, now it’s time to explore what each team would have to give up in order to sign a QO-rejecting free agent. To recap the mechanics: if a free agent has […]

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Each Team’s Draft Compensation For Losing A Qualifying Offer-Rejecting Free Agent

The qualifying offer is one of the offseason’s key mechanisms, as teams have until five days after the end of the World Series to decide whether or not to issue this specialized one-year contract to eligible free agents.  If a player has played with his team throughout the entire 2026 season and hasn’t received a […]

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Poll: Who Will Win The ALCS?

The American League’s top two seeds will face off in the Championship Series. The Rays play host to the Guardians in the seven-game set, which begins tomorrow at 7pm CT. Tampa has tabbed their ace Drew Rasmussen for Game 1. The Guards, who just wrapped up a five-game Division Series with the White Sox, haven’t announced […]

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Shane McClanahan Ruled Out For Rest Of Postseason

The Rays had been hoping to get erstwhile ace Shane McClanahan back at some point in the playoffs. That’s no longer a possibility. Per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, McClanahan has been ruled out for the remainder of the postseason. He’ll be unable to join Drew Rasmussen, Freddy Peralta, and Nick Martinez in […]

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Brewers, Dodgers Announce NLCS Rosters

The top two teams from the regular season face off tonight in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series in Milwaukee. The 103-win Brewers, having defeated the Padres in four games in the NLDS, will hand the ball to NL Cy Young front-runner Jacob Misiorowski. The 100-win Dodgers, having similarly dispatched the Braves in four […]

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Caleb Durbin Undergoes Finger Surgery

Red Sox infielder Caleb Durbin underwent a PIP joint reconstruction procedure on his left pinky last week, according to a team announcement. It’s the same finger that Durbin partially dislocated back in June, although he did not miss any time during the season and played in the Wild Card Series against the Yankees. Durbin played […]

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Undergoes Laser Eye Surgery

Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. recently underwent laser eye surgery, as announced on Instagram by the Laser Eye Center of Miami and confirmed by Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith. It’s unclear exactly when the surgery occurred, as the Center’s post was made during a post-op visit, though in any case it shouldn’t affect Guerrero’s offseason […]

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The Opener: Williams, Skubal vs. Miz, Offseason Outlooks

After falling into an 0-2 deficit against the White Sox, the Guardians completed an epic comeback by winning the next three games to clinch the Division Series. By doing so, they became the first team to win a five-game postseason series after losing the first two games since the 2017 Yankees, who did so against […]

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Did The Orioles Extend The Right Pitchers?

The Orioles locked up two starting pitchers this year. The club reached a five-year, $68MM extension with Shane Baz shortly before Opening Day. He’ll be under contract through 2030. Baltimore also agreed to a five-year extension with Kyle Bradish. His $90MM deal came together around the All-Star Break and will keep him with the team […]

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Miguel Rojas To Be Available For NLCS After Cortisone Injection

Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas was removed from Game 3 of the NLDS with a back injury. He was unavailable off the bench in Game 4. Manager Dave Roberts told reporters, including Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic, that Rojas is expected to be on the NLCS roster. He had a cortisone injection that helped loosen up […]

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