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Nov 6, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 MLB hot stove is upon us. All eyes are on the top free agent, two-way star Shohei Ohtani, who many predict will become the first $500 million player in North American professional sports history. Which teams will go all-in to contend for a 2024

Nov 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The day after the Texas Rangers won their first World Series title in franchise history, 130 players became free agents as baseball’s offseason season began. While this year’s free-agent class doesn’t have as many big names as last year’s — when players such as Aaron Judge,

Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 11:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Williams is returning to the San Francisco Giants as the third-base coach on new manager Bob Melvin’s staff. The team announced its coaching staff Friday. Williams spent the first 10 of his 17 major league seasons as an infielder with

Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Through the ups and downs of Stephen Vogt‘s playing career — the minor league demotions, two All-Star selections, injuries and too many moves to remember — he never lost sight of his goal to one day become a manager. For the kid

Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 12:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Gerardo Parra — of “Baby Shark” fame — will be the new first-base coach for the Washington Nationals as part of a series of changes to manager Dave Martinez’s staff announced by the club on Friday after a fourth consecutive last-place finish

Associated Press Nov 9, 2023, 06:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Longtime Chicago White Sox announcer Jason Benetti is moving to Detroit to become the TV play-by-play voice of the Tigers. The Tigers organization announced that Benetti has signed a multiyear contract to take over as lead announcer for the team’s broadcasts starting

Nov 9, 2023, 08:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Corey Seager and Marcus Semien of the World Series champion Texas Rangers won Silver Slugger Awards on Thursday night, while the team received the first American League Offensive Team of the Year honor. Louisville Slugger presented the Atlanta Braves with the inaugural National League Offensive Team

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterNov 9, 2023, 03:47 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao sent a letter to 15 owners in Major League Baseball on Wednesday, outlining why they should reject Athletics owner John Fisher’s

Nov 9, 2023, 07:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In case you’ve been living under a rock (or perhaps one of MLB’s new supersized bases), Shohei Ohtani is a free agent. Far and away the best player available this winter, the longtime Los Angeles Angels two-way star is expected to command more than half a

Associated Press Nov 8, 2023, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels hired Ron Washington to be their new manager Tuesday. The 71-year-old Washington becomes the oldest current manager. He led the Texas Rangers from 2007-14, winning two AL pennants and going 664-611. He spent the past seven seasons

Nov 7, 2023, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Craig Counsell’s decision to leave the Milwaukee Brewers to manage a division rival in the Chicago Cubs was about wanting “a new professional challenge” and staying close to home, he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an article published Tuesday. Counsell, whose contract with the Brewers

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterNov 7, 2023, 07:43 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — While Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said firing David Ross was a “very hard decision,” he called the move to bring Craig Counsell on

Nov 7, 2023, 10:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tracking the offseason MLB trades and signings with fantasy baseball implications for the upcoming season, Eric Karabell and Tristan H. Cockcroft will analyze and provide an outlook for all of the key players involved. Play Fantasy Basketball For Free There’s still time to join or create

Associated Press Nov 7, 2023, 12:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner questioned current and former players along with staff on whether to keep Aaron Boone before deciding the New York manager will return next year. New York faded from contention by mid-August and finished 82-80, missing the playoffs

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 6, 2023, 06:14 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Seven of Major League Baseball’s most highly sought-after free agents were extended qualifying offers ahead

Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 6, 2023, 08:00 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Two of the World Series champion Texas Rangers are finalists for the American League Most Valuable Player award alongside Shohei Ohtani, and a pair of Los

Nov 6, 2023, 01:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Craig Counsell is leaving the Milwaukee Brewers to become the manager for the Chicago Cubs, sources confirmed to ESPN. Counsell’s contract is for five years and $40 million, the highest salary for any MLB manager ever, sources confirmed to ESPN. It’s a blockbuster move for Chicago,

Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 5, 2023, 07:18 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Miami Marlins hired Peter Bendix to run their baseball-operations department, poaching him from the Tampa Bay Rays in hopes of replicating the consistent success of