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Ex-MLB All-Star DFA'd by Brewers: ‘A really fun ride’
June 18, 2022 | 10:45pmMilwaukee Brewers veteran outfielder Lorenzo Cain is moving onto greener pastures.
How the Mets can use Steve Cohen’s megabucks to trade for 2022 upgrades and potential future saviors
November 24, 2021 | 7:40amThe best Mets trades might be for overpaid roster depth -- and the potential studs who come with them
Solution to Mets' outfield puzzle being held hostage: Sherman
January 13, 2021 | 2:38pmThe Mets have steadily addressed their checklist this offseason even while paralysis has overtaken most other clubs. They wanted to fortify the rotation, bullpen and catching while improving depth and...
Star outfielder opts out of MLB season
August 1, 2020 | 3:51pmAs questions circulate of the potential of a pause or cancellation of the 60-game season, the first big name has opted out since the abbreviated campaign began. Brewers center fielder...
Aaron Judge wins a reward for his defense
November 7, 2019 | 3:40amAaron Judge is more than just a home run hitter, and he received an award that proved it. The New York Yankees right fielder was one of nine players to...
Cody Bellinger snaps out of it with clutch hit
October 14, 2018 | 12:03amCody Bellinger’s recent doldrums cost him a start Saturday for the Dodgers, but that didn’t derail him. Last season’s NL Rookie of the Year snapped an 0-for-15 postseason skid with...
$70M for Gregorius? Five questions Yankees should mull early
October 11, 2018 | 2:44pmFree agency is vital to the Yankees -- 2019-20 free agency that is. Of course they must delve into starters in the coming market and determine if they can retain...
How free-agent busts could reshape the future of MLB
May 26, 2018 | 2:48pmThis past offseason was considered the worst ever for free agents. Might we say that about the actual season as well? Technically, Shohei Ohtani was a free agent, though due...
The Mets might already have the next Lorenzo Cain
January 27, 2018 | 12:33pmLorenzo Cain did not have an above-average offensive campaign or play more than 115 games until his age-28 season in 2014. He hit 16 homers the following year in his...
How the Brewers broke through in a dead offseason
January 26, 2018 | 11:00amScore two for the little guy. In a span of about 90 minutes Thursday night, the Brewers engineered one of the biggest trades of the offseason for outfielder Christian Yelich...
Re-thinking where MLB's top 10 free agents will (eventually) sign
January 13, 2018 | 3:36pmOn Nov. 6, The Post published our Top 30 free-agent rankings and predictions. Since then … not a heck of a lot has happened. Just 11 of those 30 have...
A guide for MLB free agents to thaw out the spending freeze
January 13, 2018 | 2:05pmMajor League Baseball, land of (relative) opportunity and parity, should be thankful The Post has to reach for an NBA analogy to aptly describe this current Hot Stove league: The...
Predicting the next shock in MLB's offseason of them
December 10, 2017 | 5:13pmLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The offseason officially began at 11:58 p.m. Nov. 1, when Jose Altuve flipped to Yuli Gurriel to retire Corey Seager and unleash a celebration of...
Explaining Eric Hosmer to the Red Sox and 29 other free-agent decisions
November 9, 2017 | 1:49pmFree agency is upon us, and I’d be surprised if we got through next week’s general managers’ and owners’ meetings without some significant signings. After what transpired last January —...
Top 30 free-agent predictions: Yankees, Red Sox make splashes
November 6, 2017 | 5:16pmReady or not, here come the Post’s Top 30 free-agent rankings and predictions. Baseball’s five-day quiet period after the World Series concludes at midnight Monday into Tuesday, at which point...
Five ways to fix the Mets from the bargain bins
September 30, 2017 | 1:04pmIf money is no object in free agency this offseason, the Mets should simply embrace the 2015 Royals team that beat them in the World Series. They should sign Wade...
Fantasy baseball heat turns up as MLB firesales near
June 27, 2017 | 9:47pmWhen the Marlins traded shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria to the Rays on Monday, it officially put fantasy baseball owners on notice that the MLB trade deadline is approaching rapidly and a...
The bizarre role reversal of a strange Yankees-Royals series
May 16, 2017 | 8:38pmKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The juxtaposition is shocking, stunning. For so many years the Yankees would make their annual pilgrimage to Kansas City — home of their farm team once...
The Royals are ready for a fire sale they don't want
March 12, 2017 | 11:08pmSURPRISE, Ariz. — Royals GM Dayton Moore has informed outside executives that if his team is not contending come July that it is open season on his walk-year core position...
Royals are a mega-talented sell-off just waiting to happen
November 8, 2016 | 10:45amSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Royals are trapped between wanting this good era to last and knowing it can’t last much longer, certainly with this group of players. It is possible...