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Mets' stud pitching prospect won't be called up as a reliever
If Anthony Kay receives a promotion to the Mets this season, it likely will be in his natural role as a starting pitcher. A day after the organization’s top pitching...
Matt Kemp becomes the Mets' latest veteran option in outfield
Yoenis Cespedes won’t be walking through the door at any point this summer to help the Mets, but another former All-Star slugger might have the opportunity. In a low-risk, potential...
Dodgers clear room for Bryce Harper, send Puig, Kemp to Reds
The Dodgers appear to be gearing up for a run at Bryce Harper. In a Friday afternoon mega-deal, Los Angeles traded outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp, pitcher Alex Wood...
Red Sox weapon thinks Yankees are grooming a 'superstar'
BOSTON — The good scouts know tools and how a player projects. The analytics arms of organizations understand numbers. However, nobody knows players better than players. According to Red Sox...
Near-brawl erupts after vicious collision at home plate
LOS ANGELES — First, there was a violent play at the plate that led to two ejections and a benches-clearing incident. Then the game was won on a play at...
Race to be MLB's first $400 million man is as close as ever
Woven into this season is a competition for next offseason, namely: Who wins the financial game between Bryce Harper and Manny Machado? So far it is close with both sporting...
Another MLB titan could now rival Yanks' might next offseason
The free agent market got a lot more interesting Saturday — that would be the free agent market next winter. The Yankees signed CC Sabathia for $10 million. In one...
Padres slink away from spotlight after high-profile disaster
PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres have reentered baseball’s witness protection program. For a few heady months last year, San Diego went from non-contending and nondescript to the most talked about...
$310M Dodgers -- like Yankees -- seeing fallout of half measures
The Dodgers spent $310 million-plus on payroll this season, yet were on the brink of elimination going into Tuesday’s Game 4 of the NL Division Series because they prioritized the...
How to diagnose MLB's early flukes, fads and flops
We spend an offseason formulating questions, and then a season answering them. Or changing them, or changing them back. I am not even sure, for example, where we are on...
Inside the absurd luxuries of the Dodgers' $270M payroll
The Dodgers’ payroll is so huge it comes in three parts: The one with those playing for them, the one with those still employed by the organization but not playing...
Time to re-evaluate MLB's offseason winners and losers
TAMPA -- First, let's catch up on Pop Quiz questions: 1. From Bob Franzem of Queens: Name the catcher who appeared as himself in a 1959 episode of "Lassie." 2. From...
A new environment, a new fantasy baseball hope for these players
There comes a time in a baseball player’s career when getting a fresh start in a new town is exactly what is needed to spark something special, even if good...
Did Padres sacrifice a coherent roster on altar of star power?
What has stood out about the Gregg Popovich Spurs is just how much sense they always make as a team. They accumulate talent that fits together. This allows them to...
The 50 most fascinating figures in baseball
Rob Manfred’s crises are coming. They are unavoidable when you are the commissioner of a major sport. They also are mostly unpredictable in their scope, timing and content. Maybe you...
Meet the 'maverick’ who impossibly made Padres the talk of baseball
When the Padres surprisingly hired A.J. Preller as their new general manager in August, team president Mike Dee described him as the candidate who would be best at bringing in...
Why James Shields is a risk the hyperactive Padres had to take
The Padres spent most of this offseason aggressively retooling the worst offense in the majors. But in the week before camps opened, the Padres could not ignore a pitching gift that...
Mets must prove they don't have creativity gap with NL rivals
When this offseason began, you could make a case the Mets, Marlins, Cubs and Padres were in similar places: National League teams that had skewed young and inexpensive to try...
Padres' deal-making fervor might backfire in big way
At the Winter Meetings, I sensed a frustration growing among executives toward new Padres general manager A.J. Preller. There was a feeling his frenetic nature had him shopping in so...
With Justin Upton shocker, Padres assemble monster outfield
The Padres continued their madcap Hot Stove season on Friday by trading for slugging Braves outfielder Justin Upton, according to multiple reports. The 27-year-old Upton, who is eligible to become...