Shohei Ohtani captures back-to-back NL MVPs; AL MVP race has close finish
Shohei Ohtani spoke with Tom Verducci after the Los Angeles Dodgers' Game 3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series.
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2025-26 MLB offseason: Best fits for top free agents - ESPN
There is no Juan Soto in MLB free agency this year. There is definitely no Shohei Ohtani. But although there might not be a player who will inspire people to track the flight paths of private jets on social media, it's an intriguing class of free agents nonetheless — one especially deep in power hitters.
MLB Awards: Ohtani, Judge, Raleigh Are MVP Finalists; Yamamoto on Cy Young List
Are Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge set to repeat as MLB MVPs? Who between Paul Skenes, Cristopher Sánchez, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will win the NL Cy Young? The league announced the finalists for its major end-of-season awards from the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Monday. The full list:
Source: Mets hiring hitting coach Troy Snitker in staff overhaul - ESPN
NEW YORK — The New York Mets are hiring Troy Snitker as their hitting coach, a source confirmed to ESPN, as the club continues overhauling its coaching staff after a frustrating 2025 season that ended without a postseason berth.
Mariners mull strategies for pitching to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - ESPN
TORONTO — In a postseason that has included the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh, the Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been the best hitter — to the degree that the biggest question going into Game 7 of the American League Championship Series is whether the Seattle Mariners will give him opportunities to swing the bat.
2025 MLB playoffs: How Vlad Jr., Blue Jays bet on each other - ESPN
SIX MONTHS AGO, just seven games into the 2025 season, the Toronto Blue Jays arrived in Queens with uncertainty hovering over Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s future. New York Mets fans, hopeful that their team could eventually land the impending free agent and partner him with Juan Soto, welcomed the first baseman with notably loud cheers at Citi Field to open the weekend series. Guerrero and the Blue Jays had failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension before an arbitrary mid-February deadline, and the drama would not die.
Yankees' Cody Bellinger plans for free agency, says source - ESPN
As expected, New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger plans to opt out of his contract and become a free agent next month, a source told ESPN.
Kershaw roughed up in relief as Dodgers drop Game 3 of NLDS - ESPN
LOS ANGELES — Tanner Scott was absent for what was later described as a personal matter, two other left-handed relievers had already been used, and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn't want to use his three best relievers — two of them converted starting pitchers — in a deficit.