MLB Power Rankings Week 13: A new No. 1 and a top-5 debut - ESPN
After three weeks in which Detroit ruled our rankings, the Dodgers are back on top in Week 13.
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Red Sox LHP Garrett Crochet gets $170M extension, sources say - ESPN
Left-hander Garrett Crochet and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a six-year, $170 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, keeping the 25-year-old ace with the organization that traded for him this winter to lead its rotation.
5 trade candidates Yankees should monitor in 2025 to help replace Gerrit Cole
When Juan Soto rebuffed the Yankees' offer to stay in the Bronx, they pivoted to a new game plan — one that would strengthen their pitching staff in hopes of offsetting the possibility of diminished offensive production. Their strategy looked slick on paper. After all, adding Max Fried, the top left-handed starter on the market, and Devin Williams, a two-time All-Star and one of the best closers in the game, just days after Soto's decision to play for the Mets made for a staggering response. But, as general manager Brian Cashman likes to say, "If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans."
Yankees will likely have to wait to replace Gerrit Cole - ESPN
Gerrit Cole's season is over, now that he is headed for Tommy John surgery, and the New York Yankees will have to find a way to replicate the production of a Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, someone who is likely to one day make a speech on induction day in Cooperstown.
Yankees' Stanton receives additional injections; Gil out 3 months - ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil will be sidelined for at least three months because of his lat strain and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton would have surgery on his elbows only as a last resort, according to general manager Brian Cashman.
Hal Steinbrenner -- No edict to spend less on Yankees' payroll - ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner on Friday emphasized that he has not ordered his front office to drop the team's player payroll below the highest competitive balance tax threshold of $301 million this season.
Yankees' Marcus Stroman: 'I’m a starter. I won’t pitch in the bullpen'
Marcus Stroman reported to New York Yankees spring training on Friday after missing the first two days of workouts and said he will refuse to pitch out of the bullpen.
MLB's 5 best under-the-radar pickups from the 2025 offseason
This offseason will be remembered as the winter of Juan Soto, when the Mets emerged victorious over the Yankees for the most expensive player in the sport's history on one side of the country while the Dodgers (supposedly) broke the game with their spending on the other. Top free-agent pitchers Blake Snell, Corbin Burnes and Max Fried all found new teams, the Astros traded away Kyle Tucker and another pitching sensation out of Japan landed in Los Angeles.