A Pair of Smart, Overlooked Signings Highlight This Week in MLB
The baseball year has began rather quietly, at least compared to the frenetic pace of free agency last month. As of this morning, the two most notable acquisitions this week...
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Six Questions That Will Decide Billy Wagner’s Hall of Fame Fate
He is a borderline candidate at the trickiest position to evaluate. Let’s take a look at his Cooperstown case....
Yankees Hire Former Mets GM Omar Minaya for Front-Office Staff
Minaya was the general manager for the Mets from 2005 to ’10....
Report: Red Sox, Rafael Devers Agree to 11-Year, $331 Million Contract
The third baseman’s reported contract value ranks as the sixth highest in MLB history....
Scott Rolen Is on Pace to Make Hall of Fame History
His Cooperstown case comes down to the subtle brilliance with which he played the game....
Report: Carlos Correa’s Mets Contract to Be Altered After Physical
Correa and the Mets had originally agreed to a 12-year, $315 million deal before he underwent a physical with the team....
Francisco Rodríguez and the Curious Hall of Fame Case for Closers
K–Rod was one of the most dominant relievers of his era—and he has almost no chance of making it to Cooperstown....
Red Sox, Rafael Devers Reach Deal to Avoid Arbitration
The third baseman will return for his seventh season in Boston....
15 MLB Predictions to Ring in 2023
The rule changes will bring joy to baseball in the new year....
Let’s Remember What We’ll Forget From 2022
Many of us at Sports Illustrated have spent the last few weeks looking back on this year in sports. We combed through the catalog of stories we’ve published over the...