At the start of the offseason, 15 position players appeared on the top 30 free-agent list crafted by MLB.com's Mark Feinsand. In the wake of a free-agent frenzy that saw Kyle Tucker head to Hollywood, Bo Bichette land in Queens and Cody Bellinger re-up in the Bronx, only two of...
This analysis was originally published on Dec. 18, 2025. The Rangers acquired All-Star left-hander MacKenzie Gore from the Nationals for five prospects. The Mets also traded for Freddy Peralta on Wednesday, acquiring him from the Brewers for two prospects....
Can Imanaga bounce back in '26? Here's what it would take
On the heels of a strong 2025 season in which the Cubs won 92 games, defeated the Padres in the three-game Wild Card Series and lost in five games in the NLDS against the division-rival Brewers, Chicago has been one of the most active teams this offseason.
Netting Alex Bregman...
Bryce Harper “had a very good year … I don’t think he had an elite year,” said Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski earlier this winter.
While Dombrowski wasn’t really incorrect in that statement – Harper did hit 27 homers, but failed to earn a place either on an...
Why Yankees' newest pitcher is a big breakout candidate
Ryan Weathers is more than just a stopgap for the Yankees while Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón get healthy.
The 26-year-old left-hander, who was acquired in a trade with the Marlins on Tuesday, actually offers a lot of upside to the Bronx Bombers' pitching staff in 2026.
Weathers is a...
How moving to a new home park could unleash Tucker
The reason the Dodgers gave Kyle Tucker a massive contract – and the Mets tried to do the same, and the Blue Jays too – is pretty obvious. Their outfield was a relatively poor unit, and Tucker is a star, ranking as a top-10 position player in the sport over...
Making sense of Bellinger's latest complicated free agency
It feels like we’ve been here before. It feels like we’re always here, actually, asking: Hey, what kind of player is Cody Bellinger? What kind of contract should he get?
It was the question after the disastrous 2021-’22 that got him non-tendered by the Dodgers. (He got one year, $17.5...
Bregman is exactly the type of hitter the Cubs wanted. Here's why
The Cubs' lineup has a type. And Alex Bregman is it.
One of the biggest keys to the Cubs' transformation from a middle-of-the-pack offense in 2024 to a powerhouse playoff offense in 2025 was the way the team adopted a pull power approach up and down the lineup.
With Chicago's...
The future Hall of Famers we will see play in 2026
Ahead of the 2016 season, we took our first attempt to identify the future Hall of Famers we would see playing in the Majors that year. It's now become an annual tradition at around this time.
It’s been enough years now that some of those names are, indeed, in the...