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Mets’, Angels’ J.D. Martinez offers aren’t quite there yet

The Angels and Mets bid for free agent DH J.D. Martinez, and while he likes both teams, apparently the offers were too low for his liking.

Royals Review

Royals trade partner history: The Brewers

Photo by Ron Schwane/ The Royals have done quite well in deals with the Brew Crew. This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. So far, we have looked back at trades with the Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Orioles, White Sox, Angels, and Marlins. Today we look at the history of deals with the Milwaukee Brewers Total number of Royals/Brewers trades: 29 The Royals and Brewers have had a bunch of trades together, and the Royals have come out on the positive end of a lot of them. There were some terrific trades that don’t even make the...

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2024 MLB Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The Angels took a gamble when they decided to be buyers during last season’s trade deadline, and now they are trying to recover from their huge flop. The 1920 Red Sox went 72-81-1 the year after selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees during the offseason — which, to be fair, was a three-game improvement from the previous season with him. That’s the most recent precedent of a team losing their two-way star that has elite talent both ways. For the Angels, life marches on without Ohtani and a familiar story: they have a promising lineup,...

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Royals trade partner history: The Marlins

Photo by Brad Mangin/MLB Photos via The Royals don’t deal with Fish too much. This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. So far, we have looked back at trades with the Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Orioles, White Sox, and Angels. Today we look at the history of deals with the Miami Marlins. Total number of Royals/Marlins trades: 13 The two teams haven’t engaged on very many big trades together, and hardly any have worked out well for the Royals. Kansas City did unload former All-Star reliever Aaron Crow on the Marlins, but the...

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State of the Position, 2024: First Base

Photo by John E. Moore III/ Kris Bryant is projected to start at first every day, but those plans could still change One year ago, our State of the Position article for first base was titled “The Rockies Have A Traffic Jam at First Base.” Entering the 2023 season, the Colorado Rockies had C.J. Cron ready to man the position until he was either traded or departed via free agency. When he was traded to the Los Angeles Angels in July, the plan of succession seemed fairly simple. However, as has been the case for a few seasons now, the Rockies once again find...

MLB.com FastCast: Angels sign closer Allen - 1/18/19

The Angels add free-agent closer Cody Allen, Avisail Garcia officially joins the Rays, plus the Manny Machado rumor mill keeps churning About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United

Junichi Tazawa is a free agent for the 2019 season

Junichi Tazawa will enter free agency in 2019 after splitting time pitching for the Marlins and Angels in 2018 About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and consists of 3

Blake Wood becomes a free agent before 2019 season

Right-hander Blake Wood will enter free agency before the 2019 season after pitching in 13 games with the Angels in 2018 About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and con