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Dodgers’ Will Smith agrees to multi-year contract extension

The catcher, whose deal could be as long as 10 years, had one more year of arbitration eligibility left and could've become a free agent after the 2025 season

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Los Angeles Dodgers Trade T.J. McFarland To Oakland Athletics

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced they've traded T.J. McFarland to the Oakland Athletics for cash...

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Grading the Mets’ J.D. Martinez signing

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Yet another one-year deal with upside that fills a clear hole on the roster. In a move that will almost certainly serve as the capstone to the Mets’ offseason, the team signed J.D. Martinez to a 1-year, $12M deal. Martinez, 36, was one of a handful of high-quality free agents left out in the cold until this point of the offseason despite a strong 2023 showing with the Dodgers. The contract he finally settled for comes with significant deferrals; Martinez will make only $4.5M in 2024, with the remaining $7.5M deferred until...

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Today in White Sox History: March 24

Bobby Knoop didn’t stick around Chicago long as a player, but suited up for two of the 17 worst White Sox seasons ever, in 1969 and 1970. | B Bennett/ Three trades, three modest returns 1962 White Sox third baseman Andy Carey, traded to Philadelphia on December 15, is instead dealt to the Los Angeles Dodgers after refusing to report to the Phillies. Carey, just 30 but a veteran having played for nearly all of the 1950s with the New York Yankees, didn’t want to be shuttled (with no say) to his fourth team in four years. As he was a California native, the White Sox...

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Clayton Kershaw: Free Agency For 2024 Presented First ‘Big Decision’

The Los Angeles Dodgers re-signing Clayton Kershaw was one of their final pieces to an otherworldly...

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Alexander: This is the Dodgers’ year … or else

After more than $1 billion in free-agent signings, the heat, it says here, is squarely on Dodgers manager Dave Roberts as the 2024 season begins.

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Dodgers Minor League Free Agent Justin Wilson Signs With Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds announced the signing of Justin Wilson to a one-year contract for the 2024 season...

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Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Caleb Ferguson

Photo by Norm Hall/ The former Dodger brings some much-needed lefty experience to the Yankees bullpen. The Yankees bullpen underwent something of a mini-overhaul this offseason, with stalwarts Michael King and Wandy Peralta departing for San Diego. New York replaced those outgoing arms by swinging a pair of trades with the Dodgers for a duo of lefty relievers in Victor González and Caleb Ferguson. Sam previewed the former last month, so today let’s look at what the newest member of the New York bullpen can offer in 2024. 2023 Stats: 68 games, 60.1 IP, 3.43 ERA (127...

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Phil Bickford is one of several Mets pitchers vying for a bullpen spot

Photo by Rich Storry/ Picked up in a trade with the Dodgers last year, Bickford remains in the mix. When it comes to deciding the final composition of their Opening Day bullpen, the Mets still have some work to do. With a few bullpen spots claimed by sure-thing major league pitchers, at least one or two spots are still up for grabs, and the team has a bunch of pitchers—most of them without options remaining—trying to claim one. Enter Phil Bickford, a 28-year-old right-handed pitcher traded to the Mets by the Dodgers at the deadline last summer. On the Los Angeles...

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Things We’re Afraid Of In 2024: Re-Losing A Previously Lost Trade

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via It’s bad enough we certainly lost the Mookie Betts trade. Anyone wondering about the return from the return? Mookie Betts was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers more than four years ago. It became the legacy move of an executive who is no longer with our organization, catapulting him into infamy in an instant. If you hate articles that are published after 2019, and especially the fateful day of September 14, 2023, when Bloom was let go, referring to this trade, this may not be the article for you. Or, since it doesn’t...

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Justin Wilson Opts Out Of Dodgers Contract To Become free Agent

Justin Wilson joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in February on a Minor League contract with an outside...

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Blue Jays Birthdays: Raul Mondesi and Jerry Howarth

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports Raul Mondesi turns 53 today. Raul had a 13-year MLB career, spent mostly with the Dodgers, but he spent two and a half seasons with the Blue Jays. We traded for Mondesi from the Dodgers (with Pedro Borbon) for Shawn Green. The Green trade wasn’t something the Jays wanted to do, but Green demanded a trade when the team hired Cito Gaston as the hitting coach. Green didn’t get along with Cito when he first came to the majors, and Cito was the manager. Cito liked players to pull the ball, and Green preferred to hit to all fields. They...

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Outside The Confines: It might as well be Spring (Training)

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/ The Red Sox lock up a young pitcher. There are still a lot of unsigned free agents. The Dodgers and Padres are heading to Korea. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Red Sox have agreed to a six-year, $55 million contract extension with right-hander Brayan Bello. There is a team option for a seventh year at $21 million. There are still a lot of unsigned free agents. Gabe Lacques brings you the best 13 still on the market. Michael Baumann examines how long can the free agent pitchers continue to stay unsigned...

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Kiké Hernández bemoans 'shameful' free-agent market, but is grateful for return to Dodgers

Kiké Hernández says being back with the Dodgers "feels like home," but he didn't enjoy the free agency process during an offseason he describes as "weird."

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Kiké Hernández: Dodgers Were Free Agency Decision Over Yankees Because Of Guarantee

With the Boston Red Sox facing a roster crunch at the 2023 trade deadline, it created an opportunity...

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NYY News: A surprise second-place finish

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Kiké Hernandez was down to Yankees or Dodgers before signing in LA; profiling the newest Yankees analyst making the numbers more palatable; Poteet leans on fellow UCLA alum in finding his footing; Mets considered signing former Yankee closer. MLB Trade Rumors | Darragh McDonald: Kiké Hernandez finalized a deal to return to the Dodgers this week after LA managed to move Manuel Margot’s contract to the Twins, and it was the destination he clearly wanted to go to all along. What was surprising, however, was who came in as the...

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Hearing from newest Orioles Wong and Teheran on their first day in camp

SARASOTA, Fla. – The Orioles might not be a last-chance stop for pitcher Julio Teheran and second baseman Kolten Wong. However, they’re grateful to be detached from the free-agent market and the uncertainty in their futures, and hope to seize the opportunity as late arrivals in camp.Their minor league deals became official yesterday and they found their lockers this morning at the Ed Smith Stadium complex.Wong, 33, is trying to bounce back from a hugely disappointing 2023 season, when he batted .165/.241/.227 in 67 games with the Mariners and was released Aug. 3. The Dodgers signed him...

The MLB Whip crew discuss potential trades ahead of the deadline | MLB WHIPAROUND

The MLB Whip crew discuss potential trades ahead of the deadline. Will the Dodgers make a move? And where will Madison Bumgarner end up? Nick Swisher and Mark Sweeney discuss the possibilities. #FOXSports #MLB #MLBTrade #NickSwisher #MarkSweeney

JP Morosi breaks down why LA should target Felipe Vazquez at trade deadline | MLB WHIPAROUND

JP Morosi and Dontrelle Willis join Kevin Burkhardt to discuss why Felipe Vazquez would be the perfect fit for the Dodgers bullpen. #FOXSports #MLB #KevinBurkhardt #FelipeVazquez #Dodgers

Frank Thomas on Bryce Harper's walk off and Cleveland's trade deadline strategy | MLB WHIPAROUND

Frank Thomas and Terry Collins join Chris Myers to discuss Bryce Harper's walk off single against the Dodgers and whether the Indians will be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline. #FOXSports #MLB #BryceHarper #Dodgers #Indians