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Joey Votto posted a video on social media Sunday thanking the people of Cincinnati, one day after his 17-year career with the Reds apparently came to an end.

Nick Martinez has become a free agent after the Padres and the right-hander declined options for 2024 and 2025.

The Tigers have acquired veteran outfielder Mark Canha from the Brewers in return for minor league pitcher Blake Holub.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a compete game with a Japan Series-record 14 strikeouts to help the Orix Buffaloes defeat the Hanshin Tigers and force a decisive Game 7. The appearance could be Yamamoto's last in Japan before he is posted for MLB teams.

Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman has opted out of his contract, forgoing his $21 million salary for 2024, a source confirmed to ESPN. Also, the Reds declined to pick up first baseman Joey Votto's $20 million club option.

Cubs slugger Cody Bellinger declined his end of a $25 million mutual option for 2024 on Friday and will test the free-agent market coming off a bounce-back season.

Clayton Kershaw announced that he had surgery on his throwing shoulder but hopes to return next summer.

Tens of thousands Rangers fans lined up and stacked dozens deep in some areas along a 2-mile route near the team's ballpark for a parade to celebrate the franchise's first World Series championship.

The Toronto Blue Jays and Whit Merrifield both declined his $18 million mutual option for 2024, making the three-time All-Star a free agent.

Nielsen and Fox said Thursday the World Series averaged 9.11 million viewers, less than the 9.79 million average from the 2020 series.

Shohei Ohtani, Cody Bellinger and Blake Snell were among the 130 MLB players to become free agents Thursday, with contract talks eligible to begin Monday.

Atlanta right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. was voted player of the year and the National League's outstanding player by fellow major leaguers in the annual Players Choice Awards

Major League Baseball avoided a possible U.S. Supreme Court challenge to its antitrust exemption when it settled a federal lawsuit and two in New York State court filed by minor league teams who lost their big league affiliations.

Max Muncy, who had a career-high 105 RBIs and tied his personal best with 36 homers in 2023, has reached a 2-year, $24 million deal with the Dodgers.

Nelson Cruz, the MVP of the 2011 ALCS with the Rangers who has 464 career home runs with eight teams, has said that he's retiring after 19 MLB seasons.

Pitcher Colin Rea will be back with the Brewers next season after the two sides agreed to one-year deal with a club option for 2025.

The Rays reinstated Wander Franco to the 40-man roster in a procedural move.

Passion, camaraderie and dominating the fundamentals. Here's how Texas' season-long philosophy propelled the franchise to its first title.

For his present as much as his past, Bochy has cemented himself in the pantheon of Hall of Fame managers.

The Braves enter the offseason as the consensus favorite to win next year's World Series, but the odds could change significantly depending on where marquee free agent Shohei Ohtani lands.