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The New York Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Atlanta Braves' Austin Riley are among the players headed to salary arbitration hearings after failing to reach contracts with their teams.

With eight family members in the stands on Tuesday, Los Angeles first baseman Freddie Freeman made his spring debut for the Dodgers, lining an opposite-field single and grounding out against the Cincinnati Reds.

MLB and the players' union have agreed to rule tweaks, a source confirmed -- including keeping the automatic runner in extra innings and a change that will make it easier for the Angels to keep Shohei Ohtani's bat in the lineup on his start days.

Pete Alonso, coming off a season in which he led the New York Mets in nearly every major batting category, agreed with the team on a one-year, $7.4 million deal to avoid arbitration, sources told ESPN.

Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. won't play in any of Atlanta's spring training games as he continues to recover from tearing the ACL in his right knee.

Mayor Eric Adams said New York City's pro sports teams will have to wait their turn to see any loosening of COVID-19 vaccination mandates.

Starting pitcher Luis Castillo (shoulder) and shortstop Jose Barrero (hand) are among the Cincinnati Reds sidelined by injuries, the team announced Tuesday.

Matt Chapman, who was acquired by the Blue Jays in a trade with Oakland on March 16, has agreed to a two-year, $25 million extension with Toronto that buys out his final two years of arbitration, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Teams have never spent this much in an offseason before. Here's why -- and what it means for the sport.

A super fan named Jason Vass owns 100,000-plus Ken Griffey Jr. baseball cards, a world record. The reason for his love of Griffey goes deep -- really deep.

Eric Karabell identifies the players he is willing to reach for a little bit in fantasy baseball drafts in order to make sure that they do, in fact, end up on his roster.

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses what he learned from his Tout Wars NL-only draft and the key takeaways you should consider heading into your own drafts.

Two days after agreeing to a deal that makes him the highest-paid infielder in baseball, Carlos Correa walked into the Twins clubhouse and introduced himself to almost everyone inside. "He's a guy you want on your team. Period," said Tyler Duffey.

Max Scherzer found the strike zone with 55 of his 72 pitches in his Mets spring debut. He surrendered three hits and didn't walk anyone, while striking out five Marlins.

After missing the first week of camp for personal reasons, Yadier Molina arrived at the Cardinals' complex on Monday for what will likely be his final spring training.

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a solid spring training debut on the mound Monday, striking out five batters while giving up one run over 2 1/3 innings for the Angels.

A letter from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to Yankees GM Brian Cashman regarding the league's findings of its investigation of the team's involvement in sign stealing will be made public.

Infielder Ryan McMahon and the Colorado Rockies agreed on a six-year, $70 million contract extension Monday, capping a week of spending in which the team guaranteed more than a quarter-billion dollars in salary, sources told ESPN.

Eric Karabell discusses what he learned from his Tout Wars mixed-league draft and the key takeaways you should consider heading into your own drafts.

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