Baseball

11/24/2025 |  Munetaka Murakami landing spots: Ranking all 30 teams' odds of landing NPB slugger in free agency (CBS Sports) The offseason's most exciting and highest-upside free agent might not be Kyle Tucker or Bo Bichette, or even Cody Bellinger or Dylan Cease. Star Japanese third baseman Munetaka Murakami, he of the 56 home runs in 2022 and 22 home runs in 56 games in 2025, has been posted for MLB teams. The soon-to-be 26-year-old is bringing his prodigious power stateside in 2026.    

11/24/2025 |  2025-26 MLB free agency, trade grades: Offseason analysis (ESPN) It's hot stove season! The 2025-26 MLB offseason is officially here, and we have you covered with grades and analysis for every major signing and trade this winter.
Whether it's a big-money free agent signing that changes the course of your team's future or a blockbuster trade, we'll weigh in with what it all means for next season and beyond.

11/24/2025 |  Shohei Ohtani's Bat From Historic 2024 Season Sells for $300,000 at Auction (Fox Sports) A bat used by Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani to hit five home runs during the 2024 MLB season, when he became the first major league player to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases, was sold at auction for $300,000.
The second home run ball Ohtani hit out of Dodger Stadium during his historic performance in Game 4 of this season's National League Championship Season went for $270,000.

11/21/2025 |  Will Braves rebound from dreadful 2025? Targets, trade chips as Atlanta looks to prove last year was a fluke (CBS Sports) After a run of seven straight playoff trips -- including a 2021 World Series title -- things came to a screeching halt for the Braves in 2025. They started 0-7, climbed to above .500 at 24-23, but then things fell off the proverbial rails for good. The low point was 19 games under .500 (48-67) on Aug. 8.

11/21/2025 |  Should the Pirates trade Paul Skenes? Pros and cons of a blockbuster deal for the Cy Young winner (CBS Sports) The Pittsburgh Pirates secured the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft thanks in part to a 100-loss season in 2022. I say "in part" because the Pirates actually didn't have the worst record in baseball that year. It was the first time ever that MLB used a draft lottery and the Pirates were the first ever winners.