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1/16/2026 |  The Gap Between the Dodgers and Rest of Baseball Keeps Growing (Front Office Sports) Baseball’s mightiest team is getting mightier still, and it potentially holds large-scale implications for upcoming labor negotiations between MLB owners and players.
The Dodgers, MLB’s two-time defending champions, have struck a four-year, $240 million pact with outfielder Kyle Tucker, the consensus top available player in free agency this offseason.

1/15/2026 |  Clayton Kershaw to play for Team USA in the 2026 World Baseball Classic despite retirement from MLB (Yahoo Sports) Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw had an emotional farewell tour last year after announcing in September that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2025 MLB season. Kershaw got one more legendary moment, was able to pay tribute to Dodgers fans one more time, and walked away from MLB a champion.

1/14/2026 |  MLB free agency: Offseason winners, teams in need of a move (ESPN) With less than a month until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, Major League Baseball's free agent pool remains flush with talent. It's not just the best position player available this winter, Kyle Tucker, or arguably the best pitcher, Framber Valdez, still trawling for a representative contract. There are big bats (Bo Bichette, Cody Bellinger), front-of-the-rotation arms (Ranger Suarez, Zac Gallen), power (Eugenio Suarez), veteran pitchers (Chris Bassitt, Lucas Giolito) and even an every-day catcher (J.T. Realmuto). Even the most inactive teams have time to salvage their winter.

1/14/2026 |  Rawlings To Release Book Chronicling the Evolution of Ball Gloves (SGB UPDATE) On March 24, Rawlings, the number one baseball brand worldwide, the official glove of Major League Baseball and the creator of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, will release of the book ‘The Finest in the Field: A History of Baseball Through 50 Iconic Gloves‘, authored by award-winning writer and filmmaker Ed Wheatley, with a foreword by Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench.

1/8/2026 |  What Tarik Skubal's record arbitration case could mean for MLB (ESPN) Major League Baseball's salary arbitration system occupies a fascinating space in the sport's larger labor landscape. Starting this morning, agents will discuss with teams the salaries of around 170 players for the 2026 season. The formal deadline to reach a deal is 1 p.m. ET. The real deadline is 8 p.m. Most will come to an agreement. Some will not. Those players will file a number they want to be paid.