PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Pete Alonso has a message for New York Mets owner Steve Cohen: “Sorry.”

Cohen took the unprecedented step of talking about free agent negotiations publicly a few weeks ago, characterizing them as “exhausting” to a group of fans and media at the team’s Amazin’ Day event. Not long after, Cohen and baseball ops...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. – For the second straight year, questions about Juan Soto peppered Aaron Judge’s first media availability of spring training.

Only this time, Soto is an ex-teammate, rather than a new one, after signing a record-setting, 15-year, $765 million contract with the crosstown rival Mets. The Yankees, unable to retain the 26-year-old ...Read more

FORT MYERS, Fla. – On the first day of spring training for the 2025 Boston Red Sox, Rafael Devers made one thing abundantly clear:

He does not want to cede third base. Full stop.

Even with the arrival of Gold Glover Alex Bregman on a three-year, $120 million contract and the overall infield alignment up in the air, Devers said he was ...Read more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The New York Mets are confident they have a good amount of starting pitching depth. That depth will be tested right out of the gate as right-hander Frankie Montas has been shut down with a high-grade lat strain.

Given the timing of the injury, the Mets’ new right-hander will miss a significant amount of time. Montas ...Read more

TEMPE, Ariz. — When former manager Joe Maddon publicly broached the idea of Mike Trout moving to a corner outfield spot at the start of spring training three years ago, Trout quickly quashed that idea by insisting that he was a center fielder.

The harsh reality that has hit Trout in the years since makes it a different conversation this time....Read more

PHOENIX — At the end of an otherwise celebratory offseason, the Dodgers had to take a critical look at one of their biggest organizational flaws this winter.

In the weeks leading up to spring training, team officials engaged in what they described as a "deep dive" into their spate of pitching injuries in recent years. They called meetings ...Read more

SARASOTA, Fla. — Last spring, no Oriole had more to play for in camp than pitcher Cole Irvin.

The left-hander was coming off a disappointing 2023 campaign in Baltimore, and he spent that offseason training hard to make 2024 a better year. That spring, it appeared as if he did just that.

Irvin’s offseason velocity gains were evident from ...Read more

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Earning back the trust of Chicago White Sox fans won’t be easy after last year’s record-setting 121-loss season.

The evidence is everywhere. SoxFest was downsized to a South Side theater, and the Sox still couldn’t fill that small venue. Fans booed when director of player personnel Gene Watson told them the front ...Read more

MESA, Ariz. — In the quiet moments on a 75-degree day at Chicago Cubs camp, Ryne Sandberg leaned against the cage taking in batting practice.

To the Baseball Hall of Famer’s left stood shortstop Dansby Swanson, the two sharing notes on spring training strategies and how to prepare as a hitter over the course of the six weeks to be ready for...Read more

SARASOTA, Fla. — The Orioles saw two versions of Adley Rutschman in 2024. The first was the All-Star, one of baseball’s best young catchers and a player who had been on nothing but an upward trajectory since being drafted first overall in 2019. The second was a shell of that hitter, whose power and on-base percentage disappeared in the ...Read more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Considering he’s played for three different teams already, this isn’t Juan Soto‘s first rodeo. But it’s the 26-year-old’s first in Port St. Lucie, as the newest star of the Mets. And for the first time in about five years, he didn’t have to answer any questions about where he would be playing in the future.

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FORT MYERS, Fla. – When Alex Bregman put on a Red Sox jersey for the first time on Sunday morning, it was a full-circle moment and a destination decades in the making.

It began long before Bregman was born into his baseball-loving family. His grandfather, the late Stanley Bregman, was chief legal counsel to the Washington Senators, and as ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Growing up in Encino, California, Max Fried had the privilege of learning from a seven-time All-Star and World Series champion.

That would be Reggie Smith, who spent 17 seasons in the majors with the Red Sox, Cardinals, Dodgers and Giants. His Dodgers beat the Yankees in the 1981 Fall Classic, but Smith only played a small role ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — With Yankees position players reporting to camp on Sunday, Aaron Boone shared a few new injury updates.

The most notable pertained to Giancarlo Stanton, who is “a little behind” due to some issues with both of his elbows that date back to late last season and the playoffs. Stanton, who enjoyed a torrent postseason, played ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Turns out, silence was preferable.

Who knew?

All these weeks later, we thought we wanted to hear from the Rays. We thought we needed clarity and fresh ideas on the stadium stalemate. Instead, when Rays executives went on a team-sponsored radio show Thursday evening, they aired old gripes and grievances.

Apparently, ...Read more

NEW YORK — With the arrival of pitchers and catchers, one of the coldest and miserly baseball offseasons in memory is nearing conclusion, and it can’t be understated that, other than the Dodgers, Yankees and Mets (on one player), hardly any team spent any money.

Something strange is definitely going on when (1) 22 of 30 teams have cut ...Read more

MESA, Ariz. — Chicago Cubs top prospect Matt Shaw admittedly kept an eye on the team’s free-agent pursuit of third baseman Alex Bregman.

A front-runner entering spring training to win the starting job at third, Shaw gained clarity on how his camp might play out after Bregman signed Wednesday night with the Boston Red Sox. The Massachusetts ...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Bryce Harper didn’t play in the Phillies’ regular-season finale last year. With little to do before the game in Washington, he made small talk with a reporter about his strict adherence to an all-natural diet.

“I’m super overboard,” he said.

Harper revealed that he avoids seed oils, orders grass-fed beef from a ...Read more