Will Leitch

It’d be tough to come up with any bigger kickoff to the Winter Meetings than the news that the Mets have signed Juan Soto to the largest contract in baseball history, a stunning 15-year, $765 million deal. With the news breaking late Sunday night, it’s fair to say you’ll see

Nolan Arenado is on a Hall of Fame path. The 33-year-old is an eight-time All-Star and a 10-time Gold Glove Award winner, and -- despite a slight downtick at the plate last year -- still someone who can be a solid contributor to a team in hot pursuit of a

One of the warmest sights in baseball these past two seasons has been seeing Andrew McCutchen back in a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform -- it just looked right, didn’t it? When someone returns to their old team, it can make you feel like everything is coming full circle and all is

No one thought the Dodgers were just going to rest on their laurels after winning their eighth World Series last month, but even for them, bringing in Blake Snell, the two-time Cy Young winner and best starting pitcher on the market, for five years and $182 million was jarring. Clearly,

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. In the words of a great bird I once met, “Gobble, gobble.” Thanksgiving is not a holiday traditionally associated with baseball, but if you’re reading a baseball site on Thanksgiving Day, you know that in a just world, every holiday is one associated with baseball. So, today,

On Monday, the winners of the American League and National League Rookie of the Year Awards will be announced on MLB Network. You really can’t go wrong with any of the three finalists in either league, but I found myself, as I looked over the NL trio, feeling like there

The St. Louis Cardinals, for the second time in a row and the fifth time in the last decade, missed the playoffs in 2024. Perhaps most ominously, a sense has crept in -- among the fanbase and even the organization itself -- that the Cardinals are no longer on the

The World Series is over, the Hot Stove is warming up and there are pumpkins and turkeys everywhere you look. Every team’s roster is in a bit of flux, but we still have an idea of what they might look like, what they might be trying to add, and what

The American and National League finalists for the four major Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) awards were all announced on Monday night, and it’s tough to argue with any of the 24 total selections: Lots of players (and managers!) had terrific seasons. But while the three finalists for each

The World Series is over, the Hot Stove is warming up and there are pumpkins and turkeys everywhere you look. Every team’s roster is in a bit of flux, but we still have an idea of what they might look like, what they might be trying to add, and what