Though there are still free agents to be signed, let's reassess the standings now that we're midway through the offseason.

ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball games — at least in its current form — will conclude at the end of the 2025 season. ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro informed baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday morning that the network was opting out of ...

ESPN and Major League Baseball have a reworked deal that includes out-of-market streaming rights while NBC and Netflix will air games as part of a new three-year media rights agreement announced Wednesday. Commissioner Rob Manfred also was able to maximize ...

Major League Baseball has new three-year agreements with a trio of entertainment giants for the 2026-28 seasons, the league announced Wednesday. ESPN, NBC Universal, and Netflix are divvying up significant pieces of the pie, but the renewed covenant with ...

The league wants to shutter salary arbitration, erase the potential acrimony and replace it with a formula that pays players for performance -- similar to the pre-arbitration bonus system put into place in 2023 that awards those who have yet to accrue enough service time (typically three-plus years) to reap the relative riches of arbitration.

ESPN announced more game selections for its 2026 Major League Baseball schedule on Monday, including a Memorial Day matchup between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. The network will air 30 regular-season games under its new deal with MLB, a ...

Major League Baseball just made one of its most aggressive modern media plays, announcing a new set of three-year national rights agreements with ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix beginning in 2026. The move signals a shift in how baseball wants to present ...

ESPN announced more game selections for its 2026 Major League Baseball schedule on Monday, including a Memorial Day matchup between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. The network will air 30 regular-season games under its new deal with MLB, a ...

As expected, MLB.tv will be headed to ESPN for the 2026 season. The league’s out-of-market offering, essentially baseball’s version of NFL Sunday Ticket, will be housed within the ESPN app beginning next year, as Puck’s John Ourand reports that a ...

Here's what we're hearing about Ketel Marte, Alex Bregman, Bo Bichette and much more as the hot stove heats back up.