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MLB Season Preview: Playoff Predictions, Award Picks and Division Reports

The 2026 MLB season begins tonight. Here’s how we see it playing out.

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2026 AL West Division Preview: Mariners Should Slam Astros’ Title Window Shut

Seattle won its division for the first time since 2001 last year, and looks well equipped to do so again as Houston’s core continues to age.

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2026 AL East Division Preview: Orioles’ Spending Spree Sets Up Potential Bloodbath

MLB’s best division is chock full of playoff contenders. Who will emerge from the mayhem?

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2026 NL West Division Preview: Dodgers’ Stranglehold Should Grow Tighter

Los Angeles has won its division 12 of the last 13 years, yet only cleared San Diego by three games last season. That looks set to change.

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2026 AL Central Division Preview: Tigers or Royals Should Steal Crown From Guardians

Detroit and Kansas City appears to be a cut above the rest of their rivals, though Cleveland is the division’s two-time defending champ for a reason.

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2026 NL East Division Preview: Reshuffled Mets Aim to Dethrone Phillies

The Phillies won their second straight division title last season. Can Philadelphia do so again and keep its title window open?

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2026 NL Central Division Preview: Cubs Looking to Take Next Step Past Brewers

Milwaukee has won its division three years in a row despite Chicago’s recruitment of ex-Brewers manager Craig Counsell and the Cubs’ financial advantages.

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Every Top 100 Prospect That Will Be on an MLB Roster on Opening Day

20 of MLB’s Top 100 prospects will be on their club’s Opening Day roster to start the 2026 season.

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Detroit Tigers Get It Right With Kevin McGonigle Opening Day Decision

The Detroit Tigers have announced that top prospect Kevin McGonigle will make the team’s Opening Day roster. It was the obvious decision.

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This Skip Schumaker Mound Visit Was the Most Heartwarming Moment of Spring Training

Rangers manager Skip Schumaker told Carter Baumler he was making the big league roster during a mountain visit.

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Highest Major League Baseball Payrolls and Player Salaries for 2026 Season

Which MLB teams are spending the most and which are pinching pennies?

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Death in the strike zone: the mysterious fate of James Creighton, baseball’s first star

A new book explores the career of a player who many credit with inventing the curveball, and why he has been kept out of the Hall of Fame

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Why a Pete Crow-Armstrong Contract Extension Was a No-Brainer for the Cubs

The Cubs locked down their franchise star for the foreseeable future.

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Ranking All 30 MLB Managers Heading Into the 2026 Season

While assessing managers isn’t an exact science, we can compare résumés and give credit where credit is due.

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MLB’s ABS Challenge System Has Little-Known Wrinkle That May Trip Up Hitters

There's not much time to think it over.

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Major League Baseball Opening Day Schedule: Matchups, Times and Viewing Options

Another baseball season will begin this week. Here is what to watch for as action begins.

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SI:AM | Big Ten Dominating Men’s NCAA Tournament as Power Conferences Fill Sweet 16

Six of the conference’s nine teams in the field have made it through to the Sweet 16.

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Randy Arozarena Issues One Last Statement About Cal Raleigh’s Handshake Snub

The outfielder addressed the viral WBC moment between the two Mariners teammates a few days before Opening Day.

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Umpire Bill Miller Surprised to Hear Himself on Hot Mic Hoping Own Call Overturned

The Giants played the Guardians in a Cactus League game in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Saturday afternoon with an extreme heat warning in effect.

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Aaron Judge Responds to Criticism of USA's No-Fun Attitude in WBC: 'Everybody's Different'

"We had a lot of fun. We had some passion."

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Team Italy Is Auctioning Off Espresso Machine from the WBC for Sweetest Reason

For a few thousand dollars, you can own a piece of baseball history.

The Independent UK

Guardians won't have to pay Clase, Ortiz while MLB continues gambling investigation and trial looms

The Cleveland Guardians won’t have to pay indicted pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz while Major League Baseball’s investigation continues into allegations of pitch-rigging for gamblers

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Logan Webb Rips Narrative That Team USA Did Not Care Enough About WBC

Giants pitcher had some strong words after starring for Team USA in the tournament.

The Independent UK

Giants' Tony Vitello is attacking his college-to-pro transition with high energy, help from others

All eyes are on new San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello as he makes the big jump from coaching the University of Tennessee to major league manager despite no previous professional experience as a player or coach

The Independent UK

MLB partners with Polymarket, makes integrity pact with federal commission on prediction markets

Major League Baseball is entering an official partnership with Polymarket and has an agreement with the federal commission overseeing prediction markets to collaborate on integrity concerns

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