Tony La Russa Is Wrong for the White Sox, and for the Modern MLB  —  Chicago hired La Russa as its new manager on Thursday.  But the Hall of Famer's views on the game and societal issues could not be more different from those of his new players.  —  SHARE All sharing options

After testing positive, Justin Turner's actions are difficult to justify  —  In the end, it couldn't simply be about the Dodgers winning their first World Series since 1988, or a decision by Rays manager Kevin Cash that was a case of analytics run amok.  This is 2020, and there had to be some negative turn …

The ones defined by huge moments  —  32. 1946: Cardinals over Red Sox in seven  —  Series leverage: 17th Game leverage: 83rd  —  Enos Slaughter's “Mad Dash” in popular telling: With the score tied in Game 7's eighth inning, Slaughter — two outs, going on the pitch — scored from first on a single.

Adam Wainwright draws free-agent interest from Braves, who drafted him in 2000  —  Seventeen years after Adam Wainwright pitched for manager Brian Snitker at Double-A Greenville, the Braves are interested in bringing home the 39-year-old Georgia native to join their talented but largely inexperienced starting rotation.

2021 Top 50 Free Agents  —  Welcome to FanGraphs' top-50 free-agent rankings.  In years past, Dave Cameron or Kiley McDaniel has been been responsible for this annual post; I have taken the reins this year, with some assistance from my colleagues.  —  In what follows, I've provided contract estimates …

Vote now for the 2020 All-MLB Team presented by CohnReznick!  —  Fans can vote once every 24 hours for the best players at each position during the regular season to help determine this year's honors.  First and second teams will be announced in early December on MLB Network.

Sources: Angels to bring in at least 7 candidates for GM position  —  The Los Angeles Angels have interviewed or will interview at least seven executives for their open general manager role.  —  Sources told ESPN the list includes Athletics assistant general manager/director of player personnel Billy Owens …

Gary Sanchez will need to improve while playing in Dominican winter league  —  There is a lot more for the Yankees to figure out than how to pay DJ LeMahieu and Zack Britton this winter.  —  One of the most important questions they faced after another disappointingly early exit from the postseason …

The Dodgers' win bears an asterisk, but they didn't put it there  —  Who knows what would have happened in 162 games?  It doesn't cheapen the World Series victory  —  Sixty games aren't 162.  —  Nobody wins the Daytona 167.  They don't stop the Masters on the back nine on Friday afternoon and award the green T-shirt.

Cardinals decline option for keystone infielder Wong, allowing him to join Molina, Wainwright as free agents  —  ARLINGTON, TEXAS — In what can be read as the first hint of reduced spending and the unknowns of the 2021 baseball season, the Cardinals have elected to decline the option …

Twins decline 2021 option on pitcher Sergio Romo  —  The veteran reliever is now a free agent, but the Twins wouldn't rule out signing him to a lesser deal.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  The Twins declined the 2021 option on righthander Sergio Romo's contract Wednesday, making him a free agent.

Bill de Blasio is trying to kill Mets sale to Steve Cohen  —  Bill de Blasio has privately told Major League Baseball that he will do everything he can to stop Steve Cohen from buying the Mets.  —  The Post has learned that Hizzoner called MLB commissioner Rob Manfred earlier this month …

Source: Mets plan to decline options on Wilson Ramos, Todd Frazier, Robinson Chirinos  —  The Mets plan to decline the 2021 team options held on the contracts of Wilson Ramos, Todd Frazier and Robinson Chirinos, a source said Wednesday.  —  That was the expected decision in each of those cases …