‘I assumed I was coming back’: Joey Votto ‘grateful’ for Blue Jays, chance to prove himself  —  DUNEDIN, Florida — The practice fields were empty, the big-league side of the Toronto Blue Jays spring training complex quiet except for a groundskeeper who watered a back field and another …

Reds' Noelvi Marte suspended 80 games after testing positive for PED  —  Cincinnati Reds third baseman Noelvi Marte has received an 80-game suspension without pay after testing positive for Boldenone, a performance-enhancing substance, the league announced Friday.

MLB Rank 2024: Ranking baseball's top 100 players  —  Opening Day is almost here, which means it's time to ask the question that's on everyone's mind: Who will be the best player of the 2024 MLB season?  —  To create our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in the sport …

Trevor Bauer dominates in pitching appearance vs. Los Angeles Dodgers minor leaguers  —  PHOENIX — It's only a quarter-mile walk from the clubhouse to Field 6 on the back fields of the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring-training complex, but on Sunday afternoon, it might as well have been to the moon and back.

Ranking all 30 farm systems  —  We rank farm systems twice a year, and while we spend a lot of time breaking them down, evaluating the talents of 5,000 players across 30 different organizations is a fairly impossible task.  We often joke that one team congratulates us on placing them perfectly …

Mets contemplating moving Brandon Nimmo from leadoff spot  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Brandon Nimmo, leadoff hitter extraordinaire, soon might abandon that part of his identity.  —  The Mets are considering batting Nimmo somewhere other than first, he said, and he is very much open to the possibility.

Watch Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara throw for first time since Tommy John surgery  —  Sandy Alcantara said he couldn't sleep Friday night.  He was too excited about what was going to happen the next day.  —  For the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery five months ago in early October, Alcantara threw a baseball.

Don't Let Daylight Saving Time Ruin Your Sleep  —  Here's how to feel well rested when the clocks spring forward on Sunday.  —  Daffodils are blooming, temperatures are rising, days are lengthening — all sure signs of spring.  But another, less welcome change is afoot: At 2 a.m. on Sunday …

Post hype hitters for fantasy baseball 2024  —  When it comes to fantasy sports, we love a breakout.  We spend days analyzing (or reading about) metrics that might suggest a player who's set to hit a new level or emerge into a role we never saw coming for them.

Francis Mendoza, wife of Mets manager Carlos, sacrificed her career as dentist in Venezuela so husband could chase dream  —  Francis Mendoza spent six years in college following in her father's footsteps.  She spent one year working alongside him at his dental practice in Venezuela …

Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar sidelined by torso soreness, undergoing evaluations  —  In today's 10 a.m. “Ten Hochman” video from Cardinals spring training — brought to you by Siteman Cancer Center — Ben Hochman discusses Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar, who arrived to camp on Thursday.