‘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 …

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 …

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.

Philadelphia Eagles expected to have ‘strong interest’ in Saquon Barkley  —  NEW STORY: Saquon Barkley to sign 3-year-deal with Philadelphia Eagles: report  —  For years, Philadelphia Eagles fans have been forced to root against Saquon Barkley — or at least root for his New York Giants to lose.

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.

Gerrit Cole to undergo MRI on elbow  —  What else can one say, but “YIKES.”  —  In the Yankees' pecking order of players who absolutely, positively cannot get hurt without causing apocalyptic damage to their 2024 World Series hopes, Gerrit Cole is probably in a tier of his own.

With talent still available and injuries piling up, how set is the Cubs roster?  —  MESA, Ariz. — It's odd to be 10 days into March and still have multiple options to potentially upgrade the Chicago Cubs roster.  So when news broke of Jameson Taillon's back tightness or the sudden availability …

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.