Yankee Stadium fans ejected for prying ball from Mookie Betts' glove  —  NEW YORK — Two fans at Yankee Stadium were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series after one pried a foul ball out of the glove of Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts on Tuesday night.

World Series champs!  How Dodgers validated their dominance  —  NEW YORK — Two days before the Los Angeles Dodgers' postseason began, Freddie Freeman felt a twinge in his rib cage when he took a swing during a simulated game.  He vowed to ignore it.  It's not as if he wasn't already in pain.

Will Venable to be named White Sox manager (source)  —  CHICAGO - Happy birthday, Will Venable.  You are the new manager of the Chicago White Sox.  —  A source confirmed to MLB.com that Venable, who turned 42 Tuesday, will become the 44th manager in franchise history.  The White Sox did not comment on the report.

Braves, Angels Swap Jorge Soler For Griffin Canning  —  The Angels and Braves wasted little time hammering out the first significant trade of the offseason, as the teams announced Thursday that they've agreed on a swap sending designated hitter Jorge Soler to Anaheim in exchange for righty Griffin Canning.

Bob Costas, 72, Is Retiring From Broadcasting Major League Baseball  —  Bob Costas is retiring as a Major League Baseball play-by-play caller, marking the end of a legendary run in which he became synonymous with the game over four decades and earned a place in the broadcasting wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Cubs planning to add Quintin Berry to Craig Counsell's coaching staff: Sources  —  The Chicago Cubs are planning to hire Quintin Berry as their new third-base coach, team and league sources told The Athletic, adding a base-running expert who previously worked with Craig Counsell and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Cardinals decline 2025 options for Kyle Gibson and Lance Lynn, seek ‘maximum flexibility’  —  (Video by Ethan Erickson, Post-Dispatch)  —  In the opening hours of the offseason, the Cardinals offered the first direct glimpse of how they intend to trim down and reshape their roster as part of the organizational “reset.”

Juan Soto eyeing a historic $700 million MLB free agency contract  —  Top free agent hitter Juan Soto's new magic number is thought to be $700M (or more) — and that's a solid $700M, not the record $700M contract that's 97 percent deferred that Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani received from the Dodgers.

Fisher offers $1B for Vegas stadium; A's post night-heavy '25 plan  —  Athletics owner John Fisher and his family will invest $1 billion into the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas while U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs will offer a $300 million loan, club executive Sandy Dean said Thursday.