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The Red Sox knew the costs with the Jake Bauers addition. They acted anyway — With the addition of free agent Jake Bauers, the Boston Red Sox are acting the way a big-market team with a good farm system should. — The Sox not only agreed to pay Bauers $58 million over four years Friday …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Jake Bauers, Red Sox agree to 4-year, $58M contract — First baseman Jake Bauers and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a four-year, $58 million contract, sources told ESPN, uniting the World Series champion with a Boston team that entered the winter looking to upgrade its offense.
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
What's new in free agency? Lessons from 2026 MLB GM meetings — With an MLB lockout looming, baseball's top executives gathered in Las Vegas this week for the annual general managers meetings. Amid the uncertainty of this hot stove season, it was the first opportunity to hear officials …
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Yahoo Sports:
Will the Red Sox target Brewers free agent slugger Jake Bauers this offseason? — Welcome to the 2026-27 edition of Smash or Pass, in which we examine potential free agent and trade targets to determine whether the Red Sox should pursue them and what it would take to land them.
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
PCA rewarded for historic season with unanimous NL MVP Award — CHICAGO - During the final home game of this past season, a considerable number of fans in Wrigley Field's bleacher seats were waving green flags. Pete Crow-Armstrong did not have to look hard to spot them as he made his way out to center field …
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
First-time MVP winners (both unanimous!) usher in new era of superstars — There was a rare and poetic duality to the 2026 Most Valuable Player Awards. Two first-time winners — Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez in the American League and Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong in the National League …
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Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Astros' Yordan Alvarez unanimously wins AL MVP — Houston Astros' slugger Yordan Alvarez took all 30 first-place votes to win the American League MVP Award. — Alvarez is the second MVP for the Astros in the American League and the third overall. Jose Altuve was the AL winner in 2017.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees eyeing multiple roster upgrades after GM Meetings — NEW YORK — The Yankees returned home from the General Managers Meetings in Las Vegas this week, an event that Brian Cashman described as “an information grab.” Past the blackjack tables and slot machines, they discovered what they already knew …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
As we share a taxi, Chaim Bloom discusses ground Cardinals covered at GM meetings — LAS VEGAS — The taxi carrying Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom and a baseball writer to the airport Thursday afternoon for a flight back to St. Louis turned onto Tropicana Avenue and offered …
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Nick Friedell / The Athletic:
Warriors star Jimmy Butler wants to play a G League game as he rehabs from ACL tear — HOUSTON — As Golden State Warriors star forward Jimmy Butler continues to rehab from a torn ACL in his right knee, he has set his sights on a new goal on his path back to an NBA floor: a stop in the G League.
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MLB.com:
Hot Stove rumors: Jazz, Goodman, Sato, Suzuki, Abrams — While Tarik Skubal's market is starting to pick up steam, he's far from the only big name generating buzz in the offseason rumor mill. — Here's a look at some of the latest Hot Stove topics around the league. — Signings & Trades
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
SportsDay Rangers Episode 59: Thad Levine | Trade Corey Seager? | Pre-lockout flurry — Evan and John discuss a busy stretch for the Rangers and are joined by current Brewers, former Rangers executive Thad Levine. — Add Us — Welcome to SportsDay Rangers!
Sonja Chen / MLB.com:
Skubal, Yamamoto earn All-MLB Second Team honors after stellar '26 showings — LOS ANGELES — Dodgers starters Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tarik Skubal were honored for their strong efforts in 2026 by being named to the All-MLB Second Team, which was announced during The MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
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