Royals are a mega-talented sell-off just waiting to happen
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Royals are trapped between wanting this good era to last and knowing it can’t last much longer, certainly with this group of players. It is possible no team ever has had as good...
View ArticleThe Royals are ready for a fire sale they don’t want
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Royals GM Dayton Moore has informed outside executives that if his team is not contending come July that it is open season on his walk-year core position players Lorenzo Cain, Alcides...
View ArticleThe bizarre role reversal of a strange Yankees-Royals series
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The juxtaposition is shocking, stunning. For so many years the Yankees would make their annual pilgrimage to Kansas City — home of their farm team once upon a time, home of their...
View ArticleFantasy baseball heat turns up as MLB firesales near
When the Marlins traded shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria to the Rays on Monday, it officially put fantasy baseball owners on notice that the MLB trade deadline is approaching rapidly and a potential...
View ArticleFive ways to fix the Mets from the bargain bins
If money is no object in free agency this offseason, the Mets should simply embrace the 2015 Royals team that beat them in the World Series. They should sign Wade Davis to close, move Jeurys Familia to...
View ArticleTop 30 free-agent predictions: Yankees, Red Sox make splashes
Ready or not, here come the Post’s Top 30 free-agent rankings and predictions. Baseball’s five-day quiet period after the World Series concludes at midnight Monday into Tuesday, at which point free...
View ArticleExplaining Eric Hosmer to the Red Sox and 29 other free-agent decisions
Free agency is upon us, and I’d be surprised if we got through next week’s general managers’ and owners’ meetings without some significant signings. After what transpired last January — a spending cold...
View ArticlePredicting the next shock in MLB’s offseason of them
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The offseason officially began at 11:58 p.m. Nov. 1, when Jose Altuve flipped to Yuli Gurriel to retire Corey Seager and unleash a celebration of the Astros’ first World Series...
View ArticleA guide for MLB free agents to thaw out the spending freeze
Major League Baseball, land of (relative) opportunity and parity, should be thankful The Post has to reach for an NBA analogy to aptly describe this current Hot Stove league: The owners are the...
View ArticleRe-thinking where MLB’s top 10 free agents will (eventually) sign
On Nov. 6, The Post published our Top 30 free-agent rankings and predictions. Since then … not a heck of a lot has happened. Just 11 of those 30 have signed, and just three of the top 10. So, in light...
View ArticleHow the Brewers broke through in a dead offseason
Score two for the little guy. In a span of about 90 minutes Thursday night, the Brewers engineered one of the biggest trades of the offseason for outfielder Christian Yelich and then signed Lorenzo...
View ArticleThe Mets might already have the next Lorenzo Cain
Lorenzo Cain did not have an above-average offensive campaign or play more than 115 games until his age-28 season in 2014. He hit 16 homers the following year in his age-29 season — one fewer than he...
View ArticleHow free-agent busts could reshape the future of MLB
This past offseason was considered the worst ever for free agents. Might we say that about the actual season as well? Technically, Shohei Ohtani was a free agent, though due to his age and his...
View Article$70M for Gregorius? Five questions Yankees should mull early
Free agency is vital to the Yankees — 2019-20 free agency that is. Of course they must delve into starters in the coming market and determine if they can retain Zach Britton or David Robertson or...
View ArticleCody Bellinger snaps out of it with clutch hit
Cody Bellinger’s recent doldrums cost him a start Saturday for the Dodgers, but that didn’t derail him. Last season’s NL Rookie of the Year snapped an 0-for-15 postseason skid with a pinch-hit RBI...
View ArticleYankees’ Aaron Judge wins defensive award as MLB’s best right fielder
Aaron Judge is more than just a home run hitter, and he received an award that proved it. The New York Yankees right fielder was one of nine players to win MLB’s 2019 Defensive Player of the Year...
View ArticleBrewers’ Lorenzo Cain opts out of rest of 2020 season
As questions circulate of the potential of a pause or cancellation of the 60-game season, the first big name has opted out since the abbreviated campaign began. Brewers center fielder Lorenzo Cain is...
View ArticleSolution to Mets’ outfield puzzle being held hostage by DH fight: Sherman
The Mets have steadily addressed their checklist this offseason even while paralysis has overtaken most other clubs. They wanted to fortify the rotation, bullpen and catching while improving depth and...
View ArticleHow the Mets can use Steve Cohen’s megabucks to trade for 2022 upgrades and...
The best Mets trades might be for overpaid roster depth -- and the potential studs who come with them
View ArticleBrewers’ Lorenzo Cain designated for assignment: ‘A really fun ride’
Milwaukee Brewers veteran outfielder Lorenzo Cain is moving onto greener pastures.
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