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Major League Baseball held its draft lottery at the Winter Meetings today, and the Mets’ first pick will be the 27th overall pick in the draft. As has been the case in the recent past, the team was penalized by ten spots in the first round because of the competitive balance tax threshold that is […]
There were little bits of baseball news today. I was sad to see that the Dodgers signed Edwin Diaz. He’s getting 3 years at $23 million a year. I’d imagine that the Jays would have matched that, but who knows. I’d guess that the Dodgers are a a draw for any player. So we turn […]
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell certainly fulfills his duty as a “coach” as well as anyone in the game, but part of his unique value is his involvement in some of the more executive-y facets of an organization. He participates at all levels, including player targeting and acquisition. It’s unsurprising, then, that he’s at the Winter Meetings, undoubtedly helping Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins where they need it. Being that he is there in Orland, Counsell spoke with the media in a few hi...
After rumors of the Mets, Pirates, Orioles, and Reds’ interest came and went, Kyle Schwarber re-signed with the Phillies on a five year, $150 million contract. This can’t really be considered a shock, as Schwarber had the best years of his career while playing in Philadelphia and the Phillies made it clear that bringing Schwarber […]
The San Francisco Giants haven’t made any moves at the Winter Meetings, but it’s still been a productive week for them because of what happened on Tuesday at the draft lottery. Despite having just the 12th-best odds heading into the lottery, the Giants had good news roll their way, and landed the fourth overall pick […]
For the fourth season now, MLB has staged its draft lottery at the Winter Meetings, this year in Orlando, Florida. With the still-relatively new lottery system, most teams that missed the playoffs the prior season get a chance at winning some top talent, hoping to make their mark in the majors sooner rather than later. […]
All hail the pingpong balls. The fourth MLB Draft Lottery reveal aired Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. CT during the Winter Meetings — hours after the drawing itself took place behind closed doors. But when the cards were turned over on MLB Network, the wait proved worth it for Chicago fans as the White Sox emerged […]
The St. Louis Cardinals had a slim chance of landing the number one slot in the MLB Draft Lottery. That didn’t happen as President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom and his team will be making a selection much later than they would have preferred. The Chicago White Sox will pick 1st followed by the Tampa […]
Christmas came early for the Royals this year. The MLB draft lottery has hurt the Royals before – in both 2022 and 2023 they were pushed back in the order due to lottery results. But this year, fortune shone upon them, and they were awarded the #6 overall pick in next summer’s draft, despite finishing […]
The 2026 MLB Draft Lottery results are officially in. And with them, the full 2026 MLB Draft order has been set! This time, the ping pong balls favored the Chicago White Sox, who landed the top overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft. That honor comes a year after being ineligible to enter the lottery due to too much losing. Sometimes it pays to be terrible. And then it doesn’t pay. And then it pays again. The MLB Draft is not quite as immediately impactful as the NFL and NBA, but it’s st...
After blowing up the bullpen and leaning into an all-out tank to end the 2025 season, the Minnesota Twins will select third in the 2026 MLB Draft. The Twins finished with the fourth-worst record in baseball but had the second-best odds of landing the top pick in the draft thanks to the Colorado Rockies and […]
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On Tuesday afternoon the Colorado Rockies officially announced their new major league and organizational pitching staff hired for the 2026 season. The announcement comes on the second day of Winter Meetings following rumors the Rockies had a pending pitching coach hire on Monday evening. The Rockies largely cleaned house following the end of the 2025 […]
The MLB Draft Lottery was held earlier today and the results were recently revealed on MLB Network. The Cubs were not part of the lottery, as only the 18 teams that did not make the postseason were eligible for the lottery. That’s good, right? Anyway, the Cubs will pick 23rd in the first round of […]
The Orioles were left out of the top six in the 2026 MLB Draft Lottery, garnering the seventh overall pick despite having the fourth-best odds of earning the #1 spot. The O’s had the fourth-worst winning percentage of the eligible lottery teams, with a 9.24% chance of bagging the top pick. But in MLB’s drawing […]
The 2026 MLB Draft Lottery took place today, and your Texas Rangers did not land in the top six picks. They will instead be picking 16th — two spots later than they would have picked otherwise, as the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants, who had worse records than the Rangers, did end up […]
The MLB Lottery happened this evening down in Florida at the sight of the Winter Meetings. While a lot of the focus and attention has been on the movement, signings, and trades happening the Lottery is perhaps just as important if not more so to some teams in the league, one of those being the […]
Monday was a slow day at the MLB Winter Meetings, but things finally started moving on Tuesday when two of the top available free agents signed new deals, one with his incumbent team and one with a new one. The MLB Draft lottery also happened late this afternoon. Here are today’s most notable news items:
As I’m writing this, the 2025 MLB Draft Lottery is currently ongoing but the Atlanta Braves currently have all the information they need. That’s pretty bad news because they ended up slipping from their spot in the odds. The Braves went into the Lottery with the sixth-best odds but will be leaving with the ninth […]
Overview Voting overview 2025 review John Curtiss has had a journeyman career in Major League Baseball. Drafted back in 2014 out of the University of Texas by the Minnesota Twins, he has pitched in the Majors in 8 seasons and has been a part of 9 different organizations. Coming off a 2024 season in which […]
It has been a hot minute, but you may recall the failed 2017 pursuit of Shohei Ohtani by the Cincinnati Reds and then GM Dick Williams. It was public. There were presentations. When, in early December of that year, the Reds found out they hadn’t made the final cut for the superstar from Japan, Williams […]
The Pirates missed out on one of baseball’s premier bats this week. NL MVP runner-up Kyle Schwarber re-signed in Philadelphia on a five-year, $150 million contract on Tuesday. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported the Pirates deal was four years for $123 million, significantly more than the three-year, $39 million free agent contract given to […]
Here are today’s rumors from day two of the 2025 Winter Meetings. Kyle Schwarber is back Kyle Schwarber is reportedly finalizing a 5-year, $150 million with the Phillies. Schwarber is coming off the best year of his career, and will be signed through his age-37 season. Per Ken Rosenthal: The Orioles matched the offer made […]
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On Tuesday, the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation announced that Detroit Tigers’ All-Star outfielder intends to play for Team Puerto Rico in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Team general manager Carlos Beltran had invited Greene to play for the club. The Tigers outfielder declined the invitation back in 2023 as he was coming off an injury […]