When the 2028 Summer Olympics come around, baseball will be making its official return. With the tournament set to be held at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has expressed his interest in managing.
As the athletics/athletics-news-jacob-wilson-contract-extension-outstanding-rookie-season">Athletics continuing building to a brighter future, they signed both Jacob Wilson and Tyler Soderstrom to contract extensions.
Despite the potential of Puerto Rico potentially pulling out of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, the commonwealth will host a team this coming March. However, Puerto Rico’s roster will look drastically different, compared to the teams that were fielded back in 2017 and 2023.
The 2026 MLB season feels like a tipping point. The league’s young superstars are entering their prime. Speed is back. Power is evolving. And frontline pitching might finally reclaim the spotlight in an era dominated by offense.
The A's announced on Thursday that former manager Bob Melvin would be rejoining the organization as a Special Assistant to Baseball Operations. Melvin, 64, managed the A's to six playoff appearances in his ten full years leading the A's, and won the AL West three times in his tenure with the team.
The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.
The number one reason the Athletics suffered a fourth straight losing season last year was run prevention. Both the starting rotation and bullpen struggled, particularly at home in Sacramento.
Visa became a title sponsor in Formula 1 in 2024, marking its first major sports sponsorship in over 15 years – reshaping the involvement of the 'payments' space in Formula 1 and across other major sports series.
The Athletics are set to begin their Las Vegas tenure for the 2028 MLB season. For now, they will continue to play in Sacramento after moving from Oakland.
A lot can happen in a 162-game season, which makes predicting standings and postseason performances for all 30 MLB teams extremely difficult. Some things are clear, though.
The A’s are bringing longtime manager Bob Melvin back to the organization, albeit in a new role. The team announced Thursday that Melvin is returning as a special assistant in the baseball operations department.
The new MLB season brings opportunities as players head into their walk years and try to rebound from subpar performances. These 25 players stand out heading into 2026.
When Opening Day rolls around for the A's in Toronto, it will most likely be right-hander Luis Severino back on the mound to kick off the 2026 season. Last season the A's finished with a 76-86 record, which included a tough 1-20 stretch from May and into June.
Team Mexico was one of the most formidable teams in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Mexico made it to the semis, and eventual champion Japan needed a walkoff to finish off the country.
Every successful baseball team must get contributions from far more than the 26 players they break camp with after spring training. Clubs will add new players in trades or sign them off waivers or the remaining free-agent market, but the most exciting kinds of additions come internally.
The main goal of any franchise during Spring Training is to make it through camp healthy. This season, a number of teams are already facing issues, with Minnesota's Pablo Lopez likely to miss the season with an elbow injury, while Francisco Lindor, Corbin Carroll and Jackson Holliday have all undergone surgery for hamate injuries.
The history of trading top prospects is complex. The team trading away their youth is often seen as mortgaging their future, with the recipient of the prospect often pushing their competition window further into the future.
Every season, we see players make a significant leap from where they were previously. But not all leaps are created equally. There are players who have struggled to break through in the big leagues who emerge as regular contributors for their teams.
The fantasy baseball outfield position dries up quickly when you’re drafting in five outfielder leagues, but don’t fall into the trap of adding overhyped potential busts ahead of the 2026 season.
As we here at Just Baseball churn through our positional rankings for 2026, today we turn our focus to one of the most exciting groups of players in the game: corner outfielders.
The A’s trade pickup of Jeff McNeil solidified second base, where the veteran is expected to play regularly. That pushed Zack Gelof out of the projected starting lineup.
Every Pittsburgh Pirates fan is looking forward to Konnor Griffin’s arrival. He is Major League Baseball’s consensus number one prospect and was outstanding in 2025.
On a recent episode of The Call Up (watch here), our Aram Leighton and Elijah Evans fielded questions from our audience for a fun mailbag episode. One of the more interesting questions they answered was how many games a team made up of only top prospects could win at the MLB level.
The Minnesota Twins signed three-time All-Star reliever Liam Hendriks to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training on Thursday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to enter the 2026 MLB season as the World Series favorites once again. After another busy free agency period, the Dodgers were able to come to a deal to give veteran Max Muncy a one-year contract extension worth $10 million guaranteed with an option for the 2028 season.
Another member of the Toronto Blue Jays’ AL Pennant team is moving on. Veteran right-hander Chris Bassitt is signing with the division rival Baltimore Orioles in free agency, Jeff Passan of ESPN reported on Wednesday.