When the Dodgers hired president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman after the 2014 season, he assembled a braintrust that included several former major league general managers: Josh Byrnes, Gerry Hunsicker, Ned Colletti and Tommy Lasorda, all held various titles, in addition to Friedman — and the Dodgers' actual GM, Farhan Zaidi.
The Los Angeles Dodgers lost an important member of their front office earlier this month when longtime senior vice president of baseball operations Josh Byrnes was hired by the Colorado Rockies to be their new general manager.
The winter meetings are already in full swing, and the Dodgers have secured their first major splash of the offseason in former New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are not limiting their big offseason additions to on-field ones. Former Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli is joining the Dodgers’ front office, according to Bobby Nightengale of the Minnesota Star Tribune.
The stars were out in full force during the 2025 World Series. From Max Scherzer in Toronto to Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, and of course, Shohei Ohtani, in Los Angeles, there was no shortage of the game's best under the brightest lights.
The Washington Nationals announced what appears to be their full coaching staff at Monday's Winter Meetings (relayed by Andrew Golden of The Washington Post).
The Twins are expected to listen to trade offers on several of their remaining veterans after gutting the roster — particularly the bullpen — ahead of this year’s trade deadline.
The Nationals’ managerial search continues to take shape, and one prominent candidate has already been eliminated from consideration.
The Minnesota Twins fired manager Rocco Baldelli after a horrific 2025 MLB season. Minnesota failed to come close to qualifying for the postseason. In fact, they lost 90+ games for the first time since 2016.
There's a lot of uncertainty around the Minnesota Twins right now, in the early stages of the offseason. They're on the hunt for a new manager to replace Rocco Baldelli.
America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.
After getting fired by the Twins at the end of the season, Rocco Baldelli didn’t have to wait long for more opportunities to come his way.
The Minnesota Twins are seeking permission to interview Boston Red Sox bench coach Ramon Vazquez for their managerial opening, MLB Network reported on Tuesday.
Roughly two weeks after the Twins announced that they were parting ways with Rocco Baldelli, the first reported name in their search for a new manager has emerged.
Torii Hunter is the latest former Twins All-Star to be linked in the search for Minnesota's next manager. According to The Athletic's Brittany Ghiroli, Hunter "could be in the mix" for the Twins gig after the team fired Rocco Baldelli following a 70-92 season.
If it wasn't obvious already, Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey made it abundantly clear on Tuesday that Rocco Baldelli was the fall guy after a 70-92 season that saw Minnesota miss the playoffs for the fourth time in the past five years.
Sometimes in baseball, being the fall guy comes with the territory. And Monday afternoon, Rocco Baldelli found himself on the wrong end of that harsh reality when the Minnesota Twins showed him the door after seven seasons at the helm.
After the team's poorest showing in nearly a decade, the Minnesota Twins dismissed manager Rocco Baldelli on Monday. Minnesota finished Baldelli's seventh season at the helm with a record of 70-92 and finished fourth in the American League Central.
Is Twins manager Rocco Baldelli set to be the fall guy for the team's first 90-loss season in 10 years? The Athletic's baseball insider Ken Rosenthal isn't ruling out the Twins firing Baldelli.
Major League Baseball isn't doing away with human umpires any time soon, but the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System that's been used in the minors the past two seasons is coming to the big leagues in 2026.
The Minnesota Twins suffered another tough loss Tuesday night, falling 12-3 at home to the AL Central’s last-place Chicago White Sox. It marked their second straight defeat to open the four-game series, following a narrow 6-5 loss in Game 1 Monday.
Although the 2025 MLB season is still in the first month, several teams are off to disappointing starts.
Last season the Minnesota Twins absolutely failed down the stretch. Despite a regular season that saw them contend for most of the year, Rocco Baldelli watched his group fall apart while it mattered.
There is 2.5 weeks before players start to report for Fort Myers and, so far, the Minnesota Twins have done next to nothing this offseason, to improve their team from a team personnel standpoint.
Here are the managers with the best chances of earning the Manager of the Year Award, determined by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and announced on Nov. 19.
The Minnesota Twins suffered a devastating collapse to end the 2024 season, but it will not cost manager Rocco Baldelli his job.
The Minnesota Twins (79-71) are in dangerous territory, and their manager might start to feel the heat.
The Twins’ 12-game win streak was snapped by the Red Sox on Sunday, taking with it one lucky charm that manager Rocco Baldelli is not sad to see go.
Suddenly, after winning seven games in a row, the Minnesota Twins look like a legitimate MLB team again. Now, some pessimists out there might say the Twins’ surge is simply the product of playing bad teams.
Approaching the one-month mark of the season, the Minnesota Twins face a frustrating reality, after a rough start to a season that was supposed to lead to the playoffs for the second-straight season.
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