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After months of waiting, Rafael Soriano finally landed a multi-year contract with perhaps the only team for whom such a deal would've made sense — the Washington Nationals. The 33-year-old right-hander will make $28 million over the next two...

There've been bigger deals this offseason than the pending seven-player trade between the Jays and Mets, in both talent and dollars. Zack Greinke signing with the Dodgers for $147 million and the Angels locking up Josh Hamilton for $125 million d...

The wildest day of this Hot Stove season featured the winter's biggest contract for a position player, an affordable two-year deal for a veteran starting pitcher, and a fierce, two-team battle for an underrated starter. A few hours after the Angel...

First, Zack Greinke flew off the board, signing the record-setting deal with the deep-pocketed Dodgers that we all should have expected. Then the Diamondbacks traded a wildly talented starting pitching prospect for Cliff Pennington 2.0, satisfying th...

The Reds, Indians, and Diamondbacks pulled off a nine-player trade, one that improved two teams' fortunes and raised dozens of questions about the third. Here's a breakdown of the deal from each team's perspective: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Traded...

Five things to know about the five-year, $75.25 million free agent contract B.J. Upton signed with the Braves: 1. Upton's got age and skills on his side. Several of the biggest-name free agents on this year's market are on the wrong side of 30. No...

The hot stove is cooking, so it's time for the delicate process of rating MLB's top 50 most valuable assets.

The hot stove is cooking, so it's time for the delicate process of rating MLB's top 50 most valuable assets.

The series of tubes are still buzzing over Sergio Romo's parade-stopping T-shirt, and already we've got reams of Hot Stove news to sort through. Here are some of the biggest happenings from the past week: METS KEEP THEIR OPTIONS OPEN As expecte...

One of my favorite baseball players of the previous decade retired over the winter, and if you're not the type of person who follows every lukewarm development of the hot stove league, there's a very good chance that this news — which was casua...

By the grace of Tebow, Jonah Keri has landed at his new home in Denver and is back with a new podcast. He and New York Times national baseball writer Tyler Kepner go around the majors to break down the Prince Fielder deal, the loaded AL East, and the...

Recovered from a bout of stomach flu ebola and a cross-country move with tyrannical toddlers long enough to jot down a few thoughts on the Yankees' rotation makeover. • The Yankees' biggest weakness, by far, was their shallow starting ro...

The Cincinnati Reds provide the blueprint for how to build a contender by playing the free agent waiting game.

Baseball's Hot Stove season is far from over, with Prince Fielder, Edwin Jackson, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Madson, and others still lurking in free agency, and the trade market still stuffed with possibilities. But several teams will end up standing pat from...

In baseball's busiest day since the end of the winter meetings, one team might have landed the biggest bargain of the offseason, another might have overpaid and still come out happy with the outcome, and one of our favorite athletes trolled the hell ...

MLB's Hot Stove season is under way, so let's break down what each team needs to do.