11:25 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — Free-agent catcher Stephen Vogt has reached agreement on a major league contract to rejoin the Oakland Athletics, according to multiple reports. The deal with the two-time All-Star is pending a physical. Vogt, a 37-year-old journeyman who had become a minor league free agent this winter, spent
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8:32 PM ET Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Right-hander Tyler Mahle will start for the Cincinnati Reds on Opening Day April 7 in Atlanta against the World Series champion Atlanta Braves. Manager David Bell gave Mahle the news on Wednesday morning ahead of his second spring training start. “It means a lot,” Mahle said. “Some
1:37 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Carlos Correa has declared October “his time.” It certainly hasn’t been Minnesota’s. The Twins hope Correa can fix that, even if his stay in Minneapolis is short. “I want to build a championship culture in this organization,” Correa said. The former Houston Astros star tugged on
6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — Rachel Balkovec, hired by the New York Yankees as the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball team, was hit in the face by a batted ball during a drill and will be sidelined for up to a week. Balkovec
6:21 PM ET Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. — Shortly after his introductory news conference with the Philadelphia Phillies, Nick Castellanos went to a back field at the team’s spring training complex and fielded grounders at third base. The All-Star slugger hasn’t played the position since 2017, but he’s ready just in case. “Whatever the team
5:45 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Eager to get back to where he was, Justin Verlander says he still needs to get sharper. The Houston Astros ace was pulled after another scoreless outing, taken out after 2⅔ innings Wednesday when he reached a team-imposed pitch limit. “I felt good physically,” Verlander
4:40 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hopes fluid conversations on a one-year deal or a long-term contract can be completed before the team’s opener on April 7. Judge was disappointed a deal wasn’t reached before Tuesday’s deadline to swap proposed arbitration salaries. He asked for a raise
1:20 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — A bunch of Red Sox players reached out to recruit longtime Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story when he was considering whether to sign with Boston. Even Xander Bogaerts, the man he might soon replace. “Bogie’s been amazing throughout this process of me coming here,” Story said
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7:00 AM ET Earlier in the offseason, I ranked the top 100 MLB prospects and all 30 farm systems heading into the 2022 season. Now it’s time to go deeper with my team-by-team rankings, starting with the National League followed by the American League lists later this week. A quick refresher on a key term