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Bolting Braves for Yankees or Dodgers? Five places Freddie Freeman might end up
The World Series champs could lose their heart and soul when free agency resumes. Will they? We break down Freddie Freeman's potential suitors.
DRAWING MIKE TROUT
One amateur artist is drawing Mike Trout every day -- and it's turned into a mini internet sensation
Mike Trout as Bruce Willis? Mike Trout as Beyonce? Mike Trout as a trout? One amateur artist is keeping his love of baseball alive during the lockout in a unique way.
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MLB
Ranking MLB's top 10 teams: A Braves repeat? Are Mets N.Y.'s best? Who will own the AL?
With moves left to be made once the lockout ends, Buster Olney rates baseball's best teams as 2022 begins.
MLB LOCKOUT
Sources: MLB proposal does little to sway players
MLB's first labor proposal since locking out players Dec. 2 did little to encourage players and heightened the likelihood of spring training being postponed, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
MLB RANKINGS
Top 10 at each outfield spot: It's still Trout in center, but who leads in right -- baseball's most stacked position?
Soto? Acuña? Betts? Judge? Harper? Buster Olney rates MLB's best across the outfield for 2022.
Top 10 at each infield spot: Is Freeman No. 1 at 1B? Which SS is best?
Buster Olney circles the bases to rate the best in baseball for 2022.
JON LESTER RETIRES
'Maybe the best playoff pitcher ever': What made Jon Lester an October legend and potential Hall of Famer
One of the greatest postseason starters in MLB history is calling it a career. Here's how Lester dominated for more than a decade.
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
Buster discusses the career of Jon Lester, plus the labor situation and if any progress is being made.
NOSTALGIA IS A BOOMING BUSINESS
Welcome to Mr. Throwback, where athletes and celebs get their retro sports gear
Nostalgia is a booming business these days -- and this New York City institution is right in the middle of it.
MLB FREE AGENCY
MLB free-agency tracker: Latest moves, grades and analysis
Need to keep tabs on all the major signings? Want to know how our experts grade the big deals?
Top 5 free-agency fits for All-Star Kris Bryant
Bryant can cover five positions and will be among the most coveted players available once the lockout ends.
HALL OF FAME
The best player not in the Baseball Hall of Fame at every position
From current stars to overlooked players of the past, we put together a lineup of those who haven't made it to Cooperstown yet -- and examine when (or if) they'll get there.
Who is headed to the Hall of Fame?
The election process has been elongated and increasingly analyzed over the years.
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- Dodgers promote ex-pitcher Gomes to GM role
- Death of Rays BP catcher Ramirez ruled a suicide
- A's add Ausmus as bench coach under Kotsay
- Atlantic League axes farther mound, robo-umps
- Snider retires after eight major league seasons
- Hernandez: 'Wait and see' if Hall calls after honor
- Sources: E. Soto spurns Mets for brother's Nats
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Ranking Every Team (ESPN+)
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MLB free agency - Ranking every team by how much it has improved
With the hot stove on hold, we take a look at whose 2022 pennant hopes have risen -- and fallen -- the most so far this winter.
MLB Offseason (ESPN+)
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Time for an NBA-style signing deadline? Why MLB's free-agent frenzy should be an annual event
Last week's lockout pushed teams and players to make huge deals -- and it was FUN. Maybe baseball could learn something from all this.
Minor leagues, major woes
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Can a union fix this? Minor leaguers say poverty-level pay, poor housing are driving a 'mental health crisis'
MLB is a multibillion-dollar business, but you may not know it by how it treats its most vulnerable athletes. We spoke to players and their advocates about what's next.
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