2024-25 MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board: Pete Alonso returns to Mets, Alex Bregman goes to Red Sox

Analysis, best fits, and contract projections on a strong class that includes Pete Alonso and Alex Bregman.
Thu, Apr 10
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How to watch the Houston Astros in 2025: Schedule, broadcast info and blackout rules
Baseball is back in Crush City — or Clutch City — and here is your explainer on RSNs, streaming and blackout rules.
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Astros pitcher Hunter Brown has a backbend, flexibility and is throwing harder than ever
Backbends are a sign of Brown's six-year transformation into one of baseball’s brightest young starting pitchers.
Players: - NFL
Why I kept Octavio Dotel’s baseball card in my wallet: Meisel
One of the beautiful things about sports is that sometimes, we develop connections to random athletes for reasons we can't predict.
Wed, Apr 9
- MLB
Astros star prospect Cam Smith on working through hitting struggles: ‘It’s a process’
“Obviously it’s not productive,” Smith said of his at-bats.
Players: - MLB
Octavio Dotel — the pitcher everybody wanted — left a legacy of strikeouts and smiles
Dotel, who played for 13 teams in his major-league career, died Tuesday after a roof collapse at a club in his native Dominican Republic.
Players: - MLB
Astros trade reliever Rafael Montero to Braves
The Astros tried to offload Montero this winter, but found no takers for a 34-year-old reliever with one standout major-league season.
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Tue, Apr 8
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MLB Power Rankings: Braves with a big drop; How about that NL West?
For this week's rankings, we look at one name that’s having an outsized impact on either present performance or our future expectations.
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Astros starter Spencer Arrighetti suffers broken thumb after being struck in batting practice
Losing Arrighetti for any length is a crippling blow to a Houston rotation without much established depth.