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MLB payrolls 2025: Full list of every baseball team from highest to lowest
Apr 2 · Bob Nightengale, Scott BoeckThis article may be behind a paywall
$Here's a look at MLB's team-by-team payrolls.
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Exclusive: Mets, not Dodgers, have highest 2025 payroll according to MLB calculations
Apr 2 · Bob NightengaleThis article may be behind a paywall
$The Dodgers, with their shrewd strategy of deferred contracts, don’t have the highest salary obligations in MLB this season, despite monster deals.
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2025 MLB's highest-paid players
Apr 2 · @usatodayThis article may be behind a paywall
$Juan Soto's salary of $61,875,000 is the highest in baseball this season, according to MLB's present-day calculations.
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MLB games today: Schedule, times, how to watch for April 2
Apr 2 · Richard MorinHere's the full MLB schedule, for April 2, including game times, TV channels, scores and how to stream.
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Giancarlo Stanton and the torpedo bat: Why he switched to it in 2024; plus injury update
Apr 1 · Pete Caldera"Torpedo'' style bats are all the talk of MLB, but Giancarlo Stanton used a version of that lumber last year, when he went on a postseason home run spree.
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Cubs savor atmosphere in Sacramento as catcher Carson Kelly puts on historic show
Apr 1 · Bob NightengaleThis article may be behind a paywall
$Chicago made history playing in Sacramento's Triple-A park with catcher Carson Kelly becoming the first Cubs player to hit for the cycle since 1993.
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Reds' Elly De La Cruz hits two long homers in first game with torpedo bat
Apr 1 · Steve GardnerThis article may be behind a paywall
$Cincinnati shortstop Elly De La Cruz blasted a pair of 400-foot homers and drove in seven runs while using the trendy torpedo bat for the first time.
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Miller Gardner, son of former Yankees star, likely died from carbon monoxide poisoning: Officials
Apr 1 · Julia Gomez, Saleen MartinOfficials found high levels of carbon monoxide in the family's hotel room, according to officials.
Players:MLB games today: Schedule, times, how to watch for April 1
Apr 1 · Richard MorinHere's the full MLB schedule, for April 1, including game times, TV channels, scores and how to stream.
Stanford's Rintaro Sasaki blazing new trail to MLB for Japanese phenoms: 'Doing it my way'
Apr 1 · Gabe LacquesThis article may be behind a paywall
$Rintaro Sasaki opted out of the NBP draft to come play college baseball in America.
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Athletics get new beginning in Sacramento, but get blown out by Cubs in home opener
Apr 1 · Bob NightengaleThis article may be behind a paywall
$The A's had all of the pomp and circumstance like every other home opener in their history, but nothing was quite like this in Sacramento, California.
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Garrett Crochet contract: Red Sox agree to $170 million extension with new ace
Apr 1 · Jesse Yomtov, Bob NightengaleThis article may be behind a paywall
$Days after making his first start for Boston, pitcher Garrett Crochet and the Red Sox agreed on a six-year, $170 million contract extension.
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Freddie Freeman out of Los Angeles Dodgers lineup after shower 'mishap'
Apr 1 · Jim ReinekingThis article may be behind a paywall
$Freddie Freeman was out of the lineup for the Los Angeles Dodgers' game Monday night against the Atlanta Braves, after a shower "mishap.
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Rafael Devers' terrible 0-for-19 start making wrong kind of MLB history for Red Sox
Apr 1 · Gabe LacquesThis article may be behind a paywall
$There’s never been a five-game start as astounding – statistically, and circumstantially – as Rafael Devers’ grim 2025 beginning for the Red Sox.
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