6+ hour, 16+ min ago (228+ words) The post Rangers rumors: "Overwhelming likelihood" is Corey Seager won"t be traded before Opening Day appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Texas Rangers 2025 offseason moves have created steady speculation, especially around Corey Seager"s future in Arlington. After the Marcus Semien trade Monday, Seager rumors spread fast, and many wondered if the Rangers were beginning a quiet reset after a disappointing 2025 season. To calm the noise, MLB Network posted a segment on its X, (formerly known as Twitter) account, featuring insider Jon Morosi addressing the issue directly. Morosi"s statement gave fans some much-needed clarity on where the situation stands. "I still think the overwhelming likelihood is that Corey Seager remains a member of the Rangers on Opening Day." The comments from the insider suggest the Rangers plan to retool rather than rebuild. Despite the roster turnover, the front office…...

12+ hour, 41+ min ago (74+ words) The Pittsburgh Pirates never actually made this contract offer like it was initially reported. Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jake Mintz and senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman react to the news of Josh Naylor returning to the Seattle Mariners for a five-year, $92.5 million contract. Hear the full conversation on the "Baseball Bar-B-Cast" podcast - and subscribe on The Pittsburgh Pirates never actually made this contract offer like it was initially reported....

17+ hour, 42+ min ago (482+ words) The 2025-26 MLB free agent class is fascinating despite lackingAaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani or Juan Soto, the three superstar MLB free agents of the past three winters. It's deep in sluggers and late-game relievers, with a helping of starting pitchers and third basemen. It feels hard to predict where players will land, and that should make this a fun offseason. The domino effect of one or two surprise signings -- such asKyle Schwarber not returning to the Philadelphia Phillies or Pete Alonso not returning to the New York Mets -- will create chaos. As always, a lot of money will be spent -- not all of it wisely. Last year's top-10 domestic free agents did pretty well, historically speaking, going from a combined 34.2 WAR in 2024 to 28.2 in 2025 to retain 82% of their value. In 2023-24, that figure was just 57% and in 2022-23, just 54%. Let's dig into the…...

17+ hour, 42+ min ago (482+ words) The 2025-26 MLB free agent class is fascinating despite lackingAaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani or Juan Soto, the three superstar MLB free agents of the past three winters. It's deep in sluggers and late-game relievers, with a helping of starting pitchers and third basemen. It feels hard to predict where players will land, and that should make this a fun offseason. The domino effect of one or two surprise signings -- such asKyle Schwarber not returning to the Philadelphia Phillies or Pete Alonso not returning to the New York Mets -- will create chaos. As always, a lot of money will be spent -- not all of it wisely. Last year's top-10 domestic free agents did pretty well, historically speaking, going from a combined 34.2 WAR in 2024 to 28.2 in 2025 to retain 82% of their value. In 2023-24, that figure was just 57% and in 2022-23, just 54%. Let's dig into the…...

18+ hour, 16+ min ago (843+ words) The 2025-26 MLB free agent class is fascinating despite lacking Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani or Juan Soto, the three superstar MLB free agents of the past three winters. It's deep in sluggers and late-game relievers, with a helping of starting pitchers and third basemen. It feels hard to predict where players will land, and that should make this a fun offseason. The domino effect of one or two surprise signings -- such as Kyle Schwarber not returning to the Philadelphia Phillies or Pete Alonso not returning to the New York Mets -- will create chaos. As always, a lot of money will be spent -- not all of it wisely. Last year's top-10 domestic free agents did pretty well, historically speaking, going from a combined 34.2 WAR in 2024 to 28.2 in 2025 to retain 82% of their value. In 2023-24, that figure was just 57% and in 2022-23, just 54%. Let's dig…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago (282+ words) Aaron Judge is on many lists of the greatest baseball players ever. But there's one such list the New York Yankees' 6-foot-7 slugger would gladly leave as soon as possible. It's the one of guys who have never won a World Series player despite being a legend. Mike Lupica broke this down for MLB.com: Baseball is a tricky game when it comes to this stuff. One player truly can't lead a team to a championship by himself. That showed itself quite a bit in the recent past with Trout and the Angels. The greatest player of his generation had a stretch of more than a decade in which he didn't play in the postseason. Williams played in a very different era, where the Yankees pretty much just kept winning the American League pennant and there was no other path…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago (504+ words) I'll admit it: This piece is not an original idea. I was moved by something that longtime Seattle sports radio personality Dave Grosby implied on social media on Sunday, and he was right. Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is putting together a season reminiscent of the one we just saw from Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh. And the two of them, along with Julio Rodriguez, make up the current "Holy Trinity" of Seattle Sports, at least from my vantage point. Raleigh just had the best season ever by a catcher, hitting 60 home runs and driving in 125 runs. The 60 home runs are the most ever for a catcher in a season, the most ever for a switch-hitter and the most ever by a Mariners player. He started the All-Star Game, won the Home Run Derby and finished second in the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1019+ words) The free agent market is heating up, with increased rumors and speculation about the potential landing spots for the top options available, including Pete Alonso, Edwin Diaz, Kyle Tucker, Devin Williams, and Framber Valdez. All are among the best at their respective positions and figure to have plenty of suitors, if they have not already heard from them. What is the latest on them from trusted insiders and where might they ultimately end up? Find out in this preview, including predictions for each. Williams has been an elite reliever in his career but his first year with the Yankees saw him as anything but. His ERA ballooned to a career-high .479, he allowed the most hits of his career (45), and his four blown saves tied for his most ever. Still, the 31-year-old righty is a talented pitcher who the Yankees believe…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1287+ words) Four players this offseason have already made out very well by taking the one-year, $22.025 million qualifying offer: Gleyber Torres (Detroit Tigers), Brandon Woodruff (Milwaukee Brewers), Trent Grisham (New York Yankees) and Shota Imanaga (Chicago Cubs). Torres was an All-Star for the third time in his career this past season, but he posted just a .659 OPS in the second half of the season as he dealt with a sports hernia on his right side. Woodruff is a multiple-time All-Star himself, but while he went 7-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 2025, he's made only 12 starts over the last two years and ended this past campaign with a right lat strain. Finally, Imanaga was excellent in his first MLB season of 2024, posting a top-five finish in NL Cy Young Award voting by going 15-3 with a 2.91 ERA. He regressed in his second season, though, finishing with…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago (684+ words) While he's not the number two everyone wants behind Garrett Crochet, one name being considered in Ranger Su'rez. This doesn't fit anywhere else but Remy would have made a meal out of this name. Ranger ... Welcome to the 2025-26 edition of Smash or Pass, in which we examine potential free agent and trade targets to determine whether the Red Sox should pursue them and what it would take to land them. Today we look at a rotation-lengthening option out of Philadelphia. The Red Sox need starting pitching. You can never have enough pitching is a saying for a reason. It made Craig Breslew's decisions to shoot for the moon on Joe Ryan and then acquire Dustin May reasonable because no matter how well things were going or how close, say, Payton Tolle and Connelly Early were, adding more depth was a…...