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The baseball year has began rather quietly, at least compared to the frenetic pace of free agency last month. As of this morning, the two most notable acquisitions this week came in the NL Central: the Cubs have agreed to a one-year, $720,000 deal with first baseman Eric Hosmer, and…

He is a borderline candidate at the trickiest position to evaluate. Let’s take a look at his Cooperstown case.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An open-air baseball stadium in Florida in the summer doesn’t work. A retractable roof is expensive and can chew up too much space and scenery.

NEW YORK -- Japan was first in the men's baseball rankings released by the World Baseball Softball Confederation on Dec. 31, a spot it has held since 2014. Samurai Japan will compete in the World Baseball Classic international tourney in March.

The rule changes will bring joy to baseball in the new year.

What’s with all the predictions? Consider it a year’s worth of precious intel.

Major League Baseball superstar Carlos Correa was hours away from being unveiled as a San Francisco Giants player only for the deal to collapse - and the Giants have spoken out about what happened

Let’s put statistics and trivia aside and see if you can name the author of these baseball quotes.

I wrote about the unsealing order in 2020; the order was then affirmed earlier this year, and just today Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.) unsealed "the minimally redacted version" of the letter. (Judge Rakoff's opinion starts with, "Time to close the books.") You can see that redacted version, which is too…