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PHILADELPHIA — In stretching out Trea Turner’s $300 million contract over 11 years, the Phillies diluted the average annual salary for luxury-tax purposes and payroll flexibility. It’s the approach they took four years ago in signing Bryce Harper. The length of Turner’s deal, like Harper’s 13-year pact, was predicated on…

PITTSBURGH -- Neil Walker was visiting family in Colorado on Friday morning when his phone began buzzing with news and excitement. As the Rocky Mountains provided a picturesque backdrop, Walker glanced down and saw what he sort of suspected had come true — Andrew McCutchen, the Pirates' franchise pillar for…

The Yankees went 47-29 in American League East games last season, securing nearly half of their 99 wins against divisional foes. The .618 winning percentage against the four other AL East teams — who were no slouches, evidenced by a combined 339-309 mark — was legitimately impressive. Their division was…

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

SEATTLE — “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”

Many of us at Sports Illustrated have spent the last few weeks looking back on this year in sports. We combed through the catalog of stories we’ve published over the past 12 months to pick out our favorites and sum up what happened (or in the case of MMQB editor…

Aaron Judge's home run chase and Houston's second title headlined a baseball season that, for a time, seemed like it might not happen at all.

What to do when your favorite story of the year is reduced to a work of fiction.

So this is how it goes, I guess. Every year, the Thrill of Christmas will be followed by the Agony of the Vote.