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Byline: Chelsea Janes As the East Coast of the United States slept early Saturday morning, the Chiba Lotte Marines made an announcement that will transform this year's free agent pitching [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist SAN ANTONIO - As baseball's top executives swarm upon San Antonio for the annual general manager meetings, everyone has the same concern: How in the world [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Aug. 16A few weeks ago, with the trade deadline fast approaching, Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington made a handful of moves intended to reinforce the club. [...]

Byline: Tim Benz May 14There was plenty of excitement generated by Paul Skenes' debut Saturday night at PNC Park. Unfortunately, the bullpen folly of that 10-9 win for the Pittsburgh [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga Just before an opening pitch that was delayed nearly an hour and a half by drizzle, a promo played on the scoreboard at Nationals Park. A young [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Feb. 8When the Pittsburgh Pirates were dissatisfied with their play at first base in 2022, they signed veteran Carlos Santana to a one-year contract worth $6.725 million [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Jul. 21The Pittsburgh Pirates made a pair of bullpen-related roster moves Friday ahead of their first of three games in Anaheim against the Angels, activating left-handed reliever [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 16Andrew McCutchen is back with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Rodolfo Castro is headed to the minors. The Pirates made a pair of roster moves before Sunday's game [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jul. 10Paul Skenes already was college baseball's best two-way player when he made what he calls the hardest decision of his life, leaving the U.S. Air Force [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Mar. 11When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Carlos Santana to a free-agent contract, they discussed how his impact could be two-fold: by addressing offseason needs at first base [...]

Byline: Joe Rutter Mar. 7When the Pittsburgh Steelers lost three of their top five wide receivers in free agency last year, they fortified the position with an all-too-familiar strategy. They [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 30By signing veteran first baseman/designated hitter Carlos Santana to a one-year contract worth $6.725 million, Ben Cherington made his biggest splash in free agency in three [...]

Byline: Cesar Brioso, USA TODAY BALTIMORE - The Gurriel surname carries weight in baseball circles from Havana to Houston and beyond. Astros walk-off to win Game 1 over Mariners Houston [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga WASHINGTON - When Juan Soto came to the plate in the first inning Monday night, most of those in the lower tier at Nationals Park stood and [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Jul. 24It's possible the Pittsburgh Pirates' future organizational prospect depth improved Saturday night. And not because of what any of their current minor leaguers did. In what [...]

Byline: Andrew Golden WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Andrew Stevenson, a second-round draft pick in 2015 who grew into a fan favorite for the Washington Nationals, was outrighted to the [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jun. 26With Mitch Keller in Triple-A, Steven Brault and Trevor Cahill still on the injured list and the schedule showing no off days until the All-Star break, [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY TEMPE, Ariz. - Flush with the security that comes with a forthcoming World Series ring and a $245 million contract, Anthony Rendon isn't afraid to [...]

Byline: Pete Caldera, The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record, USA TODAY Network NEW YORK - Having paid a staggering price to acquire free agent Gerrit Cole, Yankees managing general partner Hal [...]

Byline: Neil Greenberg Baseball's business season got underway immediately after the Washington Nationals won the World Series last week, and perhaps no name will be the subject of more speculation [...]

Byline: Dave Sheinin WASHINGTON - The moment passed more or less unnoticed and unmarked. No standing ovation. No tip of the cap. Not even an outward indication that anyone cared, [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Aug. 17-- Aug. 17--Clint Hurdle called the promotion of Cole Tucker to the Pittsburgh Pirates roster Friday 'short-term help.' And he was right. Jose Osuna has four [...]

Byline: Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY The Craig Kimbrel-Dallas Keuchel sweepstakes awoke from its hibernation with the MLB draft getting underway, as potential suitors now can sign the free agents without [...]

Byline: Dave Sheinin Right at midnight, as Sunday turns to Monday, an unintended, secondary phase of free agency will commence in baseball. Some seven months after the free agent market [...]

Byline: CATHAL KELLY; Staff TORONTO -- Baseball isn't famous for its nice guys. Not-so-nice guys is the general rule. By all accounts, Baltimore Oriole Chris Davis is one of the [...]

On Sept. 14, 2018, Chris Davis, who had been hitless in his last 17 at-bats, got a 2-1 changeup from White Sox pitcher James Shields, and jumped on it. Davis [...]

TAMPA, Fla. -- Exactly why the superstar free agents Manny Machado and Bryce Harper have remained unsigned deep into February has been the topic of bitter debate among players, fans [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When Mike Rizzo finally got back to his office at Nationals Park earlier this month, just a bit later than usual because a World [...]

Byline: Thomas Boswell On the day Bryce Harper probably said goodbye, Victor Robles said, 'Hola.' On a late afternoon, drifting into sundown, when Harper went 0-for-4 and was, symbolically, left [...]

A year from now, perhaps, Matt Harvey will be back in a rotation somewhere, a buy-low prayer for a small-market outpost. Maybe by then he will have accepted the need [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA Today PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. - The dozens of reporters who stake out the Angels parking lot each morning, awaiting Shohei Ohtani's arrival, staring at him [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga Giancarlo Stanton is at Nationals Park this week, his last appearance here this season. So consider this a minute, and bear with me. Yes, the Nats lead [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Jose Quintana sat by himself on the couch in the middle of the Chicago White Sox clubhouse Monday, alone in his thoughts, prepared [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman April 03--A year ago, Andrew McCutchen entered the season amid talk about being a Pirate for life. What seems like a lifetime later, McCutchen on Monday begins [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz, @jorgelortiz, USA TODAY Sports Yulieski Gurriel has gone through more major changes in the last three years than most people encounter in a lifetime. Switching positions? [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports New York Mets third baseman David Wright is shut down with a shoulder impingement and has no idea when he'll return. First baseman [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes The Washington Nationals will call up right-hander Justin Miller from Class AAA Syracuse on Friday, according to a person familiar with the situation, rewarding a veteran reliever [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz, @jorgelortiz, USA TODAY Sports As the sporting world ponders the aftermath of a thrilling Super Bowl, trucks loaded with baseball equipment are making their way to [...]

Byline: Thomas Boswell True story: Press room gossip meets winter meetings reality (a.k.a.: Have the Nationals lost their minds, trading Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez and 2016 first-round draft pick Dane [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes The Washington Nationals, whose hard line on prospects kept them from acquiring all-stars such as Andrew McCutchen and Chris Sale this winter, traded their top two pitching [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- If the Washington Nationals season began this week, Trea Turner would start in center field and Danny Espinosa would play shortstop, Mike Rizzo said [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports You believe it's nothing more than a marketing gimmick, a public relations stunt, and then you hear Tim Tebow's voice. You ask yourself [...]

Byline: Jorge Castillo When the Washington Nationals officially acquired Trea Turner - and could finally acknowledge it publicly - last June, they billed him as a potential long-term solution at [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes CHICAGO -- The Washington Nationals told Trea Turner his call up to the majors would last three days, the duration of Ryan Zimmerman's paternity leave. Turner said [...]

Byline: Adam Kilgore If Stephen Strasburg served as Plan A for some teams' offseason plans, the Nationals' stunning extension of their homegrown ace left them without a viable Plan B. [...]

Byline: Travis Sawchik Sept. 13--1. Jung Ho Kang has emerged as one of the steals off the offseason. He entered the weekend with an .826 OPS, already having produced four [...]

Byline: Rob Biertempfel July 30--CINCINNATI -- The Pirates on Thursday bolstered the back end of their bullpen by acquiring closer Joakim Soria from the Detroit Tigers for minor league shortstop [...]

Byline: Bill West July 26--Pirates manager Clint Hurdle joked that his daughter, Maddie, made the decision to put Aramis Ramirez in the team's cleanup spot for Saturday's home game against [...]