Red Sox land Rays' top catcher prospect in multi-player trade originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Winning the World Series again is certainly no guarantee. The Dodgers lost their first two times under Friedman’s watch, to Houston in 2017 and Boston in 2018. Last year’s victory after a season truncated to 60 games was their first since 1988.

Alderson isn’t necessarily to blame for failing to uncover the scandal before hiring Porter, but he said publicly the Mets need to put a more thorough vetting process in place, all the more so after Mickey Callaway was suspended by the Angels earlier this month for similar harassment of female reporters.

Boone said that hitting coaches Marcus Thames and PJ Pilittere are excited to work more with him moving forward.Atlanta Braves

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But don’t count on the Cubs holding on to short-term “assets” at the deadline if the chances to win in October aren’t much better than tepid. Even in 2017, coming off the championship, then-president Theo Epstein admittedly came within a week or two of selling at the deadline because of the iffy look of the team performance into July. That team wound up in the National League Championship Series.New York Mets

Some of it comes in the form of players still drawing a check despite being elsewhere. Think David Price, Dustin Pedroia, and now Andrew Benintendi, too. But there's also ace Chris Sale, who hasn't pitched since 2019. We're unlikely to see him until June or July while he recovers from Tommy John surgery. Until then, his $25.6 million is empty calories.Kansas City Royals

Nevertheless, baseball executives I spoke with on Thursday say they expect the $340 million figure to become something of a target number for Lindor.Pittsburgh Pirates