SAN DIEGO -- The MLB commissioner's office has interviewed more than 50 witnesses and reviewed more than 70,000 emails and additional messages as it looks into the Houston Astros' high-tech sign-stealing scheme.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said the initial round has created the need for follow-up interviews, which will push the investigation into ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Five months after Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died in a hotel room with two opioids in his bloodstream, Major League Baseball and its players union have agreed on a new drug policy that will add opioid testing for major leaguers and marijuana use will not be punished in the major or minor leagues.

The policy, which ...Read more

Agent Scott Boras said he's unsure whether Kris Bryant will be on the Cubs' Opening-Day roster.

So Boras is preparing his client for an array of scenarios -- including a possible trade as speculation spreads like brush fire at the winter meetings.

"We talk to Kris all the time," Boras told reporters Tuesday during a 52-minute briefing. "Kris ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- It might wind up being only a short stop for Didi Gregorius, but the Phillies have found their shortstop for 2020.

Gregorius and the Phillies agreed to terms on a one-year contract, a source confirmed Tuesday as the winter meetings continued here at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. The deal is reportedly worth $14 million, which would ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Baseball super-agent Scott Boras made an extended metaphor about major league teams as different species of birds Tuesday at the winter meetings, but his comments on one bird in particular -- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis -- were straightforward.

The representative that negotiated Davis' massive seven-year, $161 million ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Tommy Pham effectively passed a series of physicals this weekend, but the Padres' trade for the outfielder remains in limbo due to the team's lingering concerns over the health of his elbow.

"We're still working through some final details but hope to have some clarity on that in the next 24 hours," General Manager A.J. Preller said...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- The Cubs finalized their 2020 coaching staff Monday by appointing Kyle Evans as senior director of major-league data and development and shifting Will Venable from first base coach to third base coach.

Venable, the first base coach the last two seasons, moved after the hiring of Craig Driver as first base/catching coach last month....Read more

SAN DIEGO -- The Washington Nationals, weeks removed from winning their first World Series title, arrived at baseball's winter meetings Sunday facing crucial decisions. Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon, two of their best players, were free agents. Clubs, including the Dodgers, were in pursuit and the prices would be high. Last week, owner ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- The last time the Baseball Winter Meetings were in San Diego, A.J. Preller walked out of his temporary home at the Marriott Gaslamp Quarter each day, made his way toward Harbor Drive and entered the Manchester Grand Hyatt, where he launched a transformation of the Padres roster.

He didn't officially consummate any trades during ...Read more

CHICAGO -- If the Cubs were to re-sign Nicholas Castellanos, they would bring back a player who was their most productive hitter for the last two months of the 2019 season after they acquired him in a trade-deadline deal with the Tigers, sparking an offense that had struggled for the first two-thirds of the season.

But "it's more complicated ...Read more