SEATTLE — After a monthlong search, the Mariners have again settled on a first-time manager to succeed Dan Wilson in the dugout.

And Jason Kanzler, a former high school science teacher, qualifies as the most surprising choice yet for Jerry Dipoto’s front office.

The Mariners are hiring Kanzler, a relatively unknown 36-year-old who has ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Mark Walter isn't selling the Dodgers, right?

He is selling the Lakers. He is selling his share of Chelsea, the Premier League team. He is looking into selling the Sparks.

And now he is looking into selling his share of the Cadillac Formula One racing team, as Sportico first reported Monday.

But keeping the Dodgers, right? "No...Read more

In other years, the answer would be straightforward. The Dodgers were swept out of the postseason, they have multiple free agents on which to make decisions, so what do they do now?

This is, obviously, not other years.

We are staring at a potentially long, bleak baseball winter, with no guarantees or even forecasts about when it will end. We ...Read more

CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong displayed his all-around talents daily for the Chicago Cubs. And on the South Side, manager Will Venable guided the White Sox through a remarkable turnaround.

Both were announced as finalists for Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards on Monday.

Fresh off winning a Gold Glove Award on Sunday, Crow-...Read more

DENVER — The Rockies have filled the toughest coaching gig in the big leagues.

Colorado hired Ethan Katz as its new pitching coach on Monday, replacing Alon Leichman, who lasted just one season. Katz, the Astros’ assistant pitching coach in 2026 after five seasons as the White Sox’ pitching coach, comes to LoDo with a tall task ahead.

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LOS ANGELES — Eric Kay's scheduled release from federal prison for supplying the fentanyl-laced pill that resulted in the overdose death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs is Feb. 18, 2041. The former Angels media relations executive would be 67 years old.

In his latest effort to have that sentence overturned or at least whittled down, Kay filed ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Before the looming lockout that will halt the MLB offseason on Dec. 1, which threatens to linger into the 2027 season in a doomsday scenario, the Minnesota Twins have roughly one month to add to their roster.

The Twins have plenty of items on their to-do list. They’ll engage with free agents. They’ll speak with other teams ...Read more

SEATTLE — CBS Sports college football writer Tom Fornelli follows the same formula after every head-coaching hire. Regardless of who’s doing the hiring, or who’s getting hired, he inserts each into a recycled two-sentence structure on social media.

[COACH] is a great hire for [SCHOOL]. I have no idea if it will work out.

Some relevant ...Read more

CHICAGO — Major League Baseball’s best defense earned hardware Sunday night.

Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong and third baseman Alex Bregman won the National League Gold Glove Award at their respective positions while three other finalists — left fielder Ian Happ, right fielder Seiya Suzuki and shortstop Dansby Swanson — ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Back to his youth-league days, Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls would go to the field early or stay late, fielding ground balls as hard as his father, Dave, could hit them, motivated to someday win what he considered baseball’s biggest individual honor — a Gold Glove.

“It was something I always dreamed of and just ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox cleaned up at the 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, with right fielder Wilyer Abreu, center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela and third baseman Caleb Durbin all bringing home the hardware for their defensive efforts.

Abreu, who joined Red Sox legends Fred Lynn and Carlton Fisk as the only rookie Gold Glove winners in ...Read more

SEATTLE — Following a rookie season in 2025 where he showed flashes of brilliance, but also fought though extended stretches of struggles, Cole Young realized he needed to improve his overall game to find sustained success in the big leagues.

At the top of his offseason to-do list was becoming a better defensive second baseman. He wasn’t ...Read more

CHICAGO — Some Chicago Cubs fans will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the 2016 World Series title Monday.

Ten is a nice, round number, and the Cubs spent much of the 2026 season reminding everyone of the 2016 championship, building a ceremonial archway at Gallagher Way and inviting back players and staff from that team.

But one of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Back in May a traumatic event occurred in Milwaukee when the Pabst Co., the parent company of Schlitz, announced they would no longer be producing Schlitz beer which for 177 years had been billed as “the beer that made Milwaukee famous.” It was indeed a sad day for Milwaukee but now five months later iconic Schlitz beer has been...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Turns out, Drew Rasmussen didn’t have anything to worry about regarding his option.

The Rays on Saturday picked up their 2027 option on the ace right-hander, agreeing to pay him a franchise-record $20 million salary rather than see him leave as a free agent.

Rasmussen was emotional after Wednesday’s World Series loss, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — This year, the Dodgers watched the World Series from home, with the Milwaukee Brewers' World Series victory over the Tampa Bay Rays officially ushering in a fresh slate for the Dodgers to plan their 2027 championship pursuit.

"When you take the experience and the talent of our core guys, and you look at what is coming [up ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Bringing to mind a Padres great, Milwaukee Brewers hitters didn’t make the home run a top priority.

They waited longer on pitches, stayed behind the ball, and drove it the other way at high rates.

The Brew Crew behaved like visitors from another baseball era, taking special pride in hitting ground balls the other way.

“Are ...Read more

CHICAGO — “Hope springs eternal …” is the caption of an editorial cartoon that appeared at the top of the Chicago Tribune sports section after Game 5 of the 1982 World Series.

The rendering portrayed a smiling baseball fan wearing a short-sleeved Hawaiian shirt and Chicago Cubs cap surrounded in the stands by big, beefy Milwaukee ...Read more

There are a lot of reasons why the Rays lost the World Series in five games.

What turned out to be the biggest and most obvious reason is the one they could do the least about: The Brewers were just the better team.

After the Brewers bolted out to a three games to none series lead — winning the first two games by one run and the third in a ...Read more