The Braves are bringing back their closer Raisel Iglesias on a one-year $16 million deal. The team announced the deal Wednesday night, for what will be Iglesias’s age-36 season. Iglesias returns to the team for which he has performed admirably since being traded to Atlanta in 2022. The Braves’ righty struggled out of the gate in 2025, pitching to a 6.75 ERA in his first 25 outings,...
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Major League Baseball took one more step in looking to enhance its reach as they announced a new three-year media deal with NBC Universal, Netflix, and ESPN. Here are some of the details of what’s to come in this new agreement. NBCUniversal NBC Universal is set to benefit significantly from this deal, having acquired the rights to Sunday Night Baseball from ESPN, along with re-acquiring...
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The Mets officially announced their full 2026 major league coaching staff on Tuesday, completing a significant overhaul aimed at fostering philosophical alignment throughout the organization. After the disappointment of the 2025 season, the Mets have assembled a staff that emphasizes defense and player development, while integrating an analytical approach that has made the Mets’ minor...
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Updated Report – Nov. 19 at 13:10 Justin Willard has been officially named the Mets’ pitching coach for the 2026 season. He confirmed the news as a guest of the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast. Original Report – Nov. 1 at 17:02 The Mets are closing in on Justin Willard as their pitching coach for the 2026 season, according to Will Sammon of the Athletic. Joel Sherman of the...
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Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo, Kodai Senga and Mark Vientos are all career-long Mets. They have something else in common: their names have popped up in trade rumors. Let’s take a look at how they did in 2025, their contracts and how moving each of them might affect the roster. (Assume for the sake of this exercise that the player coming back is a pitcher, which is the Mets’ greatest...
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Kazuma Okamoto Position(s): 3B/1B B/T: R/R Age: 29 (06/30/1996) 2025 Traditional Stats: 69 G, 293 PA, .327/.416/.598/1.014, 82 H, 21 2B, 15 HR, 49 RBI, 33 BB, 33 SO 2025 Advanced Stats: 210 WRC+, 11.3% BB%, 11.3% K%, .327 BABIP, .454 wOBA Rundown The 29-year-old Kazuma Okamoto will become the first position player ever posted by the Yomiuri Giants. He enters free agency as a polished, veteran...
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