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Mike Axisa

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2025 MLB Opening Day starter tracker: Paul Skenes gets call for Pirates, Astros go with Framber Valdez again

The regular season is almost upon us and managers are getting their ducks (and rotations) in a row

Rafael Devers walks back refusal to DH, says he'll do whatever Red Sox ask of him as Opening Day approaches

Devers has yet to play a game this spring training, while Alex Bregman has mostly manned third base

What's next for Rays after killing stadium deal? Six possible outcomes for the future of the MLB team

Owner Stu Sternberg announced Thursday that the team will not move forward with its 2028 stadium plans

Rays say they 'cannot move forward' with new stadium: 'Our commitment ... is unwavering'

Owner Stu Sternberg blamed events 'no one could have anticipated'

Lucas Giolito injury: Red Sox righty to start season on IL with hamstring strain in latest hit to rotation

Brayan Bello and Kutter Crawford are already down for the count

Jeff McNeil injury: Mets' second baseman to start 2025 season on IL with oblique strain

McNeil is expected to miss three to four weeks with the injury

Cardinals hand out first major-league contract of the winter after Tony Clark says MLBPA is paying 'attention'

The Cardinals waited until two weeks before Opening Day to sign a major-league deal this offseason

Batting Around: After the Yankees lost Gerrit Cole for the year, who is the best team in the American League?

Can the Bombers overcome the injury or is this an opening for the Rangers, Orioles or others?

Gerrit Cole injury: Seven ripple effects for Yankees and others as their ace gets Tommy John surgery

The reigning AL champs have lost one of the best pitchers in baseball for the entire 2025 season

Yadier Molina still has visions of being an MLB manager, but he's focused on family for now

Molina retired after the 2022 season with two World Series titles to his name

Grayson Rodriguez injury: Orioles righty shut down for a week with elbow 'discomfort,' will start season on IL

The injury hits keep coming as reliever Andrew Kittredge undergoes knee surgery

Art Schallock, oldest living MLB player and World Series champion with Yankees, dies at 100

Schallock was also a World War II veteran

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says contract offer to Blue Jays 'didn't reach' $600 million before deadline

Guerrero and Blue Jays did not agree to an extension last month, and he will become a free agent after this season

George Kirby injury: Mariners righty will begin 2025 season on injured list with shoulder inflammation

Seattle's GM called it a week-to-week injury

Athletics hire ex-Raiders executive Marc Badain as new president for 'pivotal moment' as team plots Vegas move

Badain previously said bringing baseball to Las Vegas would be 'not easy'

Mike Axisa joined CBS Sports in 2013. He has been a member of the BBWAA since 2015 and has previously written about both fantasy baseball and real life baseball for MLBTradeRumors.com, FanGraphs.com, RotoAuthority.com, and YESNetwork.com. Mike is a native New Yorker.

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