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Early MLB offseason rumors and buzz: Which stars will get traded? Which teams will rule the winter?
Will Skubal be dealt? Who could sign Schwarber and Tucker? Here's what we're hearing as the 2025-26 hot stove ignites.

From Kyle Schwarber to Alex Bregman: Best fits for top free agents
Free agency starts at 5 p.m. ET Thursday. Here are some pairings we'd love to see as this winter gets going.

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HOW THEY STACK UP
How the Blue Jays nearly took down a baseball superpower -- and how it could change MLB
Toronto almost dethroned the mighty Dodgers by prioritizing contact. Will other teams follow the model?

Way-too-early 2026 MLB Power Rankings: Are the Dodgers or Blue Jays No. 1?
Los Angeles just won the 2025 World Series -- and we're already looking ahead to next year.


STARS WHO SHINED IN THE POSTSEASON
MLB All-October team: The stars who ruled the 2025 playoffs
From playoff breakouts to World Series heroes, here's a full squad of players who shined brightest under the postseason lights.


MAKING SENSE OF AN EPIC WORLD SERIES
Kurkjian: Greatest World Series ever? No question for Dodgers-Blue Jays
Seven epic games, between two formidable teams? The 2025 World Series showed baseball at its best.


DODGERS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE
Inside the night the Dodgers became back-to-back World Series champs -- and Yamamoto became an L.A. legend
After seven games, plenty of extra innings, and a history-making pitching turn, the first repeat champions of this century could finally exhale.

World Series champions -- again! Game 7 win cements Dodgers' dynasty
The first team to repeat in a quarter century is an MLB behemoth that isn't going away anytime soon.


CELEBRATING IN LA LA LAND
Best moments, highlights from Dodgers' World Series parade
The Los Angeles Dodgers are celebrating their second consecutive World Series title in the streets of downtown L.A.

Dodgers thank fans, turn attention to WS three-peat


ANDSCAPE
Alan Porter is the 'complete package' of MLB umpiring

Top Headlines
- Source: RHP Bieber staying with Blue Jays in '26
- Perez agrees to 2-year deal to remain with Royals
- Sources: Tigers' Flaherty stays put, to make $20M
- Padres vet Darvish out for 2026 after UCL surgery
- Sources: Story opts to stay with Red Sox in '26
- Auction house collects WS HR balls from dad, son
- Shelton: Reflection time post-firing aided Twins hire
- Brewers decline '26 options on Hoskins, Quintana
- ⚾ Kicking off way-too-early 2026 Power Rankings
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Emilee Chinn/Getty Images MLB playoffs 2025: Offseason questions for eliminated teams
Here's how the winter looks in Toronto -- and in the other towns whose teams lost their final postseason game.
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