Miami Marlins

Hanley Ramírez was once one of the brightest young stars in baseball, and now the former Miami Marlins All-Star is up for a spot in Cooperstown. The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced the 2025 ballot for the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Monday, including both fresh faces and a handful of returnees. Among the 14 players making their debuts was Ramírez, who was the face of the Marlins from 2006 to 2012. The other players who were added to the ballot alongside Ramírez were Carlos González, Curtis Granderson, Félix Hernández, Adam Jones, Ian Kinsler, Russell Martin, Brian McCann, Dustin Pedroia, Fernando Rodney, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki, Troy Tulowitzki and Ben Zobrist.

The qualifying offer deadline passed and teams had to decide whether or not to offer the roughly $21 million, one-year deal to free agents. The St. Louis Cardinals are going to be an intriguing team to watch. St. Louis is looking to trim payroll and build for the future. FanSided's Josh Jacobs put together a list of five "wild" trade ideas and one was an intriguing deal between the Cardinals and Miami Marlins that would flip Nolan Gorman for Jesús Luzardo.

The Cleveland Guardians badly need starting pitching, but due to their lack of financial resources, they may not be able to sign a top-notch arm in free agency. Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller lists Alcantara among the star players most likely to be dangled in trades this offseason, and while he doesn't specifically list Cleveland as a potential suitor, the Guardians seem to fit his criteria as a possible landing spot.

Just one season removed from the Miami Marlins' second playoff appearance in 20-plus years, the team once again appears headed for the Major League Baseball cellar. A bevy of deals during a doomed 2024 campaign has once again left fans reaching for their scorecards to put names to the faces of the players making up Miami's roster — save one, and it is a name that many Major League Baseball followers may have forgotten about. One-time Marlins staff ace Sandy Alcántara, whose Cy Young-winning campaign helped lead the team to the 2022 postseason, was the toast of MLB before an awful 2023 campaign was cut short by an ulnar collateral ligament injury in his right throwing elbow that eventually required Tommy John surgery.

The Arizona Fall League season may have come to a close, but a handful of young players more than made their mark. The league's annual award winners were unveiled Saturday night, and Miami Marlins outfield prospect Andrew Pintar was named Defensive Player of the Year. Pintar appeared in 27 games for the Peoria Javelinas, notching three assists and two double plays without committing a single error in 51 chances. Pintar only moved to center field full-time in 2024, as he was exclusively a middle infielder across his five seasons at BYU.

The Baltimore Orioles drafted Connor Norby in the second round of the 2021 MLB draft out of East Carolina University. The infielder provided their minor league system with depth and become a top prospect who proved a versatile infielder and showed gap-to-gap power at the plate. Plus, with Ramon Urias at third base and Jackson Holliday set to take over full-time at second base, there was no real path to consistent playing time. The Orioles needed to upgrade their bullpen for a playoff push.

Bill Hezel is taking over as the director of pitching for the Miami Marlins, per The Athletic's Sam Blum. Hezel spent the last two seasons with the Los Angeles Angels and was the team's pitching strategist in 2024. Hezel, 38, was the assistant pitching coach for the Halos in 2023 and was previously the director of pitching at Driveline Baseball, a pitching development organization in Washington.

The baseball season may be five months away but it’s not too early to buy tickets.

Chicago White Sox left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet has been named the 2024 American League Comeback Player of the Year, the team announced Thursday.

As the Major League Baseball world waits for the dam to break on the lucrative free-agent market, many eyes remain trained on the New York Mets. The Mets are going to go wild this winter. Everyone knows owner Steve Cohen is aching to build on his team's surprise run to the National League Championship Series, and he has the seemingly infinite means to make it happen. Nearly every big-money free agent available has been linked to the Mets at one point or another this November.

White Sox ace Garrett Crochet headlines the list of pitchers the Red Sox should consider trading for this offseason.

McCullough replaces Skip Schumaker, who parted ways with the club at the end of the regular season.

The Yankees have signed LHP Brandon Leibrandt to a minor league contract this week, hoping to potentially give them some left-handed bullpen depth in 2025.

Only three manager jobs were open this offseason, and the only one still left is Schumaker's old job.

He was being considered by the the Marlins and White Sox for their managerial position.

The New York Yankees might not be in the 2024 World Series if it weren't for infielder/center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. Chisholm has been a key part of the Yankees batting rotation and a reliable presence in the baseball diamond since joining the team in late July. The

The baseball that cemented Shohei Ohtani’s status as the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season has sold at auction for $4.39 million, the highest price ever paid for any ball in any sport. About the sale: Ohtani’s 50th home run during the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Sept. 19th game against the Miami Marlins propelled him into baseball history — and the ball marking that achievement has now set a record of its own. Goldin founder and CEO Ken Goldin highlighted the global appeal of the collectible, stating, “Shohei Ohtani made history with this baseball, and now, with the highest sale price for any ball ever sold, this legendary piece of sports memorabilia has made history again.”

The move is part of a wider goal to reinvest in player development, even at the expense of the big league roster -- and maybe competitiveness.