Plenty of tanking teams remain, but MLB 2019 will also have plenty of parity – and a potentially epic final week.
Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY
Three players, $1 billion: Best buy among Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado
Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado have traveled similar career paths. Who will come closest to living up to the terms of his megadeal?
Opinion: Mike Trout is the right guy to get the biggest deal in sports history
The greatest player of his generation – perhaps any generation – will be paid like it, by any measure.
Bryce Harper sweepstakes: Winners and losers in wake of $330 million deal with Phillies
After a decade in the making, Bryce Harper agreed to a record contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. The winners and loser of this baseball saga.
MLB players are ready to ‘burn the whole system down.’ Here’s what they want to avoid a strike.
Labor tension has been brewing for years in Major League Baseball, and it appears ready to boil over. Here’s what the players want.
Braves, Josh Donaldson set for rebound relationship: ‘He’s going to be a high-level player’
Josh Donaldson, who was injured most of last year, called 2018 a ‘lost season.’ Now with the Braves, he’s out to prove something.
Spring training: No Harper or Machado (yet), but Rob Manfred says pitch clock will be there
Commissioner Rob Manfred also rejects criticism of MLB clubs not paying up for free agents: “That doesn’t mean teams are not trying.”
Opinion: MLB teams live in fear of the ‘albatross’ contract. Yet such situations are largely a myth.
As Bryce Harper and Manny Machado remain unsigned, USA TODAY Sports examines the top 11 free agent contracts of all time based on total value.
Winter of Bryce Harper an Indians reality check: Likelier to deal Corey Kluber than add MVP
It’s highly unlikely the Indians pursue Bryce Harper, even if Corey Kluber’s $18 million comes off the books.
MLB’s winter just got even more wild – but don’t put Bryce Harper in Dodger Blue yet
While the Dodgers’ deal with the Reds on Friday certainly appeared to open a hole for Harper to fill, the Dodgers have plenty more work to do.