Major League Baseball

Sources: ChiSox picking up Robert's $20M option

The White Sox are picking up the $20 million option on center fielder Luis Robert Jr.'s contract for the 2026 season, sources told ESPN.

Braves promote bench coach Weiss to manager

The Braves on Monday hired Walt Weiss, who has been Atlanta's bench coach since 2018, as their new manager to replace Brian Snitker.

Ohtani, Judge up for consecutive MVP awards

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge were named as finalists for the National League and American League MVP honors, respectively, by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Bregman, Bellinger, Diaz opt for MLB free agency

Alex Bregman, Cody Bellinger and Edwin Diaz are among the more than 140 players so far to have opted out of their contracts and will become free agents.

Dodgers prance through parade, ponder three-peat

Back in Los Angeles after winning the World Series in Toronto on Saturday, the Dodgers celebrated their second straight championship with a downtown parade on Monday, a day that included a stop at Dodger Stadium with the Commissioner's Trophy in tow.

Conte, architect of BALCO scandal, dies at 75

Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes, including baseball stars Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Olympic track champion Marion Jones decades ago, died Monday. He was 75.

Delgado, Kent, Sheffield, Valenzuela to Hall ballot

Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Gary Sheffield, Fernando Valenzuela, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy will be on the Hall of Fame contemporary era ballot.

Marlins name Kapler GM amid front office moves

The Miami Marlins have promoted Gabe Kapler to GM. Frankie Piliere was also promoted to VP of amateur forecasting and player evaluation, and Vinesh Kanthan moved to senior director of baseball operations.

🏆A Will Smith wins WS for sixth straight year

The past six World Series champions have continued an unusual streak: all of them had at least one player named Will Smith.