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For some teams, their path to July 31 is clear. The playoff favorites (hi, Yankees, Astros and Red Sox!) will look to add to their major-league roster in an effort to improve their October prospects. The also-rans (hi, Orioles, Royals and Marlins!) know what they’re doing, too: trading away their assets to improve their future prospects, if the price is right. MORE: Mets will consider deadling Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard...

REPORTED BY: FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal MORE: Winter meetings start busy offseason | See where players moved THE DETAILS: Haren said in November that he wouldn’t pitch for a team outside of Los Angeles because he wants to remain close to his family, but the Marlins still accepted him in a trade that sent Dodgers All-Star second baseman Dee Gordon to Miami for Andrew Heaney and company. With Haren still wavering on pitching next season, the Marlins are reportedly considering moving him back to the West Coast to prevent losing him to retirement....

DAVID ROBERTSON: @Yankees, the official Twitter account of the 27-time world champions, has had four tweets this week. One was the news that Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, and Hiroki Kuroda declined their qualifying offers and are full-on free agents now. One was a retweet of an MLB contest to win a CC Sabathia autographed baseball. One was a chance to meet Mariano Rivera. Then there was this… The Yankees have more than a million Twitter followers, and among the people who saw Brian Cashman’s ringing non-endorsement of David Robertson as the 2014 closer in the Bronx are probably a few agents who, well, let’s go to an artist’s rendering....

Jorge Alfaro is a seven-year MLB veteran who recently signed with the Boston Red Sox for 2023. It was a minor-league deal, so the potential upside of the deal is huge. If Alfaro can translate this offensive output and excitement to the major leagues, it will be one of the biggest steals of the offseason. The MLB posted a video of his latest home run to Twitter, and it’s fair to say it got fans excited....

But they’ve both built some momentum in recent days, and each scored an extra-inning victory Sunday to continue in the right direction. The Red Sox (9-13) got a sacrifice fly from Christian Vazquez in the 11th inning to finish a three-game sweep of the first-place Rays with a 4-3 win at Tropicana Field. David Price struck out 10 and gave up two runs in five innings. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN...

Diego Simeone’s men annihilated local rivals Real Madrid with a spectacular 7-3 win in the International Champions Cup on Friday night at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey. As is often the case, Diego Costa took center stage. The Spaniard scored four goals, including a first-half hat-trick, as his team took a 6-0 lead. Costa then proceeded to get himself sent off after being embroiled in a fight with Real’s Dani Carvajal, who was also red-carded....

A 40-yard stunner and a 91st-minute winner were on the script as debutant Ibrahimovic came off the bench to lift the rallying Galaxy past city rivals Los Angeles FC 4-3. The Galaxy were staring at a comprehensive defeat against high-flying LAFC, who led 3-0 at Stubhub Center thanks to Mexico international Carlos Vela, with Ibrahimovic watching from the bench. Needing a response, former Manchester United forward Ibrahimovic — who only arrived from England on Thursday — was introduced in the 71st minute and equalized six minutes later after Sebastian Lletget and Chris Pontius began the fightback....

The final weeks of the regular season is under way and the final weekend of action before the October international break features some potential elimination games for several teams. The Chicago Fire are the only team currently eliminated from playoff contention, while teams such as Houston, Columbus, San Jose, and Vancouver could see their faint hopes vanquished this week. Then you have Orlando City and New England, which could also be eliminated if they lose and D....

While American League ballparks have not staged the annual extravaganza since 2014, an American League team has won the contest for the last six years straight. The most recent success came last year, with an 8-6 win over the Nationals League All-Stars thanks to Alex Bregman’s go-ahead homer in the 10th innings. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Tuesday. When and where is the MLB All Star Game?...

The Pirates, who entered tied with the Nationals and Athletics for the best odds to select No. 1 overall, landed the first pick in the 2023 Draft. This is the Pirates’ second No. 1 pick in the last three years, giving Pittsburgh an opportunity to add another premier talent to its farm system amid a comprehensive rebuild. MORE: MLB Draft lottery, explained — Everything to know about the first-ever lotto...

Some have suggested that teams are intentionally stifling the market to drag down players’ prices, and to an extent they are correct. However, the slowdown has taken also shape because, unlike in years past, clubs have resisted veering from their player valuations based on performance projections of the player going forward. Meanwhile, players’ agents are sticking to the mindset that their clients are due contracts based on past performance. The impasse has crippled much of the free-agent market....

According to Yahoo! Sports, the Rockies and free agent Kyle Kendrick have agreed to one-year, $5.5 million deal. Kendrick can make an additional $500,000 if he pitches 190 innings. MORE: New faces, new places | Latest on Cole Hamels Kendrick, 30, has a 5.26 career ERA at Coors Field (37 2/3 innings) but he offers the promise of durability; last season he averaged just over six innings per start for a 73–89 Phillies squad....

More MLB odds: Today’s lines from Las Vegas | World Series futures Blue Jays (70-55) vs. Rangers (64-60) David Price (12-4, 2.40 ERA) vs. Colby Lewis (14-5, 4.29 ERA) Line: Blue Jays -170Total: 8.5 (-110)Time: 8:10 p.m. ET Rangers skipper Jeff Banister calls on the 35-year old Lewis, who is having perhaps the best season in his career, to command the mound tonight against the super-slugging Blue Jays. Price (12-4, 2....

Nelson Cruz, April’s American League Player of the Month, hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down as the season rolls into May. Cruz hit his major league-leading 14th home run Monday and is batting a cool .343 for the season. MORE: Fantasy rankings, sleepers for Tuesday | NL MVP Watch | Counsell had one of best batting stances ever There were quite a few interesting events across baseball Monday. A fan sprinted across the diamond in St....

The Tigers (19-12) come in as a -140 favorite behind Shane Greene, while the Royals (19-11) counter with Chris Young making his second start as a replacement for the injured Jason Vargas. This line looks about 20 cents too high, as Greene is on the biggest roller-coaster ride of any pitcher in baseball. MLB odds: Current Las Vegas lines Through his first three starts, it looked as though Greene was on his way to baseball glory by starting 3-0 and allowing only one run through 23 innings (0....

The Dodgers have won 15 of Kershaw’s last 16 starts, and he’s compiled a 13-1 record with a 1.21 ERA over that stretch, which is why he comes in tonight as such a large -192 favorite over Doug Fister, a quality pitcher in his own right. It’s one of his lowest prices at home of the season, and lowest since losing as a -190 favorite to Milwaukee’s Yovani Gallardo on Aug....

MLB odds: Today’s games | Futures odds reset The Yankees came into the season at 25-to-1 to win the World Series, while Seattle was 12-to-1. As of Friday, the Yankees (48-40) are now 12-to-1, with a 3.5-game lead atop the AL East, and the Mariners (41-48) are 60-to-1, with hardly any takers believing they can rebound from a 7.5-game deficit in the AL West. Masahiro Tanaka (5-3, 3.63 ERA) takes the mound tonight as a -160 favorite over rookie lefthander Mike Montgomery (4-3, 2....

As is so often the case with the Giants in the postseason, the heroes were unexpected — relievers Derek Law, Hunter Strickland, Will Smith and Ty Blach. Backup third baseman Conor Gillaspie. And second baseman Joe Panik, who missed a chunk of the season to a concussion, and never seemed to regain his hitting form after he returned. MORE: Best images from the NLDS In the bottom of the 13th, Panik launched a soaring fly ball off the bricks in right field at AT&T Park, scoring Brandon Crawford from second, and sending the Giants and their fans into a frenzy....

The Boston Red Sox are the defending World Series champions, while the New York Yankees added multiple impact pieces to a team that won 100 games last season. As for the Tampa Bay Rays, they also have a chance to be competitive after finishing 2018 with a 90-72 record. Here is one position battle worth following for each AL East team: Yankees — First base Greg Bird was once one of the Yankees’ top prospects and he had an impressive 46-game stint with the team as a rookie in 2015....