Opinion

Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton shared space atop draft boards in the spring of 2012, and they shared space on prospect lists in the years that followed.

From Spotlight to The Big Short, we've seen most of the Oscar contenders (loved both of those, not so hip on The Martian). From Kendrick Lamar to Alabama Shakes, we tracked the Grammys from start to finish the other night.

Nobody can say the Boston Red Sox are lacking in stars heading into 2016. To rise from the depths of the AL East, all they need is for their stars to live up to their track records.

Now for the part where we cast the ol' side-eye at Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval.

After an offseason spent dealing away several starters, the Atlanta Braves have shown no signs of immediate improvement for the 2016 season.

Spring training could be the only thing Braves fans can look forward to this year, but for now, there's a sense of optimism and promise for the future.

A former CY Young winner, a former World Series MVP, a solid starting righty and this year’s top international prospect all have something in common: They're all still available as MLB free agents.

The beauty of sport is its unpredictable nature, right?

It’s funny because even though we can all agree that sport is the best in unscripted reality television, our natural tendency is to predict. We think we know who may compete this baseball season simply because we can look at rosters and compare them.

The look on Bruce Bochy's face made it clear this wasn't the first time he was hearing the phrase "even-year magic." Heck, since leading the San Francisco Giants to the first of three straight even-year World Series titles in 2010, the veteran skipper has probably heard it a million times.

And he now seems prepared to hear it a million more times in 2016.

The offseason won't technically end until the first glorious, meaningless pitch of the MLB exhibition slate is thrown. We're getting close, though. Pitchers and catchers are packing their bags. Groundskeepers in the Sunshine and Grand Canyon States are rumbling into action. 

Baseball's coming. Can you feel it?

The New York Yankees made the biggest splash of their otherwise subdued offseason when they acquired a Cuban-born player. That'd be flamethrowing closer Aroldis Chapman, whom they netted in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds.

Dave Roberts said all the right things as he was being introduced as the newest manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, talking about grit, individual accountability and the only thing Dodgers fans truly care about—ending a nearly 30-year championship drought.