Pete Alonso has hit 226 home runs since his debut in the MLB in 2019. During that time, only Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has hit more home runs.

The former Kansas City Royals draft pick recently played for the Seattle Mariners' American League West rivals, the Los Angeles Angels.

The Los Angeles Angels have had a fine offseason thus far. They acquired slugger Jorge Soler through a trade and signed left-handed pitcher Yusei Kikuchi to a three-year deal earlier this offseason.

In some odd multiverse, the Seattle Mariners are a Bizzaroworld version of Andy Defrense from the Shawshank Redemption. Fans, convicted to serve in Shawshank prison, listen intently as the Mariners say, “Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

Castillo came up in the Arizona Diamondbacks system and signed with the Tigers as a minor-league free agent before the 2022 season. He posted a 1.56 ERA in 34 2/3 innings at Triple-A Toledo before getting selected to the big-league club on Aug. 6, 2022.

Lopez got into 27 games with the Angels in 2024, posting a .629 OPS. The 32-year-old is likely to begin the 2025 campaign at Triple-A Tacoma, where he'll give the Mariners some utility depth.

Jean Segura, Jose Marmolejos and Rafael Montero all helped Leones del Escogido win a title in the Dominican Republic on Monday night.

The only big move the Mariners have made is bringing in Donovan Solano on a one-year, $3.5 million deal. But Seattle has also signed or traded for a variety of experienced players

There's been a lot of discussion this offseason about deferred money. A year ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers deferred $680 million of Shohei Ohtani's

The Los Angeles Angels enter the 2025 season with many question marks in their starting rotation. Right-hander Caden Dana, 21, could provide one of the answers.

As currently constituted, the Red Sox have an intriguing bullpen with an underrated ceiling but an undeniably low floor. Chapman, Liam Hendriks, Justin Slaten, Garrett Whitlock and Justin Wilson, all are capable relievers, while youngster Luis Guerrero is a potential closer of the future.

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan. Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now — and his fame across the Pacific was therapeutic as the national economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades.