SAN DIEGO — When it comes to Jackson Merrill, you can be sure A.J. Preller has given some thought to this question:

Should Preller try to sign the 21-year-old center fielder/shortstop to a mega-contract, buying out his ...Read More

This article contains spoilers for Netflix’s ‘The Comeback: 2004 Red Sox’.

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BOSTON — Everyone knows how it ends. The Red Sox, perennial also-rans, doomed to a life of heartbreaking Game 7s, damned by the...Read More

ATLANTA — The Braves love Max Fried. They’d love it if he remains a Brave. They’ll extend a one-year qualifying offer, which he’ll refuse. Then they’ll make what they consider a competitive long-term offer. What ...Read More

LOS ANGELES — Lifelong Dodger fans Manny Acosta, 59, and his brother, Jose Acosta, 60, sit on Vin Scully Avenue, just feet away from the shrine at the Dodger Stadium sign dedicated to the life of Fernando Valenzuela.

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SAN DIEGO — Suburban residents who wanted free firewood for the winter of 1996 could’ve obtained plenty of it from the muttering hitters who’d faced Fernando Valenzuela that summer.

It was the darndest thing. Never ...Read More

LOS ANGELES — Robert Vargas had barely wrapped up his first day of work on a Boyle Heights mural honoring Fernando Valenzuela on Tuesday night when he heard the news that the beloved Dodgers pitcher had died at age 63.

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