Alden Gonzalez

DALLAS -- Shohei Ohtani is expected to be ready to hit when the Los Angeles Dodgers open their season in Japan next March, but it's "very unlikely" that he will also pitch in those games, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

DALLAS -- The Texas Rangers have agreed to a trade for power-hitting corner infielder Jake Burger , sources told ESPN on Tuesday night.

The Rangers have acquired slugger Jake Burger from the Marlins in exchange for shortstop prospects Echedry Vargas and Max Acosta and pitcher Brayan Mendoza, sources told ESPN.

DALLAS -- The enormity of Juan Soto 's contract -- stretching 15 years and guaranteeing $765 million, not a penny of which is deferred -- brought an initial jolt to Major League Baseball's winter meetings on Sunday night. It was monumental and far-reaching, but it was also an outlier, given the uniqueness of landing one of history's greatest hitters in his mid-20s. As the days passed, subsequent transactions took place and the offseason began to round into form, a more revealing trend emerged at the sprawling Hilton hotel that hosted baseball's annual gathering earlier this week.

What did Max Fried & Co. teach us this week? Starting pitching, famously out of vogue in the modern game, is more expensive than ever.

As his franchise heads to Sacramento for the next few years, GM David Forst needs to get creative -- and spend like never before.

Luis Severino joined a Zoom meeting on the Friday after Thanksgiving with an Athletics contingent that hoped to make him not only the ace of their staff, but one of the biggest, most consequential additions in franchise history. He was receptive but skeptical.

The Houston Astros and free-agent first baseman Christian Walker have agreed to a three-year, $60 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN amid multiple reports Friday.

The Washington Nationals on Sunday acquired first baseman Nathaniel Lowe from the Texas Rangers in exchange for lefty reliever Robert Garcia

The Nationals on Sunday acquired first baseman Nathaniel Lowe from the Rangers in exchange for lefty reliever Robert Garcia.