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Report: Dodgers agree to 4-year, $72M deal with Tanner Scott

Paul Skenes believes the Pittsburgh Pirates have a path to success that doesn't include them spending like the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino doesn't think the New York Mets understand the true value of Pete Alonso."Pete has been the face of the Mets for the past six years. And that should mean something, in my opinion," Pasquantino said during an episode of "Chris Rose Sports.""Obviously I'm not in the room, but it does not seem that they value the things that he brings to the table other than the numbers. And that's what teams are doing nowadays, and I personally think it hurts teams."Pasquantino believes teams like the Mets rely too heavily on the WAR statistic, which front offices use to measure a player's value in all facets of the game. First basemen usually don't grade out well in WAR because the position is widely considered the easiest to play."If you play first base, you essentially have to put up a .850 OPS to get paid nowadays," Pasquantino said. He added: "You need to perform, but teams use WAR and, if you play first, it is very difficult to get that WAR number up because it gets so dragged down simply by the position that you play."Alonso, who posted 2.1 fWAR last season and has accumulated 17.3 fWAR throughout his six-year career, remains a free agent after reaching a stalemate with the Mets.The 30-year-old reportedly turned down a three-year offer from New York worth between roughly $68 million and $70 million, and he's believed to be looking for a new team to sign with.The Mets' offer came after Alonso helped transform the team's clubhouse with his popular "Polar Bear" persona and clobbered the winning homer to help New York advance past the Milwaukee Brewers in last year's NL wild-card series. He's hit the second-most home runs in MLB since he entered the league in 2019.

Free-agent pitcher Jack Flaherty doesn't think the Los Angeles Dodgers are ruining baseball by outspending everyone to acquire players, believing instead that other teams need to do more to keep up.

Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones are going to have to wait at least another year to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Seattle Mariners will retire Ichiro Suzuki's No. 51 during "Ichiro Hall of Fame Weekend" on Aug. 8-10, the team announced.

The San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins have been two of the least active teams this offseason, but that could change soon.

The New York Mets agreed to a two-year minor-league deal with right-hander Adbert Alzolay, sources told The Athletic's Will Sammon

The Chicago White Sox will unveil a statue of retired left-handed pitcher Mark Buehrle at Rate Field on July 11, the team announced Friday. THIS JUST IN: The perfect addition coming to Rate Field on July 11... 👀 pic.twitter/iVEDVtuHl3— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) January 25, 2025 "Getting your number retired, and now they're going to put a statue up. It's crazy that they're going to do this for me," Buehrle said of receiving the honor.Buehrle spent 12 of his 15 big-league seasons with the White Sox. He accumulated 161 of his 214 career wins in Chicago, where he authored a 3.83 ERA in 2,476 2/3 innings.The southpaw threw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers on April 18, 2007, and was responsible for pitching the 18th perfect game in baseball history against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 23, 2009.Buehrle was a five-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove winner, and 2005 World Series champion.

Reigning American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal thinks the Detroit Tigers should consider signing third baseman Alex Bregman and right-hander