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R.J. Anderson

CBS Sports Staff

MLB free agency: What to know about NPB, KBO players to be posted this winter, including a home run champion

Meet three international players who could come stateside this winter and a fourth you may recognize

MLB Rookie of the Year awards: Athletics' Nick Kurtz takes home AL honors, Braves' Drake Baldwin wins in NL

Kurtz beat out Jacob Wilson and Roman Anthony, while Baldwin bested Caleb Durbin and Cade Horton

MLB, major sportsbooks to limit prop bets on pitches amid Emmanuel Clase, Luis Ortiz gambling scandal

Clase and Ortiz were indicted Sunday for allegedly rigging pitches in collaboration with bettors

Baseball gambling scandals: Emmanuel Clase, Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, Pete Rose, Black Sox and more

MLB's history with gambling has not caused the league to shy away from corporate partnerships

13 MLB players tagged with $22M qualifying offer: Bo Bichette, Kyle Schwarber, Framber Valdez and more

The deadline for players to accept or decline the QO is Nov. 18

Rockies hire Paul DePodesta as head of baseball operations: Can an NFL executive fix MLB's most hapless team?

DePodesta is known best in baseball circles for his time with the Moneyball Oakland Athletics two decades ago

Pete Alonso free agency: Why slugger may face another chilly market this offseason, plus landing spots

Alonso is back on the market this winter after opting out of his Mets deal, but he may not like what awaits him

Yu Darvish's injury hurts Padres' already-thin rotation and makes it more likely Mason Miller starts in 2026

Darvish will miss the entire 2026 MLB season after undergoing elbow surgery

Shota Imanaga free agency: What those surprising contract decisions might tell us about this MLB offseason

The Cubs and Imanaga each declined their options on a complicated contract, sending the pitcher onto the market

Predicting next year's Trey Yesavage: Three recent MLB draftees who could make a major-league impact in 2026

Yesavage soared through the minors and was a hero for the Blue Jays in the World Series. Who could follow his path?

R.J. Anderson joined CBS Sports in 2016. He previously wrote for Baseball Prospectus, where he contributed to five of the New York Times bestselling annuals. His work has also appeared in Newsweek and Baseball America, as well as on ESPN.com and Wired.com.

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