#David Schoenfield

First shortstop Carlos Correa was going to leave the Minnesota Twins to sign a 13-year, $350 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. But concerns over Correa's earlier ankle injury prompted the Giants to back out of the deal after setting up the news conference to announce it. Awkward! That prompted billionaire fanboy Steve Cohen to swoop…

Business remains brisk in the starting pitching marketplace. While the Cardinals have yet to make a move to improve their rotation quality or depth, other franchises have been busy. The Texas Rangers signed Nathan Eovaldi to a two-year, $34 million contract that could become a three-year, $63 million contract if he hits all of his bonuses and…

Remember when the Oakland A's were trying to hold up the Cardinals in their trade demands for catcher Sean Murphy? Remember how they wanted Laars Nootbaar and Brendan Donovan and one of the Cardinals' top young pitchers? After the Cardinals took a pass and signed free-agent Willson Contreras instead, the A's worked a three-way trade with Atlanta…

The Arizona Diamondbacks entered the 2020 season considered by some to be a possible World Series contender. They won't have to worry about that in 2021 after a 25-35 record in 2020. Early MLB power rankings were released for the 2021 season after the Los Angeles' Dodgers took home the World Series title on Tuesday night and you have to scroll down…

The surest way to prevent Xander Bogaerts from hitting back-breaking homers off Gerrit Cole is for the Yankees to unite both Bogaerts and Cole on the same team. Thankfully, ESPN senior writer David Schoenfield totally seems to get it. Now, while the Yankees signing Bogaerts is about as likely as the Bombers actually being the betting favorites for…

ESPN's panel of baseball writers and broadcasters thinks the Red Sox might sign Xander Bogaerts and probably won't sign any other big-name free agents. ESPN's baseball team of Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee, Kiley McDaniel, Buster Olney, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield predicted where each of the top free agents would sign and what…

Anne Rogers details some adjustments Kris Bubic has made throughout the season: Still, Bubic was pleased with his second consecutive quality start, despite both of them turning into losses for the 25-year-old. The small sample size of success has been a result of better command, and there's been at least one reason for that. After Bubic's start at…

Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page…