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The catcher's signing makes sense only if the holes around him are filled.

MLB expansion might not happen for a long time Share this story Photo by: John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Major League Baseball last expanded in 1998, when the (then) Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks were added to the group, making a 30-team league. That’s quite some time in the expansion era; since expansion of baseball began in 1961, the previous longest gap between expansions was 16 years, between the addition of the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners to the American League in 1977 and the creation of the Colorado Rockies and (then) Florida...

Dave Dombrowski wants to win again sooner rather than later. The longtime executive moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in September as a consultant for Music City Baseball but found out this week that expansion won't be entertained for more than a year at least. So he finalized a deal Friday to become the Philadelphia Phillies’ president of baseball operations, convinced the team is not far from its first World Series title since 2008. “I consider a retool, not a rebuild for sure,” Dombrowski said. “There’s too many good players on the club.” He views the Phillies as “sort of a slee...

Garrett Whitlock carved path to Red Sox on Instagram; Dave Dombrowski ready for final act after unceremonious exit in Boston | Chris Cotillo (MLB Notebook) Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Dec 12, 2020 Dave Dombrowski, Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations, watches play against the Tampa Bay Rays during the seventh inning at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP Facebook Share As he worked his way back from Tommy John surgery throughout the last year, new Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock used his Instagram account to document important steps in hi...

MLB Winter Meetings 2020 winners, losers: Yankees, Mets, Phillies, J.T. Realmuto, Dave Dombrowski Updated Dec 12, 2020; Facebook Share That was, well, different. Baseball is back and the hot stove is heating up, but not in the way we’ve seen it in the past. The 2020 MLB Winter Meetings felt more like the typical General Manager’s Meetings in November (which were cancelled this year) and likely acted as a springboard to some real big moves in January. As the reality of a COVID-19 vaccine becomes more real by the day, the sport can better project a schedule and revenue before big signings ...