Epstein has nearly 30 years of experience in professional baseball and is best known for helping build two teams that broke two long-running title droughts—for the Red Sox in 2004 and the Cubs in 2016.

With the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, Major League Baseball's 2020 season was a pro sports version of "The Great Escape," with the whole plan constantly on the verge of being destroyed. At the outset of the summer camp, the National Leaguer who would go on to win the MVP award, Freddie Freeman, caught the coronavirus and his temperature spiked to 104.5 degrees. Nationals superstar Juan Soto tested positive on Opening Day. Major outbreaks shut down the Marlins and Cardinals, with some players limited to hotel-room workouts. In the very last innings of the very last game, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner was pulled off the field because of COVID-19.Seattle Mariners

Now Trevor Story remains as the face of the franchise and is set to be a free agent next offseason. Fans are now left wondering if he is going to be traded before then as the Rockies don’t seem committed to winning at this point.Pittsburgh Pirates

''I think we ran into a really hot Tampa team. I thought we were better than they were,'' he said. ''I think they just made a couple of plays that we didn't, and that was the bottom line and moving forward. We've got to make those plays, whatever it is. I just felt last year they just had our number and it was disappointing. And I really think we're going to get over the hump here.''Washington Nationals

Cashman talked early in the offseason with Tanaka's agent, Casey Close, but ultimately decided not to attempt to re-sign the 32-year-old, who is rejoining his former team in Japan. New York may attempt to re-sign 37-year-old outfielder Brett Gardner, the longest-tenured Yankees player.

This is what Callaway said, in a statement to the Athletic: “Rather than rush to respond to these general allegations of which I have just been made aware, I look forward to an opportunity to provide more specific responses. Any relationship in which I was engaged has been consensual, and my conduct was in no way intended to be disrespectful to any women involved. I am married and my wife has been made aware of these general allegations.”

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It’s believed that two players with prior MLB All-Star experience competed at the Olympics for any nation — Australian catcher Dave Nilsson and Canadian pitcher Jason Dickson.Los Angeles Dodgers