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NewsJon Paul Morosi is a reporter for MLB.com and MLB Network. He has also covered baseball for FOX Sports, the Detroit Free Press, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
 | J.D. Martinez slugged 29 home runs in 62 regular-season games with the D-backs -- and one more in four postseason tilts -- after arriving in a July trade from the Tigers, an astonishing display of power that helped the franchise earn its first playoff berth since 2011.
More» Martinez smacks a solo homer down line |
 | While Justin Upton has yet to announce a decision on his future, a source told MLB.com that it's increasingly likely he will exercise the opt-out clause in his contract and become a free agent.
More» Upton crushes two solo homers vs. the Astros |
 | The Orioles plan to begin the 2018 season with star third baseman Manny Machado on their roster, postponing a possible youth movement for at least one more year, one source confirmed to MLB.com.
More» Machado crushes a two-run homer to left field |
 | For A's slugging sensation Matt Olson, his success in the game started at home in Georgia, where his family hangs on his every swing.
More» Olson clubs homer in fifth straight game |
 | Shohei Ohtani will ask the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters to post him to Major League Baseball teams this offseason, according to Japanese media reports. The Fighters are expected to accede to those wishes.
More»Morosi on chances Ohtani is in MLB in 2018 |
 | A number of top managerial candidates are on the coaching staffs of World Series contenders; if they're not able to interview until their teams are finished playing, some managerial searches may not conclude until well into November.
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 | As midnight ET approached on Thursday night, Justin Verlander was at his home in suburban Detroit. Tigers officials were in the house with him, offering updates on the status of trade conversations with the Astros and Cubs.
More»Morosi on how Verlander to Astros trade was completed |
 | Officials from Major League Baseball clubs packed the scout section at Sapporo Dome on Thursday, eager to see if Japanese pitching sensation Shohei Ohtani had returned to health after a season plagued by ankle and thigh injuries.
More»Where might Shohei Ohtani land in the big leagues? |
 | The Sapporo Dome in Japan will be the center of the baseball world on Thursday, simply because of the home team's starting pitcher: Shohei Ohtani, the brilliant and at times enigmatic right-hander.
More»Where might Shohei Ohtani land in the big leagues? |
 | After evaluating the effects of Hurricane Harvey on Houston and the Gulf Coast, Major League Baseball announced Monday that a three-game series between the Astros and Rangers, set to begin Tuesday, has been moved from Houston to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.
More»Jim Duquette on Astros relocating to Tropicana Field |
 | Justin Upton hasn't said whether he will exercise an opt-out clause in his contract with the Tigers at the end of this season.
More» Upton hammers a solo home run down the line |
 | Giancarlo Stanton, the Marlins' 27-year-old All-Star outfielder, is on pace to become the youngest player to hit 60 home runs in a season since Roger Maris in 1961. Justin Verlander, runner-up in last year's American League Cy Young Award voting, has a 2.55 ERA over his past eight starts. And both the Marlins and Tigers, respectively, are willing to engage in trade discussions involving the superstars after they cleared trade waivers this month, sources say.
More»Check out all 59 of Stanton's homers in 2017 |
 | The Astros and Tigers have discussed a Justin Verlander trade this month, sources say, but it remains unclear if the sides have made much progress.
More» Verlander allows one hit over eight innings |
 | Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani has thrown two recent bullpen sessions, his team, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, confirmed this week to MLB.com. The workouts were described as low intensity, with the catcher standing up rather than in a crouch.
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 | The Tigers and Astros have had recent contact regarding the possibility of a Justin Verlander trade, sources told MLB.com.
More» Verlander whiffs 10 over seven innings |
 | If Yu Darvish is traded Monday, he'll probably be dealt to the Dodgers or Yankees. But another team is involved, at least on the periphery: The Indians have spoken with the Rangers about the possibility of trading for their ace, sources said Sunday.
More» Darvish fans 10 Yankees in 10 seconds |
 | The Yankees are well-positioned to acquire A's right-hander Sonny Gray as Monday's non-waiver Trade Deadline nears, even as they are also engaged in talks with the Twins regarding left-hander Jaime Garcia, sources say.
More» Gray fans nine over six strong frames |
 | Sonny Gray is scheduled to pitch Sunday, but many baseball experts expect him to be traded before then. Such a move could trigger others (Yu Darvish, Lance Lynn) in advance of Monday's non-waiver Trade Deadline.
More»MLB Tonight talks Darvish, Verlander and Gray |
 | The Dodgers are increasingly confident they will acquire a significant starting pitcher -- Yu Darvish, Sonny Gray or Justin Verlander --- by Monday's non-waiver Trade Deadline, sources told MLB.com Thursday.
More» Verlander discusses his outing, trade rumors |
 | Yu Darvish had the worst outing of his Major League career on Wednesday, allowing 10 earned runs over 3-2/3 innings in a lopsided loss to the Marlins. Still, he remains in high demand ahead of the non-waiver Trade Deadline -- in part because of developments elsewhere in the Majors on the same day.
More» Darvish strikes out Stanton swinging in 1st |
