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2/19/2025 |  MLB Faces Critical Transition As Streaming Alters Media Landscape (Front Office Sports) MLB is approaching a key inflection point in a difficult transition to a streaming-based future for its local media distribution.
The Mets and SportsNet New York this week rolled out a new, direct-to-consumer offering access to the club’s local games without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription. The initiative makes the Mets the 22nd MLB club to pursue such a move, and follows a frenetic offseason that saw the completion of Main Street Sports’ bankruptcy reorganization and rebranding, as well as several other baseball clubs such as the Rangers and Twins making significant moves into the over-the-top streaming space. 

2/18/2025 |  Mike Trout announces position change as Angels try to find way to keep slugger healthy for 2025 MLB season (CBS Sports) Mike Trout's days as a center fielder are over. The future Hall of Famer revealed Monday that he and the Los Angeles Angels have made the decision to move to right field in an effort to preserve his body. Trout has not played a position other than center field (and DH) since 2013. He has 17 career games in right field and none since 2012.
"Kind of just do everything on the table, as in what's best for me body-wise to keep me on the field," Trout told reporters. "Came to the conclusion that I'm gonna go to right field. I like it. Try it out. See where it goes ... I knew it was coming. Just gotta get used to it. I just want to be on the field."

2/18/2025 |  Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays fail to agree to contract extension before slugger's self-imposed deadline (CBS Sports) The Toronto Blue Jays and franchise player Vladimir Guerrero Jr. did not reach a long-term contract extension prior to Guerrero's self-imposed deadline Monday, the slugger told reporters Tuesday morning from spring training camp in Dunedin. Guerrero had previously said he will not discuss a new contract once the team's full squad workouts begin Tuesday. He is scheduled to become a free agent after the season. 

2/18/2025 |  MLB Power Rankings: Picking baseball's top 10 offenses entering the 2025 season (CBS Sports) The pre-spring training power rankings ran last week. While we'd like to have power rankings every single Monday whenever Major League Baseball is being played, there's no reason to keep churning out an earnest 1-30 ranking of every team during the spring. That means we can have a little fun with some top 10 lists that serve as power rankings here for the next five weeks. 
We'll start with the top offenses in baseball. As always, these are subjective. We'll look some at last season, sure, but there was plenty of offseason player movement and things change year to year. 

2/18/2025 |  Report: Joe Buck to call Yankees-Brewers on Opening Day (Reuters Sports) February 18 - Joe Buck will be on the play-by-play call of his first national baseball game since 2021 when the New York Yankees host the Milwaukee Brewers on Opening Day.
ESPN will air the game on March 27 at 3 p.m. ET.
The most noted baseball announcer of his generation, Buck's last national broadcast was the 2021 World Series -- his 24th. Last year, he joined Chip Caray on the local broadcast of a St. Louis Cardinals game. He also has called 22 MLB All-Star Games.