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The move barely made noise. No press conference. No headline splash. Just a waiver claim on a quiet Friday afternoon. But inside the Oakland A’s organization, the message was clear — and uncomfortable. Andy Ibáñez is here.Max Schuemann is gone. And the infield picture just shifted. The A’s added Ibáñez by claiming him off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers, a transactional footnote for most fans scanning the ... Read more

The Seattle Mariners didn’t just lose the ALCS. They learned something uncomfortable. After a surprise run that ended against the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle entered the offseason knowing last year’s success changed expectations. They were no longer chasing relevance — they were defending credibility. And that meant getting better, not just different. On paper, the front office did exactly that. Despite losing ... Read more

The Seattle Mariners didn’t just lose the ALCS. They learned something uncomfortable. After a surprise run that ended against the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle entered the offseason knowing last year’s success changed expectations. They were no longer chasing relevance — they were defending credibility. And that meant getting better, not just different. On paper, the front office did exactly that. Despite losing ... Read more

There was no boisterous farewell ceremony. No elaborate staged moment. Buck Martinez simply said thank you—and a quiet era came to an end. Nearly 45 years ago, Buck Martinez thought his baseball career had hit rock bottom. Delegated by the Brewers, for the first time in his adult life, not knowing what to do one May afternoon, he went for a run to clear his head. When he returned home, he found his wife, Arlene, had a ... Read more

There was no boisterous farewell ceremony. No elaborate staged moment. Buck Martinez simply said thank you—and a quiet era came to an end. Nearly 45 years ago, Buck Martinez thought his baseball career had hit rock bottom. Delegated by the Brewers, for the first time in his adult life, not knowing what to do one May afternoon, he went for a run to clear his head. When he returned home, he found his wife, Arlene, had a ... Read more