Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

The Los Angeles Dodgers are grabbing all the headlines, but that’s fine with the defending NL West champion San Francisco Giants.

MLB’s ghost runner rule for extra innings is returning in a move welcomed by players, managers and GMs. A “Shohei Ohtani Rule” is also being added.

Few could have predicted that Carlos Correa would land with the Twins or Kris Bryant the Rockies heading into the offseason.

Ohtani won the AL MVP award in 2021, hitting 46 home runs and making 23 starts as a pitcher.

Angels endured a tough winter, and their image took a hit after a drug trial that sent one of their former employees to prison.

Melvin, who signed a three-year, $11.5 million contract with the Padres after leaving Oakland, will be the best acquisition the Padres make all year.

Major League Baseball’s lockout ended Thursday with the ratification of a new CBA, setting up a sprint to opening day less than a month away.

MLB has a new CBA. Now comes the hard part … trying to repair a relationship with the players, and restoring the baseball’s luster and beauty.

Now that MLB and the players union labor war is over, buckle up for a frantic, crazy, chaotic and turbulent month before Opening Day.