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R.J. Anderson

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Jon Gray injury: Rangers to open season without injured starter; what it means for Kumar Rocker, Jack Leiter

Gray suffered a fractured wrist on Friday after being hit by a line drive

2025 MLB Opening Day starter tracker: Paul Skenes gets the call for Pirates, Red Sox tab 2024 All-Star

The regular season is almost upon us and managers are getting their ducks (and rotations) in a row

Ranking all 18 MLB teams who missed 2024 playoffs by chances to play October baseball in 2025

Of the 18 teams who went home last October, some have a better shot to stay in the race this go around

Gerrit Cole undergoes Tommy John surgery: Yankees ace will miss entire 2025 MLB season in brutal blow

Cole reported elbow discomfort after his first spring training start

2025 managerial hot seat: Four MLB managers whose jobs are on the line, including John Schneider, Oli Marmol

Opening Day is around the corner and it's time for these managers to prove they've still got it

MLB Spring Breakout series 2025: Five matchups to watch as baseball's top prospects face off

Four top-10 prospects in a single game? Two of the best minor-league pitchers squaring off? Strap in!

Ranking top 10 MLB players who changed teams this offseason: Juan Soto, Kyle Tucker, Max Fried and more

Through free agency and trades, teams spent the winter upgrading. Who helped themselves the most?

Dodgers, Dave Roberts agree to contract extension to take World Series manager through 2029

Roberts has taken his club to the playoffs in all nine seasons at the helm, including two World Series titles

Dodgers to start Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki in MLB's Tokyo Series vs. Cubs

The two-game series will open the season on March 18-19

Gerrit Cole injury: Yankees unlikely to look outside organization for pitching help, says GM Brian Cashman

With Cole out for the season and Luis Gil down through at least April, the rotation has already been hit hard

MLB boss Rob Manfred reportedly pressuring Rays owner Stu Sternberg to sell team as stadium drama continues

Sternberg purchased the franchise for $65 million in October 2005

Ranking 2024 MLB playoff teams most likely to miss the postseason in 2025, including mainstay Astros

These five teams face a tough road back to October this year

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki shows off elite velocity, swing-and-miss splitter in spring debut vs. Reds

Sasaki's fastball averaged 98 mph as he pitched in relief in his first appearance in any kind of MLB contest

R.J. Anderson joined CBS Sports in 2016. He previously wrote for Baseball Prospectus, where he contributed to five of the New York Times bestselling annuals. His work has also appeared in Newsweek and Baseball America, as well as on ESPN.com and Wired.com.

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