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R.J. Anderson

CBS Sports Staff

Taylor Ward-Grayson Rodriguez trade grades: Orioles raise rotation questions, Angels take a health risk

An out-of-nowhere trade could work out for both teams, but there are a lot of ifs

Shota Imanaga, Trent Grisham among record four players to accept 2025 qualifying offer; nine others decline

The four players will return to their teams on a one-year, $22.205 million deal for 2026

Why reliever Devin Williams remains a highly coveted free agent despite his down 2025 season with the Yankees

Williams had a career-worst season in the Bronx but his track record means teams aren't being scared off

Breaking down the 10 most interesting non-tender decisions, including Nathaniel Lowe, Alec Bohm, Gavin Lux

Plus, let's predict how each team handles their contract choice

Enrique Hernández injury: Free agent will miss World Baseball Classic following elbow surgery

Hernández, a free agent, may again return to the Dodgers

Tarik Skubal trade: Which MLB teams could pull off a blockbuster deal for the Tigers ace?

A year before he hits free agency, Skubal's future is the talk of the offseason as trade rumors swirl

Paul Skenes wins 2025 National League Cy Young award: Pirates ace takes home honors in just second MLB season

Skenes followed up his 2024 Rookie of the Year season by getting even better

Tarik Skubal wins 2025 American League Cy Young: Tigers ace takes home award for second straight year

Skubal is the first back-to-back winner since Jacob deGrom in 2018 and 2019

MLB free agency: What to know about NPB, KBO players to be posted this winter, including a home run champion

Meet three international players who could come stateside this winter and a fourth you may recognize

MLB Rookie of the Year awards: Athletics' Nick Kurtz takes home AL honors, Braves' Drake Baldwin wins in NL

Kurtz beat out Jacob Wilson and Roman Anthony, while Baldwin bested Caleb Durbin and Cade Horton

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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