Garret Heinrich, Chrystal O'Keefe, and Ruth Kapelus joined The Fancestor podcast to review the 2026 Major League Baseball postseason and preview the World Series. The discussion covered notable playoff eliminations, the role of team managers, and how small-market team success affects the sport.
MLB free agency doesn't start until a day after the World Series. As the off-season continues to build, I'll be updating this list of every team's signings daily. I'll be listing former teams and contract details with each player.
Major League and Minor League Baseball teams have begun making roster adjustments in preparation for the 2026-27 offseason. Following the regular season, organizations started recalling, activating, and removing players from their rosters to set their initial lists of prospective free agents.
Below is a dedicated list that tracks these free agents across all franchises, including both major and minor league players. Updated daily, the resource logs transactions, retirements, foreign league movements, and re-signings ahead of the official free agency period after the World Series.
Minor League Baseball named the El Paso Matachines, an alternate identity of the El Paso Chihuahuas, as the 2026 winner of its Copa de la Diversión series. The annual initiative engages Latino fans and celebrates local culture, featuring ninety-four participating teams across the league during the 2026 season.
Minor League Baseball announced the winners of the 2026 Golden Bobblehead Awards, recognizing outstanding promotional efforts across five distinct categories. The awards honor clubs that demonstrated exceptional creativity in community engagement, fan acquisition, event hosting, local partnerships, and merchandise branding during the 2026 season.
The Savannah Bananas will return to Busch Stadium on April 10 and 11, 2027, facing the Indianapolis Clowns. This marks the team's third consecutive year playing at the St. Louis stadium as part of the Banana Ball Championship League.
Minor League Baseball announced its 2026 award winners, honoring outstanding franchises and executives across the country. The Richmond Flying Squirrels earned Organization of the Year following record attendance at their new ballpark, while Asheville Tourists President Brian DeWine was named Executive of the Year for leading major stadium renovations.
The team's salary matrix tracks payroll projections through 2035, highlighting active roster contracts and retained financial obligations for former players. Offseason updates will reflect official arbitration tenders, free agency decisions, and potential non-tenders among pre-arbitration players.
The 2026–27 Major League Baseball off-season schedule includes early November free agency deadlines, the December Winter Meetings, and January arbitration filings. Spring Training begins in February 2027, leading up to Opening Day on March 25. The Hall of Fame voting results and various player drafts also occur then.
MiLB today announced the winners of the Head Groundskeeper of the Year and Home and Visiting Clubhouse Manager of the Year Awards for each of the full season Minor Leagues. The winners were selected using the results of surveys of league managers, players and executives throughout the 2026 season.
