6 teams with the most at stake in 2024

Plus: Altuve is staying in Houston for the long run

Wednesday, February 7 View In Browser Good morning! Altuve and Kershaw aren't going anywhere. TOP NEWS One team in each division with a lot riding on 2024   It could be a make-or-break season for these six clubs. Win, and it's vindication for the front office and roster. Lose ... and it could be the end of the line for many involved. Worst to first and 5 other surprising projections Baseball Prospectus released its 2024 projected standings yesterday, prompting our analysts to pick out the most intriguing storylines. Astros make sure Altuve is staying in Houston for the long run Jose Altuve signed a five-year, $125 million contract extension that will make him an Astro for life, cementing the eight-time All-Star and two-time World Series winner's status as a franchise icon. Kershaw to return to Dodgers for 17th season (source) Clayton Kershaw is back with L.A. -- although he likely won't be available to pitch until this summer following shoulder surgery -- as the busiest club of the winter gets ready to report to camp this week. Top prospect Holliday earns invite to O's spring camp After hitting .429/.556/.500 in 16 games at Orioles spring camp last season, Jackson Holliday will be treated "not like a prospect" this year, but as "a guy trying to make the team," according to Baltimore's GM. Venezuela hands Panama first loss to reach Caribbean Series semifinals With one more day of round-robin play to go, Venezuela's 4-1 record matches Panama's for the best in the tournament so far, securing both teams a spot in Thursday's semifinals. The countdown of the Top 100 Players Right Now is on Who are the 100 best players in MLB right now? MLB Network is revealing its list through this year's Top 100 Players Right Now series, which began last night with Nos. 100 to 81. MORE TOP NEWS PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! STAFF PICKS Assembling a '24 College All-Prospect Team The NCAA Division I baseball season begins a week from Friday, so MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis has chosen a top Draft prospect at each position to keep an eye on this spring. The story of how the Negro Leagues' East-West All-Star Game came to be From the start, the "Game of Games" was destined to be the jewel event on the Negro Leagues calendar. It became so popular that it soon drew more fans than the AL/NL All-Star Game. This was quite literally the shot seen 'round the world Bhutan baseball was put on the map by an incredible viral photo: "To go from absolutely nothing and reach a point where we have people around the world encouraging us ... is really a powerful moment." Costas' celebrated career featured on 'The Sounds of Baseball' MLB Network looks back at Bob Costas' celebrated career on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. Top 100 Right Now: 80-61 MLB Network's countdown of the top 100 players in the game rolls on at 8 p.m. ET. MORE STORIES © 2024 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@mail.mlblists.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.