MLB Notebook: Suárez returns to Reds, Hicks traded to White Sox, France’s market heating upBaseball will return next week, with pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training across the sport. A few teams around the industry are putting the final touches on their rosters before the off-season wraps up. In doing so, the last remaining position player domino fell in free agency over the weekend, further thinning out an already depleted market. Additionally, Boston will cover $8 million of the remaining $24 million still owed on Hicks’ contract, which runs through the 2027 season. Ty France’s Market Beginning to MoveSeveral clubs appear to be expressing interest in France’s market, per Chris Cotillo of MassLive.

Source: The Nation February 02, 2026 18:18 UTC