The clock ticking down to 0:00 in Super Bowl LV marked the unofficial start of the new baseball season.
- Our 2021 Marlins Season Preview series has launched! Bookmark this link to consume every piece of it throughout February and March.
- Top free agent pitcher Trevor Bauer shunned the Mets for the Dodgers, who will pay him a record-setting salary this season (and again in 2022 if he doesn’t opt out).
- Old friend Dee Strange-Gordon inked a minor league deal with the Reds while veteran lefty Chasen Shreve went to the Pirates.