Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

Plenty of tanking teams remain, but MLB 2019 will also have plenty of parity – and a potentially epic final week.

Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado have traveled similar career paths. Who will come closest to living up to the terms of his megadeal?

The greatest player of his generation – perhaps any generation – will be paid like it, by any measure.

If Bryce Harper got nearly a third of a billion dollars from the Phillies, what might Trout receive should he hit the free market after the 2020 season?

After a decade in the making, Bryce Harper agreed to a record contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. The winners and loser of this baseball saga.

Kris Bryant, a free agent after 2021, says it’s nice to see the contracts fellow third basemen Nolan Arenado and Manny Machado received.

Cody Bellinger, who played in all 162 games but started just 135 games, enters 2019 with his sites on becoming an every day player.

Josh Donaldson, who was injured most of last year, called 2018 a ‘lost season.’ Now with the Braves, he’s out to prove something.

Commissioner Rob Manfred also rejects criticism of MLB clubs not paying up for free agents: “That doesn’t mean teams are not trying.”

Numbers to ponder as pitchers and catchers report to spring training.