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Monday’s deep dive into Paul Skenes, perhaps the most interesting extension case in baseball, was a sneak peek of Extension Week.Now I’ll start a broader look at potential extension candidates, concentrating today on players whose value is less speculative: impending free agents.These players are, in general, less likely to sign an extension with free agency waiting at the end of this season, and my analysis here is basically projecting what each player could earn on the open market before adding in his 2025 salary. If nothing else, it’s an early projection for a free-agent deal this upcoming winter.Since last spring’s…

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after ringing a bell on the floor setting the share price at $47 in its initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesReddit shares rose more than 10% on Tuesday, reversing a three-day slump that coincided with a broader decline among technology companies.Despite Tuesday’s gains, Reddit shares are still roughly 30% below the close on Wednesday.Reddit’s stock market upswing was likely bolstered by a Loop Capital analyst note published Tuesday that reiterated a…

Each day, Delta operates an average of 260 flights at LaGuardia, an airport known for tight turnaround times, with roughly 25,000 customers and about 8,000 bags. The airline relies on a team of some 1,000 ramp agents, said Adam Ryan, a vice president for airport operations at the airline.The handling process is intended to be swift. Across Delta’s operations, Mr. Ryan said, bag drop to loading should ideally take about 20 minutes.By 12:46 p.m., two passengers and five checked bags were still missing. Five minutes later, all 60 checked bags were loaded and the plane, an Airbus A321, left its…

A WINDING PATH Duterte’s morning arrest at Manila’s international airport followed a brief trip to Hong Kong.Speaking to thousands of overseas Filipino workers there Sunday, the former president decried the investigation, labelling ICC investigators “sons of whores” while saying he would “accept it” if an arrest were to be his fate.The Philippines quit the ICC in 2019 on Duterte’s instructions, but the tribunal maintained it had jurisdiction over killings before the pullout, as well as killings in the southern city of Davao when Duterte was mayor, years before he became president.It launched a formal inquiry in September 2021, only to…

Sharp words for the US president from Canada’s incoming prime minister.Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney, says he will confront the challenge his country is facing from the United States. US President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on an array of goods coming from Canada. Carney has promised to push back with trade taxes of his own, and is seeking to unite Canadians against this challenge from the United States. With elections on the horizon in Canada, how will this play out politically? And can Canada’s close relationship with the US survive this turmoil? Presenter: James Bays Guests: Jen Hassum…

President Trump hosted an exclusive car show at the White House on Tuesday afternoon.The only company represented: Tesla. The only purpose: helping Elon Musk.With Tesla facing a backlash over Mr. Musk’s role in the Trump administration, the president said he wanted to buy one of the company’s electric vehicles. But Mr. Trump, always a salesman, did not just want to purchase a car. He wanted to hawk it and help out his friend, who also happens to be Tesla’s chief executive.The 30-minute confab was part news conference, part car commercial as Mr. Trump oscillated between answering questions — about the…

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – A 20-year-old college student was last captured on surveillance footage gallivanting with friends during their spring break trip at a resort in the Dominican Republic before she mysteriously vanished.Sudiksha Konanki, a junior pre-med student at the University of Pittsburgh, was last seen on surveillance camera with five other people entering the beach at the Riu República Hotel in Punta Cana after 4:15 a.m. Thursday, the Dominican National Police said in a statement.Surveillance video, obtained by Noticias SIN, captured the group striding towards the beach at the five-star resort.The footage is the last time authorities tracked…

The national president of Unifor says the ongoing “chaos” of U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting announcements on tariffs has led to investments in sectors like the auto industry being put on hold, posing a danger to the country’s economy. Lana Payne’s comments come just minutes after the White House announced Tuesday Trump would not double incoming tariffs set for Wednesday on steel and aluminum, as he had threatened to do just hours earlier, instead keeping them at the original rate of 25 per cent.“He likes chaos, he likes the drama, but the reality is is that his actions are having…

The House of Representatives has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September

In “Romeo and Juliet,” the star-crossed heroine asks: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”People far less infatuated have wrestled with this concept for hundreds of years: How much should a name signify, and does it actually affect what or who a person is?Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, would like a word.In her new Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan,” the duchess, who is married to Prince Harry, told the actress Mindy Kaling that her last name was Sussex, correcting Ms. Kaling, who had referred to her by a more familiar…