Chelsea Janes

Washington, D.C.

National baseball writer

Education: Yale University, B.A. History and International Studies, Stanford University, Master's in Communication

Chelsea Janes is the national baseball writer. She covered the 2020 presidential campaign, and was the Post's Washington Nationals beat writer from 2014 to 2018. Before working at The Post, she interned at USA Today and the San Francisco Chronicle and covered the San Diego Padres as an associate reporter for MLB.com.
Latest from Chelsea Janes

Astros land Josh Hader with an uncharacteristic $95 million splurge

The move suggests the kind of offseason urgency the Astros have largely avoided during their dominant last decade.

January 19, 2024

Amazon plans investment in struggling RSNs amid sports broadcasting push

Amazon’s investment of $115 million is part of a restructuring plan that will make a number of games available to stream on Amazon Prime.

January 17, 2024

The Dodgers’ big winter doesn’t guarantee a priceless fall

No one has ever had an offseason quite like these Dodgers, who flexed every one of their many financial and prestige muscles to reestablish themselves as the sport’s dominant force.

January 13, 2024

The eye-popping price of MLB starting pitching keeps going up

This MLB offseason has been defined by a frantic and expensive scramble to secure baseball’s most valuable asset: starting pitching.

January 6, 2024

Six big questions in baseball with six weeks until spring training

With six weeks before pitchers and catchers report, plenty of offseason business remains unfinished and plenty of long-standing questions remain unanswered.

January 4, 2024

Red Sox pull a surprise, trade ace lefty Chris Sale to the Braves

The oft-injured Sale hasn’t pitched more than 147⅓ innings since Boston’s 2018 World Series-winning season, and has one year plus a vesting option left on his contract.

December 30, 2023

Dodgers reportedly land Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and a superteam gets stronger

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the 25-year-old Japanese ace, appears set to join Shohei Ohtani with the Dodgers, who are again the team to beat.

December 22, 2023

Shohei Ohtani, a one-man global spectacle, introduced as a Dodger

Shohei Ohtani, whose baseball talents have transcended his sport, donned his new Los Angeles Dodgers jersey for the first time for the world to see. Oh, and he disclosed his dog’s name.

December 14, 2023

Juan Soto is ready for the New York spotlight. But how long will it shine?

Though he is just 25 years old and one of the most prolific left-handed hitters in the sport, the Yankees will be Soto’s third team.

December 13, 2023

Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million deal is more complicated than it seems

When Shohei Ohtani agreed to a 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers worth $700 million, jaws around the baseball industry dropped. On Monday, those jaws dropped again.

December 12, 2023