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• Whitey Herzog Passes Away
Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog has passed away at 92. The Cardinals announced the news on Tuesday morning. Herzog’s family provided a brief statement, as relayed by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale (on X): “Whitey spent his last few days surrounded by his family. We have so appreciated all of the prayers and support from…...2024
• MLB Roundup: Week 2

Kansas City’s hot start has it at holding the top run differential in the league and just barely behind the Cleveland Guardians for the AL Central lead. | Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Strikeouts for days, Yankees continue their reign, and the AL Central has two teams in the top five — just like we expected It’s just the second week of the season, but teams are already battling hard for divisi...2024
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• Royals 2, White Sox 0: This team might not be any good

Pedro Grifol: The scapegoat, or the real problem? | Jason Miller/Getty Images I’m struggling to find anything witty to say these days The White Sox had a team meeting this afternoon, however, Pedro Grifol didn’t feel the need to elaborate on what was said. I’m sure it’s exactly what the team needed to get pumped up, though, right? Wrong! What?? A loss after the big team meeting? I’m st...2024
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• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Expected to Be Cleared of Any Wrongdoing by MLB in Ippei Mizuhara Scandal

Shohei Ohtani is expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing by Major League Baseball in the investigation of his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. MLB will interview Ohtani, but he is expected to be cleared after the federal government finishes their investigation, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. This comes after Mizuhara surrendered to law enforcement …...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A Doc in the house

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images The Mets retire Dwight Gooden’s number. Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter surrenders. Some early-season storylines. Jackie Robinson Day and other news from MLB. One of the nice things about being old is that I can now look back at Doc Gooden and say “You know what? He was a really good pitcher” and not hate him with the burning fire of a thousand suns. A...2024
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• Marlins Reportedly Void 2025 Club Option On Skip Schumaker
Marlins manager Skip Schumaker is set to become a free agent following the 2024 season, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Schumaker was hired by the club in October 2022 to serve under then-GM Kim Ng and agreed to a two-year deal with a club option for 2025, but Nightengale reports that Miami agreed to…...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 2
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Royals

Garrett Crochet takes the mound for his third start of the season. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Can we please just get at least one win against Kansas City? Usually I’d say Happy Sunday, but there doesn’t seem much to be happy about. Yes, we’ve already reached that point in early April. The Chicago White Sox will play the final game of this four-game set against the Kansas City Ro...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...

Notes and quotes from Saturday in the nation’s capital... With an update on the Nationals.com Transactions page, news of Stephen Strasburg’s official retirement became public, less than a year after a rumored ceremony ended up getting scrapped when negotiations on how exactly he’d end his career hit a snag. The status update for the now-35-year-old, 2009 No. 1 overall pick comes 667 days after the...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to Sacto

D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports The Athletics announce they are moving to Sacramento, temporarily. Mookie Betts is tearing up the league. The Marlins are in trouble. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Athletics announced that the team will play from 2025 to (at least) 2027 in Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Sutter Health Park is the home of the Triple-A Sacra...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Baseball is underway

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images News from Opening Day weekend and MLB. It’s the home opener! (Weather permitting.) It’s also April Fools Day. In honor of that, all the links will take you to Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up.” (No, they won’t.) The City of Oakland have delivered their list of demands to allow the Athletics to play for the next three years at the Coliseu...2024
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• The Cubs are reportedly headed to Japan to open the 2025 season

The scoreboard showing the final score of the Cubs’ win over the Mets at the Tokyo Dome, March 29, 2000 | Al Yellon This will be SO awesome. ALBUQUERQUE — I’m currently in New Mexico heading back to Chicago, but about a year from now I hope to be in Japan watching the Cubs. That’s happening, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today: The Chicago Cubs and Dodgers have been privately informed they h...2024
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• Outside the Confines: Little bit o’ Seoul

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images The Dodgers and Padres arrive in Seoul. Teams are dealing with injuries. I believe it is the AP style guide that any story about Korea has to have some kind of Seoul/Soul pun in the headlines. Thomas Harrigan has what you need to know about the Seoul Series. Fabian Ardaya notes that the Dodgers got a rock star-like greeting from the fans when they arrived...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Can Ty Blach crack the Opening Day roster a third time?

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 13, 2024 During spring training for the Colorado Rockies, most of the focus has been on the state of the rotation battle and the status of players like Elehuris Montero and Michael Toglia. Jordan Beck has turned some heads as has Jaden Hill out of the bullpen. Youth is on the rise for th...2024
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• Report: Yankees Make New Offer For Dylan Cease
The Yankees are still in the process of gathering information on Gerrit Cole’s elbow after he reported difficulty recovering between starts and underwent an MRI on Monday. In the meantime, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports that they’ve made a new offer to the White Sox regarding right-hander Dylan Cease. Prior reporting on the talks between…...2024
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Jays, Royals, Mets Full Steam Ahead After Deadline
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• Starlin Castro's Agent Denies Client Was Detained for Questioning About Shooting
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"Marlins manager Skip Schumaker is set to become a free agent following the 2024 season, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today."

2023
"The contract will become official when Andrus passes a physical, and USA Today’s Bob Nightengale adds that Andrus will earn a $3MM salary."

2022
"Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports (on Twitter) it’ll pay flat $16MM salaries in each season, leaving Rizzo with a…"

2021
"“Barring heavy resistance” from the Players Association, the league is planning to return to the traditional nine-inning affairs for twin bills starting in 2022, reports Bob Nightengale of…"

2020
"8:26pm: The Twins are indeed the third team in the trade, tweets USA Today’s Bob Nightengale."

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"Ryu’s deal contains full no-trade protection and doesn’t have an opt-out clause, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale (Twitter links)."

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"9:09pm: Outfield prospect Blake Rutherford, New York’s first-round selection from the 2016 draft, would head to the White Sox as part of the package, reports USA Today’s Bob Nightengale (on Twitter)."

2016
"In 2013, he told Bob Nightengale of USA Today he had become an ordained Christian minister and wanted to start carving out a new life, leaving his baseball years, both good and bad, in the past."

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"“I think for me the time off benefited me, and I feel good, healthy, ready to go," Rodriguez told Bob Nightengale of USA Today during spring training."

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"The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo reported confirmation of the deal: Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports first had the report early Wednesday morning: Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports added the financial details of the lefty starter's contract, along with an interesting tidbit about another potential suitor: Bob Nightengale of USA Today had Joe Maddon's thoughts on the signing: After his initial meeting with the Cubs, Lester had this to say, per Passan: The thing I liked about ’em is it wasn’t forced and wasn’t a sales pitch."

• Marlins Reportedly Void 2025 Club Option On Skip Schumaker
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Royals
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to Sacto
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• NL Notes: Pham, Contreras, Cabrera, Garrett, Uhlman
Multiple reports over the offseason indicated that the Padres had interest in signing Tommy Pham, with the most recent of these items coming in mid-March, when USA Today’s Bob Nightengale wrote that San Diego had interest in Pham on a one-year deal worth around $3MM or $4MM. Opening Day has now come and gone with…...2024
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• Japanese Star Roki Sasaki Reportedly Plans to Sign With Dodgers After Season: Report

By committing more than a billion dollars in future salaries to free agents, the Dodgers would appear set for years to come. However, they might not be done adding to their collection of talent. According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, one MLB general manager thinks the Dodgers will add yet another Japanese sensation to their …...2024
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• BCB roundtable: 2024 Cubs season preview

Getty Images A discussion of the season to come from the BCB staff. BCB’s front-page writers have done several of these roundtable discussions previewing Cubs seasons and postseasons, so here we are again to kick off the 2024 season. Josh, Sara, Thomas, Duane and I had a lively online conversation Wednesday afternoon. The online chat has been lightly edited for clarity. Ashley was unable t...2024
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• NL West Notes: McCarthy, Barnhart, Molina, Slater
The Diamondbacks have gotten a lot of trade interest in outfielder Jake McCarthy but Arizona isn’t yet interested in dealing the 26-year-old, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale writes. This isn’t the first time McCarthy’s name has surfaced in trade rumors, though the buzz quieted after McCarthy turned in a lackluster 2023 season. The outfielder finished fourth…...2024
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problem

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to Sacto
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• BCB roundtable: 2024 Cubs season preview
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• BREAKING: Dylan Cease finally on the move, traded to Padres

A new era: The White Sox completed a blockbuster trade involving ace Dylan Cease. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images The South Siders received three of San Diego’s Top 10 prospects in the deal The Dylan Cease trade, which has been anticipated for months, has finally happened. The Padres are the winners of the Cease Sweepstakes, as the ace of the White Sox will be heading to San Diego. Cease, 2...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Can Ty Blach crack the Opening Day roster a third time?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 12, 2024

Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Time for another parade, Kansas City. David Lesky at Inside the Crown looks at the rotation depth. I want to get into this just a little bit more because I’m sort of fascinated how the Royals will handle their starting pitching this year. Other than Jordan Lyles, they don’t have a pitcher who has thrown more than 160 innings since 2017 when M...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Third-degree Burnes

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports More fallout from the Corbin Burnes trade. The White Sox make a couple of deals, as do the A’s. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The groundhog saw his shadow on Friday, which means there will be six more weeks of not signing Cody Bellinger. We should nickname Corbin Burnes “Third Degree,” as in Corbin “Third Degree” Burnes. That’s a shou...2024
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• Dusty Baker is retiring as a manager

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images ... and I have thoughts. Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Dusty Baker will announce his retirement from baseball today: A press conference has been scheduled for Thursday at noon ET at Minute Maid Park, where Baker is expected to publicly announce his decision. “I’m very grateful and thankful to Jim Crane and the Houston Astros for giving me this oppo...2023
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• Braves have another meeting in the desert while looking for a winning oasis
Joseph Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK For the second year in a row at around the same time, the Braves felt compelled to have a clubhouse meeting. The different circumstances suggest that the standards have risen. By now, most of Braves Country and a lot of the baseball world is at least aware of the lore from last season. After playing a calamitous baseball game on May 31 in ord...2023
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• Boras: Blue Jays, Cubs, Twins “Were Really After” Xander Bogaerts
Xander Bogaerts’ first visit to free agency resulted in an 11-year, $280MM deal with the Padres that greatly exceeded projections, even for a player who was expected to land one of the offseason’s biggest contracts. Agent Scott Boras discussed some of the twists and turns of Bogaerts’ free agent trip with USA Today’s Bob Nightengale,…...2023
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• Cardinals Game Postponed Due To Additional Covid-19 Positive(s)
12:25pm: Major League Baseball has officially announced that tonight’s game is postponed due to one additional positive test. However, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tweets that there’s “concern” of a second positive test beyond the one the league has confirmed. That could point to some yet-inconclusive results and also explain the discrepancy between the earlier reporti...2020

• Whitey Herzog Passes Away
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• Royals 2, White Sox 0: This team might not be any good
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman goes back to the Bay

Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Matt Chapman returns to the Bay Area, but on the other side. The owners want a signing deadline. And more news from Spring Training. Good morning. If you want to feel old, Darren Baker is 1 for 5 for the Nationals in five games in Spring Training. And if you don’t remember who that is, then you probably aren’t old. The Giants signed...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Spring awakenings

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Ohtani hits his first home run in a Dodger uniform. The Dodgers make a couple more moves. A Giants legend moves to St. Louis. Ichiro’s relationship with Cooperstown and other news from baseball. Good morning. Jeff Passan just ordered two “LISA WAS RIGHT.” shirts which is even more proof why Jeff Passan is the absolute best there i...2024
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• Cub Tracks loves the Cubs’ farm system

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. We love it ALL right now. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tear...2024
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• Outside The Confines: It’s baseball season

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Spring Training has opened for two teams. Some predictions for the rest of the off-season. And other news from around baseball. It’s tradition for baseball fans to say the day after the Super Bowl that it’s baseball season. So who am I to buck tradition? I hope that yesterday’s football game puts an end to the idea that a close game is a good game. Because ev...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Still waiting

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks when the Cubs will finally sign a free agent. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the swinging spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us. There’s no cover charge. It may be cold out there but it’s warm in here. Grab any table that is still available. Brin...2024
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• Outside The Confines: California Dreamin’

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The Dodgers sign yet another free agent. The Giants and Mariners make a trade. Predictions for the rest of the Hot Stove and other baseball news. Good morning. Maybe this is the week the Cubs actually add a player to the 40-man that isn’t through a waiver claim. As if the Dodgers don’t have enough players, they’ve reportedly agreed to a one-year, $23.5 ...2024
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• Dodgers To Acquire Betts, Price In Three-Team Trade; Twins To Acquire Maeda
8:40pm: The Twins are acquiring right-hander Kenta Maeda and sending top pitching prospect Brusdar Graterol to the Red Sox, tweets Rosenthal. 8:26pm: The Twins are indeed the third team in the trade, tweets USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. 8:13pm: The Dodgers and Red Sox are in agreement on a trade that would send Mookie Betts and…...2020
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• A-Rod Continues to Turn Back the Clock for His Best Season in Years
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• David Price to Red Sox: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• MLB All-Star Game 2016: Host, Location, Date and More
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• Jon Lester to Cubs: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Darryl Strawberry Says He Had Sex in MLB Clubhouse During Games
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• Zack Greinke Opts Out of Dodgers Contract: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• Astros Clinch 2015 Playoff Berth: Highlights, Twitter Reaction to Celebration
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
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• Nelson Cruz Splash Could Finally End Mariners' 13-Year Postseason Drought
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• MLB Roundup: Week 2
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• Royals 2, White Sox 0: This team might not be any good
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• Outside The Confines: A Doc in the house
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Royals
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
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• BCB roundtable: 2024 Cubs season preview
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• The Cubs are reportedly headed to Japan to open the 2025 season
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• Outside the Confines: Little bit o’ Seoul
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• Mike Clevinger Seeking One-Year Deal
USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported this morning that right-hander Mike Clevinger is seeking a one-year contract according to Clevinger’s agent, Seth Levinson of ACES. The news regarding Clevinger’s market sets up a contrast between the veteran right-hander and the other free agent starting pitchers still available. Top-of-the-market southpaws Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery a...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Can Ty Blach crack the Opening Day roster a third time?
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• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Expected to Be Cleared of Any Wrongdoing by MLB in Ippei Mizuhara Scandal
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• Outside The Confines: Baseball is underway
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• NL West Notes: McCarthy, Barnhart, Molina, Slater
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problem
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• Astros Reportedly “Long-Shots” To Land Blake Snell
The Astros have been the buzz of the baseball world this weekend following reporting that indicated the club was in “serious pursuit” of the top remaining free agent, reigning NL Cy Young award winner Blake Snell. Reporting from USA Today’s Bob Nightengale earlier today indicates that the club may be a “long-shot” to ultimately land…...2024
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• White Sox Showing Interest In Michael Lorenzen
The White Sox have interest in free agent starter Michael Lorenzen, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. The right-hander is arguably the third-best pitcher still on the open market behind Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery. Chicago’s link to Lorenzen comes at a time when trade speculation around staff ace Dylan Cease has been rekindled. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported…...2024
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• Rangers Evaluating Dylan Cease Market
Significant trades halfway through Spring Training are rare, yet speculation about White Sox’s staff ace Dylan Cease hasn’t gone away. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported this morning that the Yankees put a new trade proposal on the table for Chicago’s expected Opening Day starter. Meanwhile, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News writes that the Rangers…...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 16 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Today I will share a rumor, and tell you why it’s probably nothing. Since we last met here, a day ago, there has been much kerfuffle made about what appears to be a throwaway comment buried way at the bottom of a long Sunday notes column by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale: Several executives think the Philadelphia Phillies could be a sleeper for one of the r...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ big empty

Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. It’s about expectations, isn’t it? Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maxi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 2, 2024

Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images Welcome to 2024! Jaylon Thompson tries to project the Royals’ starting lineup. The Royals have some decisions to make. Competition is expected at a few spots during spring training. Will they add another versatile left-handed bench bat? How will they fill their final bench spots? These questions will be answered before the season begins.... Also worth notin...2024
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