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• AL West Farm System Report
Highlighting prospects from each farm system in the AL West The post AL West Farm System Report appeared first on Pitcher List....2024
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• NL West Farm System Report
Breaking down the NL West farm systems The post NL West Farm System Report appeared first on Pitcher List....2024
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• White Sox Farm Report: April 6-7, 2024

The post White Sox Farm Report: April 6-7, 2024 appeared first on Sox On 35th. It was an active weekend down on the farm for the Chicago White Sox farm system. Read all about it here, from Pipeline to 35th! The post White Sox Farm Report: April 6-7, 2024 appeared first on Sox On 35th....2024
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• An early look at this summer’s draft prospects

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals will pick sixth overall this year. The college baseball season is well underway and many of the top prospects have started to stand out above the crowd. The MLB Draft lottery awarded the Royals the sixth overall pick in this year’s draft, but the team owns the fourth-highest draft bonus pool, thanks in part to owning picks 39...2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider’s diagnosis, comeback win, more

Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Well it was a rollercoaster of a day for the Braves in a number of ways. The biggest news of the day is that Spencer Strider has a damaged UCL and will consult a surgeon about the best path forward. This does not necessarily guarantee a major surgery, as a full tear might, but it is quite ba...2024
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• Highly touted New York Mets prospect reportedly pulled a Danny Almonte, suspended after lying about age

A notable prospect in the New York Mets farm system allegedly lied about his age before taking a huge signing bonus....2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider’s diagnosis, comeback win, more
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• Highly touted New York Mets prospect reportedly pulled a Danny Almonte, suspended after lying about age
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• Under-the-radar Royals prospects to know this season

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Full-season affiliate rosters released on Wednesday. The minor league season has already gotten underway. The Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers started their season on March 29. The rest of the full-season affiliates will kick off this week. Ahead of each team’s respective “Opening Day,” rosters for each level of the minor leagues were released on Wednesday. ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Brown comes around

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Ben Brown redeemed himself and the Cubs and Rockies brought out the kayfabe in one another late as the lead was contested. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and blogg...2024
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs

Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate takes the field. The minor league season starts . . .well, the Triple-A season started yesterday . . .and that means it’s time to take stock of the Cubs minor league farm system. As we’ve written in these pages over the past few months, the Cubs farm system is the strongest it has been since the 2013-15 period that le...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Our writers discuss the off-season and expectations for this year. After one of the busier off-seasons in recent Royals history, the 2024 regular season is finally here! The Royals spent over $100 million on free agents, adding infielder Adam Frazier and Garrett Hampson, outfielder Hunter Renfroe, starting pitchers Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, and relie...2024
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• Rays acquire C Ben Rortvedt from Yankees in 3-team deal

Dude’s jacked Tampa Bay trades Top-30 prospect OF Shane Sasaki The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired catcher Ben Rortvedt from the New York Yankees as part of a three-team trade that also involved the Miami Marlins. The Rays will be sending outfielder Shane Sasaki, who was recently voted the 27th best prospect in the system by the Draysbay community, to the Marlins; meanwhile, the Marlins and Y...2024
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• The 2024 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 When it comes to making predictions for the coming MLB season, I tend to prefer writing a (very rough) SWOT analysis that includes strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This strikes me as a more nuanced (and slightly different) approach to the topic at hand. So here’s my best ...2024
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas

Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The defending champion Rangers and the relentless Astros dominate the division’s focus, but keep an eye on Seattle. The 2023 American League season came down to a Lone Star State Showdown in the Championship Series. Amazingly, the Houston Astros were back in the LCS for the seventh year in a row, one shy of the record held by the ‘90s Atlanta ...2024
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 2023

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Starting 2024 by looking back The New Year is a tried and true opportunity to remember and reflect on the previous year. Yesterday, we remembered the most-read articles of the 2023 calendar year. Today, we take the opportunity to reflect on the articles that brought us the most pride and satisfaction. This annual tradition of having our writers highlig...2024
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• Yoan Moncada Can't Stop the Hype: 'He's Got a Following Everywhere We Go'
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Cast Aside by the NBA, Stephon Marbury Finds Stardom, and Peace, in China
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Big Ben's Big Change of Course
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"Bo Jackson to be inducted into Royals Hall of Fame"

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"Sources: Astros acquiring Verlander from Mets"

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"The Cubs should sign Nico Hoerner to a long-term deal"

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"Rebuilding Pirates Likely To Pursue More Bounceback Candidates After Lockout"

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"Choo donating funds to Rangers minor leaguers"

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"Trade/FA Chatter: Padres, Myers, Angels, Rox, Zobrist, Marlins"

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"LeBron: NCAA 'corrupt'; give kids alternative"

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"Braves edge Yanks for MLB's top farm system"

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"Chris Sale to Red Sox: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction"

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"Yanks duo Severino, Judge among Top 100 Prospects"

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"Former MLB Pitcher Brad Halsey Dies at Age 33"

• An early look at this summer’s draft prospects
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• 2024 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Season Preview

Ronny Hernandez has finally broken out of the Camelback Ranch complex and is ready to wreak havoc on the Carolina League. | @ronnyhernandezlhr/Instagram Big George Wolkow isn’t here yet, but there’s still plenty of org talent brimming here on Opening Day Among all Chicago White Sox Minor League affiliates, the 2023 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers ultimately produced the best record, finishing w...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: Knights lose a close one, fall to 1-5 on the season

No roster spot, no problem: Carlos Pérez went 4-for-5 on the night, after being DFA’d just before the New Year. | Salina Rae Silver / South Side Sox Charlotte’s offense stays hot while their pitching remains shaky Salina Rae Silver has been South Side Sox’s Director of Photography since late 2023. She offers comprehensive behind-the-scenes coverage of the White Sox farm system coupled wit...2024
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• The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The A’s will officially be playing Sacramento in 2025 before a planned move to Vegas. A once-dynastic baseball town has been abandoned. It’s official. At the end of the 2024 campaign, the Oakland Athletics will be dead. They will play at least their next three seasons at Sutter Health Park, home of the minor-league Sacramento River Cats, and aim to move...2024
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• 2024 Winston-Salem Dash Season Preview

2021 second round pick Wes Kath returns to Winston-Salem, where he looks to reach base more consistently. | Salina Rae Silver/South Side Sox The Dash struggled down the stretch in 2023, but reinforcements are on the way In 2023 the Winston-Salem Dash finished with a 60-66 record, which was relatively respectable given the White Sox’s bottom-tier farm system. It is worth noting that the Da...2024
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• Under-the-radar Royals prospects to know this season
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• Dumpst ... I mean ... roster diving

The fate of the White Sox largely centers on the success of the players surrounding Luis Robert Jr. in the lineup. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Let’s take an early-season look at [gestures wildly] THIS Staring down the barrel of this upcoming season, you might find yourself asking some very real and sincere questions about the makeup of your 2024 Chicago White Sox. Like, why were there o...2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Rockies owner Dick Monfort breaks silence with Opening Weekend statement

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 1st, 2024 Although it came with no “interpolations” of predicted success or claims of how his team would perform this season, Colorado Rockies principal owner Dick Monfort has broken his off-season silence. Somewhat overshadowed by the fanfare of Opening Day on Thursday, Monfort spoke with Troy Renck of th...2024
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• What Does the Will Smith Extension Mean for the Dodgers’ Top Catching Prospects?

Earlier this week, the Dodgers made history by signing catcher Will Smith to the longest contract ever for a player drafted by the organization — 10 years, $140 million. Now that he’s likely to retire a Dodger, this contract has implications for several key members of the team’s farm system. A quick note about this …...2024
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• An early look at this summer’s draft prospects
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• Padres Reacts Survey Results: Fans think Graham Pauley should be starting third baseman

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Jackson Merrill is getting a lot of playing time but the Padres can’t say the same about Graham Pauley Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in San Diego Padres fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Gaslamp Ball com...2024
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• 2024 Winston-Salem Dash Season Preview
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• Under-the-radar Royals prospects to know this season
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Rockies owner Dick Monfort breaks silence with Opening Weekend statement
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
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• 2024 AL East preview: High-flying young Orioles seek to repeat

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Baby Birds zoomed up to 101 wins and the division crown in 2023, and their nest of prospects only continues to grow. For almost a decade, the daunting AL East was dominated by the high-profile New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, as well as the perennially savvy Tampa Bay Rays. In 2023, however, the division champion was none of those three teams; inst...2024
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• State of the Position, 2024: General Manager

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post In his third official year as GM, Schmidt is building from within as the rebuild begins When Jeff Bridich suddenly vacated the role of general manager at the beginning of the 2021 season, the Colorado Rockies chose to turn things over to Bill Schmidt, a scout who had been with the team since 1999. The man had run the team’s draft for many years and ...2024
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• The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Rockies owner Dick Monfort breaks silence with Opening Weekend statement
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s how the team stands at the beginning of the season. Let me stipulate something right now, before we get into the “Cubs should have signed Jordan Montgomery!” argument again. It’s clear that ownership has, at least for the time being, established a payroll level for the Cubs that will not go over the first level of luxury tax, which this year is $237...2024
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• The 2024 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
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• Dodgers will live up to the hype

Same region, new uniform: Shohei Ohtani brings his otherworldly talent from Anaheim to Los Angeles. | Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images One writer’s vision of how the 2024 season will play out We have made it to baseball season once again, which is good, but this year, it is not as exciting as usual. The White Sox are the worst team in MLB’s worst division, and their farm system is...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2024

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images One week until Opening Day! Several spots on the roster remain up for grabs with a week left of Spring Training: The locks right now include Will Smith, Nick Anderson, John Schreiber, Chris Stratton and James McArthur. It seems likely that Angel Zerpa is going to make the team, giving the Royals a durable multi-inning reliever. One bullpen spot should ...2024
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• 2024 AL East preview: High-flying young Orioles seek to repeat
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Washington Nationals

Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Nationals have an eye on the future, which means all eyes are on the likes of James Wood and Dylan Crews. The Washington Nationals won the World Series in 2019, had a disastrous title defense in 2020 and promptly went into rebuilding mode. It's now 2024 and they're still in rebuilding mode for the foreseeable future. While baseball ...2024
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• Choo donating funds to Rangers minor leaguers
Veteran Shin-Soo Choo is giving $1,000 each to about 190 players in the Rangers' farm system....2020
• Bo Jackson to be inducted into Royals Hall of Fame

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Bo knows Hall of Fames. Bo Jackson, who electrified Royals fans with his moonshot home runs, track star speed, and never-before-seen baseball highlights, has been elected to the Royals Hall of Fame. He will be inducted in a pre-game ceremony before a June 29 game against the Cleveland Guardians. In all, Jackson played five years with the Royals, hittin...2024
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• Yanks duo Severino, Judge among Top 100 Prospects
Impressive right-hander Luis Severino and power-hitting outfielder Aaron Judge cracked MLB.com's list of the Top 100 Prospects in baseball, headlining the Yankees' recent efforts to replenish their farm system and build for the future....2015
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• Randal Grichuk Is Cardinals' Best Slugging Prospect Since Albert Pujols
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• Houston Astros: Cole Hamels Would Be Nice, but Not Worth the Price
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• LeBron: NCAA 'corrupt'; give kids alternative
LeBron James says the NCAA is "corrupt" and the NBA should shore up its farm system to accommodate kids who want to play but don't think school is the right choice....2018
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LeBron James says the NCAA is "corrupt" and the NBA should shore up its farm system to accommodate kids who want to play but don't think school is the right choice....2018
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• Sources: Astros acquiring Verlander from Mets

The Astros are acquiring Justin Verlander from the New York Mets in exchange for outfielders Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford, two top-five prospects in Houston's farm system, sources said....2023
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• Dumpst ... I mean ... roster diving
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• Preseason Prep - March 13th, 2024
Rotation in St. Louis This offseason, the Cardinals added three veteran arms, almost completely overhauling their rotation, which was dreadful last season. The St. Louis starters had the 2nd worst K/9 (6.92) and 5th worst ERA (5.08) in 2023. The New: Sonny Gray Gray is the most accomplished and in-form pitcher that the Cardinals have on the roster. He tweaked his hamstring last week and his status...2024
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• Luis Urias, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Like someone practicing tantric sex, this has been a long time coming. The only thing that nearly stopped me from writing this post was because I wrote a Willy Adames sleeper, but that's no reason to not think a Luis Urias sleeper is possible. *counting double negatives* One "no reason," two "not think"...are "nearly" or "but" negatives too? Okay, ya know what, double or triple negatives aside, Ad...2021
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• Yoan Moncada Can't Stop the Hype: 'He's Got a Following Everywhere We Go'
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• Yankees Need Yoan Moncada Signing to Continue to Build New Future
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• Are Yankees Quietly Looking Ahead to Next Year's Huge Free-Agent Pitching Crop?
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• Who Is Cuban Free Agent Yasmany Tomas and Is He Worth Big-Money Risk?
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• New Chicago Cubs Offseason Checklist Following Joe Maddon Hire
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• Chicago White Sox May Be Surprise Aggressor in 2014-2015 MLB Free Agency
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• 2024 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Season Preview
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• White Sox Minor League Update: Knights lose a close one, fall to 1-5 on the season
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• Padres Reacts Survey Results: Fans think Graham Pauley should be starting third baseman
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• The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
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• 2024 Winston-Salem Dash Season Preview
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• Under-the-radar Royals prospects to know this season
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• Cub Tracks’ Brown comes around
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• Dumpst ... I mean ... roster diving
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Rockies owner Dick Monfort breaks silence with Opening Weekend statement
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• An early look at this summer’s draft prospects
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, February 2024

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images After revealing the Top 30 PuRPs over the past few weeks, what does the system look like as a whole? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 57 players across 23 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who mis...2024
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• Braves farm system ranks 26th in Keith Law’s updated rankings

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Athletic’s Keith Law released his updated farm system rankings for the 2024 season Friday and the Atlanta Braves are in the lower third coming in at No. 26. It isn’t that surprising given that the Braves had just one prospect on Law’s Top 100 list in 2023 first round pick Hurston Waldrep. Atlanta has traded everyone, almost. There’s ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ 18 days til Spring Training

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Trade speculation and ST news. Still no Cody. Real baseball looms. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #C...2024
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• Trading Corbin Burnes was the right decision

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images After months of speculation, the Brewers made the right call and accepted a reasonable trade return for their ace The biggest domino in an eventful Brewers offseason fell Thursday night when Milwaukee dealt Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles for infielder Joey Ortiz, pitcher D.L. Hall, and the 34th overall pick in the 2024 amateur draft. Burnes entere...2024
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame

Time to right a wrong Last year I made a vow to write an annual story about why the Royals’ first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, should be in the Royals Hall of Fame. Like it or not, it’s that time of year. Many of us have speculated as to why Tallis has been snubbed. His credentials are far too impressive for just a plain oversight, so there must be another underlying reason. The most common the...2024
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• The Best Tampa Bay Rays Sports Illustrated Covers

Remembering the best cover photos from the iconic magazine. In shocking news today, the current license holders for publishing Sports Illustrated announced intentions to shut down the publication after recent attempts to renegotiate fees had failed. Sports Illustrated is an institution in the American sports landscape, known for iconic covers across all major leagues, and has a strong union that ...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 6, 2024

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images How much will Salvy play behind the plate? Sam McDowell writes about why ballpark negotiations are at an impasse. How wide is the gap with White? Multiple sources familiar with the negotiations told The Star that as recently as this week, White, a member of the Royals’ team Hall of Fame, requested the county receive upwards of $25 million annually to o...2024
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• The Ricketts family panel returns to the Cubs Convention
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Day two kicked off with a candid conversation with the Cubs ownership group. Cole Wright hosted a conversation with Tom and Laura Ricketts to kick off Day 2 of the 2023 Cubs Convention. Whoever was booing Tom during the Opening Ceremony must have slept in on Saturday morning, because there was only applause in the sparser crowd as the conversation k...2023
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