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• Bucs Extend Offer To Nick Leverett
The Bucs have extended a qualifying offer to guard Nick Leverett, the team announced Friday afternoon. https://twitter.com/ScottSBucs/status/1634269130298728448?s=20 With less than three years of service time, Leverett was an exclusive rights free agent, meaning that even though he was not under contract with the Bucs for 2023, he was unable to negotiate with any other team....2023
• The results of the Royals Review 2023 fan survey
Photo by: Helen Healey/NBC via Getty Images What do you think about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of the game? Last week I asked fans to chime in with the Royals Review fan survey, asking them what they thought about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of baseball. We had 820 responses to our fan survey this year - 13 percent more than last year! This isn’t a scient...2023
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• Dolphins release Cethan Carter, tender Elijah Campbell as free agency looms
Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins are starting to make roster moves ahead of the 2023 free agency period. The Miami Dolphins are starting to make moves to prepare themselves for the 2023 season. On Tuesday, reports indicated cornerback Byron Jones had been informed the team planned to release him with a June 1st cut designation. The team continued...2023
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• Top 75 Prospects For 2023 Fantasy Baseball: Spring Training Snapshot
List season is tricky for me. I always forget somebody for reasons that remain mysterious to me. This year, it was Josh Jung. Sorry about that, Josh and the Jungs. I’ll clean it up in post, by which I mean I plan to collate the hundred in a long scroll here near the end of spring training, tweaking the sequence as the new information suggests. Jung would be 19th or 20th or 21st at the moment among...2023
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• The results of the Royals Review 2023 fan survey
Photo by: Helen Healey/NBC via Getty Images What do you think about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of the game? Last week I asked fans to chime in with the Royals Review fan survey, asking them what they thought about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of baseball. We had 820 responses to our fan survey this year - 13 percent more than last year! This isn’t a scient...2023
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 18, Ryan Rolison
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The lefty’s last two years have been derailed by injuries — fluky ones in 2021, but a surgical shoulder injury in 2022 that’s much more concerning 18. Ryan Rolison (309 points, 24 ballots) If healthy, Rolison is the prospect best-positioned to help the Rockies rotation in 2023. Then again, we’ve said that the last two years for the 25-year-old lefty, who ...2023
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• Jesus Luzardo, 2023 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Can one fantasy baseball sleeper post for Jesus Luzardo double as a fantasy baseball sleeper post for the entire Marlins' pitching staff? Here we discuss just that, and give you usable tips on turning holiday leftovers into something the whole family can enjoy! Welcome back to The Chew! What's that? The Chew was canceled? Was Mario Batali canceled and took The Chew down with him or a separate set ...2023
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• Bird App Recap: Padres 5, White Sox 2
Cease’s final start of 2022 ends in the usual sorrow The White Sox continue their series against the Padres, and this is how Miguel Cairo lined them up. With only five games left in 2022, José Abreu gets the evening off. Tonight's #WhiteSox starters in San Diego.⏰: 7:40 p.m. CT : @NBCSChicago : @ESPN1000 : @FDSportsbook : O/U 3.5 CWS Total Runs pic.twitter.com/My79MTz5sD— Chicago White Sox (@...2022
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• Top 25 First Basemen for 2022 Fantasy Baseball
Closer and Closer we can see the light beaming ever so strongly as we make our way to the start of our baseball journey. April Day baseball will be upon us soon, DFS lineups to pour over, lineup decisions hmmm do I start Jace Peterson or Josh Harrison this week can't wait right? Man I've never been so interested in the Chicago weather when I wake up than I do from April-Sept. Well we all ...2022
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• Josh Jung, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
It seems to me that the nature of the beast when discussing prospects is you get a lot of: Here's what I said previously when he was supposed to be called up already. Unlike most prospects, Josh Jung wasn't kept in the minors simply for service time reasons. Josh Jung was ticketed for the majors this past preseason until he hurt his foot. Jung, man, no need to be bruised. Here’s what Prospect Itch...2021
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• Top 100 Hitters: Time is Running Out
It is the final countdown and that means players are jumping up and down the 2021 rest of season hitter rankings. There are two main drivers to this known affectionately as the ‘Mondesi Momentum’ and ‘Trout Trouble’. Time to break down the categories: The ‘Mondesi Momentum’ represents those players making a late season surge. For a variety of reasons, they may have missed time earlier in the ye...2021
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• Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Hope is a Blurb
I struggle to remember a world without alternate sites, and I miss the minors. Prospects really got crushed by the pandemic much harder than any recent pool of players. They were already being paid dirt, but to lose a year of development, or even a year of service time, is absolutely brutal. It’s like if the Beatles never went to Hamburg and tried to develop their talents in Liverpool instead with...2021
• Effectively Wild Episode 1665: Season Preview Series: Blue Jays and Giants
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB.TV repetition, Yadier Molina throwing out Jose Siri, teams opting to end innings early, the effect of Jarred Kelenic’s injury on the Mariners service-time controversy, the Astros signing Jake Odorizzi, and teams being more brazen about lowering their competitive balance tax assessments, then preview the 2021 Blue Jays […]...2021
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• Jarred Kelenic gets injured amid Mariners service-time drama

PEORIA, Ariz. — Seattle Mariners top prospect Jarred Kelenic will be sidelined due to a strained adductor muscle in his left knee. Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto said an MRI on Saturday revealed the injury. No timeline was given for the outfielder’s return. “While disappointed that Jarred will be sidelined, we are relieved that the......2021
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• Ravens DC suggests Steelers are better without Le’Veon Bell
Are the Pittsburgh Steelers better off without Le’Veon Bell? One NFL coach seems to think so. Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale said on Thursday that there are a lot of stats suggesting the Steelers are better without Bell on the team. He even concluded that statement with a funny crack about Bell riding a jet ski. Bell’s actually been at nightclubs in Miami, Wink. Martindale ...2018
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• Josh Hamilton's Free Pass Impacts Angels, Helps Set Stage for Bloody CBA Battle
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• Bucs Extend Offer To Nick Leverett
The Bucs have extended a qualifying offer to guard Nick Leverett, the team announced Friday afternoon. https://twitter.com/ScottSBucs/status/1634269130298728448?s=20 With less than three years of service time, Leverett was an exclusive rights free agent, meaning that even though he was not under contract with the Bucs for 2023, he was unable to negotiate with any other team....2023
• The results of the Royals Review 2023 fan survey
Photo by: Helen Healey/NBC via Getty Images What do you think about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of the game? Last week I asked fans to chime in with the Royals Review fan survey, asking them what they thought about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of baseball. We had 820 responses to our fan survey this year - 13 percent more than last year! This isn’t a scient...2023
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• Dolphins release Cethan Carter, tender Elijah Campbell as free agency looms
Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins are starting to make roster moves ahead of the 2023 free agency period. The Miami Dolphins are starting to make moves to prepare themselves for the 2023 season. On Tuesday, reports indicated cornerback Byron Jones had been informed the team planned to release him with a June 1st cut designation. The team continued...2023
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• Fallout of Corbin Burnes’ arbitration hearing following troublesome pattern for Brewers
Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The team’s latest communicative failure shows that they haven’t learned from recent public relations fiascos Brewers pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on Thursday, but instead of the optimism of a new season, a series of damning comments made by Corbin Burnes captured headlines. The Brewers defeated their ace in an arbitration hearing the p...2023
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 18, Ryan Rolison
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The lefty’s last two years have been derailed by injuries — fluky ones in 2021, but a surgical shoulder injury in 2022 that’s much more concerning 18. Ryan Rolison (309 points, 24 ballots) If healthy, Rolison is the prospect best-positioned to help the Rockies rotation in 2023. Then again, we’ve said that the last two years for the 25-year-old lefty, who ...2023
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• Jesus Luzardo, 2023 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Can one fantasy baseball sleeper post for Jesus Luzardo double as a fantasy baseball sleeper post for the entire Marlins' pitching staff? Here we discuss just that, and give you usable tips on turning holiday leftovers into something the whole family can enjoy! Welcome back to The Chew! What's that? The Chew was canceled? Was Mario Batali canceled and took The Chew down with him or a separate set ...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ conventional wisdom
John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Things will be quiet until the Convention, I guess. Welcome to today’s edition 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’ t...2023
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• Nico Hoerner gets paid extra as part of MLB’s Pre-Arb Bonus Pool
Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images The pool was negotiated in the new CBA last winter, Cubs shortstop Nico Hoerner had a fine 2022 season, his first true full MLB year. He batted .281/.327./410 with 22 doubles, 10 home runs and 20 stolen bases, and his strong defense led to a 4.5 bWAR season, the best bWAR mark for any Cub in 2022. Hoerner was paid a bit over the minimum salary in 2022, $72...2022
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• Today in White Sox History: December 9
A closer (Dustin Hermanson) and a right fielder, all signed in one day, 18 years ago. Two key pieces are added to the eventual 2005 World Champs 1996 A culmination of misunderstandings and pettiness saw pitcher Alex Fernandez sign a free agent deal with Florida. White Sox ownership felt Fernandez was going to remain contractually bound to them for another season, but that belief was torpe...2022
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• MLB’s 2022-23 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more
Getty Images Baseball doesn’t stop just because there are no games. Here’s a handy calendar of everything happening before next season begins. Congratulations to the Houston Astros on winning the 2022 World Series, the second championship in their franchise history. With that, baseball’s offseason commences. This will be the first “normal” offseason for baseball in four years, since 201...2022
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• The results of the Royals Review 2023 fan survey
Photo by: Helen Healey/NBC via Getty Images What do you think about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of the game? Last week I asked fans to chime in with the Royals Review fan survey, asking them what they thought about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of baseball. We had 820 responses to our fan survey this year - 13 percent more than last year! This isn’t a scient...2023
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• Fallout of Corbin Burnes’ arbitration hearing following troublesome pattern for Brewers
Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The team’s latest communicative failure shows that they haven’t learned from recent public relations fiascos Brewers pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on Thursday, but instead of the optimism of a new season, a series of damning comments made by Corbin Burnes captured headlines. The Brewers defeated their ace in an arbitration hearing the p...2023
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 18, Ryan Rolison
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The lefty’s last two years have been derailed by injuries — fluky ones in 2021, but a surgical shoulder injury in 2022 that’s much more concerning 18. Ryan Rolison (309 points, 24 ballots) If healthy, Rolison is the prospect best-positioned to help the Rockies rotation in 2023. Then again, we’ve said that the last two years for the 25-year-old lefty, who ...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: December 9
A closer (Dustin Hermanson) and a right fielder, all signed in one day, 18 years ago. Two key pieces are added to the eventual 2005 World Champs 1996 A culmination of misunderstandings and pettiness saw pitcher Alex Fernandez sign a free agent deal with Florida. White Sox ownership felt Fernandez was going to remain contractually bound to them for another season, but that belief was torpe...2022
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• MLB’s 2022-23 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more
Getty Images Baseball doesn’t stop just because there are no games. Here’s a handy calendar of everything happening before next season begins. Congratulations to the Houston Astros on winning the 2022 World Series, the second championship in their franchise history. With that, baseball’s offseason commences. This will be the first “normal” offseason for baseball in four years, since 201...2022
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• Prospect News: The Night Before Baseball Christmas
On the eve of Opening Day, I’m trying to recall the last time so many high-profile rookies were scheduled to break camp with the big club. Might’ve been . . . never? Prospect coverage has come a long way these past few decades. Used to be cool to bash rookies and the prospect lovers who drafted them. Now you’re just leaving money on the table if you ignore the possibility that Julio Rodriguez open...2022
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• Latest On Kris Bryant
Kris Bryant’s long-running service-time grievance against the Cubs finally came to an end last week. Bryant lost the hearing, meaning he’ll remain under team control for two more years instead of one. As you’d expect, the players’ association isn’t enamored of the results. MLBPA executive director Tony Clark issued a statement on the matter Tuesday:…...2020
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• Rockies intrigued by Cubs, Cardinals for Nolan Arenado trade?
As the Colorado Rockies continue to explore the market for a potential trade of All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado, the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs have emerged as potential fits for a blockbuster deal. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Cubs and Cardinals have stood out as two teams that could offer what the Rockies are seeking and have the financial and roster resources to make a de...2020
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• 2020 MLB Arbitration Tracker Now Available
MLBTR will be keeping track of all arbitration-related figures, including settlement amounts, team and player submissions, and hearing results in our handy 2020 MLB Arbitration Tracker. The tracker is currently up-to-date for all 191 arbitration eligible players, including numbers for those who have settled on their 2020 salary. You can filter by team, service time,…...2019
• Reds' Nick Senzel not blaming service time for losing outfield job
A day after his agent blamed service-time manipulation for him not winning a roster spot, Cincinnati Reds top prospect Nick Senzel is refusing to take the same approach publicly. On Saturday, Senzel simply credited teammate Scott Schebler for nailing down the team’s center field job and wouldn’t go anywhere close to as far as his agent did. Schebler hit .379 during spring, so keeping him on the ro...2019
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• Top 75 Prospects For 2023 Fantasy Baseball: Spring Training Snapshot
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• Jesus Luzardo, 2023 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
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• Cub Tracks’ conventional wisdom
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• Top 25 First Basemen for 2022 Fantasy Baseball
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• Prospect News: Await Sam Long As We Enter The Super Two Zone
The date is June 9, a fairly insignificant moment in the western, Gregorian sense but a potentially monumental one in the 2021 baseball sense. The ever-floating cheap prospects super two service time cutoff line is now, or tomorrow, or next week, depending on how much baseball everyone ends up playing over the next two years. It’s a ratio stat where the denominator is everyone in baseball’s servic...2021
• Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Hope is a Blurb
2021
• Kris Bryant holds “no hard feelings whatsoever” against Cubs for grievance case decision
Though Kris Bryant is still in a Cubs uniform as Spring Training begins, the third baseman has nonetheless been one of the offseason’s top newsmakers due to the sheer amount of speculation that has swirled around his future over the last few months. Bryant addressed much of this speculation today, speaking to reporters (including MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian and The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma) about a...2020
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• Johnathan Williams intends to 'stay in the moment'
It has been an eventful month for Johnathan Williams, who participated in camp and the preseason with the Lakers, was waived, re-signed on a two-way contract, and played key minutes in the team’s third game of the season. After racking up eight points, four rebounds and three blocked shots in just 14 minutes during his NBA debut vs. San Antonio, the Lakers’ newest big man said he had to keep remin...2018
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• Michael Kopech diagnosed with Torn UCL; Tommy John surgery recommended
White Sox righty Michael Kopech has been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament, the team announced to reporters. Tommy John surgery has been recommended for the highly regarded young hurler.This news represents a major blow to a rebuilding organization that had hoped to build momentum entering the 2019 campaign. Kopech, 22, had only just arrived in the majors — bringing the promise of an...2018
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• Adam Jones on potential post-Orioles future: 'it’s my family’s decision'
Given his status as a pending free agent, center fielder Adam Jones is an obvious trade candidate for an Orioles team with no hope of competing this season. However, as a 10-and-5 player (10 years of MLB service time, five in a row with the same team), Jones would be able to block a trade anywhere. The 32-year-old spoke about his future Friday, saying (via Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com) that “it’...2018
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• The future is now: Bryant to get callup
Kris Bryant, MLB's No. 2 prospect, is expected to be promoted on Friday, and not just because his much discussed service-time hurdle has been cleared. The Cubs need a third baseman, as Mike Olt is out with a fractured wrist....2015
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• NL ROY Bryant filed service-time claim vs. Cubs
NL ROY Bryant filed service-time claim vs. Cubs...2015
• Russell Westbrook, Thunder Agree to New Contract: Latest Details, Reaction
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• Kris Bryant Recalled from Triple-A Iowa by Cubs
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• Kris Bryant Loses Grievance Against Cubs
The MLB arbitration panel has finally issued a ruling on the grievance brought by Cubs star Kris Bryant against the organization, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.com (via Twitter). Bryant will not be granted an additional year of service time, the panel ruled. He will remain under team control via arbitration through the 2021 season. Bryant…...2020
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• Kristaps Porzingis or Karl-Anthony Towns: Whose Start Is More Impressive?
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• Brewers Designate Lorenzo Cain For Assignment
The Brewers have designated Lorenzo Cain for assignment. The move comes on the same day that he reached 10 years of MLB service time. Cain and the club came to a mutual decision about today’s roster decision, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com (via Twitter). Jonathan Davis was selected from Triple-A to take his roster spot,…...2022
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• Kris Bryant, Maikel Franco Reportedly File Grievances over MLB Service Time
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• Robinson Cano Expected To Lose Roster Spot With Padres; Reportedly Likely To Elect Free Agency
The Padres are likely to request that second baseman Robinson Canó accept an optional assignment to Triple-A El Paso, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post (Twitter link). Heyman suggests the eight-time All-Star would refuse to go to the minor leagues, as is his right as a player with five-plus years of MLB service time.…...2022
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• Braves' new additions take part in BP
Even with more than 31 combined years of Major League service time, second baseman Brandon Phillips, right-hander R.A. Dickey and left-hander Jaime Garcia relished their first opportunity to face live batting practice opponents as members of the Braves....2017
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• Braves' new additions take part in BP
Even with more than 31 combined years of Major League service time, second baseman Brandon Phillips, right-hander R.A. Dickey and left-hander Jaime Garcia relished their first opportunity to face live batting practice opponents as members of the Braves....2017
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• Pirates, Ke’Bryan Hayes Agree To Eight-Year, $70MM Extension
The Pirates took a major step toward locking up their young core this afternoon, inking third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes to an eight-year, $70MM extension, reports Robert Murray of Fansided. The deal, which represents both the largest guarantee ever given to a player with between one and two years of service time and the largest deal…...2022
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• Life After Trade: 15 Years Later, Fatherhood Trumps Fame for Ken Griffey Jr.
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• Adley Rutschman Earns Full Service Year With Rookie Of The Year Runner-Up
Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman finished runner-up in this year’s American League Rookie of the Year balloting. While the honor went to Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez, the runner-up placement is a key development for Rutschman. In order to disincentivize service time manipulation, the league and Players Association agreed to the so-called “prospect promotion incentive” i...2022
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• Jesus Luzardo, 2023 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
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• Cub Tracks’ conventional wisdom
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• Triston Casas, 2023 Fantasy Outlook
Here's what I said last year about Triston Casas, "There’s likely a lot of factors that go into fantasy baseball prospects, but here’s two I look at: 1. Ready and it’s up to the club. 2. Not ready. Frank Voila! That’s it! Well, maybe not it it, but it is close enough to it. That it is in the It Crowd. In the big broad, general sense. If the player is in the 2nd category, then I’m not going to c...2022
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• McCarthyism Refers To The Hysteria Around Jake McCarthy
Corbin Carroll sat yesterday against the historically significant southpaw, Bailey Falter (6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.08). Torey Lovullo, fantastic on MTV's The Challenge, benches Corbin Carroll after two games is such big-brain'ing. Never underestimate the dumbness of any of this. Oh, and if this is because the new CBA says a guy who starts the year with the team, and wins the ...2022
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• Even The Threat Of Pirates Can’t Stop Me From Buying This Cruz
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH.) It's time for a Pirates mailbag: Q: Hey, Mikey Yinz here, I was over in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Not Fred. I mean Roger Rogers, guy I went to Andy Carnegie High School with. I don't know his real name, we call him Roger Rogers because he's got a stutter. We were watching the Pirates and eating a two-hander from Prima...2022
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• Braves Take Michael Harris II Hold For Better Or Worse From This Day Forward
We have every conceivable rookie's projections who might be called up. Guys I've never heard of like Bobson Dugnutt, but even we don't have Michael Harris II because he was so young and seemingly far away. Michael Harris II is so young Michael Harris I is still in theaters! Andruw Jones played just 50 games above Single A before he was called up by the Braves at age 19 in 1996. Michael Harris II, ...2022
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• Top Dynasty Keepers – Two Cards And A Royal
Thanks the the new collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and the players union, teams are no longer hiding their top prospects in the minors to delay their service time and ability to hit arbitration and free agency earlier in their careers. The Mariners (Julio Rodriguez) and Astros (Jeremy Pena) have had top rookies in their starting lineup since the start of the season. ...2022
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• Au Contreras Mon Roansy Freres
Pirates' front office looking at the clock labeled, "Service Manipulation." The big hand clicks towards "Extra year of service time," and the little hand creeps towards, "Being cheap AF." Just as Being Cheap AF and Extra Year of Service Time meet at 12 o'clock, a little birdie flies out in a Pirates' jersey with the uniform number for Tyler Glasnow and starts cuckooing. With that, Roansy Contreras...2022
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• Top 25 First Basemen for 2022 Fantasy Baseball
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• Riley Greene, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
Here's what A.J. Hinch said regarding Riley Greene and his teammate, who I just covered in my Spencer Torkelson fantasy, "It's gonna be big drama, and you guys are gonna ask a lot, and I love that. I love the pressure on these guys. And then we'll see where it takes us. I hope they put all kinds of pressure on us for Opening Day." Trying not to lose my shizz that every prospect, who is ready, shou...2021
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• The results of the Royals Review 2023 fan survey
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• Dolphins release Cethan Carter, tender Elijah Campbell as free agency looms
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• Top 75 Prospects For 2023 Fantasy Baseball: Spring Training Snapshot
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• Fallout of Corbin Burnes’ arbitration hearing following troublesome pattern for Brewers
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• Cub Tracks’ conventional wisdom
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• MLB’s 2022-23 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more
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• Bird App Recap: Padres 5, White Sox 2
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• FAAB: Meyer’ed Estuery Fish
I know recency bias is a powerful thing but it seems to me, we are seeing a lot more highly touted prospects come up this season. This could be a symptom of the tweaked service time rules, or maybe teams are having a rethink on development schedules. Please, blog, may I have some more?...2022
• Top Dynasty Keepers – Two Cards And A Royal
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• Prospect News: The Night Before Baseball Christmas
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• The NHL should copy MLB’s Rule 5 draft
Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images A half-baked idea to increase player movement To fill the hockey void in the summer months, I spend most of my evenings watching baseball. As a kid I watched Cleveland win a couple of pennants and I was hooked for life (Go Guardians!). As I read this article at The Athletic by Zack Meisel concerning the 40 man roster, and thought about Calvin Thurkauf re...2021
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• Service time, logistics of resuming play among MLB's subjects of speculation
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• Kris Bryant holds “no hard feelings whatsoever” against Cubs for grievance case decision
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• Rays broached extension talks with Willy Adames, Brent Honeywell
The Rays have traditionally been pretty aggressive in locking up young players to early career extensions, as evidenced by their recent deals with Blake Snell and Brandon Lowe. Beyond that duo, Willy Adames and Brent Honeywell told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times that they had also been approached about long-term deals. Adames has been a consensus top-25 prospect in baseball in each of the las...2019
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• NL East Notes: Anthony Rendon, Ronald Acuna, Tommy Hunter
The latest from around the NL East… Anthony Rendon left last night’s game after fouling a ball off his left big toe, and he wasn’t in today’s Nationals lineup. X-rays on the toe were negative, and manager Dave Martinez told MLB.com’s Jamal Collier and other reporters that there had yet to be any discussion of a possible DL stint for the star third baseman. Washington is already short Daniel Murph...2018
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• MLB Top Prospect Trea Turner Could Be Extra Spark for Contending Nationals
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• The Most Overvalued 2016 NBA Free Agent at Every Position
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Reloading Braves About to Add to Shortstop Wave
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• MLB Trade Rumors: Buzz Surrounding Aroldis Chapman and Top Players Available
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• The Chicago Cubs Can Be Surprise World Series Contenders
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