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• Rimas Sports Agency Files Lawsuit Against MLBPA Over Recent Sanctions
The Rimas Sports Agency has filed a federal lawsuit against the MLB Players Association in United States District Court in Puerto Rico, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. The lawsuit is related to recent sanctions that the union placed on the agency. It was reported in April of 2023 that the sports management agency had been…...2024
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• Former Dodgers Reliever Traded to NL Central Squad

Former Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Tyson Miller is making his way back to the midwest. As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Chicago Cubs acquired Miller from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for infielder Jake Slaughter. Passan reported on the trade via Twitter/X on Monday. The deal became official Tuesday. Trade news: The …...2024
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• Cub Tracks comes up with nothing

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Cubs/Braves, the Al Yellon experience, and more. Nico Hoerner turns 27. Former Cub farmhand and The Compound podcaster Zack Short is a hero for a day in his first MLB start. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers...2024
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• Cubs acquire right-hander Tyson Miller from Mariners

Tyson Miller | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs welcome back a reliever in a trade that sends infielder Jake Slaughter to Seattle. The Cubs made a trade with the Mariners late last night and it’s a familiar face coming back. Trade news: The Chicago Cubs are acquiring right-handed reliever Tyson Miller from the Seattle Mariners for infielder Jake Slaughter, sources tell ESPN....2024
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• Report: Cubs Acquiring RP Tyson Miller for IF Prospect Jake Slaughter
I distinctly remember another time the Cubs acquired a reliever from the Mariners in exchange for a slugging infielder. As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Cubs are bringing former farmhand Tyson Miller back in exchange for Jake Slaughter. Drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round during their title season, Miller made his … The post Report: Cubs Acquiring RP Tyson Miller for IF ...2024
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• Cubs To Acquire Tyson Miller
The Cubs are acquiring reliever Tyson Miller from the Mariners for minor leaguer Jake Slaughter, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (X link). Seattle had designated Miller for assignment last week. More to come....2024
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• Outside The Confines: A call-up for the ages?

The arrival of Paul Skenes in Pittsburgh is getting a LOT of attention Two big stories lead the headlines heading into this Friday. The first is obviously the call-up of rookie pitching prospect Paul Skenes, who is poised to start for the Pirates against the Cubs on Saturday. Skenes touches triple-digits and has a five-pitch mix, making him an exciting part of the Pirates’ future and one of the mo...2024
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• Outside The Confines: To bee or not to bee

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A hero emerges in Phoenix. Another injury for Mike Trout and another broadcast dispute. A look at home runs in college ball and other news from around baseball. Good morning. It’s good to be home. See you at 1:20. As you no doubt heard, Angels superstar Mike Trout is injured again. Will Leitch has five questions about Trout, his injury and the Angels. Ke...2024
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• Mike Trout To Undergo Knee Surgery
Angels outfielder Mike Trout requires knee surgery, per Alden González and Jeff Passan of ESPN. Angels general manager Perry Minasian says it’s for a torn meniscus, per González. It’s in his left knee, per Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register. The club hasn’t provided a timetable but expect Trout back this season. More to…...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Warren Schaeffer should be the Rockies 2025 manager

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 Last year, the Colorado Rockies signed 66-year-old manager Bud Black to a one-year contract extension that covers the 2024 season. Black originally signed with the team in 2017 on a three-year deal with a mutual option for 2020. In 2019, he signed a three-year extension for 2020-2022, and t...2024
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• Baseball has an injury problem with plenty of questions and no real answers

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Star pitchers are going on the injured list for extended periods of time at an alarming rate. It’s the worst kind of problem: One with no clear and immediate solution. The sport of baseball — and this includes not just Major League Baseball but all levels of the sport — is in a serious pickle at the moment. After seeing the likes of Shane ...2024
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• 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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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black addresses the “pandemic” of pitcher injuries

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Monday, April 15, 2024 Every day, in the early part of the 2024 MLB season, it’s the same. Wake up in the morning. Check the headlines. Notice another pitcher is probably headed to the IL with an arm issue. For Colorado Rockies fans, it feels a bit like the rest of baseball is finally catching up to a 2023 that saw first ...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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• Outside The Confines: The butcher’s bill

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports Injuries are everywhere and no one knows what to do about it. The Red Sox lock up a rookie outfielder. And other news from MLB. I hope everyone feels better today. And that no one has an elbow injury. This big story in baseball is injuries, in particular to pitchers. Jeff Passan writes that MLB and the Players Association must work together to do something about...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2024

Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images Did the sun come back? Craig Brown recaps the weekend’s games, including Friday’s thriller. I don’t think it’s overstating things to say that this felt like a season-defining moment. Maybe that sounds ridiculous—this was just the eighth game of the season—but this is where we found the Royals. Another brutal loss—it would’ve been the third game out of fou...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024

Ok, that’s pretty funny | Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images There are baseball players doing real baseball things in Arizona and Florida! Baseball is back (!), which means Anne Rogers newsletter is back! She looks at three storylines for this spring: Vinnie Pasquantino’s return to the lineup It’s been eight months since Pasquantino appeared in the Royals’ lineup after rig...2024
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• Ex-MLB pitcher busted with over 20 kilos of cocaine
It’s always surprising when former athletes break the law for asinine reasons, which was recently the case in an arrest involving a former MLB pitcher.Esteban Loaiza, who spent 14 years in the league, and nearly won the Cy Young award back in 2003, was arrested for possessing over 20 kilograms of cocaine in San Diego on Friday, according to police records obtained by Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. N...2018
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• Dee Gordon Suspended 80 Games for PEDs: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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"Cox/Getty Images The long-awaited deal has happened as Cody Bellinger returns on a three-year deal with opt-outs The Chicago Cubs and Cody Bellinger have agreed to a three-year, $80 million deal for the outfielder/first baseman to return to Chicago, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN."

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"Detroit starter Eduardo Rodriguez invoked his no-trade clause to block a trade that was in place between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tigers, killing the deal ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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"MLB and the players' association reached a tentative agreement on a new CBA Thursday, ending the league's 99-day lockout and salvaging a 162-game season, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

2021
"The Yankees are finalizing a deal to acquire first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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"The Boston Red Sox have agreed to trade star outfielder Mookie Betts and starter David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan."

2019
"Prized free-agent pitcher Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees have agreed to a record nine-year, $324 million contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

2018
"Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter) reported the sides were nearing a deal."

2017
"The Rockies have agreed to a deal with Wade Davis, the biggest-name closer on the free-agent market, according to a report from Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan on Friday."

2016
" Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports first reported Cain and the Royals were nearing an agreement on a deal that will pay the All-Star $17."

2015
"com's Phil Rogers noted, his bat could be of interest to the Phillies: Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan provided a brief scouting report on Williams and Alfaro: In 2015, Hamels has posted a 3."

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"com's Jesse Sanchez: Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reported the details of the tragic development: Taveras was just 22 years old."

• Cubs acquire right-hander Tyson Miller from Mariners
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• Padres acquiring Luis Arraez from Marlins

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Jeff Passan broke the news shortly before the Padres started their series vs. Arizona The San Diego Padres had been linked to Luis Arraez in the offseason and it appears they just landed him. BREAKING: The San Diego Padres are nearing a deal to acquire second baseman Luis Arraez from the Miami Marlins for a package of three prospects and a relief pitch...2024
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• Outside The Confines: To bee or not to bee
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Warren Schaeffer should be the Rockies 2025 manager
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• MLB is going to fix the uniform mistakes Nike made

A memo sent out by the MLB Players Association has details. We all know how bad MLB uniforms look this year. Fans and players alike have complained about the quality of the jerseys, the tiny lettering, sweat showing through and let’s not even talk about the pants. I’ve written about this numerous times here, this BCB article has most of the details. That’s why this ESPN article by Jeff Passan post...2024
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• ESPN insiders rip Yankees fans for booing Aaron Judge

ESPN MLB insiders Buster Olney and Jeff Passan are among noteworthy members of the baseball community displeased with New York Yankees fans who booed Judge....2024
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• Baseball has an injury problem with plenty of questions and no real answers
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black addresses the “pandemic” of pitcher injuries
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• Outside The Confines: The butcher’s bill
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• Outside The Confines: A call-up for the ages?
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• Baseball has an injury problem with plenty of questions and no real answers
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• Cub Tracks turns the page

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. All about Bellinger, more about Bellinger, and some stuff about Bellinger. Plus news. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cub...2024
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• Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Monday 2/26, 2:05 CT

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Another away game for the boys in blue. There have been a few questions raised about when Cody Bellinger might play in a spring game. First, we only know about the signing through Jeff Passan and some Cubs reporters who confirmed it via a source. The team has not officially announced the signing, though it was reported that Bellinger was in Cubs camp Sunday tak...2024
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• A few thoughts on the Cubs’ re-signing of Cody Bellinger

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images It happened. First of all, a big thank you to Josh for writing up the news of the signing in the middle of the night while I was sleeping. The Daily Belli watch ended as Cubs Spring Training games began, but now we have actual contract terms for Cody Bellinger and the Cubs to discuss. Details from ESPN’s Jeff Passan: Bellinger, 28, has opt-outs after th...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 22, 2024

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Spring Training games begin today! ICYMI, Eric Hosmer is hanging it up: “Really proud of Hoz’s career and everything he did for our organization,” general manager J.J. Picollo said. “His legacy is going to live forever as part of that world championship team, being one of the leaders. The big hits, the big moments that he had personally that affected our ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: How do you spell relief?

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Three relievers find new homes. Some teams still have work to do. The Hall of Fame vote will be announced tomorrow. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. We start out on a bad note today, but things get better after that. Except there are no Cubs trades or signings. That headline sort of pegs me as being of a certain age, doesn’t it? Jeff Passan a...2024
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• Roundup: The ‘superteam’, the pitching lab, CBT stuff, Teoscar takes, Busch/Ferris trade, and lots of prospect content
(Via @Dodgers) A bit of a lull in the news seems like a great time to catch up on a whole lot of writing that’s been done in the Dodgers since the last time we left off. ====== ESPN: Jeff Passan points out that while the Dodgers may be forming a superteam, now comes the …...2024

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• Tuesday Rockpile: Warren Schaeffer should be the Rockies 2025 manager
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• Outside The Confines: Ohtani sets a new record

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The superstar now has the most home runs by a Japanese-born player. This weekend, Shohei Ohtani continued his quest to add every possible record and history-making milestone to his career record. On Sunday afternoon before a hometown crowd, he hit his 176th career home run. Combined with eight innings of stellar pitching to help win the game, it also...2024
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• Baseball has an injury problem with plenty of questions and no real answers
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• MLB Roundup: Week 2
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• Outside The Confines: A Doc in the house
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Snell yeah!

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Former Cy Young winner Blake Snell has finally found a home. After being rumored to go to multiple different clubs over the past months, one of the biggest remaining names on the free agent market has finally found a home, just in time for the regular season to get underway. Former Cy Young winner Blake Snell who has spent time with the Tampa Bay Rays a...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 22, 2024
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• Sources: Cole to join Yankees for 9 years, $324M
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• Sources: Red Sox trading Betts, Price to Dodgers
The Boston Red Sox have agreed to trade star outfielder Mookie Betts and starter David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan. Boston's return includes outfielder Alex Verdugo, sources said....2020
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• Sources: MLB, union reach tentative CBA deal

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• Sources: Betts, Dodgers near long-term contract
The deal, which could be agreed upon as soon as Wednesday, would keep Mookie Betts with the Dodgers for at least a decade, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2020
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• Sources: MLB plans to suspend spring training
Spring training is expected to be suspended Thursday, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan, and the start of the season is likely to be delayed....2020
• Major League Baseball Expected To Suspend Spring Training
As sports entities throughout the world take action to minimize the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball appears poised to cease play of Spring Training games. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets that officials with Grapefruit League clubs in Florida are expecting games to be suspended, and ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that executives throughout…...2020
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• Bauer warned about his 'FREE JOE KELLY' cleats
MLB contacted the Reds this week to inform them the cleats that Trevor Bauer planned to wear in support of Los Angeles' Joe Kelly were "against footwear regulations," sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2020
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• Sources: Twins land Donaldson for 4 years, $92M
Third baseman Josh Donaldson and the Twins have agreed to a four-year deal that includes $92 million guaranteed, with a chance to increase to $104 million in value if Donaldson hits escalators on a fifth-year club option, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2020
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 26, 2024

Mark Taylor/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Negro League Baseball Museum is free next month - take a look! Jared Perkins at Farm to Fountains considers the trade market for closers, which could include Boston’s Kanley Jansen. It’s also hard to see Jansen being a fit, but for a team that just spent $105 million this offseason, they might be willing to take on a sal...2024
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• Why Is 2013 AL ROY Wil Myers Suddenly on the Trading Block?
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• Can Chris Sale push the Braves over the top in October?

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are betting the 2024 version of Chris Sale can help them clear some October hurdles. After consecutive years of having a 100+ win team unceremoniously knocked out of the playoffs in the divisional round, it felt like the Braves needed...something. Something more, something different. They are undoubtedly one of, if not the most, talented team in b...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: The Twins and Mariners make a trade

Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports The Orioles are being sold. Justin Turner heads north of the border. More trouble in Las Vegas. And other news from around baseball. The College Baseball season starts in 16 days. The Mariners and Twins made a reasonably major trade as Minnesota shipped second baseman Jorge Polanco to Seattle for right-handed reliever Justin Topa, right-handed starter Anth...2024
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• Braves to Acquire Chris Sale

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images Vaughn Grissom will be heading to Boston in the deal. While many may have thought business in baseball could slow down a bit during the holiday season, the busy offseason for the Braves continued on Saturday. And this time, it was a noteworthy move to give their starting rotation some needed depth. BREAKING: The Atlanta Braves are acquiring seven-ti...2023
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• Dodgers Designate Trevor Bauer For Assignment
The Dodgers have cut ties with Trevor Bauer. Los Angeles announced this evening he will no longer be part of the organization, shortly after Jeff Passan of ESPN reported (Twitter link) he was being designated for assignment. “The Dodgers organization believes that allegations of sexual assault or domestic violence should be thoroughly investigated, with due process…...2023
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• Giants To Acquire Kris Bryant
The Giants made a major splash at the trade deadline buzzer, acquiring slugger Kris Bryant from the Cubs for prospects Alexander Canario and Caleb Kilian. ESPN’s Jeff Passan broke news of the trade, while Francys Romero of LasMayores was first on Canario and journalist Marc Delucchi had Kilian. Drafted second overall in 2013 out of the University…...2021
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• Mike Moustakas royally screwed up his free agency
Few players screwed up their free agency situation more than Mike Moustakas.The third baseman on Thursday agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Kansas City Royals, according to Yahoo’s Jeff Passan, who says there is a mutual option for a second year. Passan reports that the deal guarantees Moustakas $6.5 million and can max out at $22.7 million if the sides agree to the $15 million option nex...2018
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