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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Ryan McMahon moments and memories

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The third baseman was traded to the New York Yankees on Friday On Friday, the news broke that Ryan McMahon had been traded to the New York Yankees after playing 1,012 games for the Colorado Rockies. The third baseman was drafted in the second round of the 2013 MLB Draft and made his MLB debut on August 12, 2017 (you can read his recollection here). Ove...2025
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• SB Nation Reacts: Fans like the All-Star swing-off... but not in the regular season

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images And other results from this week’s survey. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Chicago Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This week’s survey asked questions related to some changes made in thi...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Catcher

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The catching position looks very different than it did when the season began. The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did back on March 28 when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” series that we ...2025
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• MLB will be using the ball/strike challenge system in the All-Star Game

Major League Baseball This is good news. Many of us have been clamoring for the ball/strike challenge system, currently in use in some minor leagues, to be adopted for MLB games. And the league has strongly hinted it will be in effect next year. Now, per Jesse Rogers at ESPN.com, the system will be used in next week’s All-Star Game: MLB officials added the feature to the annual exhibitio...2025
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• A look back at the Royals’ 2020 draft class, five years later

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The COVID class has not panned out. https://www.royalsreview.com/2024/7/1/24173811/a-look-back-at-the-royals-2019-draft-class-five-years-later https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?team_ID=KCR&year_ID=2020&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year&from_type_unk=0&from_type_hs=0&from_type_jc=0&from_type_4y=0 https://www.royalsr...2025
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• The Padres have a couple fast risers in the minors

Braden Nett/Henry Baez Braeden Nett and Henry Baez are coming quickly The Padres farm system is not regarded highly in the national view of things. The system is ranked 25th out of 30 teams by The Athletic’s Keith Law, only ahead of the Braves and the Giants in the National League. Shortstop Leodalis De Vries and catcher Ethan Salas are the two top rated players but the system is consider...2025
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• Braves 2025 MLB Draft Preview: Looking at recent classes

Spencer Schwellenbach | Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Taking a look at the hits and misses of the Atlanta Braves drafts over the last four years, and what you can read into potential 2025 selections. With the 2025 MLB Draft just a month away it’s time to take a look at how the Atlanta Braves past few drafts have turned out, and what exactly can be taken from them to apply to their potential...2025
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• Drake Baldwin hits the ball where he wants

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images The only complaint on Baldwin coming out of Triple-A was not pulling pitches to right field. Looks like he’s answered that. Coming into 2025, Drake Baldwin appeared to be everything that you would expect a top prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization could be. He hit at every level in 2024, posting a .244/.313/.337 line with a 104 wRC+ in the offense-suppress...2025
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• 8 Braves prospects with an Up Arrow in 2025

Isaiah Drake | Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Taking a look at some of the Braves prospects who have helped their stock with their performances so far in 2025. With the month of May set to come to a close, we are now two months into the minor league season for the Atlanta Braves farm system. With that in mind it’s time to start to consider some of the prospects who have h...2025
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• Nationals Prospects: Robert Hassell III gets the call to the show

Jamie Germano/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Another piece of the Juan Soto trade is coming to the big leagues, as the Washington Nationals promote Robert Hassell The Washington Nationals have promoted their 11th ranked prospect Robert Hassell III to the big leagues. It has been a long and bumpy road for Hassell, but with Dylan Crews going down last n...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Ch-Ch-Changes (May 6th-May 12th)

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Wednesday, May 14, 2025 The Colorado Rockies saw a tremendous organizational shakeup to start the week. Longtime manager Bud Black was relieved of duty alongside his right-hand man in bench coach Mike Redmond. This shakeup comes as the Rockies are on a historically bad skid to start their 2025 campaign. The new-look staff comes as the Rockies kick off a roa...2025
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• Minor League Film Room #1: Brock Wilken

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Breaking down Wilken’s approach over the last few seasons Milwaukee used their first-round selection in the 2023 draft on Wake Forest third baseman Brock Wilken, who finished his career as the all-time ACC home run leader. Here’s an excerpt of Baseball America’s scouting report from when he entered the draft: Wilken has amassed 71 home runs ov...2025
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• Reviewing the Juan Soto Trade almost three years later

Juan Soto hits a home run in the seventh inning against the New York Yankees June 13, 2018. | Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Juan Soto’s blockbuster trade shook the MLB - but how has it turned out for the Nationals? In August 2022, the Nationals were three years removed from their improbable World Series win; however, it was the beginning of the end. A year prior, Washington shipped off Trea Tu...2025
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• Woman umpire Jen Pawol will work some MLB Spring Training games

Jen Pawol during an Arizona Fall League game in October 2023 | Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos We might be getting close to seeing a woman umpire in the major leagues. Today, Major League Baseball announced the names of several umpires who will be working Spring Training games in Arizona and Florida along with the full-time MLB umpiring staff. Among those names was Jen Pawol, who has bee...2024
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• Max Kepler, the German Baseball Player Who Spurned Soccer for MLB Dreams
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• 'An Absolute Blast': Harper and Trout Recall Days as Teammates in Fall League
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"And this Spring Training, he’s making a strong statement that his days in the minors, which consisted of just 29 games for the Quad Cities River Bandits, plus some time in the Arizona Fall League, should be over."

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"Jen Pawol during an Arizona Fall League game in October 2023 | Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos We might be getting close to seeing a woman umpire in the major leagues."

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"I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Cubs send him to the Arizona Fall League this coming October."

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"Top MLB prospects living up to the hype in the Arizona Fall League"

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"The news comes just a few weeks after the league’s requirement that all players participating in the Arizona Fall League be vaccinated."

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"Amid widespread expectations that the 2020 minor league season will not be played, Major League Baseball is considering an expanded version of the annual Arizona Fall League as a means of recouping some critical game reps for prospects throughout the sport, Josh Norris and J."

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"Major League Baseball is lifting restrictions on which players can be sent to the Arizona Fall League for prospects and moving up the season by nearly a month."

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"Francisco Mejia did not head to the Arizona Fall League to become a third baseman, but he was open to trying his hand at the position."

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"The Braves' Number 1 prospect was named the MVP of the Arizona Fall League after he hit ."

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"WATCH: Tim Tebow finally records his first hit in Arizona Fall League"

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"And then there was the reason they were there in the first place, six weeks of hardball in the Arizona Fall League, a sort of finishing school for elite prospects galloping toward their futures, one swing at a time."

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"1 innings for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League (h/t Derrick Goold of the St."

• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Ryan McMahon moments and memories
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• A look back at the Royals’ 2020 draft class, five years later
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• The Padres have a couple fast risers in the minors
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• Braves 2025 MLB Draft Preview: Looking at recent classes
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• Nationals Prospects: Robert Hassell III gets the call to the show
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• The Moisés Ballesteros call-up by the numbers

Moisés Ballesteros at bat during Tuesday’s game against the Marlins | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs’ 21-year-old catcher debuted at Wrigley Field this week The Cubs continue to set the pace in the NL Central, but a red hot Cardinals team is right on their heels, just one game back. The difference is pretty clear in both team’s last 10-game record. The Cubs went just 4-6 over...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Ch-Ch-Changes (May 6th-May 12th)
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• Minor League Film Room #1: Brock Wilken
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• SB Nation Reacts: Fans like the All-Star swing-off... but not in the regular season
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• MLB will be using the ball/strike challenge system in the All-Star Game
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 9: Grant Taylor

Few players have raised eyebrows for the White Sox this spring like Grant Taylor. | Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images Triple-figures on the gun? Check. Otherworldly K-to-BB numbers? Yup. A big future ahead on the South Side? Absolutely Grant TaylorRight-Handed Starting Pitcher6´3´´230 poundsAge: 222024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 222024 High Level Kannapolis (Low-A)Age re...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 14

Fielder Jones, in 1905 both center fielder and manager of the White Sox. | Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images A double threat hops defects to the American League 1901 The White Sox welcomed another player as part of the exodus from the National League, center fielder Fielder Jones. Jones left the Brooklyn Superbas, where he was a solid regul...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Gabriel Hughes’ time is close

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 6, 2025 Isn’t spring training just the best? Getting to see the boys of summer go through the reps and work of preparing for another grueling Major League Baseball season is an exciting prospect, as hope still permeates through the minds and hearts of fans around the world. The harsh ...2025
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Ryan McMahon moments and memories
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Ch-Ch-Changes (May 6th-May 12th)
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• Highlights and lowlights from Washington Nationals Spring Training

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Nationals Spring Training is almost over and with it I will go over the best and worst moments With Opening Day just a weeks away, I wanted to recap Spring Training and talk about some of the best and worst things I saw down in West Palm. It truly was a mixed bag, with a lot of good, but also some things that concerned me. Highlight: James Wood is ready for prime ...2025
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• Is Jac Caglianone one of Kansas City’s best hitters, like, right now?

Jac Caglianone #14 of the Kansas City Royals runs out a fly ball during the eighth inning of a spring training game against the Texas Rangers at Surprise Stadium on February 21, 2025 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The tools are delightful Quick! Who are the Royals’ best hitters? If you got that question, you’d probably answer first with Bob...2025
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• Nationals Prospects: Robert Hassell III is finally healthy and hitting

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Robert Hassell has been the story of Spring Training so far for the Washington Nationals At the time of the Juan Soto trade, Robert Hassell III was seen as one of the safest pieces in the package. He was a top 40 prospect, who had done nothing but rake his entire career. The outfielder was a former top 10 pick who was racing his way through the lower minors. Th...2025
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• Top 5 Washington Nationals players to watch this Spring Training

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images There are a lot of interesting names to watch this spring, but here are the five I am keeping my eye on With the first Nationals Spring Training game coming on Saturday, it feels like it is time to discuss some of the players worth monitoring. This is a big year in the development of a lot of the Nationals prized youngsters. Whether it is going from a big leaguer t...2025
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• FanGraphs paints a bleak outlook for Royals prospects

Carter Jensen #4 of the Suprise Saguaros bats during the 2024 Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Honestly, it’s not looking much better for anyone else, either. Last week, FanGraphs kicked off their Prospect Week for 2025. It’s a week of numerous articles providing excellent insight into FanGraphs and their view of prospects. The very first ...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Where are these former members of the 2024 Rockies?

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 17th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies are reporting to their spring training home in Scottsdale, Arizona with a full 40-man roster an 23 non-roster invitees. These 63 players all have the same goal: to prepare for the upcoming 2025 baseball season and to hopefully be one of the 26 men named to the Rockies’ Opening Day ...2025
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• Cubs 9, Rangers 6: Seven in a row!
Edwin Rios | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League. Adrian Sampson and the Cubs did not start this game well, trailing 6-2 after just three innings. But a few of the sub Cubs had nice days at the plate and that resulted in a 9-6 Cubs win over the Rangers, the team’s seventh straight victory. Wins and losses, obviously, mean nothing in Sp...2023
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• Top MLB prospects living up to the hype in the Arizona Fall League

Twins prospect Edouard Julien is among the players who have been impressing as of late....2022
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• Acuna caps sensational year with AFL MVP
As the 2017 season comes to a close, Ronald Acuna has one more piece of hardware to add to his trophy case. The Braves' No. 1 prospect was named the MVP of the Arizona Fall League after he hit .325/.414/.639 and led the league with seven homers in 23 games for the Peoria Javelinas....2017
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• Acuna caps sensational year with AFL MVP
As the 2017 season comes to a close, Ronald Acuna has one more piece of hardware to add to his trophy case. The Braves' No. 1 prospect was named the MVP of the Arizona Fall League after he hit .325/.414/.639 and led the league with seven homers in 23 games for the Peoria Javelinas....2017
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• Jason Heyward to Cardinals: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Starling gaining steam after solid AFL season
Outfielder Bubba Starling, the fifth overall pick of the 2011 Draft and considered a disappointment until recently, keeps inching closer to the big leagues. Starling, the Royals' No. 5 prospect, recently completed a solid season in the Arizona Fall League, posting a .759 OPS with four homers and 10 RBIs to go along with his defense that general manager Dayton Moore has described as "Major League r...2015
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• Today in Cubs history: David Bote hits an ultimate grand slam

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports I’m pretty sure you can never get enough of this one. David Bote’s ultimate grand slam on August 12, 2018, bringing the Cubs from a two-out, two-strike, 3-0 deficit to a 4-3 win in an instant, was hit in just his 34th big-league game. Bote had a solid 2017 in Double-A and hit well in the Arizona Fall League, putting him on the Cubs prospect radar after fi...2023
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
Cardinals: Changing of the guard at catcher - two viable fantasy options? It was announced during the offseason that veteran catcher Willson Contreras will be making the switch from Catcher to First Base full time. Contreras has delivered 10+ home runs every year (other then 2020) while his career .814 OPS has made him a valuable commodity behind the plate. I love the switch here from a fantasy ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies need a new source of revenue

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, November 15, 2024 Another Rockies offseason once again offers the perennial playbook of articles and podcasts: Free agent fantasy wish lists, dreams trades, front office frustrations, prospect projections, stat analysis, and, eventually, roster projections. Rockies fans are used to winters filled with inaction. With the t...2024
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• Fall League puts six players on fantasy watch
Plenty of under-the-radar prospects were able to raise their stock a bit in the Arizona Fall League. Here are six such players that could make an impact in fantasy leagues in 2015 or beyond....2014
• Jason Heyward-Shelby Miller Blockbuster Trade a Win-Win Move Each Had to Make
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• Reviewing the Juan Soto Trade almost three years later
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: The top 5

Matt Shaw | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Our countdown of the Cubs top prospects finishes with the top five prospects in the Cubs system. We finish up our look at the top prospects in the Cubs system today with the top five prospects in the system. While I’ve written that the Cubs system is down from its heights last year, it’s still a top 10 farm system in my mind and that’s mostly b...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 16 through 20

Pedro Ramirez | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK The second installment of series features four infielders and a pitcher. Let’s continue with our countdown of the Top 25 prospects in the Cubs system with prospects 16 through 20 today. Just as a reminder, to be eligible for this list, you need to still have rookie eligibility, which means 130 or fewer at bats or 50 or f...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 25-30

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images 2025 will be a “prove it” season for many of the player on the opening installment of a fresh top 30 It’s finally February, and we are merely days away from pitchers and catchers reporting. The buzz for the future is growing louder, and what represents the future more than a top 30 propsects list. Once again we are happy to present you, the Ba...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 75: Terrell Tatum

Terrell Tatum has spent four years yo-yoing through our Top 100 Prospects, and this year he’s taken another tumble. | Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A prove-it 2024 did not work out as intended for this speedster — at least until September came around Terrell Tatum Center Fielder5´11´´167 poundsAge: 252022 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 282023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ra...2025
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• Should the Colorado Rockies explore signing Paul Goldschmidt?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Since the Colorado Rockies have not yet revealed the team’s manager for the 2025 season, let’s turn our attention to some roster speculation Katie Woo broke the news during the last week of the season: The St. Louis Cardinals would not attempt to bring back former 2022 National League Most Valuable Player ...2024
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospect countdown: 6 to 10

James Triantos | Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images There are some high ceilings on the players in the bottom half of the top 10. Now we are getting into the really special prospects today. All five of these prospects would be in the Cubs’ top five in other years. I really went back and forth on whether to rank Owen Caissie or Kevin Alcántara higher. Honestly, I am still n...2024
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• Braves prospects weekly spring training recap
Photo Credit: Mills Fitzner Dylan Dodd has impressed in two fantastic performances this spring My front garden is starting to stir and that means it must be spring training time, and that means it’s almost my favorite time of the year: Minor League baseball season. We are a few weeks away from minor league opening day, but many of the Atlanta Braves’s top prospects have been active so far ...2023
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• Ball-and-strike challenges could be coming to MLB in 2023
David Richard-USA TODAY Sports There’s more testing going on in the Arizona Fall League. Back in September, I wrote this article here about a ball-and-strike challenge system that was being tested in some minor leagues. Now, MLB is continuing testing this system in the Arizona Fall League. Per this article by Zach Buchanan in The Athletic, and to refresh your memory from my September artic...2022
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