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• Sebastian Walcott Shines: Named to South Atlantic League Postseason All-Star Team

The Texas Rangers have one of the most exciting young talents in baseball. He’s been getting attention and that is Sebastian Walcott. At just 18 years old, Walcott has been named to the South Atlantic League Postseason All-Star team, an honor well-deserved after a solid season with High-A Hickory. A Stellar Season for Walcott Walcott’s […] The post Sebastian Walcott Shines: Named to So...2024
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• A look back at the 2003 Royals

Photo credit should read DAVE KAUP/AFP via Getty Images The Royals BELIEVED and made an unexpected run. The Royals were the laughingstock of baseball in the late 90s and early 2000s, but one oasis in that cesspool of bad baseball was the 2003 Royals. It was a season of stupefying wins, an amazing season from an emerging star player, unwavering optimism from the skipper, and donuts, so many...2024
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• Twins Prospect Payton Eeles Is A Modern Day ‘Charlie Hustle’
Like many Triple-A teams, the St. Paul Saints have had plenty of players pass through this year. However, Payton Eeles has surprised fans, the front office, and coaches because he wasn’t even in professional baseball when their 2024 season started. Eeles began his 2024 season in the Atlantic League with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs....2024
• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays acquire Paul Gervase from the New York Mets

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images The Rays sent to Tyler Zuber to New York to complete the deal. The Tampa Bay Rays have traded Tyler Zuber to the New York Mets in exchange for minor league pitcher, Paul Gervase. Gervase, an imposing 6’10” 24-year old, went 3-2 with a 3.25 ERA (27.2IP, 10ER), 46 strikeouts, 17 walks and five saves over 22 appearances for Double-A Binghamton this season. In...2024
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• Mets To Acquire Tyler Zuber From Rays
The Rays are dealing righty reliever Tyler Zuber to the Mets for minor league reliever Paul Gervase, reports Anthony DiComo of MLB.com (X link). Zuber, 29, was signed by the Rays to a minor league deal back in May out of the Atlantic League. After striking out a third of the batters he faced at Triple-A…...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver’s changeup was dominant, but the Bulls clocked him for three home runs It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a weekly report as I’ve been working on the draft and the our top 30 list, but it’s time again to talk about the observations over the past week in the Atlanta Braves minor league system (or past two, or three, wherever I see fit to...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: John Gil gets two hits in Augusta debut

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Gil joined Luis Guanipa and Junior Garcia in the GreenJackets lineup Friday It’s a new-look Augusta GreenJackets lineup, as they have completely rebuilt the roster with the promotions of top Atlanta Braves prospects Luis Guanipa, John Gil, and Junior Garcia. This trio all have impressed in the Florida Complex League, and I gave some of my ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Drake Baldwin stands out with two home runs

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Recently named to the Futures Game roster, Baldwin has quickly asserted his place among the system’s best July 4th week has come and gone, and it was an exciting group of games for the Gwinnett Stripers and the rest of the Atlanta Braves system. Drake Baldwin and Nacho Alvarez have stayed hot at the plate, and while some concerns are being exposed they...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 5

Happy Goose Day! | Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Goose was hatched today, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narr...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drake Baldwin records three hits

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Baldwin’s Triple-A breakout continued with another series of hard contact. Gwinnett may not have earned the win, but they can’t complain much about the performance of their top prospects as both Drake Baldwin and Nacho Alvarez found themselves contributing on offense. In the lower levels Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. has gone on a heater in Rome, helping them wi...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez stays hot

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Alvarez had a home run and .850 OPS for Gwinnett last week It’s getting hot in the south, and so to are some of the top prospects in the Atlanta Braves system. Nacho Alvarez had a great week in Gwinnett with another home run, along with a home run from Drake Baldwin. Isaiah Drake’s numbers in Augusta fell off, but he still showed grea...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: June 10-11, 2024

Colson Montgomery smacked a double in the third inning of Charlotte’s extra-inning win. | S.R. Silver/South Side Sox The long ball plays for Charlotte with a win in extras Charlotte Knights 8, Durham Bulls 6 (10 innings) (Gameday box) (Statcast box)The Knights started the contest with a bang when Mark Payton cranked a leadoff solo shot to right field in the first. The Bulls answered quick...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez returns to Mississippi lineup

Photo Credit: Garrett Spain Alvarez missed a few games for undisclosed reasons, but was back in action over the weekend The Atlanta Braves system has been impacted by promotions in the last few weeks, but there is still plenty to watch. Adam Maier and Lucas Braun have dominated the lower levels, while the fun story of the year seems to be infielder David Fletcher making a real conversion t...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Should we widen the field?

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if MLB should move out the foul lines Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the swinging spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and celebrate with us. We’ve got no cover charge this evening. Let us know if we can do anything for you. There are still a couple of tables avai...2024
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"Eight-year MLB veteran Wei-Yin Chen has signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League, the team announced Tuesday."

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"MLB announced a series of experimental rules that will be used in the Atlantic League this season, including a designated pinch runner, "double-hook" designated hitter rule and further limitations on a pitcher's ability to make pickoff moves."

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"Kelsie Whitmore played left field and batted ninth for the Staten Island FerryHawks on Sunday, becoming the first woman to start a game in the Atlantic League and one of the first to do so in a league connected to Major League Baseball."

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"How MLB pushed back the Atlantic League mound and pushed fed-up players to the brink of a work stoppage"

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"Friday was supposed to be the Atlantic League's Opening Day"

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"That technology has already been tested in the Atlantic League, and it may be tested in the Class-A Florida State League in 2020."

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"Here are Thursday’s minor moves from around baseball… Former big league outfielder Jose Tabata has signed with the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League, the team announced today."

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"Former major league outfielder Nolan Reimold has retired, according to Michael Pfaff, the president of the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League (Twitter link)."

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"Jones' major league career was brief: After 65 games with the Mariners over those two seasons, he bounced around the minors for the next four summers and then wound up pitching in Mexico and the independent Atlantic League before his playing days finished in 2002, at 38."

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"Palmeiro, 50, set for short Atlantic League stint"

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• A look back at the 2003 Royals
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• Tampa Bay Rays acquire Paul Gervase from the New York Mets
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven
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• Rays Select Tyler Zuber
The Rays announced Thursday that they’ve selected the contract of right-hander Tyler Zuber. He’s now on their 40-man roster but won’t join the big league staff, as Tampa Bay immediately optioned Zuber to Triple-A Durham. The Rays’ 40-man roster now stands at 38 players. Tampa Bay signed Zuber out of the Atlantic League back in…...2024
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• Tigers, Drew Maggi Agree To Minor League Deal
The Tigers are signing infielder Drew Maggi to a minor league contract, as announced by the Staten Island FerryHawks of the Atlantic League (X link). The 35-year-old has appeared in 29 games with Staten Island this year. Maggi garnered some attention in baseball circles last spring. A veteran of 13 minor league seasons, he earned a…...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ceballos, Exposito spark Rome sweep

Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK The two infielders had a dynamic couple of games, combining for four extra base hits The Rome Emperors are on top of the South Atlantic League standings, and it’s days like today that are the reason why as they dominated on both sides of the ball. However they were not the most dominant Atlanta Braves affiliate, as the Stripers offense ha...2024
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Hurston Waldrep shines after Triple-A promotion

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Waldrep struck out 11 in a busy week for pitching prospect news It has been a relatively tame year for the Atlanta Braves system, with the bats starting out slow at every level and major promotions fairly limited. Then they hit us with a flurry, promoting Spencer Schwellenbach for his major league debut and then promoting Hurston W...2024
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• Building An Empire

It's becoming more frequent where NHL owners are buying the AHL franchises in order to have more control over the organizational aspects of professional hockey. There are a handful of AHL teams who are independent who work very well with their NHL affiliates - Hershey and Milwaukee come to mind immediately - but having two teams with separate owners who may have their own thoughts on how to be suc...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 1, 2024

Wilmer Difo’s three-hit game accompanied the Knights to victory! | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights The Knights and the rooks were the only teams to pull through for the W — including clutch performances from Wilmer Difo and Stiven Flores, and a tough extra-inning loss for the Dash A rare Monday of full-season affiliate action snuck up on us a bit, so enjoy this encore performance of our Min...2024
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• Braves prospects weekly report: Ian Mejia’s no hitter, Spencer Schwellenbach’s promotion

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Mejia is the breakout player of the 2024 season What a week it was for Atlanta Braves prospects. Throughout the system there were dominant pitching performances - from Owen Murphy’s eleven strikeouts to Spencer Schwellenbach’s stellar Mississippi debut. Yet none matched Ian Mejia, the man who missed (most) top 30 lists and yet has been Missi...2024
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• Cub Tracks salvages one

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The Cubs came through with a victory to stave off the sweep. Javier Assad was excellent, as has been his custom. Tauchman touched ‘em all, and Seiya finally cleared that wall. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat write...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws five scoreless

Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Maier and Hackenberg were ground ball machines in A ball on Saturday It was a slightly fuller schedule for the Atlanta Braves system on Saturday, as the rookie-level Florida Complex League opened played. It was also a full day of pitching, with interesting prospects going at every level including last season’s second round pick Drue Hack...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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• Whitmore first woman to start in Atlantic League

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• MLB to test more rule changes in Atlantic League

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• Kelsie Whitmore becomes first woman to start game in Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
Last month, Whitmore became the first woman to appear in an ALPB game...2022
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• Angels Sign Daniel Murphy To Minor League Deal
Infielder Daniel Murphy, who had been playing for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League, has had his contract purchased by the Angels. The news was relayed on Twitter by Michael Pfaff, the president and general manager of the Ducks. Murphy will presumably report to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees in the coming…...2023
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• We are getting closer to an automated ball-strike system in MLB
David Richard-USA TODAY Sports There will be extensive use of such a system in Triple-A in 2023. Many people have been clamoring for an automated ball-strike system in Major League Baseball (the so-called “robot ump”) and things have been edging in that direction. An ABS has been tested in some of the lower levels of the minor leagues and in the independent/MLB partner Atlantic League over...2022
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• How MLB pushed back the Atlantic League mound and pushed fed-up players to the brink of a work stoppage
Moving the mound was MLB's latest experiment in the indy league; 'it's not baseball anymore,' a player said...2021
• MLB, Atlantic League agree to restore pitcher's mound to normal distance and drop automated ball-strike system
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• Meet new Browns tight end Jordan Akins
Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Has a history with QB Deshaun Watson Word was that the Cleveland Browns would draft a tight end in this year’s NFL draft. The Reese’s Senior Bowl highlighted several blue-chip prospects including Alabama’s Cameron Latu and Luke Musgrave of Oregon State. Musgrave is the nephew of Browns’ coach Bill Musgrave. The better clubs in the NFL have a stud at ...2023
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• Rome Emperors clinch playoff berth

45 bats during the Saturday afternoon Spring Training baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles on March 9, 2024 at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With a win over Greenville on Wednesday, the Emperors win their division in the first half It’s an exciting day for fans of the Rome Emperors and Atlant...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres buzzing after sweep vs. A’s

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Friday, June 14, 2024. San Diego Padres News Jackson Merrill’s ninth-inning homer helps Padres beat A’s, secure season’s first sweep (San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres 5-4 Athletics (Jun 12, 2024) Game Recap (ESPN.com) Jackson Merrill hits walk-off home run, his second of the day, in P...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws complete game

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Yes it was only six innings, and yes he took the loss. I don’t care it still counts Listen, it wasn’t a great Saturday if you like Atlanta Braves minor league baseball. I have to say I was thoroughly disappointed by these final scores on an 0-6 day. However we’re still seeing some good stuff, like Jhancarlos Lara making his second start since returning to Rome ...2024
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• Your 1914 Montgomery Rebels!

1914 Game AdA hundred and ten years has passed since the 1914 Montgomery Rebels took the field in what was essentially a swan song for baseball in Alabama's capitol city. After the '14 season The Rebels would lose their franchise in the Southern Association and not see upper level affiliated baseball for nearly 30 years. Montgomery would not field a team at all in 1915 and only weakly in 191...2024
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• Ten Royals minor leaguers become eligible for free agency

Jorge Bonifacio is raking, with four multi-hit games this week. | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Juan Carlos Negret and Jorge Bonifacio are among the minor league free agnets Ten Royals became minor league free agents this week, including former Royals outfielder Jorge Bonifacio. Minor leaguers can become eligible for free agency if they are not added to a 40-man roster after six full minor league se...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 5
Rich Gossage, Hall-of-Famer. | Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to the Sarge and the Goose! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore a...2023
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• Justin Verlander blasts ex-Astros prospect Danry Vasquez over domestic violence video
Justin Verlander profanely blasted disgraced Danry Vasquez after shocking footage recently surfaced of the former Houston Astros prospect beating his girlfriend during a disturbing 2016 domestic violence incident. “(Expletive) you man,” Verlander wrote on Twitter Wednesday night, with the expletive replaced with a middle-finger emoji. “I hope the rest of your life without baseball is horrible. Yo...2018
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