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• The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown? Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 21. None of us at Royals Review have a vote but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots with some wr...2024
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• How high can the Royals payroll go?

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals takes the field prior to Game 4 of the Division Series presented by Booking.com between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images $130 million? $140 million? Superstar quarterback Aaron Jets signed with the New Yor...2024
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• Dodgers Make Edman the $72 Million Utilityman

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• Cub Tracks’ poultry sums

Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The title defines the Cubs offseason plan. Or does it? WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, ove...2024
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• Ben Zobrist and Fernando Rodney are on the 2025 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images Two Rays have a chance at enshrinement The ballot is out for the Baseball Writers Association of America to vote to select the National Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2025. In total, there are 28 players on the ballot for the nearly 400 voting members for the BBWAA to choose from. Voters can only selected up to 10 players on each ballot, but may also turn in ...2024
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Ichiro Suzuki leads a long list of Hall of Fame hopefuls On Monday, the ballot for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting was released. (We already covered the Classic Era ballot–formerly referred to as the Veterans Committee ballot–here.) There’s one obvious choice and a few others who have a shot at getting voted in this year, plus a handful of interes...2024
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• Cubs free agent target: Sean Manaea

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Another lefty for the Cubs rotation? Sean Manaea was selected in the first round (34th overall) in 2013 out of Indiana State by the Royals. He never played in a game for KC, though. Two years later he was traded to the A’s for... Ben Zobrist. Cubs connection! Manaea went to high school in northwest Indiana (Merrillville). Chicago connection! If you thin...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 28

Happy birthday, Lenny Harris! | Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Lenny Harris, the first World Series game at Wrigley Field in 71 years, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 23, 2024

Photo by Joshua Sarner/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Where does the 2015 World Series rank among Fall Classics? Anthony Franco at MLB Trade Rumors considers Qualifying Offer decisions for free agent pitchers like Michael Wacha. This is a situation where the player accepting a qualifying offer might work out well for everyone involved. It’d give Wacha a $5MM+ raise...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 9

Happy birthday, Joe Pepitone! | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Joe Pepitone and a great day in 2017, plus much more. 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...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 26

Happy birthday, Alex Burnett! | Photo by Brian D. Kersey/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Alex Burnett! Bill Madlock and Tyler Houston had big days, 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...2024
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• The last 10 years of Cubs drafts: How did they do?

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The MLB Draft is an inexact science — but the Cubs still made some good selections. This year’s MLB Draft comes up beginning Sunday, July 14. Teams will draft 20 players and hope for the best. Josh will have a preview of this year’s Draft prospects coming up later this week, but I thought I’d take this time to look at the last 10 years of ...2024
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• A Royals geographical lesson

Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Who produces the best regional talent While snowed in recently, I got to thinking about states that seem to produce more professional athletes. Pennsylvania comes to mind immediately. Looking at the top football players who came out of Pennsylvania is like looking at a Hall of Fame roster. Same with baseball, as some of the biggest na...2024
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• The Royals’ long-term outlook with this farm system is bleak

Former Sinton baseball player Blake Mitchell’s MLB draft party on Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Sinton, Texas. | Angela Piazza/Caller-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK I remember checking the internet on my phone for the first time in almost a week after our cruise ship docked back in Galveston. The Royals were in first place in the division, but had only been about four games up on the Minnesota Twins...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 26
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• The best former Royals player for each MLB team

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images What Royals were great with other teams? There is a lull in the baseball season, the perfect time to engage in frivolities and shenanigans. You may have played the internet baseball trivia game Immaculate Grid that asks you to find players that meet specified requirements, many times, “who played for these two teams?” I don’t know if that in...2023
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• Nothing new under the sun
Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images The Yellowstone baseball edition. The other day I was standing in my bathroom, wondering who the old man was looking at me in the mirror, when I came to the realization that the Yellowstone series is nothing more than Sons of Anarchy on horses. For some reason I get most of my ideas in the shower. My lovely wife, who is a big baseball fan, has me on a Yell...2023
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• BCB After Dark: Memories of 2022
Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks for your favorite moment of the Cubs 2022 season. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the swingin’ spot for night owls, early-risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We hope you had a good weekend. Or at least a better weekend than the Mets had. We have a few good tables available this evening. If you need...2022
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Relentless Royals Can't Wait to Swing—and They Rarely Miss
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9 (+6): Who Has the Edge in Royals-Mets World Series?
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"Others who were on the original list of players scheduled to be at the convention who didn’t make it due to weather were Ben Zobrist, Ryne Sandberg, Shawon Dunston and Les Lancaster."

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"Ben Zobrist led off the inning with a double."

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"Is he a Ben Zobrist-type multi-position player?"

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"A $30,000 party thrown by the wife of ex-Chicago Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist has cost the couple so much more."

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"Veteran utilityman Ben Zobrist is not planning to play in the current season, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter)."

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"Ben Zobrist did secure a four-year term a few years back, but more recent free agents have faced greater headwinds in securing promised cash into their late-thirties."

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"Between Kyle Schwarber, Jason Heyward, Albert Almora, Ian Happ, and Ben Zobrist, Chicago already has a surplus of outfielders."

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"The Cubs picked up the home run pace on Thursday as Kris Bryant, Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist each hit solo shots to post a 5-1 victory over the Giants and Jeff Samardzija for their seventh win in the past nine games."

2016
"Kris Bryant hit a two-run double, Addison Russell drove in three runs and Ben Zobrist had four hits, including a pair of RBI singles, to lift the Cubs to an 8-7 victory over the Padres on Tuesday."

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"Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy's eighth-inning fielding error on Saturday night allowed Ben Zobrist to scoot home with the tying run of Game 4."

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"Finding hidden gems in trades of big-name players, such as Ben Zobrist in the 2006 Aubrey Huff trade, Matt Joyce in the 2008 Edwin Jackson trade or, more recently, Drew Smyly in this summer's David Price blockbuster."

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• Ben Zobrist is on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot

Ben Zobrist after his 10th inning double in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Hall released its ballot Monday. I’m burying the lede here on purpose because a popular former Cub is on the Hall of Fame ballot. Clearly, Ichiro Suzuki is the top name among newcomers to this year’s ballot. It’s possible, perhaps even likely, that Ichiro could become the se...2024
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• Cubs free agent target: Sean Manaea
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 151

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs come up short despite two Happ homers. In a season that hasn’t had a massive amount of Cub storylines that have been fun to follow, one that has been for me is Ian Happ. On May 21, Ian’s OPS bottomed out at .624. The Cubs won that day against the Braves and were 27-22. Amazingly, a significant swath of Cubs social media declared Happ a bum and would ...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for August 24, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Salvador Perez is a baseball treasure. David Lesky looks at the daunting schedule ahead for the Royals. So that’s it. That’s the next 20 days for the Kansas City Royals. They play five different teams in six series, and every single one of those teams is currently in a playoff position. The Royals are 15 games over .500 and hold a 3.5 game lead in the Wild Ca...2024
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• Cub Tracks takes two

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Motorola Cubs take the second game of the series and their third in a row. WELCOME to today’s episode 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, steep...2024
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• The Royals should be aggressive buyers at the trade deadline

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images You play to win the game. The Royals find themselves in the hunt for a playoff spot, but with a flawed team that Fangraphs estimates has a 44 percent chance of making the playoffs and just a 1.7 percent chance of winning a title. They could use another bat that can get on base, and a reliever or two. But trading for players to help them this season could dama...2024
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• Ben Zobrist and Fernando Rodney are on the 2025 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 28
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 151
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• The Death of Randy Land - Reds 3, Rays 2

In the early hours of what would be yet another Randy Land feature at Tropicana Field, the Rays traded the face of the franchise, robbing him the opportunity to take the field and enjoy the lime light one last time. It was then surreal when the broadcast noticed that Randy and his family were seated in the left field stands in the fourth inning. I shared my thoughts succinctly on X, and I knew I...2024
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• A tale of three Cubs walk-off home runs

Michael Busch rounds the bases after hitting a walk-off home run Tuesday against the Padres | Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images Tuesday night at Wrigley was magical. But so were a couple of other Cubs walk-offs. Walk-offs always feel like a little bit of magic. Whether they are a single to drive in a run during a tie game or the slow build of walks and hits and disaster before runs inevi...2024
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• Rays Madness: elite eight matchups

Part 2! In the spirit of march madness, I created a 16 team bracket with different Rays teams of the past, and have been utilizing a baseball simulator to play out a single elimination bracket and to determine the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays team’s regular season winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning...2024
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• Rays Madness: Using simulators to find the best team in franchise history

Part 1! In the spirit of march madness, a 16 team bracket has been created with different Rays teams of the past, with a baseball simulator being used to create a single elimination game deciding the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays teams winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning percentage. Each game is simu...2024
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• The 2024 Cubs by the numbers

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A complete numerical list of this year’s Cubs as they get ready for this year’s Spring Training. As I do here every spring, I present to you a full numerical roster of all the players and coaches in Cubs spring camp. Also included are the Cubs’ retired numbers, so you can see the full numerical progression. There are 59 players in camp, the 40-man roste...2024
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• Cubs tie 1907 team for franchise's best start
Kris Bryant hit a two-run double, Addison Russell drove in three runs and Ben Zobrist had four hits, including a pair of RBI singles, to lift the Cubs to an 8-7 victory over the Padres on Tuesday. The Cubs improved to 25-6, matching the 1907 team for the best start in franchise history....2016
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• Royals rally to cusp of World Series title
Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy's eighth-inning fielding error on Saturday night allowed Ben Zobrist to scoot home with the tying run of Game 4. Moments later, Mike Moustakas singled the go-ahead run past the glove of a diving Murphy, sending the Royals to a 5-3 win and one victory from a World Series championship....2015
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• Mets down 3-1 in Series after KC escapes
Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy's eighth-inning fielding error on Saturday night allowed Ben Zobrist to scoot home with the tying run of Game 4. Moments later, Mike Moustakas singled the go-ahead run past the glove of a diving Murphy, sending the Royals to a 5-3 win and one victory from a World Series championship....2015
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• Game 7 hero Ben Zobrist signs autographs outside of his home
Game 7 hero Ben Zobrist signs autographs outside of his home...2016
• Cubs jump on Scherzer with 4 HRs for win
Anthony Rizzo and Ben Zobrist smacked back-to-back home runs in the third inning, and Zobrist added a three-run shot in the fifth to power the Cubs to an 8-6 victory over the Nationals on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The Cubs have outscored their opponents, 172-74, the best run differential in the Major Leagues....2016
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• Cubs swat Nats as Zobrist's bat logs 4 RBIs
Ben Zobrist smacked a two-run single in the fourth inning and a two-run homer in the eighth to lift the Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Nationals on Thursday night in a battle between first-place teams....2016
• KC 1 win from WS after chasing R.A., piling on
The Royals are one win from going to the World Series for the second consecutive year after putting a stranglehold on the American League Championship Series with another victory over the Blue Jays. Ben Zobrist and Alex Rios homered for Kansas City, which scored early and often for a 14-2 victory in Game 4 at Rogers Centre on Tuesday....2015
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• Zobrist, Cubs stay hot, sweep Phillies
Ben Zobrist continued his hot streak, smacking a three-run home run, and Miguel Montero added a solo shot that ricocheted off the right-field video board to lift the Cubs to a 7-2 victory Sunday over the Phillies at Wrigley Field for their fifth straight win....2016
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• Player Profile #165: Ben Zobrist | 2B/SS/OF | TB
When you look up Ben Zobrist on BrooksBaseball.net, it’s clear that his main strength is his discipline at the plate. He’s praised over and over for both his very patient approach and his tendency to make contact when he does decide to swing. All of this has culminated in a player who basically walks as much as he strikes out and who consistently posts on base percentages around .350. Zobrist is a...2014
• Marcus Semien, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
Semien can provide cheap power and speed at both 2B and MI. Second base isn’t the feeblest of fantasy positions, but it certainly isn’t one where you can sit back and fall into a great player. In our 2014 Second Base Recap we looked back at the top 20 finishers at second from the past season. In that that 11-15 range, the guys who just missed regular startability in 10-team leagues but had value a...2014
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Tampa Bay Rays preview, Tuesday 6/11, 5:50 CT

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs open a three-game series at the Trop. Tuesday notes... AWAY FROM HOME: The Cubs are 14-21 on the road, a .400 winning percentage, which is by far the lowest among NL Central teams. The Cardinals are .457 (16-19); the Pirates, .469 (15-17); the Reds, .484 (15-16); and the Brewers, .541 (20-17). Only four teams have had less success away from home t...2024
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia among first-timers on Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist is also on the ballot. Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia headline a list of 14 new candidates on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Also on the list is former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist, who was part of the championship team in 2015. Other first-timers include Carlos González, Curtis Granders...2024
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• Rays Madness: final four matchups

Part 3! In the spirit of march madness, I created a 16 team bracket with different Rays teams of the past, and have been utilizing a baseball simulator to play out a single elimination bracket and to determine the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays team’s regular season winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning...2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ end of an era?

SI Model Chase throws out the first pitch. | Photo by David Banks/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. SI on the skids, Hader sets a record, Stroman bites the apple, and other stories. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 12, 2023
Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK Keeping with yesterday’s theme of School Day at the K Shreyas Laddha at The Star had a fun story about “Back to School Day at the K”: “I was joking (that) I think it’s probably the loudest crowd we’ve had,” said Royals second baseman Michael Massey. “It was cool, though, to have the kids out and have a good game.” Before Thursday’s ...2023
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• BCB After Dark: It’s time for some roster decisions
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks whether the team should tender Zach McKinstry a contract. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the end-of-the-season after-party for night owls, early-risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad to see you stop in this evening for our end of the year celebration. We’re celebrating whether the season was...2022
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• For Rays in deep AL East, pitching remains a major concern
Matt Duffy is slated to be the Tampa Bay Rays starting third baseman, with newcomer Yandy Diaz also seeing time at the hot corner. Diaz figures to split his time between third, first and “eventually” the outfield, according to manager Kevin Cash. In terms of further offseason additions, pitching remains an area of concern, though Cash is confident with the group he has now, per Marc Topkin of the...2019
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