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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Juan Soto is welcomed in Flushing. The White Sox trade Garrett Crochet. A Winter Meetings wrap-up and which teams get a participation trophy this winter. Good morning. Trade for Kyle Tucker already, Jed. I’m going crazy checking every ten minutes to see if a deal has been done. Fangraphs has this end-of-the-year recap of how you used the site and the ballplay...2024
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• Max Fried, A.J. Minter hot topics at Winter Meetings, per reports

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The two former Braves left-handers are among the top free agent pitchers left on the open market. With MLB’s 2024 Winter Meetings in full-swing, two former Atlanta Braves pitchers are amongst the hottest topics. Reports this afternoon indicate that the two left-handers continue to have a robust market. First, it was ESPN’s Buste...2024
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• Dodgers Rumors: ‘Widespread Industry Belief’ Roki Sasaki Has Already Picked a Team

From the start of Roki Sasaki’s journey to stateside baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers were the one team that had always been linked to the Japanese phenom. The latest report indicates Sasaki has selected a team. According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the team that Sasaki has chosen is the Dodgers. “But there is widespread industry …...2024
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• Guardians To Re-Sign Shane Bieber
The Guardians are re-signing right-hander Shane Bieber, per Buster Olney of ESPN (X link). It’s a one-year deal with a player option for 2026, per Robert Murray of FanSided (X link). Per Jeff Passan of ESPN (X link), Bieber will make $10MM next year with a $16MM salary on the option and a $4MM buyout.…...2024
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• Dodgers Rumors: Juan Soto Nearing a Decision in Free Agency

Juan Soto – ranked as MLB’s No. 1 free agent – has been all the buzz this offseason. As the winter meetings approach, Buster Olney and Jeff Passan of ESPN gave insight into the free agent market. Although no deal is certain, Passan predicts Soto will sign a record-breaking contract soon, possibly before the winter …...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds

Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images The Rays and the A’s are both moving forward... probably. In today’s news we have a mixed bag of everything: will Juan Soto crack the $700 million mark for his contract? Should Shohei Ohtani play the field? What does the Luis Severino signing mean for the pitching market? But the biggest news is from two ongoing stadium sagas. In Tampa B...2024
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• Max Fried, A.J. Minter hot topics at Winter Meetings, per reports
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The most interesting man in baseball retires. The Mariners fire their manager. A look ahead to the stretch run and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Driving to the stadium right now. My Uber driver asked, "Are you a player?" I said, "No."— Joey Votto (@JoeyVotto) August 22, 2024 Longtime Reds first baseman Joey Votto an...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Being a kid again

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Little League Classic was Sunday. It was also Players Weekend. Lots of injuries and other news from around MLB. Good morning. The Tigers won last night’s Little League Classic over the Yankees, 3-2 with their youthful energy. Buster Olney tells how major leaguers learn to love the Little League Classic after participating. Melanie M...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let the shopping begin

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Dylan Cease throws a no-hitter. The trade deadline is underway and we’ve got two trades and a ton of rumors. The life of an A’s superfan. Just so you know, most of this column could be out of date by the time you read it. Things are starting to move. Here’s one you might not have heard yet. Late last night, the Rays dealt outfielder Randy Arozarena to th...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 19, 2024

Photo by: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Kansas lawmakers make their move. Matt Quatraro explains why Drew Waters was sent down. “He’s going to work on his total game (in Triple-A),” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of Waters. “He’s just like everybody as they all have room to improve. … We know his skills. It’s just a matter of getting consistent r...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 11, 2024

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Are some Royals hitters turning things around? Jaylon Thompson writes about Dan Altavilla’s return to the big leagues three years after his last appearance. “I was just sitting over at the hotel waiting to get the call to come over,” Altavilla said. “I was pretty anxious just to, you know, get in the car and drive over. But walking into the clubhouse bro...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Just a bad situation all around

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports A Mets reliever takes out his frustrations in the wrong way and the Mets make it worse. The Negro Leagues join the record book. A look ahead at the draft and other news from MLB. Good morning to everyone. Happy Friday. The Mets designated reliever Jorge López for assignment after he threw his glove into the stands after getting ejected. There were also some thi...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A retiring Angel

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images The much maligned umpire has announced his retirement Usually, when we report news on retirements, it’s about a long-tenured player, or a multi-World Series-winning team manager, but the absolute biggest news of the week was the announcement that umpire Angel Hernandez was planning to retire. Umpires bear a certain amount of negativity from MLB fans, bu...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images A look at trends to start the season, like Mike Trout is back. The fans who fought back against the A’s. And other news from MLB. Good morning. No big stories today, but lots of little ones. Dan Moore has a strong piece on the fan groups that have fought against the Athletics leaving Oakland (and some historical precedents elsewhere) and the dilemma of...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Being a kid again
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• BCB After Dark: Never Can Say Goodbye
Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Willson Contreras will be back with the Cubs next year. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the jumpin’ joint for night owls, early-risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re glad you stopped by tonight. Grab a seat and relax. If there’s anything we can do for you this evening, pleas...2022
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2024
"The Blue Jays and first baseman Joey Votto have agreed to a minor league deal with an invite to major league camp, per Buster Olney of ESPN."

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"1 deadline, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney, confirming a Sports Illustrated report."

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"Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman has fired the agents who led offseason contract negotiations between the former MVP and the Braves, and landed him in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney."

2021
"While the situation is fluid, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner seems inclined to keep manager Aaron Boone, industry sources told ESPN's Buster Olney."

2020
"3:27pm: ESPN’s Buster Olney reports that the top two teams in each division will qualify for the postseason under this format."

2019
"The Phillies have reached agreement with former Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius on a one-year deal, a source confirmed to ESPN's Buster Olney."

2018
"com’s Buster Olney, via Twitter, Boston has offered the Scott Boras client something “in the range of” $100MM over a five-year term."

2017
"Aaron Boone, whose Game 7-winning home run in the 2003 ALCS lives in Yankees lore, will be back in the Bronx Bombers' dugout, this time as manager, ESPN's Buster Olney reports."

2016
"Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is expected to announce Friday that he will retire at the end the season, according to ESPN's Buster Olney."

2015
"As the trade deadline approached last summer, ESPN's Buster Olney reported that the Reds were "examining offers" for Chapman while adding it wasn't clear if the team was inclined to push through on a deal."

2014
"Jimmy Rollins has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, ending his 15-year stint with the Philadelphia Phillies, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney."

• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
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• Max Fried, A.J. Minter hot topics at Winter Meetings, per reports
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• Guardians To Re-Sign Shane Bieber
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• Dodgers Rumors: Juan Soto Nearing a Decision in Free Agency
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds
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• Dodgers Notes: Juan Soto Update, Shohei Ohtani Eyes Another World Series, 4 Dodgers Receive MVP Votes and more

Teams will begin submitting offers to Juan Soto and his representatives this week, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney. Soto has already met with several teams to establish connections including the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are among the clubs showing interest in the Dominican star. Shohei Ohtani, newly crowned National League MVP, is already eyeing another …...2024
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• Juan Soto Rumors: MLB Insider Provides Huge Update on Dodgers Target

Teams are expected to submit offers to Juan Soto and his camp starting this week, per ESPN’s Buster Olney. Thus far, Soto has met with a number of teams and officials in order to gain some rapport between both parties. The Los Angeles Dodgers are among interested clubs in pursuit of the Dominican star. Sources …...2024
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• Teams Expected To Make Offers To Juan Soto This Week
The sweepstakes to land superstar free agent Juan Soto is set to enter its next phase, as ESPN’s Buster Olney reported this afternoon that teams are expected to begin sending offers to the outfielder’s camp this week. Olney adds that to this point in the process, Soto has been meeting with teams and allowing Soto…...2024
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• Every Single GM in MLB Expects Roki Sasaki to Sign With Dodgers
Japanese free agent Roki Sasaki isn’t expected to sign with anyone until after Jan. 15, but the Los Angeles Dodgers reportedly are the clear favorite. On a podcast episode of Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney from Nov. 14, the ESPN reporter mentioned speaking to all 30 general managers about Sasaki. More news: Dodgers Trying to …...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Cold Stove

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The offseason is off to a slow start. A look at the market for Juan Soto, Garrett Crochet and others. A deal has been reached to stream games in market. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. You’ve already been informed of the Rays stadium plans for next season. Here are the first and second All-MLB team, if you care about that sort of thing....2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Outside The Confines: Lost cause

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The White Sox keep losing. A Giant threw a no-hitter. A look down the stretch and other baseball news. Good morning. The White Sox catch a break this week in that they have three games coming up against the Athletics in Oakland. The A’s are the second-worst team in the American League. They’re still 19½ games better than the South Siders. The Chicago ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Just a bad situation all around
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• Outside The Confines: A retiring Angel
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to Sacto

D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports The Athletics announce they are moving to Sacramento, temporarily. Mookie Betts is tearing up the league. The Marlins are in trouble. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Athletics announced that the team will play from 2025 to (at least) 2027 in Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Sutter Health Park is the home of the Triple-A Sacra...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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• Outside The Confines: Ohtani oh no!

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Shohei Ohtani has a torn UCL, which ripples through all of baseball. A Nationals great retires. The White Sox clean house, sort of. And other news from MLB. We’ve got a ton of Shohei Ohtani stories today, but please check out some of the stories on players who don’t play two ways. The Randy Arozarena story is really good, for exam...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Cancer strikes out
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Liam Hendriks returns to the mound today. More on the A’s potential move. A look at “robot ump” systems. And more news from around baseball. And softball. I’m trying to find some good news. Everton beat Bournemouth 1-0 to clinch 17th place on the final day of the Premier League season is good news, I guess. Maybe that’s what the Cubs are missing: An ince...2023
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
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• Max Fried, A.J. Minter hot topics at Winter Meetings, per reports
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds
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• Outside The Confines: Cold Stove
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Juan Soto in the World Series ... in 2019 & 2024

Notes and quotes on Juan Soto’s postseason success and more... By the time you read this Juan Soto and the New York Yankees might be done in the 2024 World Series, but after Game 4 Tuesday night, which NY won to stay alive (down, 3-1), he had reached base in all 11 WS games he’d played in during his career, seven back in 2019 and four this year, which ESPN’s Buster Olney noted, is a rare feat: F...2024
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• Outside The Confines: 51/51

Photo by Chris Arjoon/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani goes where no ballplayer has gone before. The White Sox rot from the head. A look ahead to the end of the season and the Mariners had some issues. Good morning. This Ohtani fellow is good, but he’s no Babe Ruth. After all, the Babe was a great pitcher too. Now if Ohtani learns to pitch next season, them maybe we can consider him the greates...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Outside The Confines: Being a kid again
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• Outside The Confines: Let the shopping begin
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• Red Sox, Alex Cora Have Recently Discussed Contract Extension

The Red Sox and manager Alex Cora have recently engaged in talks about a contract extension, per Jeff Passan and Buster Olney of ESPN, as relayed by Passan on X. Passan says there is momentum towards a deal with a multi-year deal possible. In a subsequent tweet, he adds that the sides have talked about…...2024
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• Sources: Yanks choose Boone as next manager
Aaron Boone, whose Game 7-winning home run in the 2003 ALCS lives in Yankees lore, will be back in the Bronx Bombers' dugout, this time as manager, ESPN's Buster Olney reports. Boone was chosen over Hensley Meulens. This will be his first managerial job....2017
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• Sources: Phillies trade SS Rollins to Dodgers
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• Sources: Marlins, Stanton agree to $325M
The Miami Marlins and Giancarlo Stanton have agreed to a megadeal that will pay the slugger $325 million over 13 years, sources have confirmed to ESPN's Buster Olney....2014
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• Source: Phillies, SS Gregorius reach 1-year deal
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• Sources: Stanton-to-Yanks talks pick up steam
Sources tell ESPN's Buster Olney that the Yankees have re-engaged in trade talks with the Marlins about slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who has vetoed trades to the Cardinals and Giants....2017
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• Aroldis Chapman to Dodgers: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Tex reportedly calling it a career after '16 season
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• Wei-Yin Chen to Marlins: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Hanley Ramirez, Pablo Sandoval Deals Tip of Iceberg for Latest Red Sox Reload
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• Max Fried, A.J. Minter hot topics at Winter Meetings, per reports
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• Juan Soto Rumors: MLB Insider Provides Huge Update on Dodgers Target
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• Outside The Confines: Cold Stove
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 14, 2024

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Have you figured out where you’ll put your ballpark? Sam McDowell weighs in on the Royals’ reported interest in a Johnson County ballpark site: While we could dig into the pros and cons of that, it’s hard to overlook the obvious: A Kansas location is a rather untidy fit to the vision the Royals described on the opening night of that tour....2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Juan Soto in the World Series ... in 2019 & 2024
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• 2024 National League Wild Card Series game thread, Day 2

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The Mets and Padres can move on to the Division Series with wins today. We continue today’s second day of Wild Card games with a pair of National League matchups. The Mets came back from a 4-3 deficit with a five-run fifth and held on to take Game 1 of their series in Milwaukee. The Padres shut down a pretty good Braves offense to take the first game of th...2024
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• 2024 National League Wild Card Series game thread, Day 1

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Here’s a place to follow along with the NL teams beginning this year’s postseason. We continue today’s first day of Wild Card games with a pair of National League matchups. The NL Central champion Brewers and first wild card team, the Padres, both of whom won 93 games, will be the host teams. MLB. com Gameday for Mets/Brewers. RHP Luis Sev...2024
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• Outside The Confines: 51/51
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• Embrace, don’t bash, utilizing the waiver wire

Current Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe was waived last August by the Angels. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Acquiring players after the deadline is fine. Don’t hate. On the evening of August 28, the San Francisco Giants, 67-67, fourth in National League West, 12.5 games back of the Dodgers and 6.5 back of the Braves for the third and final Wild Card spot, waived three players: second...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Dodgers Rumors: Juan Soto Nearing a Decision in Free Agency
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• Outside The Confines: Lost cause
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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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• Shohei Ohtani doesn’t owe us free agency drama

Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports Shohei Ohtani’s free agency is his, not ours. Nobody is any closer to truly knowing where Shohei Ohtani will be playing baseball next year. The megastar, the crown jewel of free agency, is keeping everyone in the dark when it comes to his intentions. That’s entirely by design, and while it might be frustrating — it’s also kind of great. Ohtani’s desire to keep ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: I had that in my back pocket

Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports The Astros tie up the ALCS with the Rangers thanks, in part, to a batting glove. The D-Backs make a series out of it. And other news from MLB and the playoffs. So we actually have two good series now that the Astros have gone into Arlington and tied up the series with two wins on the road. Also, the Diamondbacks got one in the win column with a win at home and...2023
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• What’s going on with the Braves and their shortstop situation?
Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Your guess is as good as mine at this point! The most intriguing position battle of spring training this season for the Atlanta Braves has finally come to an end. After what suddenly turned into a heated battle in the past couple of weeks between the formerly-presumptive starting shortstop Vaughn Grissom and hot prospect Braden Shewmake, the Braves have decid...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Let’s talk about Aaron Judge for the rest of the winter
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Are there other free agents? With the major awards of the season all given out, it’s now time for us to look ahead to the 2023 season. There will be plenty of speculation ahead about where free agents will sign and which teams will make major trades. Who is poised to make a push for winning next season and who is going to sink into the depths of rebuilds ...2022
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• BCB After Dark: Never Can Say Goodbye
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• Outside The Confines: Everyone wore 21
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The annual celebration of Roberto Clemente’s life did not end in his number being retired. Every year baseball celebrates the legacy of Roberto Clemente, both in giving out an award in his honor, celebrating the charitable and humanitarian efforts of players on all 30 teams, but also his incredible gifts as a player. On Thursday, every player on every team...2022
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• Outside the Confines: We’re in the home stretch
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports New revelations about the Astros’ scandal. More on a possible Angels sale. The Cardinals are in first place thanks to some one-sided trades. And other news from baseball. I’ve got nothing. The Athletic has an excerpt from Evan Drellich’s upcoming book about the Astros sign-stealing scandal. (The Athletic. sub. req.) In it, Drellich reveals that former Astros...2022
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