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• Outside The Confines: Extensions, extensions

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images Lots of players got contract extensions. More on the torpedo bat. The Dodgers are hot and the Braves are not. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. We’re leading off with a whole mess of contact extensions today and none of them are Kyle Tucker. First off, Red Sox lefty Garrett Crochet agreed to a six-year, $170 million contract. extension. Dan Szymborski...2025
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• Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 4/3/25
Where we discuss if the Braves will ever win again....2025
• So, when are the Braves going to announce that the start of this season was an April Fool’s joke?

Photo by Casey Sykes/Getty Images Are we talking at some point today, or tomorrow? I think about the 2018 season a lot. I don’t know that anyone else does, it’s probably just me. With the horrible start the Braves have had, more than a few people have mentioned that the travails of the franchise in 2024, and to start this season, were maybe some kind of karmic recompense for the successful...2025
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2301: Organing Day

Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs writer Dan Szymborski banter about how much spring training stats matter, which players improved their projections the most this spring, whether prospects really have a harder time making the transition to MLB from Triple-A today, their spring training award winners, the five-ish biggest questions/storylines for each of them this MLB season, […]...2025
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• Outside The Confines: ‘Twas the day before Opening Day

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The season is about to start, so there are predictions. Some players get traded. Others get cut. A look back at Freddie Freeman’s dramatic World Series home run and other news from MLB. Good morning. Last day without baseball for a while, no? On the eve of (domestic) Opening Day, ESPN dot com previews all 30 teams and ranks them into tiers. Tom Verduc...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The Guardians aren’t afraid to commit

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images They’ve locked down Tanner Bibee. Hello BCB friends, I’m pleased to report that this is the last Monday before we will have regular season baseball again! Over the weekend came some tragic news, as Yankees’ star Brett Gardner’s young son Miller passed away unexpectedly. In baseball itself, several players are starting the season on the IL, a few teams a...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 22, 2025

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Royals rotation is old school. In case you missed it, the Royals acquired veteran hitter Mark Canha. Kyle Wright faced live hitters for the first time since 2023, writes Anne Rogers. “I was definitely nervous again,” Wright said. “I had those pregame jitters, which I was pumped about. Usually the thoughts have just been, ‘Is my shoulder going to...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 10, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Free Drew Waters! Jaylon Thompson writes about Kyle Wright’s efforts to get back on the mound. “Shoulders are a little tough,” Wright said. “This is kind of around, I think I’m at 16 months (post operation) here soon. That’s kind of, for this surgery, when you really start to feel like yourself again. From everything that I’ve heard, it can take up to 14 ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Remembering Satchel Paige’s last start

A look around Spring Training. Remembering Satchel Paige’s last major league start. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. We’re officially into silly season of Spring Training as the Phillies’ Trea Turner trolled his former teammate Max Scherzer by challenging an obvious first-pitch strike with the ABS system. Scherzer had previously complained that he wasn’t a fan of the ABS system...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 1, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Does Cavan Biggio have a spot on this team? Jaylon Thompson talks to Maikel Garcia about what he needs to do to improve. Royals hitting coach Alec Zumwalt explained that Garcia has gotten stronger and added a toe-tap to better balance his swing mechanics. “Maikel and I talked going into the offseason and we talked here in Arizona when he was doing his reha...2025
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• Outside The Confines: What’s gone wrong in Toronto?

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images The Mets have pitching issues. The Blue Jays have trouble with their first baseman. A look ahead to the next labor battle. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. The Mets have shut down left-hander Sean Manaea indefinitely with an oblique strain. Ben Clemens notes that it’s mid-February and the Mets already need more pitching with injuries to Manae...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 10, 2025

Soon. Craig Brown considers the Royals adding Alex Bregman. Could the Royals be in on Bregman? If I believe the chatter coming from One Royal Way that the club was prepared to spend more this winter (which I do), it’s possible. Although it should be obvious at this point in the offseason that the Royals were looking to do shorter-term deals. Still, the Royals could certainly benefit from adding B...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Do you need a new ugly hat?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Spring training lids are here! Well, spring training is around the corner, which means it’s time to have a look at new spring training caps! While many of them look remarkably similar to last year’s, they certainly look... not that great. The 2025 Spring Training hats(h/t @HatAddicts) pic.twitter.com/fd0gBhZBGY— Talkin’ Baseball...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2025

Slugerrr shreddin’ it! | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images These are hard to come up with at this point in the offseason Orientation continues for first year players: Words of wisdom from our big league skipper, Matt Quatraro. #RaisingRoyals x pic.twitter.com/WBOK8ZaWuU— Raising Royals (@KCRoyalsPD) January 23, 2025 Dan Szymborski (Szymborski! Szymborski!) pos...2025
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• Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 2/29/24
Szym is back from vacation on the freakiest day on the calendar....2024
• Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seems like some interesting changes might be coming. In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative. BREAKING: Minor Leaguer...2022
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• Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 4/28/22
Unfortunately for readers, Szym is back from vacation....2022
• Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 8/26/21
Szym is back from vacation and answering baseball and other nonsense questions....2021

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"com/srp5Am1gyO— Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) January 23, 2025 The Royals gained India (2."

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"That said, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projection for the Cubs also dropped over the weekend at FanGraphs and as has been the case in recent years the NL Central looks like a tightly-bunched batch of clubs who all look likely to post 82-88 wins."

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"It would be lovely if either one of these pitchers had a breakout, but as this article from Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs seems to indicate, it's not a likely scenario!"

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"Earlier this year Dan Szymborski shared the ZiPS pre-2020 Bellinger projection through 2029 in this piece at FanGraphs: Dan Szymborski | FanGraphs Bellinger pre-2020 ZiPS projection If you tally all those columns and add in the WAR Bellinger had already put up through 2019, that puts him at a career WAR of 69."

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"After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for a decade."

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"com's Dan Szymborski noted: So there's the glass-half-full take: The Padres inked a special player who appears to be coming into his own for a relative bargain."

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"com's Dan Szymborski ranked Correa's contract as the most team-friendly in baseball: The truly scary thing for the rest of the league is that, given his age and how quickly he advanced through the minors, he could actually improve."

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" Gomes numbers do not jump off the page, but Dan Szymborski of ESPN pointed to the upside from Kansas City’s perspective: Gomes is still a veteran presence in the locker room with postseason appearances on his resume."

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"com's Dan Szymborski isn't convinced that Reynolds is savvy signing for St."

• Outside The Confines: Extensions, extensions
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• Outside The Confines: ‘Twas the day before Opening Day
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 22, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 10, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Who’s on first?

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images The issues surrounding baseball stadiums. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reveals his contract demands. The decline of first base. The Mariners’ front office are criticized and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan looks at the issue of two major league teams playing in minor league stadiums this season. He examines what it means for the Athletics...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Remembering Satchel Paige’s last start
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• Outside The Confines: What’s gone wrong in Toronto?
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The face of the franchise will become the face of free agency this fall. Happy Wednesday BCB friends! We have some interesting stories ahead for you today, chief among them being that one of baseball’s biggest extensions isn’t happening. The Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr failed to come to an agreement on extension terms. As a result, Vlad Jr,...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who needs Alex Bregman when you’ve got Matt Shaw?

Matt Shaw | Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Matt Shaw or Alex Bregman will be better this season. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the cold. The companionship is warm in here. Let us take your coat for you. We still have a few ticket...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 10, 2025
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2301: Organing Day
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• Outside The Confines: ‘Twas the day before Opening Day
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• Outside The Confines: The Guardians aren’t afraid to commit
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays
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• Outside The Confines: Pitchers and catchers signal the start of baseball!

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Wooo, winter is over! Hello and happy Monday, BCB friends! Baseball is officially here! At least if you count pitcher and catcher reporting as the first day of baseball season, because the Cubs reported for duty earliest, coming to camp yesterday. The rest of the teams will be reporting between the 11th and 13th, with the bulk of teams report...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for February 8, 2025

Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How will the outfield shake out? Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs writes that the Royals missed an opportunity to improve the outfield. We have position-specific data going back to 2002, so starting in that year, I looked at the positional WAR for every single team that made the playoffs. I omitted DH for NL teams during the non-DH seas...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Do you need a new ugly hat?
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• When, oh when, will the White Sox become competitive?

Pick a year, any year. With a chance for you to answer For the middle of winter, this has been a sort of busy week, what with SoxFest last weekend, FanGraphs posting the Steamer projections for 2025 and Keith Law coming through with his prospect rankings. So, even though this isn’t a usual spot for your input and there may not be much response, let’s give you a chance at a couple of predic...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Your new Hall of Fame inductees

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images I just want to talk to that one voter who left Ichiro off their ballot... Well, the long-anticipated time arrived last night as the newest class of MLB Hall of Famers was announced. Ichiro Suzuki was one vote shy of being a unanimous inductee, and I think perhaps anonymous ballots shouldn’t be allowed because I just want to have a quick chat with the pe...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Extensions, extensions
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• Outside The Confines: ‘Twas the day before Opening Day
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• Outside The Confines: The Guardians aren’t afraid to commit
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 22, 2025
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• Who’s next to 3,000 hits?

Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros hits a single against the Washington Nationals during the second inning of a spring training game at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches on March 02, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida. | Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images And could it be...Bob? Nothing in sports is as quintessential as a hit in baseball. The windup, the release, the swing of the lumber, the c...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Who’s on first?
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 1, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays
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• BCB After Dark: Who needs Alex Bregman when you’ve got Matt Shaw?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2025
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• Jonny Gomes to Royals: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Aramis Ramirez to Pirates: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• It's starting to feel like 2020 again for the Atlanta Braves
Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In 2020, the Braves leaned on their offense and their bullpen to carry them to the playoffs. They'll be doing it again for maybe the next couple of months. Do y’all remember the 2020 season? I know that season had a depressing ending in the massive shed in Arlington, Texas that’s masquerading as a baseball stadium, but it was still good...2023
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• Ron Roenicke Fired by Brewers: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Preseason projections have Braves in the cream of MLB’s crop
Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves, on paper, are squarely within the uppermost echelon of rosters as we head towards Spring Training 2023 It’s an annual occurrence these days: Dan Szymborski finishes rolling out the team-by-team ZiPS projections on Fangraphs, those projections get added to the player pages, and then they get integrated into the “Depth Charts” t...2023
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• Mets vs. Dodgers: Game 2 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 MLB Playoffs
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• 2024 Cubs Convention: It’s all about Cody Bellinger

Cody Bellinger celebrates a hit in August | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Will it finally move the Cubs front office to make a big deal? A week ago it looked like fans might be bringing pitchforks and torches to Cubs Convention. In fact, 24 hours before the 37th annual winter gathering of Cubs fans kicked off in downtown Chicago I was wondering what the turnout would look like. A st...2024
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• Looking at projections for the 2024 Chicago Cubs

Jed Hoyer introduces Shōta Imanaga in January | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images This team seems incomplete at the moment. Every offseason I wait until the Cubs look like a quasi-finished project before writing up my thoughts on the new team. This year I waited longer than usual. Cubs Convention came and went. January turned into February. The ZiPS projections were released, so wa...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Clearly, we’re at a slow time in the MLB offseason, a fact true for most teams, but especially the Colorado Rockies, who have done very little, save sign a couple of MiLB contracts and make a low-profile trade. Indeed, Kris Bryant’s Lamborghini has gotten more attention than the offseason C...2024
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• Outside The Confines: No Rays of sunshine

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Things are going wrong fast for the Rays. Also the Angels, who bet big on one last year with Shohei Ohtani. And other news from around MLB Just a few months ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were the biggest story in the game for the best start to a season since the 1984 Tigers. Now, they’re the biggest story in the game for not-as-pleasant reasons. The Tampa Bay Ray...2023
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• Fantasy players are bullish on Bobby Witt
Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Hopefully the fantasy crowd is right! In my 20s I played a lot of fantasy baseball, but kids and work eventually made that time commitment harder to manage. Still, every January and February as the impatience for baseball starts to grow, I tend to start looking at some fantasy stuff just to pass the time. The Royals faces you expect to see are all there...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Extensions, extensions
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2301: Organing Day
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• Outside The Confines: The Guardians aren’t afraid to commit
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 22, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 10, 2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 1, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: The Guardians aren’t afraid to commit
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• Braves look to fortify their roster with MLB’s Winter Meetings starting very soon

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Winter Meetings are finally upon us and we could see Alex Anthopoulos and Atlanta’s front office making some big moves over in Dallas This Sunday marks the beginning of the annual Winter Meetings for Major League Baseball. The four-day long gathering of front office members, agents and some players is a major event that takes place each offseason and...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?
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• Outside The Confines: Making a splash

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images The first-ever splash hit by a right-hander in San Francisco. MLB sells out even more. A look ahead to the playoff races and other news from around baseball. Good morning. My wife says the one overriding principle of modern ballpark design is to have something interesting to hit home runs in. I can’t argue with that. This is kind o...2024
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• Outside The Confines: One month down

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images At the end of baseball’s first month, things are starting to take shape. It seems impossible that a full month of baseball has passed us by. It feels like only yesterday we were celebrating Opening Day, and now we’re getting to a point where it might be time to stop saying “small sample size” as an excuse. The Dodgers aren’t a shocker as the NL West le...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees bid farewell to John Sterling

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The iconic radio voice of the team announced his sudden departure this week. On Monday, with no preamble, the Yankees announced that their long-time radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling was calling it a career, and his last game in the booth was behind him. The 85-year-old called 5,420 regular season games over his long career. Sterling cited the s...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Twins and Mariners make a trade

Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports The Orioles are being sold. Justin Turner heads north of the border. More trouble in Las Vegas. And other news from around baseball. The College Baseball season starts in 16 days. The Mariners and Twins made a reasonably major trade as Minnesota shipped second baseman Jorge Polanco to Seattle for right-handed reliever Justin Topa, right-handed starter Anth...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Convention: It’s all about Cody Bellinger
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• Cub Tracks ‘ how tweet it is

Shota Imanaga — lots to like so far. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. The Cubs’ new pitcher is already popular. The Cubs Convention is ON. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, groun...2024
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