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• An updated look at the free agent market

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images The market is thinning, but there are still plenty of names out there The free agent market has been highly active as of late, between MLB Winter Meetings and a fairly active weekend leading up to it. With so many names off the board, let’s take a position by position look at the top names (anybody with positive WAR) remaining. Each player’s 2025 seasonal age an...2024
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• Shohei Ohtani’s Expected Status for Dodgers’ Season Opener in Japan Revealed by Dave Roberts

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said it is “very unlikely” Shohei Ohtani will pitch in the Tokyo series against the Chicago Cubs to open the season. However, Ohtani is expected to be in the lineup as a designated hitter. “I don’t think the left shoulder is gonna have much of an impact on Shohei’s …...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 11

Ron Santo in 1972 | Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ron Santo* and Steve Stone move from one side to the other, 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...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies at the Winter Meetings: Day 1

Photo by Jessica Tobias/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Yesterday marked the beginning of the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings in Dallas, Texas. Like all other teams, the Colorado Rockies were there, answering questions and making the rounds. General manager Bill Schmidt and manager Bud Black, too, spoke to media, and although there wasn’t...2024
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• Championship Royals headline candidates on Royals Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Will all these guys get in? There are nine candidates for the Royals Hall of Fame in 2025, most of which have ties to the 2014-15 pennant-winning clubs. Carlos Beltrán, Billy Butler, Johnny Damon, Wade Davis, Jarrod Dyson, Alex Gordon, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, and Yordano Ventura are all up for enshrinement. ...2024
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• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Hoping to Help Baseball Grow Around the World

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has already helped the franchise reach new heights in the short time that he’s worn a Dodgers uniform. However, Ohtani’s ultimate goal is to grow the sport of baseball across the globe. Ohtani had one of the best seasons in the history of baseball. The Dodgers’ designated hitter set …...2024
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Starting Pitcher

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Choosing the best of several great contenders We have now completed the position player portion of our Brewers All-Time Team (links to all of which can be found here). As I explained in the Molitor essay, we chose not to go with a designated hitter, so that just leaves two spots left: a starting pitcher and a relief pitcher. We’re only going to choose one of each,...2024
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• Manfred: Golden At-Bat Idea Has Gotten “A Little Buzz”
MLB hasn’t shied away from considering rule changes over the past few seasons. The league has unilaterally implemented a pitch clock, a three-batter minimum for pitchers (barring injury), shift limitations, and incentivized base stealing with pickoff limits and larger bases. MLB and the Players Association also agreed to implement a universal designated hitter in the…...2024
• Monday Rockpile: The Hartford Yard Goats deserved more fanfare in 2024

Photo by: Rodger Wood/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 18th, 2024 Although it feels like they were overshadowed by their fellow affiliate on the other side of the country, the Hartford Yard Goats turned in a season to be proud of. The Yard Goats—in what was technically their tenth season as an affiliate of the Colorado Rockies—reached the...2024
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• Dodgers GM Says LA Will Be Cautious With Bringing Shohei Ohtani Back From Injury

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced last week that designated hitter Shohei Ohtani underwent surgery for a torn labrum he sustained during the World Series against the New York Yankees. Ohtani injured his shoulder while attempting to steal second base during Game 2 of the World Series. He played through the injury during the rest of …...2024
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Second Base

Jim Gehrz and Tom Lynn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Imagn Content Services, LLC Our series continues with the team’s weakest position Our All-Time Brewers Team continues today at second base! Reminders: We’re looking for the best individual season at each position, not the best career Players can only be used once A player must have played more games at the given position in the given ...2024
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• Is Shohei Ohtani’s Injury Similar to Cody Bellinger’s With Dodgers?

The Dodgers announced on Tuesday that designated hitter Shohei Ohtani underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The organization expects Ohtani to be healthy for spring training in February. BREAKING: Shohei Ohtani had arthroscopic surgery today to address a labrum tear he suffered in his left shoulder during the World Series.Ohtani …...2024
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• Internal Replacement
Cardinals decided to replace free agent first baseman Paul Goldschmidt with their catcher, Willson Contreras. GM John Mozeliak talked about the move: Mozeliak pointed to injuries as one deciding factor for the move. Contreras missed time this past season with a broken arm after getting hit by a swing from New York Mets designated hitter […]...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Bring back Tauchman?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Mike Tauchman should be back with the 2025 team. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. If you’re looking for shelter in the storm, we’re here for you. We still have a few tables available. There’s no cover charge. Let us kn...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Late yesterday, the news became official: Charlie Blackmon announced his retirement. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlie Blackmon (@chuck__nazty) Evan Lang wrote a terrific overview of Blackmon’s career yesterday, and our ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 26, 2024

Seriously - that was a lot of rain | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yesterday’s game was just weird and I was glad the Royals stole it Let’s talk about yesterday’s game for a minute. It really was odd. I know Ryan covered it here, but I just wanted to blather on more about it. Really, to have a clean game, they would have had to start it at least an hour earlier and we just don’t do that...2024
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"Mets, Pirates To Swap Daniel Vogelbach, Colin Holderman"

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"Why Aaron Boone Pulled Yankees Starter Gerrit Cole After Two Innings"

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"Shin-Soo Choo Donates $1K To Each Rangers Minor Leaguer"

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"White Sox reportedly in very serious pursuit of Edwin Encarnacion"

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"A's reacquire Moss in 4-player deal with Royals"

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"Twins in first place after Vargas' big night"

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"Leon's big night backs Wright in Red Sox's win"

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"WATCH: Big Papi and Gronk sing together in new commercial"

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• An updated look at the free agent market
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 11
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies at the Winter Meetings: Day 1
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• Championship Royals headline candidates on Royals Hall of Fame ballot
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Relief Pitcher

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-USA TODAY NETWORK We fittingly “close out” our All-Time Team with a reliever This is it: the last spot on the Brewers All-Time Team, where we’ve taken the best single season at each position (excluding the designated hitter, and without repeating players). Here’s what we’ve got, a group that spans 50 years from the Brewers’ first season in Milwaukee to a play...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Albuquerque Isotopes hope to put a rough season behind them

Photo courtesy of the Albuquerque Isotopes Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, December 2nd, 2024 To say the Albuquerque Isotopes’ 2024 season was “rough” would be a massive understatement. The Rockies’ Triple-A affiliate stumbled to the finish line at 58-92, their worst record in the more-than-20-year history of the franchise. The Isotopes’ unprecedented 92 losses were the most in...2024
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• Montas to the Mets
ESPN reports that the Mets reached an agreement with free agent pitcher Frankie Montas. He will earn $34 million over two seasons: With the free agency of the three pitchers, first baseman Pete Alonso, designated hitter J.D. Martinez, outfielder Harrison Bader and the ending of payments on Justin Verlander‘s and Max Scherzer‘s salaries, the Mets […]...2024
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• Thankful for life and the Braves in 2024

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Thanksgiving is a time to reflect and remember the many things we have to be thankful for each year. Yes, even this year. The amber glow of incandescent lights warmed the wall at which I gazed as I sat to write this piece. I’ve got Mary Lou Williams playing in the background - jazz is something I only listen to this time of year. - bu...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: November 25

Scott Fletcher was a solid player for the mid-1980s White Sox, but on this day 39 years ago, he was sent south to Texas. The South Siders send Scotty south, where he’ll have his greatest seasons 1985 Ozzie Guillén of the White Sox was named AL Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Guillén, who came to the Sox in a deal involving 1983 Cy Young winner LaMarr Hoy...2024
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• William Contreras wins second straight Silver Slugger

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Fellow finalists Willy Adames and Jackson Chourio miss out Awards season continued tonight with the announcement of the Silver Slugger awards, given to the player in each league who was deemed to be his position’s best hitter. The Brewers came into the evening with 22 Silver Slugger awards in the team’s history, including one just last year for catcher William Contr...2024
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• Cubs free agent target: Juan Soto

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Let’s address the proverbial elephant in the room. Let me make clear my personal point of view on this topic right now, so there’s no question about it. The Cubs aren’t signing Juan Soto. Period, end of story. Yes, this even though he says he’s open to all 30 teams, including... The Rays are reportedly among the seven known teams that have reached out to Juan S...2024
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• MLB’s 2024-25 offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration, more

Getty Images Baseball doesn’t stop just because there are no games. Here’s a handy calendar of everything happening before next season begins. Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers on winning the 2024 World Series, the eighth title in their franchise history. With that, baseball’s offseason commences. Here’s a handy calendar to help you fill your fall and winter until Opening Day 202...2024
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers

The Fall Classic will return to Yankee Stadium for the first time in 15 years, but Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers have every intention of spoiling the party. Yankees vs. Dodgers has probably been one of the most common World Series predictions of the past decade. They’re both consistent powerhouse teams with loads of star power, and both have made the playoffs in every season since 2017 (save for the Yan...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 46, Kris Bryant

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Injuries again plagued Bryant in the third year of his ill-fated contract Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseba...2024
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• Chuck Nazty bids good-bye

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies All-Star outfielder will end 14-year career on Sunday Chuck Nazty has bid his final good-bye. Charlie Blackmon, who has electrified Colorado Rockies fans as well as fans around Major League Baseball the last 14 years, will lace up his cleats for the final time this Sunday. A four-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger who played hi...2024
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• Charlie Blackmon announces his intent to retire

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images After 14 seasons in purple, one of the greatest Rockies to ever play has announced his plans to retire following the conclusion of the 2024 regular season. In what will truly be the end of an era, Colorado Rockies outfielder and designated hitter Charlie Blackmon has announced his intent to retire at the end of the 2024 season. pic.twitt...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 155

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The end nears for the Cubs and elimination is reached. Each of us reached a point somewhere along the way where we wrote off this Cubs team. For me, it was so long ago that I actually had to turn things around in August after they’d made an exceptionally large bounce and push back into the periphery of the playoff picture. Remarkably, this team became a...2024
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• Could baseball experiment with a “Golden At-Bat”?

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Could you send your best hitter up when he’s most needed? In Game 5 of the series-deciding ALDS against the Yankees, the Royals had their backs up against the wall in the seventh inning. Down 3-1, Tommy Pham smacked a two-out single to give the Royals some hope at a comeback against a tiring Gerrit Cole. Unfortunately they had their #8 hitter, Kyle Isbe...2024
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• Thankful for life and the Braves in 2024
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• Here are several reasons the Cubs could be the destination for Roki Sasaki

Roki Sasaki pitches for Japan during the 2023 World Baseball Classic | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images There are a lot of positives in the Cubs’ favor. It’s been widely assumed that whenever the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s NPB post Roki Sasaki so he can come to MLB next year, he’ll sign with the Dodgers. Or if not, perhaps the Padres. This posting isn’t likely to happen for a few weeks, becaus...2024
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Second Base
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• BCB After Dark: Bring back Tauchman?
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers
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• Should the Colorado Rockies explore signing Paul Goldschmidt?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Since the Colorado Rockies have not yet revealed the team’s manager for the 2025 season, let’s turn our attention to some roster speculation Katie Woo broke the news during the last week of the season: The St. Louis Cardinals would not attempt to bring back former 2022 National League Most Valuable Player ...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Adam Duvall pinch-hits Braves into tied NLDS with Cardinals

Set Number: X162965 TK1 2019 was fun, until it wasn’t Braves franchise history 1917: After the Brooklyn Robins beat the Boston Braves, 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader, Boston responds with a 4-2 victory in the nitecap. The 40-inning scoreless streak of Art Nehf ends when a walk followed by a single and a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning produces a run for Brooklyn. Nehf holds on fo...2024
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Obviously, we wish this year’s Cubs would have done better. But there were still some performances to celebrate. As they did in 2023, the Cubs dug themselves a deep hole early on this year, went on a pretty good run and were briefly in a wild-card spot, then couldn’t hold on to it in September. They did finish 83-79, the same record as last y...2024
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• Chuck Nazty bids good-bye
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• David Ortiz Surprises Military Members with Tickets to 2014 World Series
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• WATCH: Big Papi and Gronk sing together in new commercial
The biggest hit of the summer this year comes from — David Ortiz and Rob Gronkowski? The dynamic duo sing a song together called “Sippin'” for a new Dunkin’ Donuts commercial, and the tune actually is strangely catchy. The music video also is pretty great, as the Boston Red Sox designated hitter and New England Patriots tight end hang by the pool and partake in all sorts of summer fun. Now, that’...2015
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• Leon's big night backs Wright in Red Sox's win
Designated hitter David Ortiz was confined to the dugout and Dustin Pedroia left with a shin contusion but that didn't stop the Red Sox on Friday night, as Steven Wright lobbed a three-hitter and Sandy Leon drove in four runs in a 9-0 Interleague win over the Dodgers....2016
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• Harvey, Fielder named Comeback Players of the Year
The Rangers had high hopes for Prince Fielder after acquiring him from the Detroit Tigers prior to the 2014 season. But the designated hitter, who had missed just one game in the previous five seasons, had season-ending surgery on a herniated disc in his neck in May and played in just 42 games....2015
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• Harvey, Fielder named Comeback Players of the Year
The Rangers had high hopes for Prince Fielder after acquiring him from the Detroit Tigers prior to the 2014 season. But the designated hitter, who had missed just one game in the previous five seasons, had season-ending surgery on a herniated disc in his neck in May and played in just 42 games....2015
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• David Ortiz Says Dream Job Would Be Porn Star If He Weren't a Baseball Player
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• Duffy, Brown homer as Giants show off lively bats vs. Rangers
Third baseman Casey McGehee and first baseman Travis Ishikawa scored on triple by designated hitter Brandon Crawford off Tepesch to give the Giants an early 2-0 lead in the first. The Giants went on to win, 12-3....2015
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• WATCH: David Ortiz clubs 500th career home run
The 500-home run club has gained a new member. Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz took Tampa Bay Rays starter Matt Moore deep in the fourth inning of Saturday’s game for the 500th homer of his illustrious career. He hit his 499th career home run in the first inning. Ortiz is the 27th major league hitter to reach the milestone and the first since Gary Sheffield did so on April 17, 2009 as...2015
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• O'Hearn's Performance Doesn't Suffer With More PT- August 10, 2024
Ryan O'Hearn- OF- BAL- Hot- O'Hearn picked up his second straight multi-hit game by going 2-for-3 with a walk and 2 RBI last night. For the season he is slashing .274/.352/.452 with 12 homers in 364 PAs. O'Hearn has showed excellent plate discipline, with a 25.2% chase rate and 6.9% SwStr% resulting in a 10.4% BB% and 12.9% K%. He has been underperforming his metrics, with an xBA of .283 and xSLG ...2024
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• A look at the trade market for bats

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The lineup could use some more length. The Royals have gotten off to a good start, in part, because the offense has been better than expected. The team finished last year with the eighth-worst runs-per-game in baseball at 4.17, but they’ve managed to improve that number significantly this year to 4.81, good for eighth-best. Still, anyone that has wa...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 23, 2024
Wyatt Langford, OF, Rangers Wyatt Langford is officially making the opening day roster, according to manager Bruce Bochy. Langford has already been flying up draft boards due to his massive spring, where he's slashed a ridiculous .388/.446/.796 with 6 home runs in 56 plate appearances. He has crept all the way up into 8th round ADP, and that number should continue to rise over the weekend. I would...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024
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• The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be

Mike Tauchman rounds the bases after a home run against the Mets | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images A cautionary tale of handedness obsessions If you are reading Bleed Cubbie Blue you likely obsess about the Chicago Cubs. You are probably watching all of the games, reading Al’s game recaps, joining in on the game threads here and there, and, if you’re anything like me, waiting obsessiv...2023
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• DH or not, J.D. Martinez can be a fantasy star in Boston
J.D. Martinez has finally made his move, signing with the Red Sox and joining a team loaded with talented young outfielders. But even if Martinez winds up at designated hitter more often than not, Eric Karabell trusts in the slugger's fantasy value....2018
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• Melky Cabrera Signing Makes White Sox MLB Offseason's Most Improved
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• Hanley Ramirez, Pablo Sandoval Deals Tip of Iceberg for Latest Red Sox Reload
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• Shohei Ohtani’s Expected Status for Dodgers’ Season Opener in Japan Revealed by Dave Roberts
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 11
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies at the Winter Meetings: Day 1
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Relief Pitcher
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• MLB's 'Golden At-Bat' would be an unnecessary gimmick

Major League Baseball has undergone some dramatic changes in recent years that have altered the game. The designated hitter in both leagues, expanded playoffs and most recently the pitch clock....2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Albuquerque Isotopes hope to put a rough season behind them
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• Thankful for life and the Braves in 2024
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• Today in White Sox History: November 25
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• Rob Manfred wants MLB to have a ‘Golden At-Bat’. This is an incredibly bad idea

Getty Images Come on, Commissioner. Josh already posted about this topic in BCB After Dark earlier this morning, but this idea was making the rounds Monday, so I thought I’d have at it myself. Some of Commissioner Rob Manfred’s rule changes for Major League Baseball have been really good ideas. The pitch timer, for example. Look what it’s done for the lengths of MLB games the last couple o...2024
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• Will Shohei Ohtani Pitch for Dodgers in World Series? Dave Roberts, Andrew Friedman Answer

There has been some speculation that Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani could potentially make his postseason debut on the mound in the World Series. President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman addressed that rumor in a radio interview on Thursday. “He is a one-way player for the next 10 days,” Friedman said. “And then …...2024
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• Should the Colorado Rockies explore signing Paul Goldschmidt?
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades
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• Dodgers manager leaves door open for shocking Shohei Ohtani playoff situation

Ohtani may win his third MVP this season, despite only being able to serve as a designated hitter....2024
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• MLB Pipeline has six Cubs prospects in their updated Top 100 ranking

Moises Ballesteros bats in this year’s Futures Game | Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The future would appear to be bright. MLB Pipeline posted its updated Top 100 prospects list today and the Cubs are well-represented. In fact, it’d be seven if Pete Crow-Armstrong hadn’t graduated to the major leagues this year. Here are the six, and their rankings. Matt Shaw, No. 25 Shaw, ...2024
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• The Guardians are one of the biggest surprises of the MLB season

Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images With a superstar playing superstar-caliber baseball, a breakout young talent and a former Player To Be Named Later leading the way, the Guardians are one of baseball’s real surprise packages this season. Back in the offseason, you would’ve been hard-pressed to find baseball observers and/or fans who were excited about what either of the Central divisions...2024
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• Shohei Ohtani Cleared of Any Wrongdoing by MLB in Ippei Mizuhara Scandal, Dodgers Release Statement

The Los Angeles Dodgers organization has officially released a statement on the Ippei Mizuhara scandal after Mizuhara pled guilty Tuesday in federal court. Mizuhara, who was the former interpreter and close friend to Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, stole close to $17 million from Ohtani to fund his gambling addiction. He has now pled guilty …...2024
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• Braves News: Travis d’Arnaud suffers head contusion, offense remains quiet, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud experienced what could have turned into a scary injury during Friday’s contest with the San Diego Padres. In the fifth inning, d’Arnaud took a foul ball off his face mask which led to his early exit. Braves announced d'Arnaud exited because of dizzine...2024
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