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• Tampa Bay Rays have 8 prospects in the Arizona Fall League

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Xavier Isaac and Tre’ Morgan are among the contigent The Arizona Fall League is an annual monthlong showcase held that features minor leaguers from each team in baseball. The event usually features some of the game’s top prospects as well as some unheralded players from each team’s system. It is also a way for teams to give some players tha...2024
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• Dodgers To Promote Edgardo Henriquez
The Dodgers are going to promote right-hander Edgardo Henriquez, reports Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic on X. The righty isn’t on the club’s 40-man roster, so a corresponding move will be necessary to add him. Henriquez, now 22, was an international signing of the Dodgers out of Venezuela a few years ago. He made his…...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Two outfielders and an infielder start the top five We’ve entered the top five of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list! Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16, 15-11, and 10-6. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 10 to 6

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images We’ve now entered the Top 10! We’re now in the top ten of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16 and 15-11. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. For each player on the PuRPs list, I’ll includ...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 30-26

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Two pitchers and three position players made the last five in Now that we’ve looked at the players who were on a single ballot (PuRPs 72-59), those receiving multiple votes (PuRPs 58-47 and PuRPs 46-36), plus the Honorable Mention PuRPs for mid-season 2024, it’s time to examine the players that made the list. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs po...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Jose Perdomo leaves game early

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports The Braves top international signing has been treated with caution in his return from a hamstring injury I think that as baseball fans we can all agree hamstrings are annoying, and for Atlanta Braves fans Thursday was a reminder of that. There was some good — Michael Harris II played in center field for the first time and looks to be on track to return as soon ...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays have 8 prospects in the Arizona Fall League
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Jose Perdomo leaves game early
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• Braves News: Bryce Elder brilliant in Milwaukee, trade deadline day, and more

Jordan Godfree-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Tuesday marked a busy day for all of Major League Baseball as the trade deadline arrived. The Atlanta Braves did not make additional external moves following Monday’s acquisition of Jorge Soler, but the club did announce that Bryce Elder was recalled to Atlanta prior to Tuesday’s game in Milwaukee. Elder made a bri...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver’s changeup was dominant, but the Bulls clocked him for three home runs It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a weekly report as I’ve been working on the draft and the our top 30 list, but it’s time again to talk about the observations over the past week in the Atlanta Braves minor league system (or past two, or three, wherever I see fit to...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The abundance of Rockies Latin American starting pitching prospects could be promising

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, June 13, 2024 This Rockpile builds on last week (June 7) when we looked at the history of Rockies starting pitching, focusing on how some of the organization’s best pitchers were signed out of Latin America, specifically Mexico, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Check out that article here...2024
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• Colorado Rockies to call up Adael Amador

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The second baseman brings speed and a hot bat to a struggling Rockies offense. The Colorado Rockies are calling up top prospect Adael Amador (No. 1 PuRP) to join the club in St. Louis, Francys Romero reported today. BREAKING: The Colorado Rockies are calling up INF Adael Amador, per sources. He is the No. 32 prospect in baseball, ...2024
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• Braves News: Tyler Matzek to injured list, Jarred Kelenic’s first Atlanta homer, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves made an unfortunate move on Tuesday by placing left-hander Tyler Matzek on the 15-day injured list with elbow inflammation. The move is retroactive to May 5, and Matzek first reported the news to Brian Snitker on Monday’s off day. Brian Snitker said Tyler Matzek reporte...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 16
Happy birthday, Harry Chiti | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. White bicycles, 3 am arrives, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore...2022
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"Braves sign SS Jose Perdomo to $5 million bonus, per report"

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"Red Sox Acquire Angel Pierre From Royals"

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"Orioles “Favorites” To Sign Cuban INF Cesar Prieto"

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"Minor MLB Transactions: 7/8/21"

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"Pirates trade Marte to D-backs for two prospects"

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"Top amateur Sanchez eligible to sign Tuesday"

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"Rangers reportedly pursuing Lorenzo Cain"

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"Ex-Braves GM banned; team loses prospects"

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"MLB Imposes International Signing Ban On Red Sox, Voids Five Contracts"

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"Astros add Gomez, Fiers from Brewers"

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"Angels To Sign Cuban Infielder Roberto Baldoquin For $8MM Bonus"

• Tampa Bay Rays have 8 prospects in the Arizona Fall League
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 10 to 6
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 30-26
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Jose Perdomo leaves game early
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• Braves News: Bryce Elder brilliant in Milwaukee, trade deadline day, and more
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• Cubs roster moves: Isaac Paredes activated, Ethan Roberts recalled

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs were a busy team on deadline day. As you know, the Cubs acquired Isaac Paredes from the Rays in a deal that was completed during Sunday’s game. Paredes, who hit 31 home runs and had 98 RBI with an .840 OPS in 2023, is batting .245/.357/.435 with 19 doubles and 16 home runs in 101 games so far this year. He was named to the AL All-Star team. Today, Par...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 83

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Cubs were slammed in Milwaukee, 4-2. It would be easy to say that if Jameson Taillon had executed better against Jackson Chourio in the fourth inning that the Cubs win this one. Afterall, Chourio’s grand slam in the fourth ended up being all four runs that Cubs allowed on the night. A walk, a catcher’s interference and an infield hit set the table. ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The abundance of Rockies Latin American starting pitching prospects could be promising
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• Tampa Bay Rays have 8 prospects in the Arizona Fall League
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 10 to 6
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 30-26
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 1, Adael Amador

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The 20-year-old switch-hitting shortstop repeats as the top-overall PuRP 1. Adael Amador (686 points, 23 ballots) To many (but not all), Amador is the clear-best prospect in the system and a fitting repeat number one Purple Row Prospect. Amador’s breakout in 2022 might not have been quite as celebrated as former top prospect Ezequiel Tovar’s, but th...2024
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• Who is that guy? (Part 1: White Sox minor league deals)

Danny Mendick managed to be really bad for the Mets over just 33 games in 2023, so he’s back on a MiLB deal, hoping for another run on the South Side. | Adam Hunger/Getty Images The South Siders have brought a million players to camp, so here’s a breakdown of the guys on MiLB deals Immediately after signing on to be the general manager for the White Sox, Chris Getz took a different appro...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 13, Robert Calaz

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The 18-year-old outfielder received Colorado’s top international signing bonus in January 2023 13. Robert Calaz (393 points, 23 ballots) Calaz is one of the helium prospects of this edition of the PuRPs list, rising seven spots since mid-season. The 18-year-old outfielder received Colorado’s top international signing bonus in the 2023 January period at $1....2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 83
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• Outside the Confines: Welcome to the Cold Stove

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images All the news from around baseball as we wait for the Hot Stove to unthaw itself. I hope everyone across the Midwest is staying warm and staying safe. And much of the rest of the country as well. The Hot Stove has been as cold as the weather outside, but it’s really heating up since the Mets traded outfielder Cooper Hummel to the Giants...2024
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• Padres land #1 international amateur prospect Leodalis De Vries

X It was Ethan Salas last year and now it’s Leodalis De Vries this year Fans have been waiting for this day, January 15—the first day international amateur free agents are able to sign with a team. The San Diego Padres have signed 17-year-old shortstop Leodalis De Vries, who is expected to be inserted into the Padres top five or ten prospects when MLB.com updates their lists. ¡Bienvenido...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Stro must go on

Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports Marcus Stroman heads to the Bronx. The latest in other Hot Stove rumors and news from around baseball. There has been a lot of baseball news over the last few days, but a lot of it involved the Cubs and that’s Cub Tracks’ department. As a minor league guy, I’m just going crazy over a rare prospect-for-prospect deal. I will have my own extended thoughts on t...2024
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• South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 85: Godwin Bennett

Godwin Bennett is built like a brick house. Unfortunately in his first year Stateside, he lost some of his DSL momentum. | Chicago White Sox Understandably, the adjustment Stateside was a lot to bear Godwin Bennett Right Fielder6´2´´170 pounds (officially, but there is no chance he’s still 170)Age: 212022 SSS Top Prospect Ranking 742023 SSS Top Prospect Ranking 472023 High Level ACL (Rook...2024
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• Braves Organizational Depth Preview: Shortstop
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta has a cloudy long-term future following the departure of Dansby Swanson We continue our look at the position depth in the Atlanta Braves system by hopping over to shortstop. Long the home of Dansby Swanson, the Braves will be fielding a new starter in 2023 and they hope their young star can take over because elsewhere the system is thin. 40 man outl...2023
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• BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: The Top 5
Pete Crow-Armstrong | Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images The Cubs hope there are some future superstars among these five prospects It’s the final day of Prospect Week here at Bleed Cubbie Blue and that means we’ve got the top five prospects in the Cubs system. I want to thank everyone for reading along and I hope you’ve gotten excited about the up...2023
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• Outside The Confines: The dead of winter
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The sons of owners go out of their way to antagonize their fans. MLB looks ahead to expansion. And other news from around baseball. I just wanted to wish happy birthday to my daughter. There’s no chance she’ll see this. Oh well, that’s her problem. For a dead time in baseball, there sure was a lot of news this week. It is another chapter ...2023
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• Notable International Signings: 1/15/2023
Major League Baseball’s international signing period for 2023 has officially opened up today, with many of the big names signing almost immediately. Teams have long since agreed to verbal agreements with newly eligible teenage players, and today’s signings largely represent confirmation of what was anticipated. Still, it’s a day of no small moment, particularly for…...2023
• Cub Tracks’ compulsory games
Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Is Maddux next? News from the Cubs Convention and other stories. Welcome to today’s edition 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, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-br...2023
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• Astros add Gomez, Fiers from Brewers
Carlos Gomez will be traded after all. On Thursday night, the Brewers sent Gomez, along with right-hander Mike Fiers, to Houston in exchange for four prospects and international signing slot No. 76....2015
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• Yoan Moncada to Sign with Red Sox: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Ex-Braves GM banned; team loses prospects
Former Braves general manager John Coppolella was placed on MLB's permanently ineligible list, and the team lost one of its top prospects after committing serious rules violations in the international signing market....2017
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• Giants deal Moore to Rangers for Minors arms
Striving to increase their talent surplus and payroll flexibility, the Giants announced Friday night that they traded left-hander Matt Moore and an undisclosed amount of international signing bonus pool money to the Texas Rangers for a pair of Minor League right-handers....2017
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• Pirates trade Marte to D-backs for two prospects
Outfielder Starling Marte has been traded from the Pirates to the Diamondbacks for two prospects and international signing bonus pool money....2020
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• Braves Will Forfeit Rights To Prospect Kevin Maitan
The Braves will lose their rights to highly regarded prospect Kevin Maitan, according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter), as part of the punishment for international signing violations. Other members of the 2016-17 July 2 class are also expected to be stripped from the organization, others have reported, with additional penalties perhaps also…...2017
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• Source: White Sox agree with Cuban RHP Vera
The White Sox have agreed with Cuban right-handed pitcher Norge Carlos Vera on a deal that the sides expect to make official when the new international signing period opens July 2, a source told ESPN....2020
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• MLB Imposes International Signing Ban On Red Sox, Voids Five Contracts
The Red Sox have been banned from signing international amateurs that are subject to MLB’s bonus pools for the 2016-17 signing period, reports Yahoo’s Jeff Passan. Furthermore, five prospects that the Sox signed during the 2015-16 signing period have been declared free agents that are free to sign with new teams beginning tomorrow, though each player will…...2016
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• Yoan Moncada Signing Sets Red Sox Up for Blockbuster Trade for Needed Ace
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• Previewing the Hottest Questions of 2015 Spring Training, 2 Weeks Out
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• Grading the Yovani Gallardo Trade Between the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers
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• Yankees Need Yoan Moncada Signing to Continue to Build New Future
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 10 to 6
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 30-26
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Jose Perdomo leaves game early
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• Braves News: Bryce Elder brilliant in Milwaukee, trade deadline day, and more
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• Cubs roster moves: Isaac Paredes activated, Ethan Roberts recalled
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for June 1, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals let Paul Rudd down. Baseball America writes the Royals could have their best international signing class in years. At one point it looked like the Padres were going to sign Cuban shortstop Yandel Ricardo, but after they lost $1 million in bonus pool space for signing free agent Xander Bogaerts, the Padres couldn’t sign both Ricardo and Dominican s...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2024

We have once again arrived at Wednesday. On the team site, Anne Rogers talked to Daniel Lynch IV about what he got out of playing the Dominican Winter League: Lynch made five starts and threw 20 1/3 innings, recording a 2.66 ERA with 23 strikeouts and 13 walks. There wasn’t any specific plan for working on his pitches; his goal was simply to get outs. A different schedule and lack of routine put ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Player Review: Luis Guanipa

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The Braves are back in the international market, and Luis Guanipa is one of the best they’ve gotten Luis Guanipa was the biggest international signing for the Atlanta Braves since their ill-fated 2016 class and the subsequent sanctions, and he impressed early in his professional career. How Acquired Guanipa was signed as an international free agent on Jan...2023
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2023: numbers 20 to 16

Photo by David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images These five prospects round out the bottom half of the 2023 mid-season PuRPs list! We’re entering the mid-point of the mid-season 2023 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26 and 25-21; today we head into the top 20. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 22 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted f...2023
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• Battery Power 2023 Midseason Top 25 Braves Prospects: 6-10
Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports The upper levels of the Braves system are young, with only two of the top 10 being older than 21. We are just one more stop away from the top of the Atlanta Braves prospect list, and we enter the top 10 here with a solid group of players. While injuries and a lack of professional exposure have delayed the rise for some of these players, this is the part of the ...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 21
Happy birthday, Robert Stock! | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. He was a Cub for four innings in 2021. 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 narratives to ...2022
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• Bahamian Fox among top international prospects
Lucius Fox is among the most coveted prospects for the upcoming international signing period that starts July 2 and his work ethic is one of the reasons why. Add a projectable body, advanced tools, and high school experience in the United States to his resume, and it's no surprise the international scouting world is buzzing about the 17-year-old shortstop as the new face of baseball in the Bahamas...2015
• Shortstop Fox among top international prospects
Lucius Fox is among the most coveted prospects for the upcoming international signing period that starts July 2 and his work ethic is one of the reasons why. Add a projectable body, advanced tools, and high school experience in the United States to his resume, and it's no surprise the international scouting world is buzzing about the 17-year-old shortstop as the new face of baseball in the Bahamas...2015