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• Outside The Confines: The best minor league promo ever

Photo by Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images Or maybe it’s just me? Happy Friday, everyone! I hope the week has treated you well and you’re looking forward to a relaxing weekend. We have plenty of fun links in today’s OTC, so grab a cup of coffee and get ready for a little overview of what’s going on in baseball. From one pitcher realizing you shouldn’t tweet while drunk, to a ...2025
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• Isaac Paredes Is Out in Front

New swing tracking data show how difficult Paredes' "one simple trick" actually is....2025
• Rays 8, Astros 4: Bouncing back on the rubber match

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images The Rays wrap it up with a series win. On the afternoon getaway day game, with the series tied 1-1, the Rays were hoping to come away with a series win before seeing the Blue Jays again for the second time this month. The Astros had been tough competition this series, and this game wouldn’t prove to be an easy one. Taj Bradley was on the mound for the Rays, while...2025
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• Rays 4, Astros 3: Walls walks it off to complete comeback

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It’s great to see some fight! What looked like it would be another quiet night for the Rays offense turned out to be an exciting comeback victory to even the series against Houston. Jose Caballero made his first start in center field, and Zack Littell looked to continue his run of better form. See HOU for game 2 pic.twitter.com/pyCJhl5xJq— Tampa Bay Ra...2025
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• Astros spoil Leiter no-hit bid, outlast Rangers
Isaac Paredes hit a three-run homer off reliever Robert Garcia in the eighth inning after rookie Jack Leiter lost a no-hit bid in the seventh, and the Houston Astros rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday, earning a 2-2 series split....2025
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• WATCH: Astros’ Joe Espada Livid After Umpire’s Shambolic Strike Call on Isaac Paredes During Game 3 vs. Rangers
Astros manager Joe Espada was ejected in the third inning after a controversial strike call sparked a heated argument during Sunday’s rivalry game....2025
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• Astros series preview: Can the Royals hit in Houston?

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Can the Royals adjust to playing in a smaller ballpark? It seems as if I have been predicting the Astros’ demise in series previews several times in the past year. And while the franchise does seem to be transitioning to a new era, they are still competitive, just two games back of first in what seems like a very competitive Western Division. The Astros off...2025
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• Brewers survive late rally by Astros to win third straight game

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images A four-run first inning was just enough to survive a seventh inning rally by the Astros. Box Score With Chad Patrick on the mound, the Brewers staked him to an early four-run lead. He took advantage for most of the night, but a late rally by the Astros made it a close game. The bullpen kept them in check, and the Brewers won their third straight by a score of 4...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Houston Astros

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Brewers set to take on former division foe in interleague series to wrap up homestand In a matchup of former NL Central foes, the Milwaukee Brewers are set to wrap up their six-game homestand with a three-game set against the Houston Astros. The Brewers are 17-18 this year after dropping two of three to the Cubs over the weekend, while the Astros sit at 17-16 aft...2025
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• Rays series preview: Outdoor baseball in Tampa

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How will Steinbrenner Field play? The Royals have sought to emulate the Rays in many ways, poaching manager Matt Quatraro and bench coach Paul Hoover from the organization. Owner John Sherman has talked about having a more sustainable approach to competitiveness, like the Rays have done despite a shoestring budget. The team has won fewe...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Carson Williams #65 and Brayden Taylor #93 of the Tampa Bay Rays run off the field during the first ever spring training Spring Breakout game | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Eleven new players enter the annual top prospect list. Welcome back to the annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List, a treasured tradition at the site where our community diligently votes ...2025
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• Bold Chicago White Sox predictions for 2025

Rookie of the Year votes for Noah Schultz? If he plays in the majors in 2025, he’ll get ’em. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Highlighting several standouts this summer — and a few flops We’re only five games into the season. It’s not too late for predictions, right — especially if they’re bold? Davis Martin makes All-Star team, leads Sox pitchers in WARBold predictions are supposed to be...2025
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• NL Central 2025 regular season standings predictions

Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Multiple projections have the NL Central as the tightest division race, with all five teams expected to compete Coming off another NL Central crown, the Brewers are once again among the most-doubted teams, as many pundits have picked the Cubs or even the Pirates or Reds to leapfrog the Crew. For the second ...2025
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• Rays have 16 pitchers remaining for 13 slots in 2025

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Here are the decisions made for every pitcher in Spring Training camp thus far. Each Spring Training more than 70 players will roll through hoping for a slot on the 26-man roster. It’s a lot, particularly on the pitching side. Here’s a recap of every pitcher the Rays brought into camp this year, and what’s left to be decided. Non-Roster Invites already re...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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"Bregman won’t be returning to the Astros after rejecting a reported six-year, $156MM offer that led Houston to pivot to an Isaac Paredes/Christian Walker corner infield tandem."

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"With one out, Isaac Paredes singled and Mike Tauchman doubled him to third."

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"Randy Arozarena and Isaac Paredes ended up with the two RsBI."

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"The Tigers announced this evening they’ve acquired outfielder Austin Meadows from the Rays for third baseman Isaac Paredes and a Competitive Balance Round B selection."

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"Outfielder Derek Hill and infielder Isaac Paredes are up from Toledo in a pair of corresponding roster moves."

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"The Tigers announced this morning that the organization will promote top prospects Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Isaac Paredes this week."

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"But there was more to Isaac Paredes' game than his three home runs in two games."

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"If the swap is finalized, both southpaw reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila will reportedly head from the Tigers to Chicago in exchange for infielder Jeimer Candelario and young shortstop Isaac Paredes, along with cash or a player to be…"

• Don't Sell These Hitters - May 1, 2025
Juan Soto, OF, New York Mets Soto had his biggest day of the year going 2-3 with 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, BB on three hard hit balls. Soto is having a down year given his first round draft capital, but there is good reason to believe it's nothing but a slow start. Soto's premium discipline and contact skills haven't gone anywhere. He is still walking more than striking out, making him an animal in points...2025
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• Brewers Reacts Survey: How does the NL Central shake out?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Brewers are two-time defending division champions, but will other teams threaten that status in 2025? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. With spring training in the...2025
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• Rays have 16 pitchers remaining for 13 slots in 2025
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• Houston Texans News: Still plenty of free agents available for Texans

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Monday, March 17, 2025. Houston Texans News After quiet start, 7 possible fits for Texans in second wave of NFL free agency (Houston Chronicle) Houston Texans Predicted to Land Joe Mixon Replacement (Sports Illustrated) Plenty of big-name receivers are still available...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 9th, 2025
Relief in Minnesota Twins' manager Rocco Baldelli has always relied heavily on his bullpen. His reluctance to let starters go deep in games provides fantasy owners with many options in the reliever market. The fact that Minnesota's pen is teeming with dangerous arms certainly adds to the allure. Jhoan Duran has been electric as the team's primary closer over the past few seasons. He will continue...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
Isaac Paredes, 3B, Astros Isaac Paredes was traded from the Cubs to the Astros as part of the Kyle Tucker trade, and it's going to do wonders for his fantasy value. Paredes may not look like much on paper with an 85 mph average exit velocity (3rd percentile) and a .337 xSLG (11th percentile), but his expected stats are deceiving. This is because expected stats don't take into account the direction...2025
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• Like trying to replace an old love

Today was the first chance I had to look for some 2025 Topps. The weather has been ridiculous the past seven days between a big fat snowstorm, ungodly wind for days and now sub-zero temperatures. Even the times I could get away from work, all I wanted to do was stay inside somewhere. So, a week later, I've got 2025 Topps to show. I'm not even going to say I'm late. Running out in mid-F...2025
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• Rays 8, Astros 4: Bouncing back on the rubber match
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• Lorenzen lashed late, lineup lumped LOB in 4-3 loss

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The offense went 2-10 with RISP and stranded nine runners. The Kansas City Royals held a lead for most of tonight’s game against the Houston Astros before surrendering a couple late runs to fall 4-3 at Daikin Park. Kansas City had a chance to give Colton Gordon a “welcome to the show” moment in the first inning of his major lea...2025
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• Royals fend off Astros comeback, win 7-5

Michael Massey #19 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates his solo home run in the second inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on May 12, 2025 in Houston, Texas. | Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Big day for Massey Michael Massey had a big game, Michael Wacha was once again solid, and the top third of the lineup accrued a combined seven hits to send the Astros back to earth in a...2025
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• Don't Sell These Hitters - May 1, 2025
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• Should I go for three?

So I grabbed a blaster of 2025 Heritage when I was at Dave and Adam's last week. I know they're not called "blasters" anymore but it's still the word I use when I want people to know what I am talking about. Buying Heritage is instinct at this point. We're at the designs during my first years of collecting. While I could pick-and-choose whether I was going to collect Heritage 10-15 year...2025
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• Brewers Reacts Survey Results: Can Brewers three-peat in the NL Central?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Brewers are two-time defending division champions, but will other teams threaten that status in 2025? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. In this week’s Reacts surve...2025
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• NL Central 2025 regular season standings predictions
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• Lorenzen lashed late, lineup lumped LOB in 4-3 loss
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• Baseball Prospectus finds new ways to insult the Rays

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Baseball Prospectus compares the Rays way of operating to the people firing air traffic controllers. We think that insults the reader’s intelligence more than it does the Rays. Sometimes being a Rays fan feels like being part of a dysfunctional and much-maligned family. We are aware — hyperaware! — of our family problems. We resent having to share Thanksgiv...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Convention: Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins discuss Matt Shaw, park effects and the bullpen

Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins in 2021 when Hoyer introduced Hawkins as general manager | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images But you’re probably going to be disappointed if you wanted concrete answers The first panel Saturday morning at Cubs Convention was a conversation with Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins, just as it has been every year since 2022. Having wat...2025
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 161

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images A magical sendoff for a Cubs legend in a 3-0 win. What a day. We all have so many memories of Kyle Hendricks. Obviously, he started some of the most significant games in modern Cubs history, a statement that can be made without even an ounce of hyperbole. He started the deciding games of both the NLCS and the World Series in 2016, dominating the Dodgers ...2024
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• Dodgers 10, Cubs 8: Just... not... quite... enough

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images The Cubs took a lead, blew it, came back to tie, but the bullpen then gave it away late. Dodger Stadium, oddly enough, is the MLB ballpark with the most total homers hit in the 2023 season. Entering this game there had been 199 home runs hit in the home of the Dodgers, two more than had been hit in Yankee Stadium. (Wrigley Field ranks 28th, with just 1...2024
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• Royals defeat the best team in baseball in wild 6-5 comeback victory
Jun 22, 2023; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54) walks off the field after pitching against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning at Tropicana Field. | Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Fun game! These two things we know very well. One, that the Tampa Bay Rays are the best team in baseball and the Kansas City Royals are just about the w...2023
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• Tigers Acquire Austin Meadows
The Tigers announced this evening they’ve acquired outfielder Austin Meadows from the Rays for third baseman Isaac Paredes and a Competitive Balance Round B selection. More to come....2022
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• Cubs 6, Cardinals 2: The complaint department is closed!

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs gave St. Louis an early lead, then came back and won. After Saturday’s debacle, the way Sunday’s game began did not put any Cubs fan in a good mood. They stranded RISP in the second inning, then Justin Steele made one bad pitch to Masyn Winn with a runner on and the Cardinals led 2-0. Thankfully, the Cubs played the rest of the game the way the...2024
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• Cubs To Acquire Justin Wilson, Alex Avila
The Cubs are finalizing a deal to acquire two more pieces for the stretch run. If the swap is finalized, both southpaw reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila will reportedly head from the Tigers to Chicago in exchange for infielder Jeimer Candelario and young shortstop Isaac Paredes, along with cash or a player to be…...2017
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• Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr. among 6 Braves’ finalists for this year’s Silver Slugger Awards

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves are well represented among the nominees for this season’s Silver Slugger Awards Louisville Slugger announced Thursday the finalists for the Silver Slugger Awards in the American and National Leagues. The Atlanta Braves are well represented with six finalists in Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr, Sean Murphy and Marcell ...2023
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• Tigers Promote Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, Isaac Paredes
The future is here in Detroit. The Tigers announced this morning that the organization will promote top prospects Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Isaac Paredes this week. The left-handed Skubal is slated to start Tuesday’s game, while the right-handed Mize will take the ball Wednesday. Paredes will take the spot of fellow infielder Dawel Lugo,…...2020
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• Cubs 12, Pirates 0: Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine on a no-hitter

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It’s the first no-hitter thrown by the Cubs at Wrigley Field in over half a century. You know, the Cubs might not make the postseason this year — and despite this 12-0 win over the Pirates they didn’t gain any ground on the Mets and Braves — but we will all have one wonderful, indelible memory to share all winter after Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Port...2024
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• Cubs 6, Rockies 2: Hooray for The Professor

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Kyle Hendricks threw one of his best games of the year. And Michael Busch had himself an afternoon. Kyle Hendricks has had a rough season. There have been a few good starts, but also games where he’s just got hit really hard. This might wind up being his last MLB season. This was one of the good ones, in fact, one of The Professor’s best of 2024 — and ...2024
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• One Man’s Trash: The Love Boat of Isaac Paredes
I'm a cruise guy. The all-you-can-eat buffet. Mmmmmmm. Yes, I'm 230 pounds of Grade A (sian) fatness. Walking the deck with the salty ocean breeze tickling the pores of my skin while in the middle of the ocean is nurturing. Playing the soft poker games in the casino is heavenly. In this COVID environment, though, not so much. Regardless, cruises are not for everyone. My parents despise them becaus...2022
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• What A Wicked Game By Isaac
Takes off Hello Kitty headphones, places head on the train tracks. Faintly off in the distance, I can hear the very subtle call of exuberance. A very, small yay. That's the sound of the one fantasy baseball owner who has Isaac Paredes in their lineup for his three-homer night (3-for-3, 4 RBIs, 6th, 7th, and 8th homer). I'll be real with you, I was sweating this one for Mark Whiten. Back in 1993, W...2022

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• Brewers’ three-game win streak comes to an end in loss to Astros, 9-1

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Milwaukee was unable to complete their first sweep of 2025 Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers’ three-game win streak was snapped Wednesday afternoon at home, as they dropped their series finale against the Astros by a 9-1 final. After both squads went down 1-2-3 in the first, Houston got to Quinn Priester in the second. He retired the first two batters of the inning bu...2025
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• Astros series preview: Houston, the offense has a problem

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images Astros sluggers haven’t quite slugged yet. The Astros have had a terrific run with playoff appearances in nine of the last ten seasons with two titles over that time. But last year they won 88 games, their fewest total in a full season since 2016. A change in management has led to a new direction and the core of the team that has had so much success has begu...2025
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• Baseball Prospectus finds new ways to insult the Rays
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• Cubs 9, Athletics 2: The bats come alive...

David Banks-Imagn Images ... and Shōta Imanaga strikes out a whole bunch of A’s. In the end, the final 13 games of the Cubs’ 2024 season might not mean much. Any postseason hopes hang by a very thin thread. Nevertheless, it’s always nice to see the Cubs smash baseballs all around and out of Wrigley Field, especially with recent batting struggles at home. Monday night, an 18-hit attack led ...2024
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• Rays and Seattle Mariners are discussing Randy Arozarena and Isaac Paredes

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images Seattle just cleared $30 million in payroll commitments. The Winter Meetings are always a source of constant speculation about that next big baseball blockbuster that sends the sport’s world into a frenzy. This year, the Rays are at the center of many of the hottest rumors. The Seattle Mariners made a shocking move late Sunday night as they traded former ...2023
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• The Rays are willing to trade anyone, even Randy Arozarena

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images As all Rays fans should be accustomed to at this point, every single player on the roster is available for trade, and that includes your favorite player. With the Winter Meetings coming up, that means you’re sure to see rumors — verifiable or otherwise — that the Rays are shopping this player or that. Guess what, those tweets will be accur...2023
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• 2023 Cubs player profiles: Jeimer Candelario

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The switch-hitting third baseman is a possible keeper as a bridge between Patrick Wisdom and Matt Shaw. He’s at just the right age where a couple of years at a small raise might be appealing. His bat and glove have good value. A former Cub farmhand, 6’1”, 221 lb. Jeimer (pronounced Jay’mer) Candelario is a first/third sacker the Cubs got from the Washin...2023
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