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• What strike zone should baseball lock in?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Automation is coming, in fits and starts, but MLB can’t seem to decide on a zone A lot of these daily questions have been about vibes. This is more of a real one, because MLB has a minor pickle on its hands. If you haven’t been following the story, it basically breaks down like this. The rulebook strike zone is essentially home pl...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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• Outside The Confines: Calling balls and strikes

Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images ESPN and MLB decide to part ways, for now. The Robo Umps have a successful debut. Looking ahead to next year’s free agent class. And more news from around MLB. Good morning. Evan Drellich and Andrew Marchand report that MLB and ESPN have “mutually agreed” to terminate their agreement to broadcast MLB games after this year. (The Athletic ...2025
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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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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins

Jace LaViolette | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images The college baseball season started this weekend. Storylines from Spring Training. Who might yet be traded? Plus other baseball news. Good morning. We had real baseball over the weekend, albeit the kind with aluminum bats. Jacob Rudner has 12 takeaways from NCAA baseball’s opening weekend. Rudner also has 18 college pitchers who stood out this...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Eguy Rosario to get left field opportunity

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of February 15, 2025. Articles to read Add ‘versatile guy’ Eguy Rosario to the list of Padres’ options in left field (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Connor Joe didn’t make it about geography, but he’s happy to be home with Padres (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) MLB insiders...2025
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• Outside The Confines: What’s gone wrong in Toronto?
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• Outside The Confines: Let’s stay together

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Pete Alonso returns to Flushing. The Dodgers are the new bad guys. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Here’s what sealed the deal between the Mets and Pete Alonso. The Mets re-signed free agent first baseman Pete Alonso to a two-year, $54 million deal with an opt out after one season. Jake Mintz writes that in the staring contest between Al...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Max Scherzer is headed to the Six

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images The Blue Jays are taking a chance on the former Cy Young winner Happy Friday everyone! We’re wrapping up January, and in two weeks Spring Training will begin. One of the bigger names on the table has found a new home as Max Scherzer has signed a one-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays were clearly gunning for some new pitching talent, but mis...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Silent Night

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images A look back at the year that was. Where some free agents should sign. And other news from baseball. Good morning. I’m typing with two hands today — albeit gingerly — after my left hand recovers from my Christmas dinner burn accident. Al has reminded me that trying to make a bare-handed catch rarely works out well. Especially when it’s a pan coming out of a 4...2024
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• Which way will the Braves go after a quiet Winter Meetings?

Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports While the Braves didn’t set the baseball world on fire in Dallas, they still have some time to make the moves needed to fortify their squad. This year’s Winter Meetings have come and gone and the Atlanta Braves ended up staying quiet for the most part. The biggest move they made was adding Anderson Pilar and Christian Cairo to their active roster via the Rule...2024
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• MLB’s proposed ‘Golden At-Bat’ idea is both neat and stupid as hell

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images A weird, proposed rule is drawing closer to a reality. It’s a tight game in the 7th between the Dodgers and Padres. Tied 3-3 it could be anyone’s game. Los Angeles has the bases loaded, one out left, with Max Muncy and his .232 batting average set to take the plate. The Dodgers call to the umpire that they’re using their “Golden At-Bat.” Now Shohei Ohtani i...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers win their 8th World Series. The Yankees look back and regret a disastrous fifth inning. The Juan Soto free agency sweepstakes is underway. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. I assume you know what happened in Game 5 of the World Series by now, but if you want to relive it, AJ Cassavell breaks down how the Dodgers j...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 30, 2024

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Carter Jensen is smoking the ball in Arizona. Kevin O’Brien at Royals Reporter checks in on Royals prospects in the Arizona Fall League. The Royals’ 2024 1st overall pick, Jac Caglianone, started as fans’ most anticipated prospect playing in the Arizona Fall League. However, with the AFL beginning to reach its conclusion, Royals fans hav...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Benches empty in Philadelphia. The White Sox have been dealt a bad hand. The Mets are surging. And other news from around MLB. I don’t want to pick on the White Sox, but it’s mind-blowing to think that they could go on a 79-game winning streak and still be under .500. Of course, there aren’t 79 games left in the season, so it’s kind of a silly way of sa...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani had one heck of a weekend

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Grand slams, records made, hard hits, and first pitches. We all know Shohei Ohtani is a generational talent, and probably one of the best baseball players of all time, but he had an incredible weekend that helped prove it. First, he was the fastest player to reach the 40/40 club, he reached the milestone in 126 games, something none of the other five p...2024
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"— FullCountTommy (@FullCountTommy) January 1, 2024 Jayson Stark (The Athletic {$}): MLB’s wackiest moments and minutia under the new rules in 2023."

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"There’s a bit more about teams like this in this Jayson Stark article in The Athletic: Weird/Wild storyline to watch — How many teams have ever been 10 under ."

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"The extra innings ghost runner might be sticking around in Major League Baseball, report Jayson Stark and Matt Gelb of The Athletic."

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"The Mets and Cubs are in talks about shortstop Javier Baez and “possibly more,” as per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Jayson Stark (Twitter link)."

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"The Athletic’s Jayson Stark adds that all three first-round games of a series…"

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"According to The Athletic’s Jayson Stark, there is now a growing belief that Cole could land a deal that would break numerous MLB records."

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"In an interview with Jayson Stark of The Athletic that was published Monday, the retired slugger said that he still could have reached 70 homers if he had not used performance-enhancing drugs, which he has admitted to doing."

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"Major League Baseball has made formal proposals to the MLB Players Association for two rule changes, ESPN’s Jayson Stark reports."

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" Jayson Stark of ESPN confirmed Heyman's report."

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"com's Jayson Stark explained why the Cubs splurged to add a premier outfield talent: Heyward, who spent the 2015 season with the St."

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"com's Jayson Stark of a comment made to him by Yankees manager Joe Girardi."

• Outside The Confines: What’s gone wrong in Toronto?
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• Outside The Confines: Calling balls and strikes
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins
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• Outside The Confines: Let’s stay together
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• Outside The Confines: Max Scherzer is headed to the Six
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images More on Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers. The Hall of Fame inductees met the media. Anthony Santander’s deal is not what it seems. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan has the story of why Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers. Yes, in many ways it is obvious, but Passan has a bunch of details you may not be aware of. Jack Har...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: The voice of the Brewers is silent

Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/MLB Photos via Getty Images A true baseball legend, Bob Uecker has passed away. It seems to be a great truth of baseball that some of the least inspiring players become powerhouses in some other capacity, either in the dugout, or, in the case of Bob Uecker, behind a microphone, as the voice of the Brewers. Uecker, later lovingly called “Mr. Baseball” had the kind ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 14, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Its prospect list season! MLB Pipeline writes about the top international prospect in each farm system. Royals: Yandel Ricardo, SS (No. 8) There’s something to be said for catcher Ramon Ramirez, who has gone from a $57,500 signing to a powerful catcher at 19. For now, we’ll lean on last year’s big international signing in Ricardo. The Cuban na...2025
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays
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• Dick Allen, Dave Parker elected to Hall of Fame

Set Number: X17724 TK2 R2 F35 Allen was a member of the Braves organization during his MLB career. This evening, the Baseball Hall of Fame a Museum welcomed two new members when Dick Allen and Dave Parker were voted in by the Classic Baseball Era Committee. The voting results from the 16 members of the Classic Baseball Era Committee election today (12 needed for election):Dave Parker 14D...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York
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• Outside The Confines: In a club of one

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani is constantly making history. Happy Monday, friends (and happy birthday to me!). Hope your weekends were lovely and you’re ready to jump into some news updates. Over the weekend, Shohei Ohtani joined the unique tier of players as the only person to join the 46-46 club (and seems poised to potentially hit the 50-50 club). In other news, some big...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Unless you’re a White Sox fan. Happy Wednesday! We’re unbelievably nearing the end of August already (how?!) and not a single MLB team is anywhere near 100 wins (though one is very close to 100 losses), and the postseason really could be anyone’s game at this point. It’s certainly been an unusual year, and will continue to be so as we head...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Going for gold

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Major leaguers press to be allowed to compete in the 2028 Olympics. Aaron Judge wants to play, but no one will pitch to him. More on the White Sox and other news from around the league. Good morning. With the 2024 Paris Olympics now over, some people are looking forward to 2028 Los Angeles, where baseball will be a sport again. Jake Mintz looks at the...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Play Ball!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Jordan Montgomery is a Snake at last. Decisions are made concerning who makes the Opening Day rosters. Looking ahead to the 2024 season and other news from MLB. I’m not going to have any Shohei Ohtani links today. I think we’ve covered that story well enough in other pieces on this site. If you have read something that you really think th...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Rob Manfred has an expiration date

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Rejoice, baseball fans, we now have an idea of when the Manfred era will end. If we’re being honest, the role of MLB Commissioner is not an enviable one. The job, by its very nature, is inclined to create ire among fans, as the person in charge is trying to appease fans, players, but mostly owners, and the goals of those three groups rarely...2024
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins
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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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• Outside The Confines: Blake Snell is the first to go

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The hot stove means we know big changes are coming to some teams. Hot stove season means we know that a lot of changes will be coming to teams around baseball, either by offloading talent to save money and stock up the farm system, or attempting to bolster their rosters and make a run for the 2025 offseason. Blake Snell signed a deal late...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Tropicana Field devastated by Hurricane Milton

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays may need a new stadium sooner than expected. Hurricane Milton, the fifth hurricane this year to make landfall in the US, and following shortly on the heels of Hurricane Helene was always going to be a destructive force in the Tampa Bay area, but in the aftermath of the brutal winds, there was an unexpected victim to the devastation: the ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: In a club of one
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• Jason Heyward to Cubs: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Cubs vs. Pirates: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 NL Wild Card Game
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• Cole Hamels' Electric No-Hitter Likely Final Stamp on Stellar Phillies Career
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• Cole Hamels Throws No-Hitter vs. Cubs: Stats, Highlights and Reaction
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• Orioles vs. White Sox Postponed for 2nd Straight Night Due to Baltimore Protests
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• Chase Utley Suspended 2 Games for Slide into Ruben Tejada in Game 2 of NLDS
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• Aroldis Chapman to Cubs: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Todd Frazier's Dramatic Win Caps Successful Debut for New Home Run Derby Format
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• Reid My Lips, No More Hits
No hitters are funny, aren't they? They're baseball at its finest. Baseball thrives off of statistical anomalies. It's why there's so many Jayson Stark-types that spit at ya stuff like, "This is the first time a player has hit into a double play while his 1st base coach was in the 1st base coach's box talking on a bluetooth to his mistress," and other oddities. The no-hitter highlights the oddity....2022
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Outside The Confines: What’s gone wrong in Toronto?
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins
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• Outside The Confines: Let’s stay together
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• Outside The Confines: Max Scherzer is headed to the Six
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• Outside The Confines: Silent Night
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• Which way will the Braves go after a quiet Winter Meetings?
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• MLB’s proposed ‘Golden At-Bat’ idea is both neat and stupid as hell
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• Braves News: “Golden At-Bat” Rule, Season Reviews, more

Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Slowly but surely rumors are continuing to pick up around baseball. While we await the hot stove of the MLB offseason to really heat up, Monday brought news of the latest evidence that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and other decision makers around the sport are constantly discussing ways baseball could change. This time, it is in the f...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A new chapter in the Ippei Mizuhara betting scandal

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images A freshly released criminal complaint offers shocking details in the betting scandal. Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani has been charged with bank fraud after stealing $16 million from Ohtani. In a newly publicized criminal complaint, texts were released between Mizuhara and his bookie, as well as details regarding how much he won (a...2024
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• Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole even more money than previously reported

Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara at Ohtani’s Dodgers introductory presser last December | Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images He’s negotiating a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Last month, a gambling scandal erupted involving Shohei Ohtani’s then-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. At first, Mizuhara claimed that Ohtani covered his losses with an illegal bookmaker, then retracted ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problem

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Rob Manfred has an expiration date
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• Outside The Confines: Royals looking for a new throne

Photo by MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images Will KC be the next team hunting for new digs? Also, big news from the Chicago White Sox. The Kansas City Royals unveiled their plans for their future stadium, and the future of Royals baseball in Kansas City. We’re excited to share the future vision of Royals baseball. For more images and to learn about the economic impact of a bal...2023
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• Outside The Confines: We were on an (All-Star) break!
Photo by Sam Navarro/Getty Images MLB heads into its last games of the first half. It’s the last Friday before the halfway mark of the season hits. With that in mind, and so-called experts predicting the award winners already, let’s have a little fun and try to predict some of the biggest stories of the second half. I think the Luis Arraez .400 story will go on until at least early Septemb...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Spring is on the way
Photo by Li Jiaxian/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images And with it, some fresh-faced prospects and new positions for old players. Happy Wednesday one and all, I hope this shortened week is treating everyone well and you’re getting excited about the start of spring training games just around the corner. As we wait for baseball to kick into gear we’re already seeing discussion of next y...2023
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