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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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• MLB might be getting closer to some kind of automated ball/strike system

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What sort of system, though, is still up for discussion. Recently, two articles about MLB’s slow dance with a possible automated ball/strike system, or challenge system, appeared in national media. Here’s the one from Chelsea Janes at the Washington Post (article unlocked so you can read it). And here’s the one from Ken Rosenthal a...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Boys keep swinging

Brad Penner-Imagn Images New concerns about the ABS system as MLB unveils a check-swing system. The Boone brothers reunite. A look back at how a volcano affected baseball and other baseball news Good morning. If the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS, aka “robot umps”) is adopted in 2026, players and umpires have concerns about the margin of error on the system (The Athletic sub. req.) and...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Not closing time for a while

Photo by Heather Barry/Getty Images Phillies closer Jose Alvarado is suspended for PED’s. The Orioles fire Brandon Hyde. The Mets/Yankees rivalry heats up. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde after a 15-28 start. Third-base coach Tony Mansolino takes over on an interim basis. And the Orioles promptly lost two more games. Several O’s...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Pete Rose and others have their permanent bans lifted by MLB

Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images The path is now open for these players to get into the Hall of Fame. Yesterday, despite previously indicating he would not, Rob Manfred announced that all deceased players would be removed from MLB’s permanent ineligible list. The two biggest names this obviously impacts are Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, both of whom were banned for betting r...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Fade to Black

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Rockies fire their longtime manager. The Red Sox are trying to calm a feud with their star slugger. And other news from baseball over the weekend. Good morning. On Saturday, the Colorado Rockies lost 21-0 to the San Diego Padres. So on Sunday, the Rockies fired their longtime manager Bud Black. Bench coach Mike Redmond was also let go. Third base coach Warren...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Rocky Mountain low

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Aaron Judge continues to amaze. So do the Colorado Rockies, but in a different way. A look ahead to the draft. And a legend returns to the White Sox. Good morning. Louisa Thomas has an interesting piece in The New Yorker that is about the Mets, but it’s something that a lot of Cubs fans could relate to ten years ago. Thomas looks ...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres keeping boat afloat with a few stars on IL

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 24, 2025. Articles to read San Diego offense goes quiet, Padres lose (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres lose to Tigers, limp home with second series loss of road trip (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) After Luis Arraez collision, Padres’ Mike Shildt supports safety measu...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Good as Goldschmidt

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Yankees’ leadoff man has been unexpectedly clutch for the team. The Yankees are a team built on a lot of money and superstar power, but still, no one would have pointed at Paul Goldschmidt in the lineup and thought he might be the most productive member of the team. Yet, in a recent series against the Tigers, and in fact all through the early part of th...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...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: 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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• 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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"Jayson Stark explains his Hall of Fame ballot."

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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."

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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Aaron Judge is doing things no one has seen before. So are the Rockies, only that’s bad stuff. Trends over the first month and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Mike Axisa argues that over the last calendar year, no one has ever been as good at the plate as Aaron Judge and that includes Barry Bonds. Bryan Hoch notes that Judge ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The sights of Opening Day

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images We missed you, baseball, welcome back! After a long, cold winter, an opening series on the other side of the world, and a ton of very intriguing free agency signings and trades, the 2025 baseball season is officially underway. There was plenty of action to keep an eye on for Opening Day, but as is usual with the start of the season, there was also a lot of ...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: 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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• 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

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
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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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• Jason Heyward to Cubs: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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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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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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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: 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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• 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: 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

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: 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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