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• Cub Tracks heads eastPhoto by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The attention of the baseball world is on Opening Day in Tokyo. We have plenty of that and a little-heard nugget for your ears. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, gr...2025Read about Cub Tracks rumors -
• Insider provides significant injury update on Royals' Bobby Witt Jr.The Royals appear to have avoided the worst on Bobby Witt Jr. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that the superstar shortstop avoided any fractures after being hit by a pitch in the left forearm/wrist area on Wednesday....2025Read about Bobby Witt headline news -
• Bobby Witt Jr. Suffers Forearm Contusion, Avoids Any Fractures After HBP
The Royals appear to have avoided the worst on Bobby Witt Jr. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that the superstar shortstop avoided any fractures after being hit by a pitch in the left forearm/wrist area this afternoon. Kansas City subsequently announced that Witt sustained a forearm contusion and said he’d be reevaluated tomorrow. Manager Matt Quatraro said…...2025Check it out Bobby Witt news and rumors
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• A few more thoughts on the A’s and Las VegasAthletics The team says it’s happening. I am still skeptical. News item: The Sacramento Athletics are going to be wearing patches on their jerseys this year that say “Las Vegas.” It’s not just a patch, it’s a promise. Las Vegas, we’re coming. pic.twitter.com/pbNBEpSyTf— Athletics (@Athletics) March 8, 2025 Well, okay. I suppose the A’s have to keep saying this, given that they have l...2025Check it out John Fisher news -
• Rays Owner Stu Sternberg Facing Pressure To Sell From Fellow Owners, Commissioner’s Office
Rays owner Stu Sternberg is facing pressure to sell the club from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and “several” fellow owners, according to a report from Evan Drellich of The Athletic. On Thursday, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that while no deal was close, a group of businesspeople local to the Tampa Bay area have started to…...2025Read about Rob Manfred headline news
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• Curtis Mead making waves this SpringKim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It is only Spring Training, but the performance is astounding. Entering play on Friday, Curtis Mead has been the best offensive player in all of Spring Training. He is hitting .778/.810/1.000 with a MLB leading 382 wRC+; Mead has a 14.3 BB% and 4.8 K%, both are staggering differences from his career norms, as is his 5.1 WHIFF%, which is half of what his WHI...2025Read about Curtis Mead latest news
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• Insider provides significant injury update on Royals' Bobby Witt Jr.
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• Bobby Witt Jr. Suffers Forearm Contusion, Avoids Any Fractures After HBP
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 7, 2025We don’t usually see Orioles in my neighborhood. Lots of blue jays, though. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Today’s Rumblings is for the birds Yesterday, the Royals announced Workout Day at The K: As the Kansas City Royals prepare for the start of the 2025 season and Opening Day, we are giving all baseball fans the opportunity to watch the boys in blue warm up before the big day. On We...2025See more Greg Fiume availability report -
• Braves bullpen strategy so far this winter has been more about quantityAlbert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Braves have attacked their bullpen questions this off-season by embracing the variance. When it was announced on November 4th that Joe Jimenez underwent surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee and that he would miss most (maybe all) of the 2025 season, it became crystal clear the Atlanta Braves would be making a significant add...2025Check it out Joe Jimenez availability report -
• Cole Ragans signs three-year, $13.25 million contactPhoto by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The deal buys out two years of arbitration. Cole Ragans had a breakout season in 2024, and now he’ll reap some of the rewards. Jeff Passan of ESPN is reporting that the Royals have signed the left-hander to a three-year, $13.25 million deal. The contract will begin this year, and include his first two arbitration seasons. It doesn’t buy out any free agent yea...2025See also Cole Ragans availability report -
• Xander Bogaerts needs to win over San DiegoXander Bogaerts | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Entering his third year, X is still unproven Xander Bogaerts joined the San Diego Padres as a free agent in the 2022-23 offseason, signing a contract for 11 years and $280 million, which included a no-trade clause. People around San Diego and baseball wondered if he was worth such a contract because no one predicted he would receive such a...2025See also Xander Bogaerts injury status -
• Report: Padres out on Roki SasakiPhoto by Gene Wang/Getty Images Let’s hope this isn’t true... It’s not Jeff Passan so I’m hoping this isn’t correct but Francys Romero is reporting the Padres are out on Roki Sasaki, their number one free agent target this winter. Hearing from multiple sources that the Padres are out in Roki Sasaki. They will begin their international signings of Jhoan De La Cruz and Carlos Alvarez in t...2025Visit the page Roki Sasaki injury report -
• Padres in final three for Roki SasakiPhoto by Gene Wang/Getty Images Not a shocker but it’s fun seeing San Diego being right there as we get closer to Sasaki signing The time we’ve all been waiting for is almost here. Roki Sasaki is nearing a decision on where he’s going to spend the first chapter of his big league career. Jeff Passan is reporting that the Padres are a finalist for the Japanese star. The finalists for Japan...2025Click for news about Roki Sasaki injuries -
• Royals acquire reliever John Schreiber from the Red SoxPhoto by Elsa/Getty Images Prospect David Sandlin goes to the Red Sox The Royals have acquired right-handed reliever John Schreiber from the Red Sox for minor league pitcher David Sandlin, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Schreiber has a 2.90 ERA with 127 strikeouts in 111 2⁄3 innings over the last two seasons for Boston. Schreiber had a 2.22 ERA in 2022, but regressed a bit in 2023. He mi...2024See more articles John Schreiber injury -
• Braves to Acquire Chris SalePhoto by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images Vaughn Grissom will be heading to Boston in the deal. While many may have thought business in baseball could slow down a bit during the holiday season, the busy offseason for the Braves continued on Saturday. And this time, it was a noteworthy move to give their starting rotation some needed depth. BREAKING: The Atlanta Braves are acquiring seven-ti...2023Continue with Chris Sale injury
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 27, 2025Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Lucas Erceg, fireman. Lucas Erceg is prepared to pitch in any role that he’s needed: That might be in the ninth inning for save opportunities, or it might come in the seventh or eighth. Having Estévez helps Quatraro be able to do that. “I don’t really care what my role is going to be,” Erceg said. “I’ve been telling all my friends and family, there’s nothi...2025See more articles Lucas Erceg -
• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitchingKansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) reacts after a solo home run against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning during game two of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images And a Salvador Perez home run! This series was supposed to be a quick and easy one for the New York Yankees. It has not been. New York barely managed to escape the fi...2024Continue with Kansas City Royals -
• Ex-MLB pitcher busted with over 20 kilos of cocaine
It’s always surprising when former athletes break the law for asinine reasons, which was recently the case in an arrest involving a former MLB pitcher.Esteban Loaiza, who spent 14 years in the league, and nearly won the Cy Young award back in 2003, was arrested for possessing over 20 kilograms of cocaine in San Diego on Friday, according to police records obtained by Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. N...2018Read about Cy Young
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• Dee Gordon Suspended 80 Games for PEDs: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Dee Gordon Suspended 80 Games for PEDs: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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"Closer Tanner Scott and the Dodgers are in agreement on a four-year, $72 million contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Sunday." - 2024
"Cox/Getty Images The long-awaited deal has happened as Cody Bellinger returns on a three-year deal with opt-outs The Chicago Cubs and Cody Bellinger have agreed to a three-year, $80 million deal for the outfielder/first baseman to return to Chicago, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN." - 2023
"Detroit starter Eduardo Rodriguez invoked his no-trade clause to block a trade that was in place between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tigers, killing the deal ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan." - 2022
"MLB and the players' association reached a tentative agreement on a new CBA Thursday, ending the league's 99-day lockout and salvaging a 162-game season, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan." - 2021
"The Yankees are finalizing a deal to acquire first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan." - 2020
"The Boston Red Sox have agreed to trade star outfielder Mookie Betts and starter David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan." - 2019
"Prized free-agent pitcher Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees have agreed to a record nine-year, $324 million contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan." - 2018
"Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter) reported the sides were nearing a deal." - 2017
"The Rockies have agreed to a deal with Wade Davis, the biggest-name closer on the free-agent market, according to a report from Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan on Friday." - 2016
" Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports first reported Cain and the Royals were nearing an agreement on a deal that will pay the All-Star $17." - 2015
"com's Phil Rogers noted, his bat could be of interest to the Phillies: Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan provided a brief scouting report on Williams and Alfaro: In 2015, Hamels has posted a 3." - 2014
"com's Jesse Sanchez: Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reported the details of the tragic development: Taveras was just 22 years old."
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• Cub Tracks heads east
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• A few more thoughts on the A’s and Las Vegas
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• Curtis Mead making waves this Spring
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• Outside The Confines: Who’s on first?Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images The issues surrounding baseball stadiums. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reveals his contract demands. The decline of first base. The Mariners’ front office are criticized and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan looks at the issue of two major league teams playing in minor league stadiums this season. He examines what it means for the Athletics...2025Continue with Vladimir Guerrero -
• Sources: Athletics extend Butler with 7-year deal
Outfielder Lawrence Butler and the Athletics have agreed to a seven-year, $65.5 million contract extension that includes a club option for 2032, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2025Visit the page Lawrence Butler salary rumors
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• Braves bullpen strategy so far this winter has been more about quantity
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• Sources: D-backs' Perdomo lands $45M extension
Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo and the Diamondbacks are in agreement on a four-year, $45 million contract extension that also has a club option, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2025See also Geraldo Perdomo contract rumors
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• Cole Ragans signs three-year, $13.25 million contact
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• Padres land PivettaNick Pivetta | Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images After long, quiet offseason San Diego strikes deal with starter The San Diego Padres and free agent pitcher Nick Pivetta agreed to a four-year $55 million deal Wednesday. The deal has not been confirmed by the team. The best remaining starter on the free agent market heads to San Diego pic.twitter.com/LCzgfXOugL— Talkin’ Ba...2025Click for news about Nick Pivetta -
• Padres score first big offseason signing with former Red Sox pitcherAnother free agent domino has fallen on the eve of spring training, as ESPN's Jeff Passan reported Wednesday night that the San Diego Padres has signed right-handed pitcher Nick Pivetta....2025Continue with Red Sox contract rumors
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• Curtis Mead making waves this Spring
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 7, 2025
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• Braves bullpen strategy so far this winter has been more about quantity
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Are the Los Angeles Dodgers ruining baseball?Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 11, 2025 No MLB team has had a better offseason than the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have signed a litany of stars: Roki Sasaki; Blake Snell; Teoscar Hernández; Tanner Scott; Michael Conforto . . . There are more, but I have limited space. View this post on Instagram ...2025See more Los Angeles Dodgers statistics -
• Xander Bogaerts needs to win over San Diego
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• What the Dodgers are doing is great for them. It might not be great for baseball’s future.Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images And some thoughts about the Cubs, too. Late Thursday, Jeff Passan posted this 3,000-word epic that’s mostly about the Dodgers’ pursuit of Roki Sasaki. It’s worth reading for that alone, but Passan also touches on whether what the Dodgers are doing is good for the sport, and adds a few things about the Cubs and comments made over t...2025Check it out Roki Sasaki stats -
• Cody Bellinger has been traded from the Cubs to the YankeesGetty Images It happened. We don’t have much more information right now, but I wanted to get this article to you while the information is fresh: BREAKING: OF/1B Cody Bellinger has been traded from the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees, sources tell ESPN. Bellinger, 29, is a former MVP and has two years remaining on his contract with an opt-out after 2025. Yankees continue to be aggres...2024See more articles Cody Bellinger scores -
• Sources: Reds player tests positive for COVID-19
A Cincinnati Reds player has tested positive for the coronavirus, sources confirmed to ESPN. As a result, Saturday night's scheduled game against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates is likely to be postponed, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2020Check it out Cincinnati Reds stats
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• Tim Lincecum to throw for teams next week
Right-hander Tim Lincecum will audition for Major League teams next Thursday, Feb. 15, Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball announced today on Twitter. The two-time NL Cy Young winner has been working out with Driveline this offseason in an effort to revitalize his career.Rockies right-hander Adam Ottavino, another Driveline client, shared a photo of Lincecum on Instagram back in December in which Lin...2018See also Driveline Baseball scores
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• Dan Straily to Marlins: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Cub Tracks heads east
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• Curtis Mead making waves this Spring
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• Outside The Confines: Who’s on first?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 7, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 27, 2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Are the Los Angeles Dodgers ruining baseball?
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conferencePhoto 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...2025Visit the page New York Yankees -
• You should be mad about the Dodgers spending — but not for the reasons you thinkThe poster child for deferred money, Shohei Ohtani, waves at fans at Wrigley Field last April | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Deferrals gone wild in the name of being competitive hurts players and baseball Well, there go those Tanner Scott bolstering the backend of the Cubs bullpen hopes and dreams: Closer Tanner Scott and the Los Angeles Dodgers in agreement on a four-year, $72 m...2025Click for news about Shohei Ohtani -
• Cody Bellinger has been traded from the Cubs to the Yankees
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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching
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• Sources: Cole to join Yankees for 9 years, $324M
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• Sources: Red Sox trading Betts, Price to Dodgers
The Boston Red Sox have agreed to trade star outfielder Mookie Betts and starter David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan. Boston's return includes outfielder Alex Verdugo, sources said....2020Click for news about Red Sox
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• Sources: Betts, Dodgers near long-term contract
The deal, which could be agreed upon as soon as Wednesday, would keep Mookie Betts with the Dodgers for at least a decade, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2020Click for news about Mookie Betts
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• Sources: MLB plans to suspend spring training
Spring training is expected to be suspended Thursday, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan, and the start of the season is likely to be delayed....2020
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• Major League Baseball Expected To Suspend Spring Training
As sports entities throughout the world take action to minimize the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball appears poised to cease play of Spring Training games. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets that officials with Grapefruit League clubs in Florida are expecting games to be suspended, and ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that executives throughout…...2020See also Spring Training
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• Bauer warned about his 'FREE JOE KELLY' cleats
MLB contacted the Reds this week to inform them the cleats that Trevor Bauer planned to wear in support of Los Angeles' Joe Kelly were "against footwear regulations," sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2020See more articles Trevor Bauer
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• Sources: Twins land Donaldson for 4 years, $92M
Third baseman Josh Donaldson and the Twins have agreed to a four-year deal that includes $92 million guaranteed, with a chance to increase to $104 million in value if Donaldson hits escalators on a fifth-year club option, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2020See more Josh Donaldson
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• Assembling the Perfect Cubs-Mets Blockbuster Trade Package
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• Why Is 2013 AL ROY Wil Myers Suddenly on the Trading Block?
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• Cub Tracks heads east
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• A few more thoughts on the A’s and Las Vegas
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• Curtis Mead making waves this Spring
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• Outside The Confines: Who’s on first?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 7, 2025
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• High Tech Training
Jeff Passan takes a deep dive into the training regime for three Red Sox hitting prospects. Here is the philosophy: Professional baseball players, the thinking goes, are elite problem solvers. Giving them complex problems drives them to adapt. If they train in environments that don’t take them outside of their comfort zone, improvement is negligible. […]...2025Continue with Red Sox
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• Padres land Pivetta
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• Padres score first big offseason signing with former Red Sox pitcher
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• Sources: Padres, quiet all winter, add RHP Pivetta
After what had been a quiet offseason, the Padres filled a clear need in their starting rotation Wednesday, agreeing to terms on a four-year, $55 million contract with veteran right-hander Nick Pivetta, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan....2025Visit the page Nick Pivetta
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• Outside The Confines: Spring awakeningPhoto by New York Yankees/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers are showing up to Spring Training, but there is still some unfinished business in the Hot Stove. Remembering a forgotten hero of integration. Good morning. Jeff Passan has an update on where we stand with the remaining business this winter—including Alex Bregman. (ESPN+ sub. req.) A roundtable discussion of the start of Spring ...2025Continue with New York Yankees
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• Xander Bogaerts needs to win over San Diego
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference
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• Braves to Acquire Chris Sale
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• Dodgers Designate Trevor Bauer For Assignment
The Dodgers have cut ties with Trevor Bauer. Los Angeles announced this evening he will no longer be part of the organization, shortly after Jeff Passan of ESPN reported (Twitter link) he was being designated for assignment. “The Dodgers organization believes that allegations of sexual assault or domestic violence should be thoroughly investigated, with due process…...2023Read about Trevor Bauer rumors
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• Giants To Acquire Kris Bryant
The Giants made a major splash at the trade deadline buzzer, acquiring slugger Kris Bryant from the Cubs for prospects Alexander Canario and Caleb Kilian. ESPN’s Jeff Passan broke news of the trade, while Francys Romero of LasMayores was first on Canario and journalist Marc Delucchi had Kilian. Drafted second overall in 2013 out of the University…...2021Visit the page Kris Bryant whispers
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• Mike Moustakas royally screwed up his free agency
Few players screwed up their free agency situation more than Mike Moustakas.The third baseman on Thursday agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Kansas City Royals, according to Yahoo’s Jeff Passan, who says there is a mutual option for a second year. Passan reports that the deal guarantees Moustakas $6.5 million and can max out at $22.7 million if the sides agree to the $15 million option nex...2018Continue with Mike Moustakas buzz
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• MLB Reportedly Bans 'Offensive' Hazing: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Chris Correa Sentenced to 46 Months for Hacking Astros' Computer System
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• Ken Griffey Jr. Robbed of Being Baseball's First-Ever Unanimous Hall of Famer
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• Dusty Baker Comments on Aroldis Chapman and MLB Domestic Violence Policy
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