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• MLB Draft: Washington Nationals sign two top prep talents to over-slot deals

Hannah Mattix/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK Highly touted high schoolers Landon Harmon and Coy James signed over-slot deals to join the Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are continuing to sign members of their 2025 draft class. Today, they signed two of their high profile high school picks to big money deals. Third round pick Landon Harmon and fifth round pick Coy James bo...2025
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• Draft Signings: Schoolcraft, Watson, Russell, Quick, Flemming, Root
There were a handful of draftees who signed for between $2MM and $4MM on Wednesday. All signings were first reported by Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline. View pre-draft scouting reports from Baseball America, FanGraphs, MLB Pipeline, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN and Keith Law of The Athletic. The Padres reached agreement with first-rounder Kruz Schoolcraft on a…...2025
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• Twins Sign First-Round Pick Marek Houston
The Twins have signed shortstop Marek Houston, reports Jim Callis of MLB.com. Houston was just selected with the 16th overall pick in last week’s draft. His $4,497,500 signing bonus is below the $4,929,600 slot value for that pick. Houston, 21, spent the past three years playing for Wake Forest. Pre-draft rankings from MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, ESPN, FanGraphs and The Athletic’s…...2025
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• Athletics Sign First-Round Pick Jamie Arnold
The Athletics have signed left-handed pitcher Jamie Arnold, reports Jim Callis of MLB.com. The A’s took him with the 11th overall pick in last week’s draft. His $5,985,100 signing bonus is full slote value for that pick. Arnold, 21, spent the past three years pitching for Florida State University. He finished both his 2024 and…...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Ariel Armas leads South Bend past Dayton, 9-2

Ariel Armas | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Wins for South Bend and Myrtle Beach. Miguel Amaya starts his rehab. Lots of draftees sign. Right-hander Chris Kachmar was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Knoxville. Left-hander Chase Watkins was promoted to Knoxville from High-A South Bend. The Cubs signed a ton of draft picks and assigned them all to the ACL ...2025
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• Draft Signings: Wood, Fauske, Moss, Hartshorn
Tuesday featured a handful of draft signings with a $2MM+ bonus. All signings were first reported by Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline unless otherwise noted. View pre-draft scouting reports from Baseball America, FanGraphs, MLB Pipeline, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN and Keith Law of The Athletic. The Phillies announced the signing of 26th overall pick Gage Wood. Callis…...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Ariel Armas leads South Bend past Dayton, 9-2
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• 2025 MLB Mock Draft Roundup: Final updates for Day 1

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images In Ronit Shah we trust There are very few things more exciting for the prospect sickos than the day of the MLB draft. In the next 48 hours the Atlanta Braves will add potentially 21 new talents to their system, and it all starts with their first round pick. The Braves sit at 22nd overall, and the opinions are actually not all that varied on who they are go...2025
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• What to know about the 2025 MLB draft and the latest on mock drafts

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Who will the Royals select? The Royals still have a lot of work to do to improve a farm system generally ranked near the bottom of the league by most observers. But they have an opportunity to infuse the organization with talent with the MLB draft this weekend. When is the 2025 MLB draft? The draft is being compressed down to two days, after taking ...2025
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• 2025 Mock Draft Roundup: Who will the Brewers take with their first pick in the draft?

John Gutierrez / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ESPN, MLB Pipeline, and The Athletic each have the Brewers taking someone different with the 20th overall pick With the MLB Draft beginning less than a week from now, on Sunday, July 13, let’s take a look at who a few of the popular mock draft sites have the Brewers taking with their first pick in the draft: Keith Law (The Athletic): Kays...2025
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• A look back at the Royals’ 2020 draft class, five years later

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The COVID class has not panned out. https://www.royalsreview.com/2024/7/1/24173811/a-look-back-at-the-royals-2019-draft-class-five-years-later https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?team_ID=KCR&year_ID=2020&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year&from_type_unk=0&from_type_hs=0&from_type_jc=0&from_type_4y=0 https://www.royalsr...2025
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• Outside The Confines: 3,000 Ks for Kershaw

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images An incredible milestone. This week we got to see a truly massive milestone, as Clayton Kershaw became the 20th pitcher to reach 3,000 career strikeouts. This milestone seemed like it might not be possible for Kershaw, who has been injured on and off for the past several seasons. But Kershaw persevered, the Dodgers remained loyal—a rarity among franchises—and...2025
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• 2025 MLB Draft Preview

MLB Draft is during All-Star break on July 13-14 The 2025 MLB Draft takes place over two days (July 13-14) during All-Star Week. It consists of 20 rounds total over the two days with the first three rounds, compensatory picks and competitive balance picks occurring on the first night. It will be broadcast live on ESPN and MLB Network for the first 43 selections at 3 pm PT. The remaining 62 picks ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Javier Báez is El Mago again. A Brewers rookie has an impressive debut. A look ahead to the trade deadline and the draft. And other baseball news. Let’s go surfing now. Everybody’s learning how. Come on and safari with me. I’m leading with this one because it’s the one that will bring the most joy to your heart. Jesse Rogers tells of how the Tigers’ Javier ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl

Photo by Allan Dranberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Rockies are the worst team in baseball, maybe ever. The Tigers have the best record in baseball. A look ahead to the trade deadline and draft. And other MLB news. Good morning. Russell Dorsey explains why the Rockies situation this year is much worse than last season’s White Sox, and how things are kind of looking up for the So...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres face worst team in baseball

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 9, 2025. Articles to read ‘A video game’: 30 years later, Padres games at Coors Field are still a trip (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune) Arraez, Adam praise wives for their support during trades to Padres (AJ Cassavell, MLB.com) Latest Pad...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images We will have real baseball this week! Vinnie Pasquantino exited Saturday’s game with a hamstring strain. “I feel fine,” Pasquantino said as he got ready to leave with the team for the airport and then fly to Texas. “I don’t want to put any timeframe on it, but I don’t think – my gut tells me it’s not going to affect anything. But my gut is not the medical st...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour

Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, September 19, 2024 I was eight years old when it was announced that Colorado would be awarded a baseball franchise. Born and raised in the state of Colorado, up until that point, I was naturally a fan of the Bash Brother-led Oakland Athletics, with a father who grew up in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado as a fan of the Big Red Machine in the 70s. My...2024
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"Jim Callis discusses the offensive abilities of Twins top prospects Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano, whether Cubs prospect Kyle Schwarber will stay as a catcher and more in this week's Pipeline Inbox."

• MLB Draft: Washington Nationals sign two top prep talents to over-slot deals
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• Draft Signings: Schoolcraft, Watson, Russell, Quick, Flemming, Root
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• Twins Sign First-Round Pick Marek Houston
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• Athletics Sign First-Round Pick Jamie Arnold
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• Minor League Wrap: Ariel Armas leads South Bend past Dayton, 9-2
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• Draft Signings: Wood, Fauske, Moss, Hartshorn
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• White Sox Sign First-Round Pick Billy Carlson
The White Sox have signed shortstop Billy Carlson, reports Jim Callis of MLB.com. The Sox selected Carlson with their first-round pick, 10th overall, in last week’s draft. The signing bonus is $6,235,900, effectively slot value for the 10th overall pick. Jesse Rogers of ESPN reported the signing first, noting the bonus would be “about” $6.2MM.…...2025
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• Rockies Sign No. 4 Overall Pick Ethan Holliday
The Rockies have signed No. 4 overall draft pick Ethan Holliday, reports Jim Callis of MLB.com. He’ll receive a $9MM signing bonus that clocks in about $229K over slot value. It’s the largest bonus ever received by a high school player. Holliday, 18, was in the mix for the top overall selection, though that distinction…...2025
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• Pirates Sign First-Round Pick Seth Hernandez
The Pirates announced today that they have signed right-handed pitcher Seth Hernandez. They selected him with their first-round pick, sixth overall, at last week’s draft. Jim Callis of MLB.com reports that the signing bonus is $7.25MM, which is about $300K shy of the $7,558,600 slot value for the sixth overall pick. Callis notes it’s the…...2025
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• Rangers Sign First-Round Pick Gavin Fien
The Rangers announced the signing of four draftees, including first-round pick Gavin Fien. Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline reports that the 18-year-old infielder received a $4.8MM bonus. That’s a decent amount below the $5.75MM slot value associated with the 12th overall selection. Fien was a divisive prospect. Before the draft, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN and The…...2025
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• 2025 Mock Draft Roundup: Who will the Brewers take with their first pick in the draft?
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl
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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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• MLB releases bonus pools for 2025 Draft

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images A lot relies on good drafting and player development and the early returns from the 2024 draft look promising for a farm system ranked amongst the bottom. It’s already April 24th, which means the MLB draft is just a few months away and as a result, Major League Baseball has announced the 2025 draft bonus pools - the amount of money a team has to sign all of their...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 80: Michael Turner

While Michael Turner shored himself up behind the plate in 2024, his hitting completely disappeared. | Birmingham Barons Especially given the crowded catching field in the system, it’s imperative that this backstop find his bat this summer Michael Turner Catcher6´1´´205 poundsAge: 262023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Rank 592024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Rank 512024 High Level Birmingham (...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ miles to go before I sleep

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another game from the schedule. The Cubs’ caravan’s awry. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in w...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Could the Rockies handle a two-way prospect?

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 25, 2024 The 2023 MLB draft is already shaping up to be a historic class. Top overall selection Paul Skenes is wrecking the Triple-A ranks for the Pittsburgh Pirates to start his professional career and fourth selection Wyatt Langford cracked the Opening Day roster of the defending ...2024
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• Cub Tracks gets over the hump

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Cody Bellinger is back, Morelism, and other stories. Enjoy the music. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated...2024
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• 2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 32: Tyler Schweitzer

Tyler Schweitzer held his own during his first taste of the pros. | Salina Rae Silver/South Side Sox As the system strengthens, don’t sleep on this southpaw Tyler SchweitzerLeft-Handed Starting Pitcher6´0´´185 poundsAge: 232023 SSS Top Prospect Ranking 272023 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)Age relative to high level -1.1 yearsSSS rank among all left-handed starters in the system 6Overal...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ in-house or outhouse?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The roster jenga reports and more, plus results from Wednesday’s contest. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #...2024
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• What to know about the 2025 MLB draft and the latest on mock drafts
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• Good Morning San Diego: Cronenworth gets a cool moment

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of July 5, 2025. Needed that! pic.twitter.com/n5suWbS6lY— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) July 5, 2025 Articles to read Padres provide fireworks on Fourth of July, walk-off Rangers (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres notes: Pondering Sunday’s starter, Yu Darvish, M...2025
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• Outside The Confines: 3,000 Ks for Kershaw
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• Outside The Confines: Boys keep swinging
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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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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Manny Machado’s goal remains the same

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of March 20, 2025. Articles to read Padres seek consistency with urgency as 2025 season opens (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) In the Padres’ farm system, the kids are alright (Jim Callis, MLB.com) Braves-Padres Opening Day starting pitchers: Sale vs. King (Mark Bowman and AJ Cassave...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ time is about to begin

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Many people feel that Thomas Boswell was onto something when he said time begins on Opening Day. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, ov...2025
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• Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Reds and Royals make a deal. Chinese Taipei wins Premier12 in a shocking upset. A survey of the free agent market and other news from around baseball. Good morning. Thanksgiving week is officially underway. Have an intriguing holiday. We had one trade this past Friday as the Reds traded Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer to the Royals for Brady Singer...2024
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• Midseason ranking of MLB's Top 10 farm systems
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• Shortstops remain headliners of latest mock Draft
In their final full mock drafts, MLBPipeline.com draft experts Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo agree on the first three selections before going on divergent paths. They continue to believe that the D-backs will kick things off tonight by selecting Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson....2015
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• Sources: Reds agree with top pick Greene
Minutes before the 5 p.m. ET deadline for teams to sign their picks from the 2017 Draft, the Reds agreed to terms with No. 2 overall pick Hunter Greene, according to MLB.com's Jim Callis and Mark Sheldon. The team has not confirmed the deal....2017
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• Top 5 most improved farm systems in 2017
Jim Callis looks at the five clubs who improved their prospect stocks the most in the past year, led by the Oakland Athletics....2017
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• White Sox Promote Tim Anderson, Designate Jimmy Rollins For Assignment
The White Sox announced today that they have promoted top shortstop prospect Tim Anderson to the Majors and designated struggling veteran Jimmy Rollins for assignment in order to clear space on the roster. Anderson entered the season rated as the game’s No. 42 prospect in the eyes of Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com, and he…...2016
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• Rogers lands on Pipeline's All-Defense Team
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• MLB Pipeline's 2018 All-Defense Team
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• Pirates To Promote Josh Bell
The Pirates will promote top first base prospect Josh Bell to the Majors to make his big league debut tonight, according to multiple reports (Logan Stout first tweeted word of Bell’s promotion). In Bell, the Pirates are promoting a player that ranks 38th on Baseball America’s just-updated Top 100 prospects list (published today). Jim Callis…...2016
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• How Long Will It Take Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada to Become MLB Star?
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• 2025 MLB Mock Draft Roundup: Final updates for Day 1
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• MLB Draft 2025: Kade Anderson and Ethan Holliday are the prime candidates for the top pick

Dylan Widger-Imagn Images Despite the massive change in the Washington Nationals organization, the same two players remain favorites to go first overall There has been a lot of change in the Washington Nationals organization over the last few days. The ever present Mike Rizzo is out as GM and Davey Martinez is no longer the club’s manager. Mike DeBartolo and Miguel Cairo have taken their p...2025
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• 2025 MLB Draft Preview
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• Outside The Confines: Boys keep swinging
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• Outside The Confines: Rocky Mountain low
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• Cub Tracks’ on with the Shōta

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Imanaga does it again, and the Cubs squeezed out enough sparks for an Opening Day victory. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overh...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2025
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• MLB Draft: Washington Nationals sign two top prep talents to over-slot deals
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• Better know a draft prospect; Kruz Schoolcraft

A pitcher with high risk with potential for a very high reward. One of the most polarizing names in the MLB draft this season has been big prep left-hander Kruz Schoolcraft. The 6-foot-8, 230-pound 18-year-old has captured the attention of many teams and scouts because of his massive frame and impressive athletic ability. Schoolcraft has demonstrated a unique athletic profile that extends beyond h...2025
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• MLB Draft 2025: Kade Anderson and Ethan Holliday are the prime candidates for the top pick
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• Cub Tracks fills in the blanks

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The surging Cubs face the Royals in a rare spring training night game tonight. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 28, 2025

Need another pitcher? I Noah guy. | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Spring Training is in full swing! This is going to feel a little backwards as our OT is up at the top today, sort of. It’s been brought to my attention that a number of AI bots are harvesting our articles and either cutting-and-pasting them, slightly rewriting them and publishing them as their own, or, my favorite, turni...2025
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• Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter
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• Cub Tracks’ end of the road

Welcome, Kevin Alcantara! | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. El Jaguar comes for coffee, the Cubs drop two out of a three-game trip, and the season is mercifully almost over. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Somebody call a doctor

Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Two major injuries hit the Dodgers over the weekend. Another week, another gambling scandal. Snoop Dogg starts broadcasting. And other news from MLB. Good morning. We’re going to start with the butcher’s bill, because it’s really expensive today. Especially for the Dodgers. Shortstop Mookie Betts broke his left hand when he was hit with a pitch in Sunday’...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ end of an era?

SI Model Chase throws out the first pitch. | Photo by David Banks/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. SI on the skids, Hader sets a record, Stroman bites the apple, and other stories. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Big bucks for a Buc
Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Bryan Reynolds is staying in Pittsburgh. A look at some early trends this season. A look ahead to the draft. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. Let’s win again today. After months of speculation, the Pirates and outfielder Bryan Reynolds have agreed on an eight-year, $106.75 million extension. There is no opt-out, which had reportedly be...2023
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