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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Tuesday Rockpile: It’s too early to worry about Charlie Condon

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 Early last week there were murmurings coming from Colorado Rockies camp. Charlie Condon — the 2024 fourth-overall selection out of the University of Georgia — was injured. Even worse, the Rockies allegedly feared it was significant. Last Friday the injury was confirmed. Ho...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The rich get richer

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Dodgers make yet another impact signing and the Yankees, of all teams, complain. Some other minor signings and a look at who is left on the market. Seattle is where bats go to die. Good morning. The rich get richer as the Dodgers have signed reliever Kirby Yates to a one-year, $13 million deal. Bradford Doolittle asks if you split the Dodgers ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend

Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela passes away. A World Series preview and other MLB news. We were all set to celebrate the World Series and the first Yankees/Dodgers Fall Classic since 1981. But first, we have to say goodbye to one of the heroes of that World Series of 43 years ago. The Los Angeles Dodgers mourn the passing of legendary pitcher Fern...2024
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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 at MLB Pipeline called him the “second-best shortstop prospect” in his 30 years of draft coverage."

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"9MM bonus that clocks in $322K under slot, reports Jim Callis…"

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"On this week's Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Tim McMaster take a look at the prospect wish list for 2019 -- as chosen by the fans -- including Peter Alonso, Vladimir Guerrero Jr."

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"Jim Callis asked numerous front-office executives to identify baseball's best defensive prospect to help determine MLB Pipeline's 2018 All-Defense Team."

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"Jim Callis ranks the organization's with the most talented farm systems and his list starts with a club that made a flurry of moves to help it grow from good to great."

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"com draft experts Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo agree on the first three selections before going on divergent paths."

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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."

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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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• 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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• Good Morning San Diego: John Seidler officially is Padres new chairman

Matt Thomas, San Diego Padres Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of March 13, 2025. Articles to read No longer anonymous, John Seidler takes over Padres with vow to ‘continue trajectory towards the World Series championship’ (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres know the worth of Jake Cronenworth (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Spring train...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What are the (really) early projections for the Rockies in the 2025 MLB draft?

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Sure, it’s early — as in super early — but, truly, it’s never too early to start speculating on the 2025 MLB draft. As a refresher, the draft will take place on July 13-14 in Atlanta as part of MLB’s All-Star Week festivities. The Rockies will initially draft as follows. Fir...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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• 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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• BCB 2024 top Cubs prospects list: 21 to 25

Porter Hodge | Chloe Trofatter / USA TODAY NETWORK The countdown of the 25 best Cubs prospects starts with some promising arms and one really big bat. It’s that time of year again when we count down the BCB top 25 Cubs prospects for 2024. Every day this week I’ll reveal another five prospects until we get to numbers five through one on Friday. The Cubs system is especially deep and stron...2024
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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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• 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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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour
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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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• Outside The Confines: Can’t anyone around here hit?

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A look at the first quarter off the season and offense is down all over MLB. The trade deadline and draft are starting to come into view. And Shohei Ohtani leaves them speechless. Good morning. Jesse Rogers has a piece on how teams are using “load management” to mitigate the effects of fatigue over the course of the season. This is t...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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• Tuesday Rockpile: It’s too early to worry about Charlie Condon
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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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• 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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• 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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• Cub Tracks is good for more
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Good for more than wrapping fish, anyway. Roster Jenga speculation continues as the final weekend of Spring Training is underway. Indeed, the games start for real Thursday... Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-sty...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies need to combat growing fan apathy
Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, February 9th, 2023 The Colorado Rockies are rapidly approaching their 30th anniversary season. Pitchers and catchers report next week, spring training is less than a month away, and baseball is truly on our doorstep. However, there has been a noticeable lack of fanfare both in the Mile High City and from the Rockies themselves. 30 years is a big mile...2023
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• Why the Atlanta Braves Should NOT Trade Max Fried
Atlanta Braves ace Max Fried has been linked to trade rumors this offseason. Here is why the Braves should most definitely not trade the left-handed ace. The Atlanta Braves are going to trade Max Fried!? Jim Callis of MLB.com fueled speculation when he reported he was hearing rumors about the Atlanta Braves entertaining trade offers […] Why the Atlanta Braves Should NOT Trade Max Fried...2022
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