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• Owen Caissie and Jaxon Wiggins will represent the Cubs in the All-Star Futures Game

Jaxon Wiggins pitching during the MLB Spring Breakout game March 15 at Sloan Park | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Two top Cubs prospects will go to Atlanta next month. Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the All-Star Futures Game Monday and two Cubs, Owen Caissie and Jaxon Wiggins, will represent the team in this annual contest. Through Sunday, Caissie...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Wander Franco is sentenced. The injured lists keep growing. A look back at the first half and ahead to the second. And other MLB news. Good morning. I think we have the All-Star Game balloting covered around here already. So I’ll skip that. Rays infielder Wander Franco was found guilty of the sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and sentenc...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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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres snap their losing streak

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 30, 2025. Articles to read Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Xander Bogaerts homers as Padres beat Giants, stop losing streak (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres notes: Luis Arraez all smiles...2025
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• New docuseries 'Grass Routes' premiers this Sunday on MLB Network
MLB Pipeline's Jonathan Mayo takes fans on a journey through MiLB communities in new show...2025
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• Four solutions for the Royals’ biggest problem

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals dives for a ball | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images The specter of a failed call-up shouldn’t prevent the Royals from attempting to improve their roster A week and a half into the season is still too early to panic. You know it, I know it, we all know it. But, the thing is, this is more like 53 weeks into the season - at least when it comes to extre...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres face worst team in baseball
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• Outside The Confines: Justin Verlander is a Giant

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The remaining free agents are starting to move. With just over a month left until pitchers and catchers report, we now know where one specific pitcher will be reporting in February, and that’s Justin Verlander. The three-time Cy Young winner who most recently played with the Houston Astros and has battled injury for the last several seasons, will now be he...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Royals players hit free agency. Craig Brown looks at the new Royals free agents and whether they could return. Maybe if you squint, you can see a reunion with a couple of these guys. Michael Lorenzen could slot into the rotation. He will be 33 next year and pitched to a 1.57 ERA once joining the Royals. Beware the small sample though as that was just 28.2 ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 27, 2024 From Purple Row and throughout the MLB world, the tributes to Charlie Blackmon have flooded in all week — as it should be. There will be a whole offseason to analyze the state of the organization, growth and failures from the 2024 season, future projections and many other storylines. For now, it’s worth ...2024
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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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• Day 2 of the draft was ... underwhelming

Among non-relievers, the White Sox made one high-upside pick on Monday: Casey Saucke. | Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images First-day costs create rest-of-draft depression Our every-pick-in-real-time trick that has been pulled off successfully by Brett and staff for about five years running was completed again, just not here. If you want greater detail on every player the White S...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Happy All-Star break!

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images It may be a break, but there’s no rest from news! Happy Monday and welcome to the All-Star Break! Tonight we look forward to the Home Run Derby, and tomorrow will be the big game. Of course, the news from over the weekend is largely about the draft, with Aussie Travis Bazzana getting selected first overall by the Guardians. Draft time is alw...2024
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• Owen Caissie, Matt Shaw named to MLB Futures Game roster

Owen Caissie | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Two Cubs prospects will be part of this showcase game. Owen Caissie and Matt Shaw are two of the Cubs’ top prospects. Today, the pair was named by Major League Baseball to be part of the National League roster for the MLB Futures Game, played as part of the All-Star Game festivities, this year at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. ...2024
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• Mobday Rockpile: Why calling up Adael Amador was a great idea

Photo by Scott Kane/Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Monday, June 10, 2024 The news broke Saturday morning: BREAKING: The Colorado Rockies are calling up INF Adael Amador, per sources. He is the No. 32 prospect in baseball, according to @MLBPipeline. pic.twitter.com/eDb4U8i8BF— Francys Romero (@francysromeroFR) June 8, 2024 The arrangement was curious, though. Yes,...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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• Cub Tracks’ this space for rent

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. There’s vacancy on the roster and we make another pitch for vacancy in the POBO office. 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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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour
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"com MLB Pipeline gurus Sam Dykstra, Jonathan Mayo, and Jim Callis explore their wish list for the rapidly approaching 2023 Arizona Fall League."

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"The White Sox have agreed to a deal with second-round draft pick Jared Kelley, according to Jonathan Mayo of MLB."

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"The following is an excerpt from this week's Pipeline Podcast, in which Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis are joined by Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz of Cespedes Family BBQ."

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"Jonathan Mayo breaks down a list of an even dozen prospects -- six hitters and six pitchers -- who seem primed to have big 2018 seasons and who could, as a result, land on our Top 100 at some point in the current year."

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"Anderson entered the season rated as the game’s Number 42 prospect in the eyes of Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo of MLB."

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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Four solutions for the Royals’ biggest problem
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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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• Cub Tracks has the vapors

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs will be heading to Japan for some strangeness with the Dodgers. The guys in the picture are on the trip roster. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground fr...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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• Outside The Confines: Justin Verlander is a Giant
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• Outside The Confines: Swinging into the new year

Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images A few minor moves. What is yet to be done this winter. A visit to Cooperstown and other news from around MLB. Good morning. The Dodgers have signed infielder Hyeseong Kim on a three-year, 12.5 million deal. Kim had been posted by the Kiwoom Heroes of KBO. The Orioles have signed right-hander Charlie Morton to a one-year, $15 million deal. First off, c...2025
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• 2024 Rule 5 Draft Results
The 2024 Rule 5 draft will take place this afternoon, starting at 1pm Central time, at the Winter Meetings in Dallas. This post will be updated as picks are made or reports of picks come in. The first pick has already been reported by Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline (Bluesky link), which you can see…...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 10, 2024

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Let’s make a deal. Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon at The Athletic report on the Royals’ pursuit of a hitter. [$] The Kansas City Royals expect their payroll to be in the same $120 million range it was last season, according to sources briefed on their plans. FanGraphs estimates the team’s current payroll is $116 million, leaving little flexibility for the front of...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto signs with New York (Mets)

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Juan Soto signs a record deal with the Amazin’s. Willy Adames goes to the Giants. Other free agent signings and a preview of the Winter Meetings. Good morning. Late-breaking news last night. And it’s beginning to look a lot like the Winter Meetings. Last night, free agent outfielder Juan Soto agreed to a record 15-year, $765 million deal. There is no def...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The place of Rickey Henderson in Colorado Rockies history

Photo by Steve Grayson/WireImage Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, December 23rd, 2024 On the morning of Saturday, December 21st, there were unconfirmed rumors that were confirmed by the early afternoon. The baseball world had lost a true titan of the game far too young: Ricky Nelson Henley Henderson—the “Man of Steal”—had passed away at the age of 65. Henderson was unequivocally...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
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• Friday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies have drafted Charlie Condon. Now what?

Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK Colorado Rockies news and notes for Friday, July 19, 2024 When the Colorado Rockies drafted University of Iowa pitcher Brody Brecht as the 38th pick in the MLB Draft, he tweeted this: GOOD— Brody Brecht (@brody_brecht) July 15, 2024 Okay, this is the kind of content we at Purple Row are very here for. Mac Wilcox wrote a quick a...2024
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• Day 2 of the draft was ... underwhelming
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• Outside The Confines: MLB Player Poll results are in...

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports And they have plenty to say. Some fun stuff in the links wrap-up today, folks. First, there’s a look at the new Twins’ City Connect jerseys. We represent the Land of 10,000 Lakeshttps://t.co/bcodsrdnT5 pic.twitter.com/1buPyI4RXr— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) June 10, 2024 And then there’s the annual MLB Player Poll from The Athletic... Well, I'm going to k...2024
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• Mobday Rockpile: Why calling up Adael Amador was a great idea
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• A modest platoon proposal for the Colorado Rockies

Photo by Rachel ODriscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, March 12, 2024 We’ve spent considerable time pondering the Colorado Rockies’ proposed “six-man platoon.” Last winter, Skyler Timmins provided a nice explanation: Black essentially pinpointed that he views first base, right field, and designated hitter as all intertwined. Specifically, it...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ dogged pursuit of the truth

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. In which we bury the lede under a pile of Milk Bones. 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, over...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Las Vegas tells the A’s to stay home?

Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images The Vegas mayor has her say about the A’s plans to move to Sin City. Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman made a big splash this weekend when her comments on a local podcast went viral. In the podcast, Goodman seems to suggest that she thinks the Oakland A’s should stay in California, and that their plans to move “don’t make sense.” She very quick...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: An introduction to the difficulties of playing outfield at high elevation

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Regarding the Colorado Rockies, the conversation about the effects of playing at altitude is dominated by offensive results and the difficulty of pitching. Bloated ERAs and inflated power numbers are all the rage in conversation but at RockiesFest last month, outfielder Nolan Jones brought...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Justin Verlander is a Giant
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• Monday Rockpile: The place of Rickey Henderson in Colorado Rockies history
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• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto signs with New York (Mets)
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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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• Outside The Confines: Cold Stove

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The offseason is off to a slow start. A look at the market for Juan Soto, Garrett Crochet and others. A deal has been reached to stream games in market. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. You’ve already been informed of the Rays stadium plans for next season. Here are the first and second All-MLB team, if you care about that sort of thing....2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour
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• Cub Tracks’ escape to LA

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. We got us a convoy. 10-4 good buddy. 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 writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed over...2024
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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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• Perspectives: Mets' Ynoa tops list of sleeper prospects
In this edition of Pipeline Perspectives, Jonathan Mayo makes his picks for the five best sleepers not on the Top 100 Prospects list, led by Mets right-hander Gabriel Ynoa....2015
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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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• Pirates To Acquire Ivan Nova
The Pirates have reached a deal to acquire Ivan Nova from the Yankees, reports FanRag’s Jon Heyman (on Twitter). MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo tweets that the Yankees will get a player to be named later....2016
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• White Sox Sign Second-Round Pick Jared Kelley
The White Sox have agreed to a deal with second-round draft pick Jared Kelley, according to Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. Kelley, an 18-year-old right-hander from Refugio High School in Texas, will receive a $3MM signing bonus, which comes in well above the $1.58MM slot value for the 47th overall pick. More to come....2020
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• Red Sox To Acquire Addison Reed
9:40am: Young righties Gerson Bautista and Jamie Callahan appear to be going in return, per MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo (Twitter links). Another young reliever, Stephen Nogosek, is the third piece, per Alex Speier of the Boston Globe (via Twitter). 9:28am: The Red Sox appear to be closing in on a deal for Mets righty Addison Reed, with Joel Sherman of the…...2017
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• Mets' Exciting Young Rotation Still 1 Year Away from Taking MLB by Storm
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• How This MLB Offseason Will Impact the 2015-2016 Free-Agent Class
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• Are Yankees Quietly Looking Ahead to Next Year's Huge Free-Agent Pitching Crop?
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• Changes MLB Can Make to Fix the Qualifying Offer Dilemma in Free Agency
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• Four solutions for the Royals’ biggest problem
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: John Seidler officially is Padres new chairman
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• Cub Tracks has the vapors
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What are the (really) early projections for the Rockies in the 2025 MLB draft?
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• Outside The Confines: Justin Verlander is a Giant
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• Outside The Confines: Swinging into the new year
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• Monday Rockpile: The place of Rickey Henderson in Colorado Rockies history
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• 2024 Rule 5 Draft Results
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Four solutions for the Royals’ biggest problem
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• Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024
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• Braves’ prospect Owen Murphy to have Tommy John surgery

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Owen Murphy’s development will be put on hold for now. It has been rumored for several days, but Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Owen Murphy is headed for Tommy John surgery according to a report by MLB Pipeline’s Jonathan Mayo. Murphy last pitched on May 14 for Rome. There's been some buzz about this out there, but I can confirm that ...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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• Wednesday Rockpile: A Rockies History of Players from East Asia

Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 29, 2023 It’s posting season, which means some of the brightest stars from the baseball leagues in Japan and Korea are making the transition to Major League Baseball. There are several intriguing names available and any team would be foolish to not check in and make an offer. Generally, the Colorad...2023
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• 2023 MLB Draft Mock Draft Roundup
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s drafting day! Here is a rundown of all of the last second mock drafts The MLB draft is finally here, and in just a few hours the Atlanta Braves will go on the clock for their first round pick. As is tradition, there will be a lot of last second mock drafting and we’ll have this article as a hub for all of them. MLB Pipeline Jim Callis...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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