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• Dodgers Sign Former Royals Reliever to Bolster Bullpen

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed right-handed pitcher Matt Sauer to a minor league deal, per ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. The contract includes an invite to the Dodgers’ big league spring training camp. RHP Matt Sauer has a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, per source. Deal includes a spring training invite. The 25-year-old was …...2024
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• Dodgers To Sign Matt Sauer To Minor League Deal
The Dodgers and right-hander Matt Sauer have agreed to a minor league deal, reports Kiley McDaniel of ESPN. The Paragon Sports International client also receives an invite to major league spring training. Sauer, 26 in January, got to make his major league debut in 2024. The Royals used the second pick of the Rule 5…...2024
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• Marlins Release Mike Baumann To Pursue NPB Opportunity
7:22pm: Baumann is actually headed to Japan. Kiley McDaniel of ESPN reports (on X) that the CAA client has agreed to a deal with the Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball. 7:13pm: The Marlins released reliever Mike Baumann, as first reflected on the MLB.com transaction tracker. Miami’s 40-man roster count drops to 39. Baumann landed with…...2024
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• The Royals are looking to trade for a slugger. Who’s available?

The Royals need run production. The Royals have been one of the most active teams so far this off-season, bringing back pitcher Michael Wacha on a three-year, $51 million deal, and acquiring second baseman Jonathan India and outfielder Joey Wiemer from the Reds for pitcher Brady Singer. But the team is far from done. According to a recent report from The Athletic, the Royals would like to add more...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Is a decision near?

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Juan Soto is reportedly getting closer to signing. A few other free agents have signed for a lot less. A look ahead to the Winter Meetings and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Especially if you’re Juan Soto. If you’re reading this, Juan, hi! Top free agent Juan Soto is reportedly nearing a decision as to where he will sign. The decision could come as soon...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 4, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Kris Bubic will be a starter next year. Anne Rogers writes about Royals' priorities heading into the Winter Meetings. But that doesn’t mean they view their lineup as complete. They’d still like to add depth down the order, including fortifying their bench and adding a hitter who might be able to slot into the No. 5 or 6 spot behind Bobby Witt Jr., Vinni...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 27, 2024

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Royals players get their playoff share. Kevin O’Brien at Royals Reporter tries to figure out how Jonathan India affects the roster. Massey moving to left field would be a peculiar transition because it doesn’t seem to solve an immediate need for Kansas City. MJ Melendez is currently projected to be the Royals’ starting left fielder for 2025, but he’s a ...2024
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• Cubs free agent target: Roki Sasaki

Photo by Sports Nippon/Getty Images Let’s start this series with a top Japanese pitcher. The Cubs have, in recent years, taken some deep dives into the Japanese player market by signing Seiya Suzuki and Shōta Imanaga. These signings have, for the most part, been quite successful. Suzuki, despite not being as good a defender as he was in NPB, has produced 8.2 bWAR in three years as a Cub, a...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Never mind

Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images Gerrit Cole opts out and then he doesn’t. Qualifying offers were issued. Free agents are ranked. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. You officially have my permission to call them the Sacramento A’s if you want. Or the West Sacramento A’s if you’d rather. After opting out of his contract with the Yankees, which still ha...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 6, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images We’re all united as Royals fans here. Jaylon Thompson writes about why Michael Wacha stayed in Kansas City. He had five days after the World Series to decide on a $16 million player option that could’ve allowed him to test free agency. There likely would’ve been suitors, but Wacha wanted to return. “It was a great season for not only mysel...2024
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• Cody Bellinger does not opt out of his 2025 contract and will remain a Cub

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The plot thickens. We’ve been waiting for news on Cody Bellinger and here it is: BREAKING: Chicago Cubs CF/1B Cody Bellinger picked up his $27.5 million player option for the 2025 season and will not be a free agent, sources tell me and @JeffPassan.— Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) November 2, 2024 So Bellinger will remain a Cub and play a t...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers win their 8th World Series. The Yankees look back and regret a disastrous fifth inning. The Juan Soto free agency sweepstakes is underway. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. I assume you know what happened in Game 5 of the World Series by now, but if you want to relive it, AJ Cassavell breaks down how the Dodgers j...2024
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, August 2024

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How does the Rockies farm system look after another year? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 72 players across 35 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even w...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Two outfielders and an infielder start the top five We’ve entered the top five of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list! Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16, 15-11, and 10-6. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 10 to 6

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images We’ve now entered the Top 10! We’re now in the top ten of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16 and 15-11. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. For each player on the PuRPs list, I’ll includ...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Now, we get to the top half of this year’s PuRPs list! Now we enter the top half of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, and 20-16. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. For each player on the PuRPs li...2024
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• My summer baseball reading list

Just take a look, it’s in a book. When I was about 10 years old, I got really into baseball. I was a bookish kid already, so anytime I went to the library I checked out two kinds of books - Matt Christopher novels and baseball biographies. Matt Christopher wrote a series of fictional kids books about baseball like Catcher with a Glass Arm and The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, which I loved. I also love...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 4, Yanquiel Fernandez

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The 21-year-old Cuban outfielder represented the Rockies in the 2023 MLB Futures Game 4. Yanquiel Fernandez (605 points, 23 ballots) The ball just sounds different coming off Fernandez’s bat. The 21-year-old lefty outfielder (who signed for $295k in 2019 out of Cuba) is well-known for making loud contact, and did a lot of that in 2022 with Low-A Fresno as...2024
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• Brewers sign Jakob Junis, trade Ethan Small to Giants

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Milwaukee shores up some innings after trading Corbin Burnes The Brewers agreed to a one-year contract with right-hander Jakob Junis on Monday night. Kiley McDaniel first reported the agreement, and Ken Rosenthal stipulated the terms. Junis will be guaranteed $7 million in the form of a $4 million salary in 2024 and a $3 million buyout on a mutual option for...2024
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"Right-hander Gerrit Cole has triggered the opt-out in his deal with the Yankees, per Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan of ESPN on X."

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"Turner recently told Kiley McDaniel of ESPN that Long, who was Washington’s hitting coach from 2018 to 2021, played a key role in his development as a hitter."

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"The Brewers are finalizing a deal to acquire lefty reliever Daniel Norris from the Tigers, tweet Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN."

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"The Braves are set to promote top outfield prospect Cristian Pache, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN reports."

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"He currently ranks 36th among all MLB prospects on the latest rankings from Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel of Fangraphs."

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"According to Kiley McDaniel of Fangraphs, there was at least one team with its President, GM and Director of Scouting all in attendance, with “about as many scouts as I’ve ever seen at UF”."

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"Prior to that 2015, former FanGraphs prospect analyst Kiley McDaniel ranked Simmons as the Braves’ Number 15 prospect and was given a “poor man’s Craig Kimbrel” comp on Simmons."

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"In a report by Kiley McDaniel of Fangraphs, Vientos was compared to Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles."

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"from the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night, Kiley McDaniel of FanGraphs reported."

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"” Scouting Baseball’s Kiley McDaniel also noted Tomas’s sound right-handed swing when discussing his power: “Tomas' power is mostly to his pull side and he'll swing out of his shoes at times, showing some attributes of a 4A slugger."

• Dodgers Sign Former Royals Reliever to Bolster Bullpen
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• The Royals are looking to trade for a slugger. Who’s available?
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• Outside The Confines: Is a decision near?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 4, 2024
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• Braves Sign Carlos D. Rodriguez To Non-Guaranteed Contract
The Braves have signed outfielder Carlos D. Rodriguez to a non-guaranteed one-year contract, the team announced. While Rodriguez has yet to make his major league debut, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel notes that the deal gives him a spot on Atlanta’s 40-man roster. Financial terms of the deal have not yet been announced, but Rodriguez will presumably…...2024
• Twins Select Marco Raya, Travis Adams
The Twins have selected the contract of right-handers Marco Raya and Travis Adams. Kiley McDaniel of ESPN first reported Raya’s selection (on X). Minnesota’s 40-man roster count is up to 37. Raya, one of the Twins’ top pitching prospects and coming off a solid 2024 showing, was an obvious add. The 2020 fourth-rounder spent most of…...2024
• A’s To Select Gunnar Hoglund, Ryan Cusick
The A’s have selected the contract of right-hander Gunnar Hoglund, reports Kiley McDaniel of ESPN. They’ve also selected the contract of righty Ryan Cusick, per Ari Alexander of KPRC-2. Both are now on the 40-man roster and thus ineligible to be selected in next month’s Rule 5 Draft. The Athletics’ 40-man roster is up to…...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes Sasaki

Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images The frenzy about Roki Sasaki has begun and everyone is talking about him. Predictions for the free agent market. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes is underway. Mark Feinsand looks at Sasaki’s situation and which teams are the favorites to sign Sasaki. Stephen J. Nesbitt explains the enti...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Rumors of interest in 1B & 3B + more Hot Stove talk...

Notes and quotes on the rumors flying around involving your Washington Nationals... Asked late this past September if he now thought the Nationals were deep enough into their reboot/rebuild to justify doing some spending in free agency to supplement the talent they’ve assembled via trades, signings, and the draft over the last years, Washington’s manager Davey Martinez toed the company line to an ...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 2 and 1

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The two most-recent first-rounders top the list In the process of Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) voting, there were two names that stood above the rest — Colorado’s most recent first rounders: outfielder/third baseman Charlie Condon from this year and pitcher Chase Dollander from last year. Ultimately, Dollander took 16 of the 35 first place vot...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Five position players make the next cut We’re entering the mid-point of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26 and 25-21; today we head into the top 20. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
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• Midseason prospect ranking updates show Royals making slow, but steady progress

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images The state of the farm system. Publications have updated their prospect evaluations mid-season following the draft and trade deadline, and the Royals’ farm system rankings can be framed in a positive or negative light. Viewed glass-half-full, the trade deadline did not deplete the farm system, and in fact, the system has improved slightly i...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Unless you’re a White Sox fan. Happy Wednesday! We’re unbelievably nearing the end of August already (how?!) and not a single MLB team is anywhere near 100 wins (though one is very close to 100 losses), and the postseason really could be anyone’s game at this point. It’s certainly been an unusual year, and will continue to be so as we head...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 4, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Never mind
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 6, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Tropicana Field devastated by Hurricane Milton

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays may need a new stadium sooner than expected. Hurricane Milton, the fifth hurricane this year to make landfall in the US, and following shortly on the heels of Hurricane Helene was always going to be a destructive force in the Tampa Bay area, but in the aftermath of the brutal winds, there was an unexpected victim to the devastation: the ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Tony rewards

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs drop the first game of the series and need to win today. 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’...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 2 and 1
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• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!
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• Tigers Giving Dodgers Prospect the Chance He Never Got in Los Angeles: Report

A former Los Angeles Dodgers infield prospect is getting his big-league moment with the Detroit Tigers. Trey Sweeney is reportedly getting the call that never came while he was with the Dodgers, according to Kiley McDaniel of ESPN. The Tigers are calling up SS Trey Sweeney to the big leagues, per source. The former first …...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A win, a loss, and a return

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Lots to get emotional about in today’s OTC. In breaking news, late last night against the Oakland A’s, the Chicago White Sox finally ended their 21-game losing streak by eking out a 5-1 win. A single win won’t solve the White Sox woes, however, and many of today’s links delve into the historic territory the Sox find themselves in. Meanwhile, the ot...2024
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• Phillies sign Trea Turner to 11-year, $300M deal

Turner will be reunited with former Nationals teammate Bryce Harper, along with Kevin Long, who is the hitting coach in Philadelphia. Turner recently told Kiley McDaniel of ESPN that Long, who was Washington’s hitting coach from 2018 to 2021, played a key role in his development as a hitter....2022
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• Melvin Upton, Craig Kimbrel to Padres: Latest Trade Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Source: Phils, Turner reach 11-year, $300M deal

The Phillies and shortstop Trea Turner have agreed to an 11-year, $300 million contract, a source told ESPN's Kiley McDaniel....2022
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• Marlon Byrd to Giants: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Vlad Guerrero Jr. Ready to Write His Own Pro Legacy—and Blow Away His Dad's
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• Phillies To Sign Trea Turner To 11-Year Deal
The Phillies and shortstop Trea Turner have agreed on a contract, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. Turner will make $300MM over 11 years with a full no-trade clause, according to Kiley McDaniel of ESPN. More to come....2022
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• Braves To Promote Cristian Pache
The Braves are set to promote top outfield prospect Cristian Pache, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN reports. Pache is already on the Braves’ 40-man roster, so they won’t need to make a corresponding move in that regard. More to come....2020
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• Kris Bryant Poised to Be MLB's Best Young Phenom in 2015
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Jimy Williams, More

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Today could be another fun day for the Braves. Plenty of good content came from the 2024 Braves Fest, as much like Max Fried, Spencer Strider is also fully focused on making the most of 2024. The big thing for Strider is that his first two seasons have not ended how we all know he knows they should have, with a title. As a result, Strider is more motiva...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 2, Zac Veen
Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The ninth-overall pick could see Coors Field by the end of the season if he continues to play as he has been 2. Zac Veen (697 points, 24 ballots) If Zac Veen can manage the swing-and-miss in his profile while converting more of his raw power into game power, he’s going to be both a fantasy and real-life star when (not if) he makes it to th...2023
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• Who Is Cuban Free Agent Yasmany Tomas and Is He Worth Big-Money Risk?
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• Dodgers Sign Former Royals Reliever to Bolster Bullpen
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• Dodgers To Sign Matt Sauer To Minor League Deal
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• Outside The Confines: Is a decision near?
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes Sasaki
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• Cubs free agent target: Roki Sasaki
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York
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• Twins draft pick cut for tipping pitches because he ‘wanted season to be over’

Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images A Twins minor league catcher wanted his offseason to start immediately, so he began tipping pitches to opposing batters. Derek Bender showed off an elite bat for a college catcher during his three-year career at Coastal Carolina, putting up averages of .326/.408/.571 with 32 homers and 153 RBIs in 144 games. The Minnesota Twins saw enough to select Bend...2024
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, August 2024
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• Keith Law projects prep shortstop Carter Johnson to Braves in latest mock draft

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Johnson is committed to play college ball at Alabama We are three days away from knowing for sure who the Atlanta Braves will pick at 24th overall in the 2024 MLB draft, but for now we can only accept speculation and prediction as subjects to talk about. Keith Law at the Athletic dropped his third mock draft of the year, with the B...2024
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• Outside The Confines: It’s now or never

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images A look ahead at the trade deadline and the draft. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. As we get to the All-Star Break, some teams started great and then sank like a stone (the Cubs) and others started out poorly and then got hot with the weather. John Denton looks at how the Cardinals turned their season around. Dayn Perry has three reasons the...2024
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• Better know a draft prospect: Chase Burns

Scott Kinser-USA TODAY Sports Burns is a fiery competitor with a devastating slider. With the MLB draft just a month away, let’s continue evaluating some prospects that the Royals may consider drafting with the sixth overall pick. Following the write up of JJ Wetherholt, there are just two of the top college prospects that we have yet to evaluate here. Today, we will cover perhaps the top ...2024
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• MLB Pipeline projects Kentucky outfielder Ryan Waldschmidt to Braves

Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports All Ryan Waldschmidt did his Junior year was rake to the tune of a 1.107 OPS With the MLB Draft just a month away things are constantly updating as more and more draft information, and pure speculation, runs rampant across baseball. As such, MLB Pipeline has released another mock draft, and this time they have the Braves selecting someone different. Last mo...2024
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