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• Giants Expected To Scale Back Payroll
The Giants expect to reduce player payroll relative to this past season, writes Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic. The extent of the pullback isn’t clear, though the club’s 2024 spending was roughly $20MM higher than it had been in ’23. That’s mostly a reflection of the late-offseason free agent pickups of Jorge Soler, Matt Chapman and Blake Snell.…...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 5, 2024 If you’re a fan of the 1986 film classic Highlander, you know the first rule: Only one Immortal can survive. Oddly enough, this Russell Mulcahy cult favorite was on my mind when watching the Gold Glove awards on Sunday night, an evening that recognized Colorado Rockies Ezequiel Tovar and Brent...2024
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• Ezequiel Tovar and Brenton Doyle win 2024 Gold Glove Awards

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The duo of young defenders turned in gilded performances in 2024. Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar and center fielder Brenton Doyle took home a pair of Rawlings Gold Glove Awards at their respective positions on Sunday night. It is the first time a Rockies infield/outfield duo have taken home the awards in the same season since Nolan Arena...2024
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• 2024 MLB Gold Glove winners: Bobby Witt Jr., Chris Sale and Matt Chapman among defenders honored

The Glove Glove awards are voted on by managers and coaches from every team...2024
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• SS Witt among 14 first-time Gold Glove winners
Giants third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove and Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was among 14 first-time winners....2024
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• Chris Sale wins 2024 NL Gold Glove Award at Pitcher

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Matt Olson and Griffin Canning came up short in their bids This Awards season continues to be good to LHP Chris Sale, as the star pitcher for the Atlanta Braves continues to receive recognition for an incredible season on the field in 2024. This time, Sale has won his most prestigious award of the offseason yet, as he was named the NL’s Gold G...2024
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• Milwaukee Brewers 2024-25 key offseason dates

Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Here’s your offseason schedule for transaction deadlines, meetings, award selections, and all of the offseason’s key dates. With the World Series set to kick off this weekend in Los Angeles, it’s nearly time to enter the baseball hibernation months. Here are some of the key dates to remember as the offseaso...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, October 16, 2024 The Colorado Rockies will have to make many decisions this winter as they try to reconstruct and rebuild their way to contention. They have already settled their first matter of business, extending Bud Black to serve as the manager for one more year, bringing to the table...2024
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• The Surprising Improvement of Spencer Arrighetti - September 24th, 2024
Spencer Arrighetti (SP - HOU) - The childish part of me had a really hard time not titling this "Spencer Spaghetti". Arrighetti has, in the space of one season, gone from unusable to possible streamer to "use most of the time". Pretty amazing really, and it's primarily on the strength of a control improvement that I simply did not see coming based on both his minor league track record and his firs...2024
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• Giants series preview: The last home series of the year

Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images The high-priced Giants haven’t recaptured the success of 2014. The Giants wonthree titles in the 2010s, including the 2014 World Series over the Royals. But since 2016 they have had just one winning season - a 107-win, post-season disappointment in 2021. They have also become overshadowed by their rivals, the juggernaut Dodgers. They came in...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 150

David Banks-Imagn Images The Cubs return home with a 9-2 pounding of the A’s. The Cubs came back home and the offense got into gear quickly. Putting together a team isn’t some literal chemistry equation or evenly a math equation. But it’s hard not to think the team needs another catalyst or two. The last half of this year has seen an explosive offense, except when the offense is missing in...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 17, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals are trying and it has made all the difference. Chelsea Janes at the Washington Post writes about the Royals’ turnaround. Now, the Royals are charging into the postseason, just three games back of the American League Central-leading Cleveland Guardians, engineering one of the most substantial turnarounds in modern baseball history. They won just 56...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: How good has the Colorado Rockies defense been in 2024?

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 10, 2024 The Colorado Rockies, for all their problems, pride themselves on playing exceptional defense. (Actually, when a team relies on pitching to contact, an excellent defense is essential.) In 2024, Brenton Doyle won his first MLB Gold Glove while Ryan McMahon and Ezequiel Tovar w...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ San Francisco Giants

Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio | Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Brewers head west for exciting road trip A sluggish offensive effort in their last series left the Milwaukee Brewers with a bad taste in their mouth. They now head west for a potentially thrilling road trip with a chance to look refreshed and productive again. They kick off a three-game series against the San Francisco...2024
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• Peralta dominates as Brewers bounce back

Brewers starter Freddy Peralta | Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Peralta in the spotlight for Milwaukee’s win Box Score Freddy Peralta was the star of the show for the Brewers on Wednesday night. In Milwaukee’s 5-3 win against the San Francisco Giants, Peralta put together his most dominant start in weeks. His strikeout flair was on display with eight punchouts while limiting the G...2024
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• Brewers come up short in 5-4 loss to Giants

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Homers by Chourio, Adames not enough Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants opened a three-game set at American Family Field tonight with what looked like a great pitching matchup on paper: the Giants’ Logan Webb, one of the league’s best pitchers, against Tobias Myers of the Brewers, one of the league’s best rookie pitchers. But by the time ...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: March 16

MLB History 1900 - Ban Johnson announces that an American League team will be placed in Chicago to ensure the stability of the league. In an agreement with National League officials, the AL club will be placed on the south side of the city and will be called the Chicago White Stockings. 1907 - The Detroit Tigers agree to trade Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in a deal for Elmer Flick but Cleveland’...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 27, 2024

Photo by: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images One downtown stadium site may have an issue. Anne Rogers writes about the Royals’ depth at shortstop. The only question is how far Witt can go. In his second season in the Majors, the 23-year-old hit 30 home runs and stole 49 bases, becoming the first Royal in franchise history to notch a 30-30 season. He hit 28 doubl...2024
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• MLB surprises, disappointments and more from the month of April
Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Braves are rolling, but what about the rest of the league? When I was in high school, my best baseball bud was Conor. In addition to being the most-skilled player I had ever shared a field with, he luxuriated in baseball lore and fandom in a way that I, who had only actually learned about baseball a few years prior, found it hard to catch up with. Th...2023
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2024
"The Giants and third baseman Matt Chapman agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $151 million, the team announced."

2023
"Bo Bichette had a solo shot and Matt Chapman a two-run homer in the first inning as the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Thursday afternoon."

2022
"The Blue Jays and Athletics are finalizing a trade that would send third baseman Matt Chapman from Oakland to Toronto, tweets Jon Morosi of MLB."

2021
"Yankees Have Reportedly Considered Matt Chapman As Part Of Shortstop Search"

2020
"There’s less pressure to lock up third baseman Matt Chapman, who won’t be…"

2019
"A's star third baseman Matt Chapman will be slowed by ongoing rehab this spring, but don't count him out from the club's March 20 regular-season opener against the Mariners in Tokyo."

2018
"A's third baseman Matt Chapman, missing from Thursday's workouts, was in Los Angeles for a right hand examination, a source told MLB."

2017
"A's rookie Matt Chapman picked the perfect moment for his first Major League hit, delivering a two-run single in the eighth inning that gave the A's a 7-6 win over the Yankees at the Coliseum on Friday night."

2016
"Two-run homers by Matt Chapman and Chris Coghlan enabled the Oakland A's to break a tie and pull away for a 6-4 exhibition victory Monday over the San Francisco Giants."

• Giants Expected To Scale Back Payroll
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove
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• Ezequiel Tovar and Brenton Doyle win 2024 Gold Glove Awards
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Zach Logue

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Logue was on the periphery of the major league squad for the first part of the season. Zach Logue existed on the Atlanta Braves’ roster at exactly two points this season. He pitched a bunch for Triple-A Gwinnett, and actually made it back to the majors in 2024... just after the Braves had cut ties with him. How acquired Logue joined th...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which Colorado Rockies will win Gold Gloves in 2024?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 29, 2024 As the 2024 postseason enters its final week, Major League Baseball is easing fans into offseason activities, which means that it’s the beginning of awards season. Given that the Rockies pride themselves on playing good defense, they generally have a player or two in the running to win a Rawl...2024
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• Milwaukee Brewers 2024-25 key offseason dates
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster
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• The Surprising Improvement of Spencer Arrighetti - September 24th, 2024
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• Previewing The 2024-25 Free Agent Class: Third Base
MLBTR’s positional look at the upcoming free agent class continues with the hot corner. Last month, there looked to be a clear top two. The Matt Chapman extension leaves one player well above the rest. Teams that aren’t interested in dropping nine figures on the position may need to turn to the trade or non-tender…...2024
• Giants series preview: The last home series of the year
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Zach Logue
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Jackson Merrill

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Our Rookie of the Year! Jackson Merrill: 5.3 fWAR, 156 G, .292 AVG, .326 OBP, .500 SLG, 130 wRC+, 77 R, 90 RBI, 24 HR Baseball Savant Positives From This Season Where do we start? Merrill hadn’t played a game in the big leagues let alone in center field before 2024 and by the end of the season he was a name all baseball fans knew aro...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which Colorado Rockies will win Gold Gloves in 2024?
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster
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• Jose Siri snubbed by 2024 Gold Glove awards

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is disrespect. The nominations for the 2024 Golden Glove awards dropped: AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER Griffin Canning, Angels Seth Lugo, Royals Cole Ragans, Royals CATCHER Freddy Fermin, Royals Cal Raleigh, Mariners Jake Rogers, Tigers FIRST BASE Nathaniel Lowe, Rangers Ryan Mountcastle, Orioles Carlos Santana, Twins SECOND BASE An...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 24

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Braves gain ground on their day off. Sweet. This is a quick one since only one team played. With that being said, it was still a pretty solid day for the Atlanta Braves since this result ended up going their way and gave them a small (but noticeable) boost in their playoff odds. Let’s talk about it. San Francisco Giants (78-79) 6, Arizona Diamondbacks (87-7...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 150
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• Braves News: Ozzie Albies could return this week, Grant Holmes to start Tuesday, more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves finish with a series split with Dodgers in disappointing fashion. On Monday, many MLB teams had multiple hits with runners in scoring position during their games. This includes both the Dodgers and Mets, who both won their respective games. One team that did not have any hits with runners in scoring position on Monday was the Atl...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: How good has the Colorado Rockies defense been in 2024?
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• Three Brewers among NL Gold Glove finalists

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Brice Turang, Blake Perkins, and Sal Frelick in final three at their positions Major League Baseball has revealed the finalists for the 2024 Gold Glove awards, listing three players at each position from whom the winners will be chosen. Brice Turang (second base), Blake Perkins (center field), and Sal Frelick (right field) are have made the last three for Mi...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: How good has the Colorado Rockies defense been in 2024?
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• Outside The Confines: In a club of one

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani is constantly making history. Happy Monday, friends (and happy birthday to me!). Hope your weekends were lovely and you’re ready to jump into some news updates. Over the weekend, Shohei Ohtani joined the unique tier of players as the only person to join the 46-46 club (and seems poised to potentially hit the 50-50 club). In other news, some big...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for September 7, 2024

Denny Medley-Imagn Images WE ARE SO BACK David Lesky writes about how the Royals’ mindset could change now that they are in a sprint towards the post-season. The point of a sprint to the finish is so many decisions made with more than just today in mind are no longer about more than just today. Again, it’s not a total reversal of strategy in making moves, but it is the idea of utilizing of...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman signs a Giant deal

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Giants lock up their third baseman. Alex Bregman should be happy. The Yankees don’t have a closer. The Guardians have the best closer. And other news from MLB. Good morning. The Cubs still haven’t allowed a hit since Tuesday. The Giants signed third baseman Matt Chapman to a six-year, $151 million extension. Chapman explained why he re-sign...2024
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• Peralta dominates as Brewers bounce back
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• Brewers come up short in 5-4 loss to Giants
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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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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats lose 4-1; improvement for Patrick Corbin; James Wood gets on...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ series opening loss to the Giants... CORBIN ERA NEARS END: Patrick Corbin gave up 13 hits and 11 runs (10 of them earned) over three innings in his July 30th start against D-Backs on the road in Arizona, throwing 67 pitches to 22 batters before he was lifted from what ended up a 17-0 loss. “Just location. Just location,” Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez told rep...2024
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• MLB Trade Deadline 2024: Grading all 30 teams’ moves

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The dust has settled after a frenzied final few hours of trade activity. How did your team fare? The 2024 MLB Trade Deadline has come and gone. There will be waiver claims, minor signings, injury returns, and other internal promotions from this point onward, but in general, each team’s roster now features the primary players who wi...2024
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• Samardzija works six innings, allows two HRs
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• Yanks can't hold off A's after Judge's 23rd HR
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• Chapman's 1st hit huge as A's edge Yanks
2017
• Rangers fall in finale, now 5 1/2 back in AL WC
Jharel Cotton tossed five scoreless innings and Khris Davis drilled his 41st home run as part of a five-run fifth inning as the A's topped the Rangers, who fell 5 1/2 games back of the Twins for the second AL Wild Card spot. The A's, who have won seven in a row, also got two RBIs from Matt Chapman and Jed Lowrie. Nomar Mazara hit his 20th home run of the season for the Rangers....2017
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• Chapman's 2 HRs, Khris' walk-off blast lift A's
Khris Davis launched a two-run, walk-off homer opposite Indians reliever Bryan Shaw to make a winner out of the A's, who also got two home runs from rookie Matt Chapman in a stunning 5-3 series-clinching victory at the Coliseum on Saturday evening....2017
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• Toles' grand slam ignites Dodgers comeback
Andrew Toles hit a grand slam and Justin Turner followed with a solo shot of his own, as the Dodgers came back from an early deficit to defeat the A's. Oakland jumped out fast on a three-run home run by Matt Chapman in the first inning....2017
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• Early homers from Bichette, Chapman launch Blue Jays past Brewers
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• Chapman ejected after incident at home plate
A's third baseman Matt Chapman was ejected in the fourth inning of Wednesday's matinee with the Angels following an exchange with opposing catcher Juan Graterol....2017
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• The Surprising Improvement of Spencer Arrighetti - September 24th, 2024
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• Profar, So Good: 5 NL Surprises - July 13, 2024
Here's five NL hitters who have been pleasant surprises in fantasy baseball during the first half of 2024 season. Jurickson Profar OF SD A perennial Padre of disappointing returns, Jurickson jumped into our fantasy hearts in the first half of 2024 with a startling slash line: .311/.402/.891. Sustainability is suspect due to our pre-2024 notions regarding Profar, however StatCast likes his xOBA and...2024
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• Veteran Hitters and Julio's Disappearing Power
Giancarlo Stanton-Yankees-OF Giancarlo Stanton was 1-3 with an HR (12) against the Mariners. Stanton is hitting .246 with 12 HR, 22 R, 27 RBI, and 0 SB. He has stayed healthy so far and has looked like the power hitter we expected. Stanton strikes out too much (31% K) which leads to a lower batting average but he hits the ball so hard (19% Barrels and 53% Hardhit) that he makes up for a lot of i...2024
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 14, 2024
Injury News Taj Bradley-Rays-SP Taj Bradley is dealing with a strained pec but is considered day-to-day. This is an injury worth watching because it could mean a couple of days off from throwing or it could turn into a multi-week injury. Either way, he is not expected to be ready for the start of the season. The Rays are going to be cautious with their young right-hander. Bradley has much appe...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024
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• Getting Closer to When It Counts- Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- March 10, 2024
We're now less than three weeks away from Opening Day (less than two weeks away from the Seoul opener for the Dodgers and Padres.) Rosters are taking shape. Injuries are projecting into impact on the season. Time is getting shorter for remaining free agents to sign and get enough work to be ready for the start of the season. As drafts are taking place it's critical to keep up to date with the Draf...2024
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• 2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: 3rd Basemen
In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 third baseman projections: Ke'Bryan Hayes After the All-Star Break Hayes hit .295/.335/.531 and ten homers. In the first half of the year he had just five long balls and that was in 130 ...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 2, 2024
Around the League Matt Chapman-Giants-3B Matt Chapman signed late Friday night with the San Francisco Giants on a 3-year, $54 million deal. Chapman is coming off a down year in Toronto in which he hit .240 with 17 HR, 66 R, 54 RBI, and 4 SB in 140 GP. The power dropping off was the biggest surprise. He posted a career-low .185 ISO. Digging deeper into his underlying skills reveals that he was ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ conventional wisdom
John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Things will be quiet until the Convention, I guess. Welcome to today’s edition 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’ t...2023
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• Chris Sale wins 2024 NL Gold Glove Award at Pitcher
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• Chris Sale wins Sporting News NL Comeback Player of the Year Award

Photo by Kevin D. Liles./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Chris Sale and Raisel Iglesias were also named as pitchers for The Sporting News NL All-Star Team, as well! Despite the fact that the World Series hasn’t even started yet, that hasn’t stopped award season from kicking off and the first organization to announce their winners is the Sporting News. They’ve also announced their All-Star team...2024
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• Milwaukee Brewers 2024-25 key offseason dates
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster
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• Jose Siri snubbed by 2024 Gold Glove awards
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 24
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• The Surprising Improvement of Spencer Arrighetti - September 24th, 2024
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• Giants series preview: The last home series of the year
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 150
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 17, 2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove
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• Why has no MLB team signed Brandon Belt?

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The two-time World Series champion was a dangerous hitter last year, but he is still unemployed over a month into the 2024 campaign. During the 2023 MLB season, 212 different position players came to the plate at least 400 times. From that group, 35 players became free agents at some point during the offseason. There were the big, splashy ...2024
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• 2024 NL West Preview: The Dodgers have loaded up for October

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Just like with Atlanta in the NL East, it’s all about what Los Angeles can do in October instead of the regular season. While the NL Central may be wide open, there are no such delusions of grandeur to be had in the NL West. That means that it’s probably going to be another long season in Denver for the Colorado Rockies, who are very likely going to spend a...2024
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas

Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The defending champion Rangers and the relentless Astros dominate the division’s focus, but keep an eye on Seattle. The 2023 American League season came down to a Lone Star State Showdown in the Championship Series. Amazingly, the Houston Astros were back in the LCS for the seventh year in a row, one shy of the record held by the ‘90s Atlanta ...2024
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• Getting Closer to When It Counts- Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- March 10, 2024
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• Will The Giants Trade J.D. Davis?
Trade rumors regarding J.D. Davis have been prevalent throughout the offseason. The Giants were linked to Matt Chapman for nearly four months before getting a deal done last week. Now that Chapman has displaced Davis from the starting lineup, there’s again speculation about a subsequent trade. The Giants signing Chapman doesn’t seem to have been…...2024
• Cub Tracks C’s the future

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The young Cubs are showing why they’re held in such high regard. These are indeed interesting times. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ spring in, fallout

Al Yellon Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Pitchers and catchers reporting day Wednesday. Most position players are in camp as well. 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 ba...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Who is the Cubs’ biggest threat this year?

Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is likely to win the NL Central, if not the Cubs. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. There are still a few tables available. Let us know if there is anything we can do for you. The show will start...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 15 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The countdown continues. Another day has gone by without Cody Bellinger signing a contract. Further, the so-called “Boras Four” — Bellinger, Matt Chapman, Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery — are all still unsigned. We have discussed Boras and his modus operandi here many, many times. Here is a different take on that — and let me be cle...2024
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