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• Giants Designate David Villar For Assignment
The Giants announced Tuesday that infielder David Villar has been designated for assignment in order to open a roster spot for Lou Trivino, whose contract has been selected. Trivino will make San Francisco’s Opening Day roster. The writing has been on the wall for the out-of-options Villar for some time. The Giants extended Matt Chapman…...2025
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• This Day in MLB History: Freddie Freeman signs with the Dodgers

Photo by John McCoy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The official end of the Freddie Freeman era in Atlanta 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 Stocking...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 16, 2025
Nolan Schanuel If you play in a super deep league and find yourself desperate at the Corner Infield spot, consider Schanuel. He had a sneaky good 2024, displaying some of the best discipline and contact skills in all of baseball. His .343 OBP is driven by a 11.2% walk rate, thanks to only whiffing at 14% of the time (96th Percentile) and only chasing 21.5% of the time (91st Percentile). Even thoug...2025
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• Nationals Prospects: When will Brady House be ready?

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images After a hot spring, Brady House could be knocking on the door sooner rather than later Brady House has been marketed as the third baseman of the future for a couple years now. However, his performance level has been up and down in that time. He has shown flashes of brilliance, but still has some kinks to iron out. This spring has been a positive one so far. The 21 ...2025
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• Jonathan Cannon and Tyler Gilbert struggle in a loss to the Giants

Will Venable (left) is wondering why he has to deal with a washed-up Joey Gallo. | Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The White Sox lose 7-3 in an unaired afternoon game Before I dive into this real dumpster fire of a game, here is some good news: Sounds as if Colson Montgomery was taking some swings off the Trajekt machine today among his activities...2025
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• Spring Training Game Thread #12/13: Milwaukee Brewers (4-6) vs./@ Chicago White Sox (2-8)

Rafael Suanes-USA TODAY Sports The Brewers will face the White Sox in two spring training games on Wednesday afternoon The split-squad Brewers will take on the split-squad White Sox on Wednesday afternoon as the two teams face off in a home and away series. One game will be played at American Family Fields of Phoenix and the other will be held at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, the s...2025
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• This Day in MLB History: Freddie Freeman signs with the Dodgers
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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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• The Daily Belli watch: 3 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Baseball at Sloan Park on Friday! First, I want to remind everyone that these posts exist mainly as an open thread to discuss baseball every day. They’re not exclusively about Cody Bellinger, and this series is going to end Friday when games begin. Perhaps Bellinger will sign with the Cubs by then, perhaps not, obviously if it happens it’ll be covered here. Sec...2024
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• Reactions to the Bobby Witt Jr. signing

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images It’s a lot of money! On Monday, the Royals signed Bobby Witt Jr. to an eleven-year, $288.7 million contract that includes three years of club options that could total up to $377 million over 14 years, with player opt outs after years seven, eight, nine, and ten. It is a massive deal, by far the biggest in club history and potentially the third biggest in bas...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 17 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images We have all been here before. Today’s song selection: Or perhaps you’d like your déjà vu this way: The rest of this article is going to look very familiar. Déjà vu, if you like. This is a repeat from last Wednesday, because as of this morning, 15 of MLB Trade Rumors’ Top 50 Free Agents remain unsigned, just as they were last week. Here’s my best gues...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 23 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Let’s do something different today! Maybe I am a crowded mindI watch your eyes glaze overStared down at the floorYou were amazing to meI was amazing to youBut here we go again — O.A.R., “Love And Memories” Indeed, here we go again! The Cubs are the most likely landing spot for Cody Bellinger, multiple people in the baseball industry told me this week, although...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 32 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images And yet, many top free agents remain unsigned. This helpful list was posted last Thursday, January 18. I share it with you now because it’s still (mostly) up to date: MLBTR Top 50 FA unsigned on 1/18/23:ProfarChafinWachaon 1/18/24:BellingerSnellMontgomeryM. ChapmanHaderSolerJ.D. MartinezHoskinsStephensonClevingerA. ChapmanLorenzenUrshelaRosarioMerrifiel...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Convention: Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins discuss baseball operations

Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins outside Wrigley Field | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Cubs baseball operations brass had a morning session at CubsCon. Day two of the 2024 Cubs Convention kicked off with the baseball operations panel featuring Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer and General Manager Carter Hawkins. Like last year, the panel...2024
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• Cubs swing for the fences with Michael Busch

NATHAN J. FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs and Dodgers pulled off a rare prospect-for-prospect trade as Jed Hoyer gambles on a potentially game-changing bat. The Cubs made a bold move yesterday, dealing two promising, but very young, prospects for a major-league ready slugger. Yes, the Cubs also picked a right-handed reliever in Yency Almonte, but make no mistake, this deal ...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: Freddie Freeman signs with the Dodgers
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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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"Unlike last year, when Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman, Blake Snell, and Jordan Montgomery were all top-10 free agents in the class who lingered on the open market well…"

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"The Giants and third baseman Matt Chapman agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $151 million, the team announced."

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"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."

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"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."

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

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

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"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."

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

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"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."

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"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 Designate David Villar For Assignment
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• This Day in MLB History: Freddie Freeman signs with the Dodgers
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West

Will the Dodgers hoist the World Series trophy again in 2025? | Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images One team in particular dominates all talk about this division. Something something Dodgers. Given what the Dodgers have spent the last couple of offseasons, they should win this division by eleventy-seven games, right? As you surely know, baseball doesn’t work that way. They l...2025
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• Poll: Who’s The Best Hitter Still Available In Free Agency?
With the end of February upon us, free agency has mostly been resolved for the offseason with only a handful of clearly big-league caliber free agents remaining. Unlike last year, when Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman, Blake Snell, and Jordan Montgomery were all top-10 free agents in the class who lingered on the open market well…...2025
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• Giants Considering Pete Alonso
The Giants already made one big infield addition by signing Willy Adames, and kept Matt Chapman off the free agent market entirely by signing the third baseman to a six-year, $151MM extension back in September. With the Giants still weighing big moves, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Pete Alonso is on…...2024
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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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• Giants, Chapman reach 6-year, $151M extension
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• Giants Interested In Longer-Term Deal With Matt Chapman
The Giants’ late offseason dealings saw them sign two of the four prominent free agents who lingered on the market late into the offseason, inking Blake Snell on a two-year, $62MM deal and Matt Chapman on a three-year, $54MM pact. Both contracts came with opt-out opportunities this offseason — Chapman’s also has an opt-out opportunity…...2024
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• A Game of Groans
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• Durbin homers as Adames, Giants outclass Brewers

Dave Kallmann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Freddy Peralta also makes his spring debut The Brewers and Giants met this afternoon for a Cactus League contest, one that technically served as the reunion of Willy Adames with his former Brewers teammates. But given that it was a spring training road game for Milwaukee, most of the faces that Adames saw were ...2025
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• The 5 worst Cubs games of 2024

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images You probably don’t want to remember these, but here we are. There have been other years when I’ve posted a number of blowout losses in this annual recap. In some ways, those are easier to take, a team runs up a huge score against the Cubs but it still counts for only one loss. Other times I’ve filled these with soul-crushing defeats. This time, I’m going...2024
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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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• Reactions to the Bobby Witt Jr. signing
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• SB Nation Offseason Simulation: The fake 2024 Cubs

David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports All the SB Nation sites got together for some simulated wheeling and dealing. Each November, the SB Nation sites get together and fly through the entire baseball offseason in two days with our annual offseason simulation. What follows is an annotated summary of deals, signings, and discussions. Enjoy! In prior years, the simulation goals have been easy: supplem...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 116

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports Back in the win column in Toronto with 6-2 win. I have just one hope. Let’s hope the Cubs don’t become one of “those” teams. You know, the kind of team that beats the good teams but then does less than exceptional against the lesser teams. Instead, I like to think that the core of the Mets team that was put together with an eye on getting back to the World ...2023
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• The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The A’s will officially be playing Sacramento in 2025 before a planned move to Vegas. A once-dynastic baseball town has been abandoned. It’s official. At the end of the 2024 campaign, the Oakland Athletics will be dead. They will play at least their next three seasons at Sutter Health Park, home of the minor-league Sacramento River Cats, and aim to move...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 3 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
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• The Daily Belli watch: 4 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Cody Bellinger plays for the Cubs in a 2023 Spring Training game in Mesa. Will we see him in this uniform at Sloan Park this year? | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Cubs players will take the field in a spring game this Friday. As I have previously in this series, I present to you this list, which is still accurate today though it was posted Saturday: Today is February 17th. The follo...2024
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• Reactions to the Bobby Witt Jr. signing
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• The Daily Belli watch: 28 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Another day, another Cody Bellinger watch. Four weeks from today, Friday, February 23, the Cubs — or some players wearing Cubs uniforms — will take the field at Sloan Park against the White Sox for their 2024 Spring Training opener. We do, of course, hope that Cody Bellinger is one of those Cubs players, even if he only plays a couple of innings and get...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Convention: Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins discuss baseball operations
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• 2023 Cubs player profiles: Jeimer Candelario

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The switch-hitting third baseman is a possible keeper as a bridge between Patrick Wisdom and Matt Shaw. He’s at just the right age where a couple of years at a small raise might be appealing. His bat and glove have good value. A former Cub farmhand, 6’1”, 221 lb. Jeimer (pronounced Jay’mer) Candelario is a first/third sacker the Cubs got from the Washin...2023
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• MJ Melendez is the unluckiest hitter alive – when he makes contact
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Yes, that is an important caveat I have always been a fan of batted-ball stats. The most fundamental goal of a plate appearance is a hard hit ball. Guys like Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer learned that to be really, really good, you have to hit the ball hard in the air. But you can work with a high exit velocity. There’s a reason why Hosmer and Nick...2023
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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
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• 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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• 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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• Fantasy baseball impact of the Matt Chapman trade

Tristan H. Cockcroft explains the fantasy impact of the deal sending the third baseman from the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays....2022
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• Spring Training Game Thread #12/13: Milwaukee Brewers (4-6) vs./@ Chicago White Sox (2-8)
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• Durbin homers as Adames, Giants outclass Brewers
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• Spring Training Game Thread #8: Milwaukee Brewers (3-4) @ San Francisco Giants (3-2)

Dave Kallmann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Brewers face off against a dear old friend as Freddy Peralta makes spring debut This afternoon, the Milwaukee Brewers will get their first look at dear old friend Willy Adames since he left the squad in free agency in December when they visit the San Francisco Giants at their Scottsdale spring training home. To...2025
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• The 5 worst Cubs games of 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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• 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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• Braves News: Ozzie Albies could return this week, Grant Holmes to start Tuesday, more
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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
• The Daily Belli watch: 16 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Today I will share a rumor, and tell you why it’s probably nothing. Since we last met here, a day ago, there has been much kerfuffle made about what appears to be a throwaway comment buried way at the bottom of a long Sunday notes column by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale: Several executives think the Philadelphia Phillies could be a sleeper for one of the r...2024
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• 2023 Cubs player profiles: Jeimer Candelario
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• Outside The Confines: Bench ‘em
Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images A new practice of benching bad behavior is picking up steam. “Benching” baseball players isn’t a new practice, but it seems to be gaining popularity this season, as we’re seeing managers bench their players for a number of largely behavioral reasons. No hustle on the basepaths? Get benched. Boneheaded lack of attention paid during the game? Get...2023
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