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• Jeff Torborg: 1941-2025

Ron Vesely/Getty Images The author of one of the greatest White Sox surprise teams in history, and a catcher of note in his own right, has left us On Sunday night, the White Sox announced that former catcher, manager, and broadcaster Jeff Torborg passed away today, at age 83. Among his many accomplishments in baseball, Torborg as manager led the 1990 White Sox on a miracle run in 1990, cha...2025
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• Report: Ishbia brothers bought secret stake in White Sox years ago
The post Report: Ishbia brothers bought secret stake in White Sox years ago appeared first on Sox On 35th. As Mat and Justin Ishbia are expected to pursue ownership of the Minnesota Twins, a new report has uncovered their connection to a division rival. According to Kurt Badenhausen and… The post Report: Ishbia brothers bought secret stake in White Sox years ago appeared first on Sox On 35th...2025
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• Minnesota Twins top prospects 2025: Bats lead the way in farm system looking to revitalize organization

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• Friday Rockpile: An early look at spring training for the Rockies

Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, January 17, 2025 With an arctic blast descending on Colorado this weekend and temperatures reaching well below zero, it’s a good time to think about spring training in the Cactus League, specifically near Scottsdale, Arizona where temperatures average in the mid-70s in February and will be in the mid-60s this weekend. ...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Bob Horner signs four-year deal with Braves

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The vaunted power hitter chooses to stay with the Braves Braves Franchise History 1953: The Brooklyn Dodgers send Andy Pafko to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy Hartsfield and $50,000. 1983: Bob Horner agrees to a four-year contract with the Atlanta Braves that will pay him up to $6 million, including $400,000 in bonuses if he keeps his weight below 215 po...2025
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• Rockies sign Keston Hiura and Nick Martini to minor league deals

Katie Stratman, Katie Stratman / USA TODAY NETWORK The Rockies brought in additional minor league depth as they gear up for camp. Early Wednesday afternoon as Major League Baseball teams—including the Rockies—were working on solidifying their international free agent classes, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com announced that the Colorado Rockies had added two new players to their organization. The...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 4

Xavier Isaac #23 of the Tampa Bay Rays reacts as he returns to the dugout after hitting a two run game tying homerun in the top of the sixth inning during a spring training game against the Minnesota Twins at Lee County Sports Complex on March 16, 2024 in Fort Myers, Florida. | Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images Xavier Isaac moves up to three! Previous Winner 3. Xavier Isaac, 1B/O...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 62: Bryce Collins

Bryce Collins recorded 56 strikeouts in his time at LSU, and contributed to the team that won the National Championship in 2023. | Louisiana State University With an improvement in his command, this righty could become a bullpen staple Bryce Collins Right-Handed Relief Pitcher6´0´´200 poundsAge: 24First appearance in the South Side Sox Top 1002024 High Level Winston-Salem (A+)Age relative ...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 9

This Sept. 9, 2011 appearance on Halfway to St. Paddy’s Day turned out to be the second-to-last game of Shane Lindsay’s MLB career. | Brian D. Kersey/Getty Images Two free agent relievers, signed and released on the same day 1993 St. Michaels, Md. honored future Hall-of-Famer and town native Harold Baines by declaring every January 9 from that day forward to be Harold Baines Day. Baines ha...2025
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The Yankees make a historic hiring Braves Franchise History 1994: Former All-Star pitcher Harvey Haddix dies at the age of 68 from emphysema. Haddix, who won 136 games over a 14-year career, was best known for pitching 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves in a game in 1959, only to lose in the 13th inning. 1996: Atlanta Braves trade OF Mike Ke...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 9, 2025

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Captain Biceps is here. The Michael Lorenzen deal is official: “And I think that we’re going to win,” Lorenzen said. “Obviously, that’s another plus. I think they’re going to bring the best out of me, so I think it just makes sense in every direction.” “When I hung up the phone with Michael the other night, he said, ‘Let’s win the division.’” general manag...2025
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• What each American League team has done this offseason

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Are the Royals keeping up? It’s a new year, and we should see MLB offseason begin to pick up as spring training nears. The Royals have made a few moves, but still have work to do. They’re not alone as many teams still have unfinished rosters. Let’s take a look around the American League at what each team has done so far this off-season - w...2025
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• In Memoriam: Three former Rays passed in 2024

There were three former Rays players that passed away last year Entering the new year, let’s take a moment to look back and remember a trio of former Rays players that tragically passed away last year. Sean Burroughs Selected in the first round, 9th overall, in the 1998 draft by the San Diego Padres, was Sean Burroughs. Burroughs had already received national attention prior to the draft as he wa...2025
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• I wish the Royals could have moved Kris Bubic and Daniel Lynch IV to the pen earlier

Kris Bubic #50 of the Kansas City Royals throws in the eighth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on September 08, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images They’re doing well there. The 2018 Kansas City Royals MLB Draft was a huge opportunity to reshape the franchise. The Second Golden Age was officially over, as the core position player group was ...2024
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• How should the Royals set their postseason rotation?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Matt Quatraro has some strong options. On Sunday afternoon, Michael Wacha took the mound in Kansas City with a chance at a sweep over the Minnesota Twins. Pitching to a tight strike zone from home plate umpire Shane Livensparger, Wacha threw a gem, punching out seven Twins batters across seven scoreless innings. The Royals completed...2024
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• Miguel Sano spotted with brace on foot, may wear it up to 10 days
Miguel Sano was spotted entering the Minnesota Twins’ clubhouse in Fort Myers, Fla., sporting a walking brace on his right foot, and the Star Tribune’s La Velle E. Neal reports it could be between seven and 10 days before the slugger is able to shed it. Sano suffered a laceration on his lower right leg while celebrating his hometown winter league team’s Dominican championship back on Jan. 23, and ...2019
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• Brand Name Ambition: Astros' Carlos Correa Focuses on Baseball and a Lot More
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Minnesota Twins' Hrbek's Pub Introduces Bloody Mary Topped with Pizza Slice
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"The Minnesota Twins lowered their payroll from $177 million in 2023 to about $160 million in 2024."

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"That all begins tonight at Wrigley Field with the opener of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins."

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"Star shortstop Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins are finalizing a six-year, $200 million contract, pending a physical, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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"Cavan Biggio hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and Whit Merrifield scored on an overturned call to lead the visiting Blue Jays to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins Sunday."

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"The Tampa Bay Rays acquired slugger Nelson Cruz from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in a four-player trade."

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"Josh Donaldson, Minnesota Twins agree to four-year deal, report says"

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"The Minnesota Twins have signed right-handed relievers Tyler Clippard and Sergio Romo, the team announced."

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"The Tampa Bay Rays have traded starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor league infielder Jermaine Palacios."

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"The San Francisco Giants activated their dormant offense Sunday and scored four seventh-inning runs to surge past the Minnesota Twins, 13-8, avoiding a three-game series sweep."

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"The San Francisco Giants acquired infielder Eduardo Nunez from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night in exchange for Minor League pitching prospect Adalberto Mejia."

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"Alex Rodriguez is on the verge of turning 40 years old, but that didn't stop the New York Yankees third baseman from turning back the clock in an 8-5 win Saturday night against the Minnesota Twins."

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"Torii Hunter, the 16-year veteran free-agent outfielder, is returning to his roots with the Minnesota Twins."

• This Day in Braves History: Bob Horner signs four-year deal with Braves
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• Rockies sign Keston Hiura and Nick Martini to minor league deals
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• This Day in Braves History: Ted Turner purchases the Atlanta Braves

Braves Franchise History 1891 - The National League votes to allow the American Association to place a team in Boston, despite strong opposition by the owners of the Boston Beaneaters. 1988 - Bob Horner returns to the major leagues by agreeing to a one-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. Horner played the 1987 season in Japan after collusion between the owners reduced the demand for his servi...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 4
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 62: Bryce Collins
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• Braves News: Jarred Kelenic, Dylan Lee avoid arbitration, minor league Q&A, and more

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. Thursday marked Major League Baseball’s arbitration deadline, and the Atlanta Braves will not have any hearings this year, as the club agreed to deals with both Jarred Kelenic and Dylan Lee. Kelenic, who logged 126 games in the outfield last year, signed a one-year, $2.3M contract. Left-handed Lee’s one-year deal is wort...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 9
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 9, 2025
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• The Twins Will Have Created A Game Of Musical Chairs At First Base
Overall, the Minnesota Twins’ positional depth chart is not in the worst shape for a team that has spent $3.06 million this offseason, per Spotrac. However, the just over $3 million in spending this offseason has all been on minor league free agents, the latest of which is first baseman Mike Ford....2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 4
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 62: Bryce Collins
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• Cubs trade target: Pablo López

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images What would it take to bring the Twins righthander to Chicago? The Minnesota Twins lowered their payroll from $177 million in 2023 to about $160 million in 2024. The reason was a reduction in TV rights fees with a resulting decrease in revenue. For 2025, as I noted in this article last November, they’ll be part of what’s now being called...2025
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• How should the Royals set their postseason rotation?
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• Kansas City’s bullpen breaks down, Yankees defeat Royals 10-4

Austin Wells #28 of the New York Yankees reacts after his seventh inning three-run home run against the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium on September 09, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Not great The Kansas City Royals are playing a multilevel series against the New York Yankees: not only are the Royals trying to clinch a playoff spot, bu...2024
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• Seth’s stellar start stems skid, series stopper salvaged 4-1

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Pham’s homer powered the offense. Seth Lugo threw a seven-inning gem and Tommy Pham delivered the decisive blow with his first homer for the Royals as Kansas City defeated the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 tonight. The first inning featured a couple baserunners but not result. In the top of the second, MJ Melendez turned a single into a double when he got caught in...2024
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• Royals roast Cardinals’ bullpen; win 8-3

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals hits a two-run home run in the seventh inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Kauffman Stadium on August 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images As has so often happened in Royals games this year - it was a very close one until it suddenly was not. Michael Wacha is such an interesting player to me. As I noted in th...2024
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• The Cubs have lost 33 percent of their Quality Starts this season

Justin Steele exits a game against the Giants at Wrigley Field | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Winning even half of those games would have this team in a very different position in the standings It’s been a frustrating season for Cubs fans and Monday’s loss against the Minnesota Twins was a pretty good example. Kyle Hendricks has been a bit of a roller coaster ride in his...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves began the road trip on a high note after defeating the Miami Marlins 8-1. Max Fried got the start and appeared to be in midseason form, as he tossed 6.1 frames. He gave up just one run on four hits, struck out four, and surrendered a base on balls. ▪️6.1 innings▪️1 run allowed▪️1 walk▪️4 strikeout...2024
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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Bartolo Colon

Bartolo Colon’s 21-year career saw him play for 11 different teams including the Atlanta Braves in 2017. | Photo by Patrick Duffy/Beam Imagination/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images He won more games than any Latin American pitcher in MLB history and won an American League Cy Young Award. Should that be enough for “Big Sexy” to gain entrance into Cooperstown? When you say the nickname “Big Sexy” ...2024
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• Jeff Torborg: 1941-2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 9
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• Braves News: Eddy Alvarez deal, MLB Network’s “Top 10 Right Now,” and more

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Per the transaction log, the Atlanta Braves have added second baseman Eddy Alvarez on a minor league deal. The 34-year-old has seen playing time with NL East foes New York Mets and Miami Marlins, as well as the Los Angeles Dodgers. As for the minors, he has logged 843 games, with a .279 career batting average and a...2025
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• In Memoriam: Three former Rays passed in 2024
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• Twins, owned by Pohlads since '84, up for sale
The Minnesota Twins, who have been owned by the Pohlad family since 1984, are up for sale. The team is estimated to be worth between $1.5 to $2 billion....2024
• This day in Braves History: Adam Duvall pinch-hits Braves into tied NLDS with Cardinals

Set Number: X162965 TK1 2019 was fun, until it wasn’t Braves franchise history 1917: After the Brooklyn Robins beat the Boston Braves, 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader, Boston responds with a 4-2 victory in the nitecap. The 40-inning scoreless streak of Art Nehf ends when a walk followed by a single and a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning produces a run for Brooklyn. Nehf holds on fo...2024
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• Why none of us should worry about Royals home game attendance

Fans of the Kansas City Royals react during the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, August 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images We’re fine On August 26, 2014, the Kansas City Royals roared back in the bottom of the ninth to walk off the Minnesota Twins. It was an extraordinarily qui...2024
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• Twins 6, White Sox 3: Losing ugly

Korey Lee has earned the full-time backstop spot | David Berding/Getty Images Eight straight losses at Target Field for Chicago; South Siders on pace for just 20 wins in 2024 Whew, friends. This season has been UGLY. Honestly, my brain is a bit overloaded with abysmal baseball, and I’m running out of different ways to say, “Man, this team stinks!” Yet, here we are again — another evening ...2024
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• Remembering Dave McCarty

Dave McCarty wouldn’t give up on his big league dreams. David McCarty, who fashioned an 11-year major league career with seven teams, passed away on April 19. McCarty grew up in Houston and played collegiately at Stanford where he was named Baseball America College Player of the Year in 1991 after hitting .420 with 24 home runs. The Minnesota Twins took him with the third overall pick of the draft...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more
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• OF Hunter returning to Twins on 1-year deal
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits 3 Home Runs vs. Twins: Stats, Highlights and Reaction
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• Torii Hunter Retires: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits Grand Slam vs. Twins, Record 25th All-Time
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• Twins' Eddie Rosario Homers on 1st Pitch in 1st Career At-Bat, Family Goes Wild
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• Giants land All-Star Nunez in deal with Twins
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• David Ortiz Records 500th Home Run: Highlights and Reaction
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• Mike Trout Launches Grand Slam Deep to CF Against Minnesota Twins
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• Jose Miranda, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
So, I gave you a Jose Miranda 2022 fantasy post kinda already, when I told you how much I liked him towards the tail-end of last year, while thinking he was about to be promoted. Ended up I got goosed, and Miranda got service time jag-offed and wasn't brought up. I didn't tell you everything, so we're back. What I did say, "Jose Miranda as played by Cynthia Nixon in her most challenging role yet: ...2021
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• Miranda Has The Right To Remain Buylent
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) Jose Miranda as played by Cynthia Nixon in her most challenging role yet: Minnesota Twins prospect. The sun sets through the West Village window, as clickety-clack from Carrie's word processor is heard. She reads the words out loud as they make their way onto her 64-bit screen,...2021
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• Cody Bellinger's fantasy baseball stock just keeps on rising
Cody Bellinger is living the life right about now. Not only are the Los Angeles Dodgers sporting an 8-3 record with baseball’s second-best run differential (+35) heading into Tuesday night, but there are also only three hitters with a better wRC+ than Bellinger’s 266 mark (Mike Trout, Tim Anderson and Tim Beckham). As if that wasn’t enough, the reigning National League Player of the Week is tied f...2019
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• Jose Altuve's Career Year Makes 2016 AL MVP Award His to Lose
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• What Is James Shields Truly Worth in Today's MLB Pitching Market?
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• Jeff Torborg: 1941-2025
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• Friday Rockpile: An early look at spring training for the Rockies
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• Rockies sign Keston Hiura and Nick Martini to minor league deals
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 4
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 62: Bryce Collins
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• Today in White Sox History: January 9
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball
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• What each American League team has done this offseason
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• In Memoriam: Three former Rays passed in 2024
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• Cubs trade target: Pablo López
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball
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• Why none of us should worry about Royals home game attendance
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• There is no such thing as a good owner

Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman prior to a game against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Last June, the Oakland Athletics were in the midst of yet another terrible season. With an Opening Day payroll of under $57 million, they were dead last in spending—the third time in the past six years that they were last or second to last in total pay...2024
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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Bartolo Colon
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the Division Series

Jason Heyward reacts after hitting a single against the Giants. | John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Who are you cheering for as playoff baseball continues? Four Wild Card Series and four sweeps later the bracket is set for four best of five Division Series. One division winner, the Milwaukee Brewers, has already been eliminated, the other five remain. These series have everything, including lots...2023
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• The Braves paved a path of dominance towards their sixth-straight NL East title

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Braves didn't literally go wire-to-wire but other than that, their march to the 2023 NL East title was one of pure excellence On September 9, 2022, the Atlanta Braves beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4 to open up that series in Seattle and — most importantly — take sole control of first place in the NL East for the first time in the entire 2022 season. At...2023
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• Braves News: USA beats Venezuela, shortstop competition, more
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Team USA won a wild game against Ronald Acuna and Venezuela in which each team had to come back from 2+ run deficits. A grand slam from Trea Turner turned the tables for Team USA in the eighth inning. On the Braves’ side of things, there has been some interesting buzz around the potential of...2023
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• Yankees’ “total focus” on Gerrit Cole
The Yankees “total focus” remains on reeling in the winter’s big fish: ace starter Gerrit Cole, per MLB Network Insider Jon Heyman. That Cole is a priority for the Yankees is old news, though Heyman’s characterization certainly seems to stake a higher degree of urgency to the Yankees’ intent. The nostalgic among us can take this opportunity to think fondly of the Yankees of yore, who routinely tar...2019
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• Former MLB star sued for posting ‘revenge porn’ on Facebook
Washington Nationals assistant coach Jacque Jones has been suspended by the team after a lawsuit revealed that Jones allegedly shared initimate photos of a former girlfriend.The relationship, which ended in August, alleges that Jones distributed nude photos of the plaintiff – referenced as Jane Doe in the filing. This type of conduct is commonly referred to as revenge porn.According to the Washing...2017
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• Predicting Los Angeles Dodgers Depth Charts a Month Ahead of Spring Training
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