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• Braves News: Chris Sale wins Cy Young, Manfred talks expansion and ABS, more

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday I have been wondering recently if this will be the year that the Alex Anthopoulos Braves will make a big free agent splash. Under his tenure, the biggest splashes he has made in free agency for multiple years have been Will Smith and bringing Marcell Ozuna back on $64 million plus a team option. They repor...2024
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• MLB commissioner Rob Manfred addresses Rays' stadium situation after owner's relocation threat

The Rays’ plans for 2028 and beyond are back up in the air....2024
• Rob Manfred reveals when he expects Roki Sasaki to sign with MLB team

While the Marines didn’t specify a timeline for the posting, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed this afternoon that Sasaki is not expected to sign until 2025....2024
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• Manfred expecting Sasaki to sign after Jan. 15
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred expects Japanese baseball star Roki Sasaki to be part of the 2025 international amateur class, meaning he will be posted after Dec. 2 and will not sign with a club before Jan. 15....2024
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• Roki Sasaki's signing timeline comes into focus as Rob Manfred shares update on Japanese phenom

Sasaki likely won't be signing with an MLB team until 2025...2024
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• Dodgers Rumors: Roki Sasaki’s Expected Signing Date Revealed by Rob Manfred

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters on Wednesday that he expects superstar Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki to be a part of the 2025 international signing class. With the 2024 class almost over, Sasaki will open up greater financial opportunities by waiting until the 2025 class, which begins on Jan. 15. That has appeared …...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 28, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals bring back Michael Lorenzen? David Lesky looks at potential free agent pitching targets for the Royals. Michael Wacha I don’t need to tell you who or what Wacha is. It sure seems like the Royals want him back and he’d like to come back. He’s likely going to opt out of his $16 million player option for 2025, which makes sens...2024
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• Rays Tank: Fernando Valenzuela dies; Tropicana Field analysis due in November

Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Manfred wants to keep the Rays in Tampa Bay while the Trop is unplayable. Good luck! Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela has passed away. We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela.“Fernandomania” swept through baseball in 1981 when the 20-year old rookie sensation began the season 8-0 with a 0.50 ERA. The ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend

Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela passes away. A World Series preview and other MLB news. We were all set to celebrate the World Series and the first Yankees/Dodgers Fall Classic since 1981. But first, we have to say goodbye to one of the heroes of that World Series of 43 years ago. The Los Angeles Dodgers mourn the passing of legendary pitcher Fern...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 21, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals have options. Kevin O’Brien at Royals Reporter looks at the contract options for Royals players. While Wacha will undoubtedly opt out of his deal, it will be interesting to see what approach the Royals take regarding a possible Wacha contract offer/extension. The Royals could offer Wacha a three-year deal, perhaps around the $60 million market val...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: National League Preview

Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Dodgers to the top seed in the NL. Is this the season where they break through and return to the World Series. It took a controversial decision by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and a devastating hurricane but finally, we have a set National League postseason field for the 2024 Playoffs. How about that doubleheader, huh? After 162 games, six teams are...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024

Winning more fun than losing, news at 11 | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Hold onto your butts! Day games sometimes make for weird Rumblings. Many official outlets use the game thread to fill up their Royals quota for the day. Also, it’s harder to sift through Tweets for stories as there are a bunch of game thread-style Tweets. The last few weeks, I’ve been updating playoff odds here. However,...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta calls up Andruw Jones

Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Braves record 11 hits off Jeff Tesreau and beat the Giants 7-3. Bill James is the winner while Joe Connolly finishes a triple shy of a cycle. 1971 - The Braves purchase infielder Tony LaRussa from the A’s. 1982 - Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Padres and move back within 1.5 games of first place Los Angeles in the NL West standi...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Draft is on tap

Travis Bazzana | Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports All-Star Week is full of events, like the Draft, the Futures Game and the Home Run Derby. Oh yeah, there’s also the All-Star Game. Good morning. We’re going to have plenty of draft coverage over the next week. We’re going to do a lot of mocking of drafts over the weekend. The real one comes Sunday night. Eric Longenhagen has a mock draft. ...2024
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• Rob Manfred on rash of MLB pitching injuries: 'Pursuit of spin and velocity' among commissioner's concerns

The MLB commissioner discussed several topics ahead of next week's All-Star Game...2024
• What a difference 45 little years make

These days, it’s the teams that are in the chips. | Spinetti’s Gaming Baseball’s aMays-ing plummet into gambling FIRST, WE GO BACK The death of Willie Mays this week is a reminder that then-baseball commissioner and Duty Village Idiot Bowie Kuhn had once banned Mays and Mickey Mantle from the game for life, thereby proving that wearing short sleeves to a frigid World Series game in 1976 w...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024

Ok, that’s pretty funny | Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images There are baseball players doing real baseball things in Arizona and Florida! Baseball is back (!), which means Anne Rogers newsletter is back! She looks at three storylines for this spring: Vinnie Pasquantino’s return to the lineup It’s been eight months since Pasquantino appeared in the Royals’ lineup after rig...2024
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• Brewers' David Denson Hopes Coming Out Paves Way to Achieving MLB Dream
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Yogi Berra, MLB Icon and War Hero, Was One of Sports' Most Unforgettable
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"Former New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler was suspended through the 2024 World Series on Friday by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who concluded he directed the team to fabricate injuries to create open roster spots."

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"MLB has extended commissioner Rob Manfred through January 2029, which puts him in line to guide the owners through another round of collective bargaining."

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"Rob Manfred: He doesn't hate baseball; he wants to save it"

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"Seven-inning doubleheaders and starting extra innings with runners on second are likely to be dropped by MLB after this season, commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday."

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"Pete Rose is again asking commissioner Rob Manfred to take him off the league's ineligible list, citing his lack of punishment for Astros players in the sign-stealing scandal."

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"Commissioner Rob Manfred is now threatening to walk away completely if…"

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"Major League Baseball will implement new pace of play rules for the 2018 season, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Monday, but there will be no pitch clock this season."

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"Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series."

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"Major League Baseball hopes to play its first regular-season games in London in 2017, Commissioner Rob Manfred said in an interview with The Associated Press."

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"MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says he has received a formal request from Pete Rose asking that his lifetime ban be lifted and that he will consider the all-time hits leader's request."

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"Rob Manfred has been given a five-year term as baseball commissioner when he succeeds Bud Selig in two months."

• Braves News: Chris Sale wins Cy Young, Manfred talks expansion and ABS, more
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• The Diamond Sports bankruptcy is settled. Where does this leave MLB teams for local TV?

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The state of local baseball broadcasting is still in flux. I’ve been covering the continuing saga of the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports, which at one time had rights to about half of MLB teams’ local broadcasts, for some time. Evan Drellich of the Athletic reported last week that the bankruptcy case was settled, and that will leave six teams...2024
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball at Tropicana until 2026

Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The damage report for the Rays’ stadium is back, and it’s grim. One of the biggest stories of the offseason isn’t where Juan Soto will sign or which team will land Roki Sasaki, it’s the devastation of Tropicana Field, and whether the Rays would be able to play at home in 2025. The answer is finally known, and in short: No. The...2024
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• Braves and MLB reject Diamond Sports Group’s Bankruptcy plan

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images It is the legal song that never ends with the Braves’ TV partner and the hijinks that go with it Diamond Sports Group, who controls the Braves TV rights holder known as Fanduel Sports Network, is still in the throes of bankruptcy. At least, that’s the way they tell it publicly. In court and to Rob Manfred, they have entered bankruptcy to avoid TV rights ...2024
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• What’s going to happen with the Rays and Tropicana Field?

Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It’s complicated. Three weeks after Hurricane Milton shredded the roof at Tropicana Field, crews began removing the debris Thursday, and the St. Petersburg City Council approved $6 million for “waterproofing” — per this article, here’s what that’s for: The council approved up to $6 million in mitigation efforts that will crea...2024
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• Our polling did not go well for the White Sox powers-that-be

Where our voters suggest Jerry Reinsdorf might like to spend his retirement. Which wasn’t really a huge surprise It has been a week since we posted a series of poll questions dealing with the alleged leak of Jerry Reinsdorf possibly selling the White Sox, and with a few hundred votes in, there’s unlikely to be a change in any of the outcomes, so let’s take a look at what we ended up with. ...2024
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• Braves News: Dodgers win World Series, Atlanta history, more

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Ho hum, just a picture of Juan Soto giving his buddy Ozzie Albies a cupcake for his birthday before a World Series game. Juan has a couple buddies on this Braves team, huh? Wouldn’t it be fun if he somehow...joined them in Atlanta. Sure would be cool if he was a free agent or something...wait......2024
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• MLB will test the ball-and-strike challenge system in Spring Training

MLB Network To which I say, “Hallelujah!” Major League Baseball has had home run reviews since late 2008. It’s had replay review for most plays in the field since 2014. And a ball-and-strike challenge system has been in place in several minor leagues over the past three seasons. Now, as reported by R.J. Anderson, Commissioner Rob Manfred says the challenge system for ball-and-strike calls ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 28, 2024
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• 2024 World Series: Predicting the winner of Yankees vs Dodgers in the Fall Classic

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Which team will emerge victorious from this heavyweight fight? The highly anticipated 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is set to kick off tonight at 8:08 pm on FOX. The Yankees, unquestionably the most popular and most successful franchise in Major League Baseball, are making their first World Series appearance si...2024
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• The Diamond Sports bankruptcy is settled. Where does this leave MLB teams for local TV?
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• Our polling did not go well for the White Sox powers-that-be
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• MLB will test the ball-and-strike challenge system in Spring Training
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• Here’s your chance to let the powers-that-be know what you really think about all the foofaraw around the White Sox and Jerry Reinsdorf

Finally, a set of polls that really mean something. | Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images Not that they’ll pay any attention, but let’s do it anyway ’Tis the season to be polling, so let’s proceed with the first-ever South Side Sox survey on recent developments surrounding Jerry Reinsdorf, possible sale of the team, The 78 and all that good stuff. There are numerous questions...2024
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• 2024 World Series: Predicting the winner of Yankees vs Dodgers in the Fall Classic
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• Rays Tank: Fernando Valenzuela dies; Tropicana Field analysis due in November
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 21, 2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Surprising Mets set for NLCS clash with the Dodgers

The Mets are hoping to ride their momentum into an NLCS clash with the top seeded Dodgers It’s hard to imagine MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred could be any happier with the results of the National League playoffs thus far. Starting Sunday, two of the biggest fan bases from its two biggest markets will renew their postseason rivalry and face off in the National League Championship Series in a best-of-...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024
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• BCB After Dark: Which potential expansion city is best?

Set Number: X34693 TK2 R23 F5 The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks where MLB should expand to. It’s another Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in and join us. It’s good to see old friends and new ones. There’s no cover charge. We have a few tables available. Bring your ...2024
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• The Diamond Sports bankruptcy is settled. Where does this leave MLB teams for local TV?
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• Our polling did not go well for the White Sox powers-that-be
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• 2024 World Series: Predicting the winner of Yankees vs Dodgers in the Fall Classic
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 25, 2024

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Could Tommy Pham return? David Lesky writes about some potential free agent hitter targets for the Royals, including Tyler O’Neill. I’ve written this before, but the Royals interest in O’Neill last winter probably doesn’t mean a ton about their interest this winter. He was available on what was essentially a one-year deal as it was his final year of arbitration. ...2024
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• Rob Manfred deserves this World Series moment

Game times are down, steals are up and people are engaging more frequently. And what is Manfred's reward for his toil? A World Series for the ages....2024
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• Evaluating Rockies TV: Year 1

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Back on December 12, 2023, I speculated about the future of the Colorado Rockies TV broadcasts. At the time, the only models we had were MLB’s takeovers of the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres broadcasts. Now we’re a year in, and while some questions remain unanswered, it’s worth takin...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Surprising Mets set for NLCS clash with the Dodgers
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• Some 2024 thoughts about MLB expansion and realignment

Salt Lake City skyline | Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images It’s gonna happen eventually. Here’s how I see it as of now. Every time I post on this topic it generates some interesting and healthy discussion, so I figured, “Why not try talking about expansion and realignment again? Haven’t done it here in a couple of years!” It’s been said on a numb...2024
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• Diamond Sports and MLB might be reaching the end of the line together

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The owner of Bally Sports Networks said in court that they’re not going to sign deals with most of the MLB teams they’ve been carrying. The ongoing saga of Diamond Sports vs. MLB came to a head in bankruptcy court Wednesday. Here’s what happened, per Evan Drellich in The Athletic: Diamond Sports Group appears to be threatening to drop virtually every ML...2024
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• Braves embark on season-defining doubleheader against Mets

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spencer Schwellenbach and (possibly) Chris Sale have been called upon to help push the Braves into the Postseason. After a wild weekend of baseball that went Atlanta’s way for two-out-of-the-three days, the final day ultimately went totally against Atlanta so both the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets are returning to Atlanta for a str...2024
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• Rose uses Astros saga to ask for reinstatement
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended for five games during the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Rob Manfred 'not confident' there will be a 2020 MLB season, says it's 'just a disaster for our game'
After the latest exchange of proposals, the MLB commissioner is expressing doubt about a season being played...2020
• Red Sox Fire Alex Cora
The Red Sox announced Tuesday evening that manager Alex Cora will not return as their manager in 2020. The news comes one day after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced the results of his investigation into the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, wherein Cora was revealed to be one of the architects of Houston’s trash-can system. The Red…...2020
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• 3 Opening Day games to be played on first Sunday
Opening Day 2016 will feature a combined seven national ESPN telecasts -- three on Sunday, April 3, and four on Monday, April 4 -- Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday at the end of Major League Baseball's quarterly Owners Meetings in Dallas....2015
• 3 Opening Day games to be played on first Sunday
Opening Day 2016 will feature a combined seven national ESPN telecasts -- three on Sunday, April 3, and four on Monday, April 4 -- Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday at the end of Major League Baseball's quarterly Owners Meetings in Dallas....2015

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• Baseball history unpacked, April 26

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Kosuke Fukudome, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of...2024
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Manfred expecting Sasaki to sign after Jan. 15
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• The Diamond Sports bankruptcy is settled. Where does this leave MLB teams for local TV?
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• What’s going to happen with the Rays and Tropicana Field?
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• MLB will test the ball-and-strike challenge system in Spring Training
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• MLB to experiment with strike zone challenge system during spring training 2025

Rob Manfred confirmed the news during a media appearance on Monday...2024
• Rays Tank: Manfred expects a stadium solution “by Christmas”

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Also, it’s a little early for Scrooge references, Halloween is later this week! MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred expects the Rays to know where they are playing in 2025 before the end of the calendar year, per the media scrum before Game 2 of the World Series, saying “by Christmas they’ve got to have a pretty good plan in place.” from the Ti...2024
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• 2024 World Series: Predicting the winner of Yankees vs Dodgers in the Fall Classic
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 25, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend
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• MLB Playoffs: Surprising Mets set for NLCS clash with the Dodgers
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball at Tropicana until 2026
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• 2024 World Series: Predicting the winner of Yankees vs Dodgers in the Fall Classic
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• Some 2024 thoughts about MLB expansion and realignment
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• Braves embark on season-defining doubleheader against Mets
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview

How long will this man last as Sox manager? | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The South Siders head to the North Side for a pair. You know, I was actually hoping the White Sox would beat the Brewers on Sunday. Not just because it would help the Cubs in the NL Central standings, but because the last thing the Cubs should want is to host a team on an 11-game losing streak. Sigh. Sox los...2024
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• Tucupita Marcano’s lifetime ban in MLB gambling scandal, explained

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images MLB took disciplinary action against five players for gambling, including a lifetime ban for the Paders’ Tucupita Marcano Tucupita Marcano joined the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in 2016 with dreams of playing in the major leagues. He finally reached the big leagues in 2021 with the Padres, recording his first MLB hit...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Them’s the breaks

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Braves lost their superstar for the season. The Yankees are soaring and the Dodgers are struggling. And other news from MLB and baseball. Good morning. Reigning National League Most Valuable Player Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. He tore his right ACL back in 2021 and missed the rest of that season as well. Dan...2024
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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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• Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal: Rob Manfred hopes for 'short' MLB investigation into alleged interpreter theft

The interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has been accused of stealing millions of dollars to cover his gambling debt...2024
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• Manfred eyes 'short' time for Ohtani investigation

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday the league is committed to its investigation of the scandal surrounding Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, and hopes it will take a "short" time to resolve....2024
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