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• Dodgers Notes: LA Signs Pitcher, Linked to Teoscar Hernandez Replacement, Roki Sasaki to Padres?

The Los Angeles Dodgers made another free agent signing on Friday, adding a former Colorado Rockies pitcher on a minor league deal. Additionally, the Dodgers were linked to a free agent All-Star outfielder as a potential Teoscar Hernández replacement if he decides to leave in free agency. And finally, a recent prediction from an ESPN …...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ the other shoe

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Today’s anthology of #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Identify the footwear for BCB points. Sammy, Tucker, all of that and more. 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, an...2024
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• National League powerhouse reveals they’re out of Roki Sasaki sweepstakes

Major League Baseball teams are already courting Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki to join their teams....2024
• Roki Sasaki Predicted to Sign With Padres Over Dodgers by MLB Insider

Roki Sasaki is nearing his rookie season in the Major Leagues. But, the Japanese-born starting pitcher has yet to sign with an MLB team this offseason. Sasaki has been heavily linked to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have two Japanese-born starters already on their roster. However, in a world where the Dodgers do not sign …...2024
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• MLB insider reveals key factors Roki Sasaki looking for from next team

MLB rumors: Who will sign Roki Sasaki? Recent MLB news shed light on what the Japanese startign pitcher is looking for....2024
• Outside The Confines: Max Fried loves his dog

Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (Apollo Fried not pictured, but that’s still a good dog.) Happy Friday friends! As predicted earlier this week the news stories are slowing down (somehow this is the last Friday before Christmas? How did that happen?!) Max Kepler has left the Twins on a one-year deal; a few potential Hall of Famers have a case made for them; Bobby Witt Jr. lov...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 19, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images There are pitchers to sign. Anne Rogers looks at some arms the Royals could target in free agency: It wouldn’t be surprising to see a reunion with Lorenzen and the Royals, who acquired the 32-year-old righty at the Trade Deadline from the Rangers for reliever Walter Pennington. Lorenzen only made six starts for the Royals because of a left hamstring inju...2024
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• Padres fan wishlist one week from Christmas

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images No significant moves have been made but that means there’s a lot to come There are thousands of kids across San Diego making their wish lists before Christmas but for the die-hard Padres fans, maybe they don’t have any physical gifts they want. Maybe their wish is for A.J. Preller to acquire specific players. Feel free to put your wish list in the comment...2024
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• Braves expected to sign top 10 International Free Agent, per Baseball America

Truist Park | Joshua Peacock Baseball America has released their Top 50 International Prospects heading into next year and the Braves are expected to sign a high-ranking player on their list. As we begin working through December, Baseball America has released their Top 50 International Prospects heading into the next international signing period. We expanded our international bonus boa...2024
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• Roki Sasaki’s posting, and thoughts about Kyle Tucker

Photo by Sports Nippon/Getty Images The Cubs haven’t done much this offseason... yet. Roki Sasaki, the Japanese star, was recently officially posted by his Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines. The posting date was delayed so that Sasaki could take advantage of MLB’s international bonus pools for 2025, which reset as of January 15. While Sasaki can now talk with all 30 MLB teams, I would...2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images The fireworks came yesterday. What else is happening? Baseball’s winter meetings got underway on Sunday with the announcement of Baseball’s Classic Era Hall of Fame ballot, and then the party really got started last night when Juan Soto signed with the New York Mets for a mind-boggling $765 million. Soto’s signing on the eve of the official start of the meetings f...2024
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• Braves News: Willy Adames off the board, Aaron Bummer, rumors, more

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Well perhaps the most discussed potential “splash” addition for Atlanta is now off the table, as Willy Adames signed a big deal with the Giants. If the Braves want to upgrade at shortstop, Ha-Seong Kim is the biggest name left on the free agent market and he may be in a price range the Braves are comfortabl...2024
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• A few thoughts about new Cubs lefthander Matthew Boyd

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images This could be a good value signing. Or not. As always, we await developments. As you know, the Cubs signed lefthander Matthew Boyd to a two-year, $29 million contract very early Monday. The signing has not yet been officially announced by the team. You can read Josh’s thoughts about Boyd at the link above. But I also have opinions! So here they are. Boyd ...2024
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• Three offseason moves the Cubs need to make

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Here are some things that would absolutely, positively improve the team for 2025. I know, I know. The first thing many of you are going to say when you think of “three offseason moves the Cubs need to make” is “Sign Juan Soto.” It seems clear that’s not going to happen. So let’s look at some other things the Cubs might do to put them in a position where...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Could the Blue Jays be serious about Juan Soto?

Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images The Canadian club was also in the discussion about Shohei Ohtani last year, could they be ready to spend? Happy Monday, BCB friends! Not a load of preamble today, but plenty of links to jump into. Today we’ll be looking at whether to not the Blue Jays could be a sleeper contender for Juan Soto; why the Dodgers aren’t a sure thing for netting Roki...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Free agent deals for the Rockies to consider

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images There are a few players looking for new homes that may be worth a look Let me preface this article by saying that, yes, I know these aren't going to happen. After the news broke that the Rockies were looking to lower their payroll next season, any hopes of signing an upper-tier free agent were more or less dashed. I’m not saying they were going to be...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 11, 2024

Thank you, veterans, David Laurila at Fangraphs talks to J.J. Picollo at the GM meetings. “We need to be a little more dynamic offensively, and by that I mean we need to get on base at a higher rate than we did this year,” Picollo told me earlier this week in San Antonio. “We’re trying to target players we can lengthen out our lineup with, whether it’s someone at the top, in the middle, or toward ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023

Do not do this! | Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images Our final Asian Baseball Wrap: NPB Busy week, huh? First, Will Smith comes back. Then the Royals splash some cash at Seth Lugo. To make room, they traded Taylor Clarke to the Brewers and get some minor leaguers back in return. They also signed Chris Stratton (and have not yet made a corresponding move). I don’t think we’ve...2023
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"Roki Sasaki, the Japanese right-hander considered one of the most talented pitchers in the world, will be posted to the MLB, the Chiba Lotte Marines announced Saturday."

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"Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki brought two bags full of candy and signed a baseball for William Escala as an apology for hitting the Czech Republic outfielder with a 101 mph pitch."

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"Roki Sasaki struck out 19 batters during a perfect game, making his showing arguably the greatest pitching performance in Japanese baseball history."

• Dodgers Notes: LA Signs Pitcher, Linked to Teoscar Hernandez Replacement, Roki Sasaki to Padres?
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• Outside The Confines: Max Fried loves his dog
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr.’s return, season reviews, and more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. It was another slow day for news and notes from the Atlanta Braves, but as always, we’ve got some season reviews and a glimpse into 2025. Braves News: MLB’s Mark Bowman discusses how Ronald Acuña Jr.’s return will affect the Braves’ lineup in 2025. Our 2024 season in review series continues wi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 19, 2024
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• MLB rumors: Yankees set meeting with Roki Sasaki, Teoscar Hernández seeking deal worth more than $65 million

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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres making push for Roki Sasaki

Photo by Jasen Vinlove/Miami Marlins/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Wednesday, December 18, 2024. San Diego Padres News Here is the Padres’ pitch to land Sasaki (MLB.com) Sasaki pursuit, more: Friars’ Winter Meetings takeaways (MLB.com) Padres pick up RHP Nuñez in Rule 5 Draft (MLB.com) Padres looking to address 3 areas after Winter ...2024
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• Braves expected to sign top 10 International Free Agent, per Baseball America
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres’ Roki Sasaki pursuit continues

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, December 17, 2024. San Diego Padres News Sasaki pursuit, more: Friars’ Winter Meetings takeaways (MLB.com) Padres pick up RHP Nuñez in Rule 5 Draft (MLB.com) Padres looking to address 3 areas after Winter Meetings (MLB.com) These Padres could move from ‘pen to rotation (MLB...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Is Nolan Arenado AL-bound?

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Could the former All-Star make a splash in a new league? After the excitement of last Sunday’s signing of Juan Soto, it’s actually bee a very quiet weekend for baseball news. The discussion over Soto has continued through the week, but there have been a few other signings (with the Kyle Tucker news being one of the major points of discussion, but obv...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Juan Soto is welcomed in Flushing. The White Sox trade Garrett Crochet. A Winter Meetings wrap-up and which teams get a participation trophy this winter. Good morning. Trade for Kyle Tucker already, Jed. I’m going crazy checking every ten minutes to see if a deal has been done. Fangraphs has this end-of-the-year recap of how you used the site and the ballplay...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Belli dance

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Round and round it goes. Some players fell off the carousel. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tear...2024
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• Braves News: Nathan Eovaldi, Brian Snitker, Latest Rumors, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Could a quiet Monday across baseball give way to a busy Tuesday? Overall, it was a pretty quiet first full day around the Winter Meetings. Rumors certainly picked up and their were a few transactions, but the expected flurry of moves that some expected was Juan Soto signed has not happened just yet. For the Braves specifically, Brian Sni...2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings: Juan Soto, Draft Lottery and more

Photo by Taylor Baucom/MLB Photos via Getty Images From the Soto Sweepstakes to the MLB Draft Lottery and some new Hall of Famers, Dallas will feature a busy winter week for baseball. For over a century, the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings have been circled on the league’s calendar as the highlight of the long dry spell before spring training. Just over a month after the end of the W...2024
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• Colorado should look to the east for help

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, December 5, 2024 No, it's not a Lord of the Rings reference, though the idea is the same. Much like Aragorn awaited assistance from his allies to the east to save him from certain doom, the Rockies could do something similar in regards to the KBO League and Nippon Professional Baseball. While their team is doing ...2024
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• A few thoughts about new Cubs lefthander Matthew Boyd
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• Outside The Confines: Max Fried loves his dog
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 19, 2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Do the Rockies have a shot at signing Roki Sasaki?

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Anyone who watched the 2023 World Baseball Classic surely found themselves wowed by Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. A 100+ mph fastball coupled with a killer splitter (as in one of the best in the world) can do that. At the time, Sasaki — a pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines — was only 21, so...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 17, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Do you like expanded playoffs? Bill Mitchell at Baseball America had a chat about Royals prospects. [$] Who are your picks for under-the-radar prospects (outside the top 20), who could stand out in 2025? Bill Mitchell For players who will likely rank in the latter part of the Top 30, 2024 4th round pick LP Langevin is very intriguing with a projected doubl...2024
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• Royals have done “due diligence” on Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images One of the top pitchers in Japan will be subject to international spending limits. Juan Soto signed a landmark free agent deal as the most coveted player available, but the second-most coveted free agent this winter will likely sign one of the smaller deals this winter. Roki Sasaki, a 23-year-old who has spent the last five years pitching for the Chibe Lotte...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 11, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images What is Maikel Garcia’s role next year? Anne Rogers talks to J.J. Picollo as the Winter Meetings head into their final day. “As free agents sign, are there redundancies now?” Picollo said. “Maybe it creates an opportunity. Maybe there are ideas of exchanging money that will help us finance another player somehow. So for us, it’s just watch...2024
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• Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, 20, throws 19-strikeout perfect game

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• Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki throws 19-K perfect game in NPB

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• Sasaki, 20, tosses 19-K perfect game in Japan

Pitching phenom Roki Sasaki had 19 strikeouts while throwing a perfect game in a record-setting performance Sunday in Japan's top professional league....2022
• Japanese star RHP Sasaki to be posted to MLB
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• Japanese phenom extends perfect innings streak

In his first start since throwing the first perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball since 1994, Roki Sasaki almost did it again for the Chiba Lotte Marines, as he was pulled after eight perfect innings in a loss to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters....2022
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• Sources: Sasaki to be posted at winter meetings
Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki is expected to be officially posted at MLB's winter meetings next week, sources told ESPN, opening the window in which teams will try to convince him to choose them....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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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 26, 2024

Mark Taylor/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Negro League Baseball Museum is free next month - take a look! Jared Perkins at Farm to Fountains considers the trade market for closers, which could include Boston’s Kanley Jansen. It’s also hard to see Jansen being a fit, but for a team that just spent $105 million this offseason, they might be willing to take on a sal...2024
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• Roki Sasaki Predicted to Sign With Padres Over Dodgers by MLB Insider
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr.’s return, season reviews, and more
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• Mets Meet With Roki Sasaki
The Mets had a meeting with Roki Sasaki on Thursday, reports Andy Martino of SNY. They’re the second team that has been publicly revealed to meet with the NPB star. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters (including MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch) on Wednesday that Sasaki had scheduled an in-person meeting with the club. It’s not…...2024
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• If Corbin Burnes is open to short-term deal, Dodgers should be all over that
(Via) Coming into the offseason, there were three big starting pitchers in the non-Roki Sasaki division for teams to sign — Max Fried, Blake Snell and Corbin Burnes. The Dodgers, as you already know, signed Snell. The Yankees gave Fried an 8-year deal a couple weeks ago. Burnes is still out there, and with the …...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres’ Roki Sasaki pursuit continues
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 17, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Is Nolan Arenado AL-bound?
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres primed for Roki Sasaki sweepstakes

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Wednesday, December 11, 2024. San Diego Padres News One NL club is planning ‘full-court press’ to recruit Sasaki (MLB.com) Padres feeling ‘very optimistic’ about pursuit of Sasaki (MLB.com) Ranking Padres’ 5 biggest needs as Meetings arrive (MLB.com) Padres trying to make numbers wo...2024
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• Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Reds and Royals make a deal. Chinese Taipei wins Premier12 in a shocking upset. A survey of the free agent market and other news from around baseball. Good morning. Thanksgiving week is officially underway. Have an intriguing holiday. We had one trade this past Friday as the Reds traded Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer to the Royals for Brady Singer...2024
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• SB Nation Reacts: Who’s going to sign Roki Sasaki?

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images A fair number of respondents to the survey chose the Cubs. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Chicago Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Now that the MLB non-tender deadline has passed, thoughts ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 22, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images We still love ya Bobby! David Lesky has a top 25 Royals prospects list with Jac Caglianone at the top. The question becomes where he plays and if he pitches. My gut is he doesn’t pitch at the big league level and probably not for long in the minors, but he certainly wants to do it. Is he a reliever who gives a little roster flexibility? Maybe! But if he’s...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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• BCB After Dark: What about Yusei Kikuchi?

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you about free agent left-hander Yusei Kikuchi. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in out of the autumn chill. There’s no cover charge this evening. We still have a few tables available. Let us know if we ca...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Will the Royals make a deal? Craig Brown reacts to rumors the Royals are willing to deal Alec Marsh or Kris Bubic for a bat. I’m also skeptical because I’m not sure either brings back the return that would be desired. Bubic, as noted above, seemed to break out before his injury but by the time he makes another start in the majors, it will be almost two years...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Where goest thou, Sasaki?

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks where you think Roki Sasaki will sign and whether the Cubs have a chance. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: your cool nightspot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the fall chill air. We’ve got some warm music and conversation in here. If you need us to check ...2024
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