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• Gloves Off: The Washington Nationals Defense Is Falling Apart

Brad Mills-Imagn Images It’s not just errors plaguing the Nationals—it’s a deeper defensive disconnect. With poor positioning, limited range, and questionable roster decisions, Washington’s fielding problems go beyond the box score. Every inning, a team will have the chance to bat on offense and field and pitch on defense. The Washington Nationals have created a young, gritty lineup that h...2025
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• Athletics series preview: The nomads have some hitting talent

Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images But there have been some growing pains with the Athletics. The Athletics are once again vagabonds, having departed Oakland. Their new home in Las Vegas is not yet ready for them, so they’ll spend some purgatory in Sacramento. But don’t call them the Sacramento Athletics! This year, they’re just known as the “Athletics”, a team that won’t even embrace their tem...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Craig Kimbrel has a new home

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images He’ll bring his unusual stance to Texas. Happy Wednesday, everyone. We have loads of fun little tidbits, from one of the greatest catches you’ll ever see, to a new media partnership for MLB, to a new home for Craig Kimbrel, and two highly-anticipated prospects making their MLB debut. We’re also in countdown mode to both the trade deadline and MLB...2025
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• The Short Porch looks forward to seeing Javy Báez and Pete Crow-Armstrong on the same field

Former Cub Javier Báez makes a flying catch in center field | Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images The Cubs will take on the Tigers in Detroit this weekend The Cubs are in Detroit to take on the Tigers and this sets up to be quite the series. Al will have more in his series preview later, but suffice to say the team with the best record in baseball facing off against the team with the second best rec...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2025

It was a good series | Photo by Ali Overstreet/MLB Photos via Getty Images I know it was just a doubleheader split and the first game was a letdown, but it was really nice to take 2 of 3 After the games were over last night the Royals signed RHP Justin Dunn to a minor league deal, per Jaylon Thompson. Thompson also wrote about the other (perplexing?) roster moves yesterday: Cameron didn’t...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies are historically bad, but where is Dick Monfort?

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 2nd, 2025 There has never been a team quite like the 2025 Colorado Rockies. They are fundamentally broken on every level. The starting pitching has the highest ERA in the league by over a full point and the fewest strikeouts. The bullpen fares better, but was one of the more overworked units in baseball to...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Would Thairo Estrada make any difference for the 2025 Rockies?

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Injuries are always unfortunate, yet they are a standard part of a Major League Baseball season. The fact is, injuries are inevitable and it’s important to have depth or reliable sources of relief when plans fall apart. When a team struggles, it’s easy to blame injuries, which certai...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Bad D is costing the Rockies possible precious wins

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 9. 2025 Ouch. After the Rockies got pummeled 20-9 in three games in two days, the Tigers can’t leave soon enough. Bring on the … oh, wait, not the Padres. It just doesn’t get any easier for the Rockies. Over the next seven series, which includes 22 games stretching into early June, the worst team the Rockies play are t...2025
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• Orioles series preview: The biggest disappointment in the league

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The Orioles were hoping to be contenders, but have not played like it at all. Not long after the Orioles fell to the Royals in the 2014 ALCS, the team fell into a rut and decided to embark on an aggressive rebuild. They stripped the team to the studs, endured some truly god awful seasons, but then rebounded to build the best farm system in baseball. That pa...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Tested depth exposes more of the Rockies’ flaws

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 28th, 2025 Despite non-tendering second baseman Brendan Rodgers over the off-season, the Colorado Rockies entered spring training in 2025 with what seemed like a surplus of infield goods. Now one month into the regular season and with a miserable 4-23 record, the Rockies’ depth is be...2025
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• BCB After Dark: World Championship defense?

Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which Cubs team had the better defense: 2016 or 2025? Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the cold and sit with us. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. There’s no cover charge this evening. We still have a few tabl...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: Outfield

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Doyle has center field locked down, but the corners are less certain. The Colorado Rockies are heading into the 2025 campaign with multiple question marks in the cavernous Coors Field outfield. They appear to have found their franchise center fielder in Brenton Doyle, but things are far less certain when it comes to the corner outfield spots. There ...2025
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• A history of Royals infielders moving to the outfield

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Can the Royals transition more infielders to the outfield? The Royals had one of the worst outfields in baseball offensively last year. Their solution to that was to not acquire a single regular outfielder, but instead try converting some of their infielders into outfielders. The team plans to use spring training as a crash course in “how to play the outfield...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Position Player Non-Roster Invitees, Part I

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 Welcome to the triumphant return of the Weekly Pebble Report for the 2025 season, your weekly Colorado Rockies minor league update here on Purple Row! Actual baseball is tantalizingly close, as pitchers and catchers reported for duty last week, and the full squad should have reported by the end of today. Sixty-three players—the ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, February 14, 2025 On several occasions, the Rockies have been known to misjudge reality. From Dick Monfort saying the 2023 Rockies could be a .500 team to giving Kris Bryant a 7-year, $182 million deal in 2022 to failing to re-sign DJ LeMahieu and inking Daniel Murphy for the same price the Yankees gave LeMahi...2025
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• Orioles 9, White Sox 0: Nothing to see here

White Sox baseball is bad. Joan Jett is not. | Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images I love rock ’n roll but despise South Side baseball The most exciting thing about this game is that Joan Jett was in the house! The “I Love Rock ’n Roll” superstar is a big-time Baltimore Orioles fan. If she isn’t seriously the most adorable baseball fan. Don’t mind me why I fangirl. Joan Jett is a real one, ...2023
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• Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and the Cubs Building the 'New-Age' MLB Star
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"Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy"

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"2024 Season in Review: Salvador Perez continues to defy Father Time"

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"Romo returns to where it all started, will retire a Giant"

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"Happ had 14 Defensive Runs Saved this year, far more than Peralta (-5) or Yelich (-2)."

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"AL Notes: Red Sox, Devers, Springer, Jays, Twins"

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"Andujar posted a horrid minus-25 Defensive Runs Saved and a similarly poor minus-16 Ultimate Zone Rating, but the doubles machine’s outstanding offensive production overshadowed his difficulties in the field."

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"Of course, Hechavarria is better known for his glove work than his bat, with plus-20 Defensive Runs Saved and a plus-2."

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"382 hitter that brings a glowing +37 Defensive Runs Saved and +48."

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"The converted outfielder has handled the transition well, posting a plus-eight Defensive Runs Saved figure in his first full season at first base, according to FanGraphs."

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"His minus-11 Defensive Runs Saved figure last season tied the worst mark of his career, according to FanGraphs."

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"Carlos Correa Deserves 2015 All-Star Spot Due to SS Dearth, Marketability"

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"In making his case for Kluber to win the AL Cy Young Award right after the season ended, Jonah Keri of Grantland noted how Cleveland's inept defense provided a major boost for Kluber's candidacy: The Mariners were roughly a league-average defensive team according to Baseball Info Solutions's proprietary Defensive Runs Saved ranking."

• Gloves Off: The Washington Nationals Defense Is Falling Apart
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• Outside The Confines: Craig Kimbrel has a new home
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies are historically bad, but where is Dick Monfort?
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Would Thairo Estrada make any difference for the 2025 Rockies?
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• Friday Rockpile: Bad D is costing the Rockies possible precious wins
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• Monday Rockpile: Tested depth exposes more of the Rockies’ flaws
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• What a difference a year makes — unless you’re the White Sox

Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images More fun with numbers After Tuesday night’s 4-2 loss in Minnesota, the White Sox had played 23 games, which works out nicely to one-seventh of a season (yeah, yeah, there’s a remainder of one, but let’s just say a September game against a fellow non-contender gets rained out and not made up). The 5-18 record is a pace to set...2025
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• Only 90% of a season to get through now!

Jerry Reinsdorf doing the grovel gavotte with FCC chairman Brendan Carr. Plus, off-field stuff both heartening and disgusting As of the Tuesday night shellacking by the West Sacramento A’s, the White Sox were a tenth of the way through the 2025 season, with a record that couldn’t be more fitting — just add a “1” after the wins and losses and, by golly, you had last year’s record-setting 41...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2025
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• I gave fake Gold Glove awards to pitchers who caught a popup last year

Royals pitcher Seth Lugo won the gold glove in 2024. | Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Ryan Lefebvre proposed a new rule for Gold Glove eligibility. Who would win? During the top of the eighth inning against the White Sox on May 5th, Ryan LeFebvre had a funny comment about the pitcher Gold Glove award. My notes are not very detailed, but I am quite sure that since this was the only popou...2025
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• Royals Reacts Survey: Where should Jonathan India play?

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals have tried him at third and left, but should he be back at second? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Royals were in desperat...2025
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• What if the White Sox were to line up in 2025 based on spring stats?

Deepest hole on Earth, or White Sox shortstop situation? | jagranjosh.com It would definitely make for an interesting lineup It’s well established that you should never make much of anything of teams’ spring training records, though the White Sox 5-13-1 reecord may prove a little too close to how things will go when games count. Each team has a different way of looking at exhibition games,...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: Outfield
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• Outside The Confines: Craig Kimbrel has a new home
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• I gave fake Gold Glove awards to pitchers who caught a popup last year
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• Friday Rockpile: Bad D is costing the Rockies possible precious wins
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2025

Sadly, there is no picture of the Royals Spring Training truck so we’re stuck with nonsense from Boston | Photo by MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Pitchers and Catchers report in a little over a month The Royals tweeted out some gorgeous pictures of Kauffman Stadium in the snow. ❄️ pic.twitter.com/5fDgNwVQbQ— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) January 9, 2025 Max covered t...2025
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Laureano was a scrapheap addition who did wonders for the Braves’ battered outfield and even wrested a starting role from others in the process. In a season where so many things went wrong for the Atlanta Braves, there may not have been a more pleasant and unexpected surprise on the offensive side of the ball than Ramon Laureano. It’s prob...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Troy Tulowitzki’s Hall of Fame case

Photo by Jacob de Golish/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 20, 2024 The National Baseball Hall of Fame released the ballot for the 2025 cycle on Monday, with a cast of characters both returning and debuting for the first time on the ballot. The new batch of candidates features a no-brainer like Ichiro Suzuki while featuring a slew of debatable players who...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The story of the Colorado Rockies’ rally ski helmet

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Monday, April 8, 2024 Last week, I wrote about the Colorado Rockies new “rally ski helmet,” a much-needed celebration given that most MLB teams created one in 2023 while the Rockies opted out. As you know by now, those days are history. The Rockies are now sitting with the cool kids at the Home Run Celebration Table in the M...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies’ reunion with Sam Hilliard is a good decision

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 4th, 2024 When the Colorado Rockies claimed familiar face Sam Hilliard from the Baltimore Orioles last Wednesday, I was a little surprised at the mixed reaction the transaction brought. While I do understand some trepidation regarding roster moves made by this front office—especially when it comes to n...2024
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• Corey Kluber Wins 2014 AL Cy Young: Voting Results, Comments, Reaction
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• Travis Shaw Named Red Sox 3B over Pablo Sandoval: Latest Comments, Reaction
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• Josh Donaldson to Blue Jays: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Romo returns to where it all started, will retire a Giant
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• Cubs left fielder Ian Happ wins National League Gold Glove Award
Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images His defense was significantly improved in 2022. Tuesday afternoon, the winners of the 2022 Rawlings Gold Gloves were announced on ESPN2. Ian Happ, who was named a finalist last month, has won his first Gold Glove for his play in left field for the Cubs this year. He’s the first Cubs left fielder to win a Gold Glove since the awards began in 1957. As not...2022
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• Carlos Correa Deserves 2015 All-Star Spot Due to SS Dearth, Marketability
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• Ian Happ is the Cubs’ sole 2022 Gold Glove finalist
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Happ really improved his defense this year. The Rawlings company, which sponsors MLB’s Gold Glove Awards, made announcements today about this year’s finalists for each position. Ian Happ, who made great strides forward defensively by playing pretty much exclusively in left field this year (146 games in left field, just three in center), is one of the fi...2022
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• Dansby Swanson, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ are Gold Glove winners

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images This is a Cubs first! Cubs left fielder Ian Happ, second baseman Nico Hoerner and shortstop Dansby Swanson have been named National League Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners at their respective positions. This is the first time the Cubs have had at least three players earn Gold Gloves in a season and the first time the team has been honored with multiple...2023
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• Cubs' Shocking Dexter Fowler Steal Boosts Already World Series-Ready Roster
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• Astros Sparkplug Jose Altuve Rising as Dark-Horse AL MVP Threat
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• Who Will Be MLB's Most Shocking Playoff Contender in 2015?
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• Is Devin Mesoraco Poised to Become MLB's Next Great Franchise Catcher?
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• Unexpected Trades New York Yankees Could Pull off This Offseason
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• MLB Free Agency: 5 Sleepers Who Will Return Great Value
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• The Short Porch looks forward to seeing Javy Báez and Pete Crow-Armstrong on the same field
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Would Thairo Estrada make any difference for the 2025 Rockies?
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• Royals Reacts Survey: Where should Jonathan India play?
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• Astros series preview: Houston, the offense has a problem

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images Astros sluggers haven’t quite slugged yet. The Astros have had a terrific run with playoff appearances in nine of the last ten seasons with two titles over that time. But last year they won 88 games, their fewest total in a full season since 2016. A change in management has led to a new direction and the core of the team that has had so much success has begu...2025
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• Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images He is one of the greatest catchers in Atlanta Braves history, but is he a Baseball Hall of Famer? Brian McCann is on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year and for many of us, it is hard to believe the baby-faced catcher who was part of the 2005 “Baby Braves” and who took Roger Clemens deep in that season’s playoff series against...2025
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• 2024 Season Preview: New York Mets

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Things can’t get worse after a disastrous 2023 season... right? Everything went wrong for the Mets in 2023. Really, it’s been a downward spiral since the club lost a 10.5 game divisional lead to the Braves in the summer months of 2022 and then quickly bowed out in the Wild Card round against the Padres. A real shame. Objectively speaking, there was no reason ...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Should Nolan Jones have been a ROTY Finalist?

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, November 9th, 2023 With the World Series over and the 2023 Major League Baseball season officially concluded, awards season is in full swing. The Rockies continued their Silver Slugger drought, for which they haven’t had a winner since 2019. Meanwhile, Brenton Doyle took home the Gold Glove for National Leag...2023
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• Should the Braves consider Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for Left Field?

Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK Lourdes Gurriel Jr. could be an affordable option that could make the Braves better. Should he be considered? Now that it has been a few days since the World Series, the Atlanta Braves are in off-season mode. Alex Anthopoulos has already made some moves in the re-signing of key bullpen pieces. There is no question that the Atlanta Braves offe...2023
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• Orioles to move Manny Machado to shortstop
After weeks of speculation, Orioles manager Buck Showalter confirmed today to fans and reporters (including MASNsports.com’s Roch Kubatko) that Manny Machado would be moving from third base to shortstop, with Tim Beckham shifting over to the hot corner. This will at least be the club’s setup going into Spring Training, Showalter specified, though plans could still change down the road.News broke i...2018
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• Manny Machado vs. Bryce Harper: Who Really Deserves MLB's First $400M Deal?
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• MLB Gold Glove Awards 2016: Full List of Winners and Reaction
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