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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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• Could Colson Montgomery’s back pain relieve a pain in other body parts for the White Sox?

arilexpain.com Perhaps it’s a hint from the baseball gods As of this writing, Colson Montgomery has been out of action for more than a week because of back spasms the team says are a minor problem. Maybe the team didn’t bother to check its own minor league notes from 2023, when Montgomery’s back pain caused him to miss a good chunk of the season. The back problem is obviously bad news. Bad...2025
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• Royals interested in Mets outfielder Starling Marte, per report

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images The Royals made an effort to acquire the 36-year-old. The Royals have been searching under every rock to acquire an outfielder this off-season but to no success. The latest report of their efforts is from Joel Sherman of the New York Post, who writes this week that the Royals tried to acquire Mets outfielder Starling Marte, and that their efforts may not b...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: First base

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Can Toglia solidify his place as the Rockies slugging first baseman? First base has been a revolving door every since Todd Helton ended his Hall of Fame career in 2013. We’ve seen a number of players come and go as the Colorado Rockies tried to find the right combination of offensive and defensive potential. For the third-straight season, the Rockies once ag...2025
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• Padres 3, White Sox 1: South Siders still searching for first spring victory

Despite feeling kinda crummy, Noah Schultz looked terrific in his much-anticipated spring debut this afternoon. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Despite Chicago’s continued offensive woes, the pitching staff sets the tone with their mound mastery With their loss to the San Diego Padres this afternoon, the White Sox dropped to 0-5 on the spring. While the offense continues to be frustrati...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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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 33: Nick McLain

Nick McLain rode a stellar two seasons at Arizona State to splash his way to the White Sox in the third round of last year’s draft. | Kate Woolson/Texas Rangers/Getty Images This all-around solid right fielder will get his first taste of the pros this spring Nick McLainRight Fielder5´10´´190 poundsAge: 22First appearance among the South Side Sox Top 100 Prospects2024 High Level Arizona Sta...2025
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• White Sox news and notes: Chicago inks veteran Michael A. Taylor

Is there anything more beautiful than a brand new baseball? | John E. Moore III/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report, the injury bug has bitten, the Ballers have new threads, and things can always get worse There’s a lot to cover here in this week’s news and notes. Spring training has finally arrived, the Sox made a last-minute acquisition, there’s already an injury to report, Kannap...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Can Michael Toglia win the Gold Glove in 2025?

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, January 15, 2025 The 2024 seemed to indicate a turning point at first base for the Colorado Rockies. After Elehuris Montero failed to produce offensively and Kris Bryant could not stay healthy enough to play the field, Michael Toglia finally got a shot to prove his mettle at first base. While...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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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 1, Brenton Doyle

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The second-year center fielder built upon his successful rookie season in every possible way. Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: Freddy Fermin’s regression was inevitable, but his value is still there

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images His power dried this season, but was still great behind the plate Freddy Fermin becoming a big leaguer at all was a bit of an improbability. The Venezuelan signed with Kansas City just past the All-Star Break in 2015 as an international free agent. He was already 20-years-old and Royals fans were surely thinking about different things when he put pen to paper. Th...2024
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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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• Corey Seager's Instant Stardom Gives Dodgers a Postseason Sparkplug
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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"

2020
"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."

2019
"Of course, Hechavarria is better known for his glove work than his bat, with plus-20 Defensive Runs Saved and a plus-2."

2018
"382 hitter that brings a glowing +37 Defensive Runs Saved and +48."

2017
"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."

2016
"His minus-11 Defensive Runs Saved figure last season tied the worst mark of his career, according to FanGraphs."

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

2014
"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."

• State of the Position, 2025: Outfield
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• Royals interested in Mets outfielder Starling Marte, per report
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• Padres 3, White Sox 1: South Siders still searching for first spring victory
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• A history of Royals infielders moving to the outfield
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Position Player Non-Roster Invitees, Part I
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• The White Sox prospective lineup just rolls off the tongue

Obviously a man ahead of his time. | foulterritory.com Or, at least, stumbles — unlike the poetry contained herein As players report, there are any number of sources making predictions about who might be playing where for the White Sox in 2025. But let us refer to the one published at MLB itself, written by Scott Merkin — who, as the team shill, should have sources within the organization,...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 33: Nick McLain
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• Washington Nationals making fielding an emphasis this spring

David Banks-Imagn Images The Nats need to clean up what was a sloppy defense in 2024 During Spring Training, it is very common to see an emphasis on defense, and this is certainly the case for the Nats. In their time in West Palm Beach, Davey Martinez and the Nationals staff have been laser focused on defense. Last season, the Nationals were not a very good defensive team. Their 109 errors...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 33: Nick McLain
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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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• Wednesday Rockpile: Can Michael Toglia win the Gold Glove in 2025?
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano
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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
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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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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Adrian Gonzalez

Adrian Gonzalez played 15 seasons in MLB. The five-time All-Star first baseman saw action with five clubs at the big-league level and had a brief off-season pitstop with the Atlanta Braves organization late in his career. Adrian Gonzalez was the first overall pick of the 2000 draft by the Florida Marlins out of Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, CA. He never played for the Marlins as he ...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Can the Colorado Rockies replicate the success of the Arizona Diamondbacks?

Photo by Wilfred Perez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Last week, our friends over at DNVR Rockies tweeted this: Rockies gonna be as fun as Diamondbacks this time next year— DNVR Rockies (@DNVR_Rockies) October 5, 2023 A few days later, Patrick Saunders explored the topic at more length, considering whether the Colorado Ro...2023
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• Austin Riley and the Braves reminded us of their resiliency

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The first game was rough and the first half of this game was rough, too. They were too good and too tough to stay quiet for longer than that, though. We’ve gotta talk about it — again. The last time y’all heard from me in this particular format, we were talking about how the Atlanta Braves were busy pulling off dramatic come-from-behind ...2023
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• Orioles 9, White Sox 0: Nothing to see here
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• White Sox 9, Yankees 2: Robert exits, but offense comes alive

RBIs number 26, 27, and 28 for Elvis Andrus. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images That feeling when you remember that you’re allowed to win multiple series in a row The White Sox took their second consecutive series since their trade deadline dismantling, hanging on to beat the Yankees, 9-2, in a game that we can only wish we had more of over the last two years. The top of the Sox order went quietl...2023
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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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• Corey Seager's Instant Stardom Gives Dodgers a Postseason Sparkplug
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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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• Royals interested in Mets outfielder Starling Marte, per report
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• State of the Position, 2025: First base
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• Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy
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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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• Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and the Cubs Building the 'New-Age' MLB Star
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• Francisco Lindor's Big Day Highlights Status as MLB's Most Overlooked Star
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