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  • • Braves righty named to Carolina League All-Stars
    Award winners and All-Stars have been named for the Single-A California League, Carolina League and Florida State League, with Yankees, Cardinals, Mets, Angels and Mariners prospects among those to take home special honors....2022
  • • Former Cubs closer and Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter has died
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images His split-finger pitch was almost unhittable for a while. There was a time, in the late 1970s, when the split-finger pitch thrown by Cubs closer Bruce Sutter baffled nearly every batter who tried to hit it. Sutter had five outstanding seasons for the Cubs, but eventually his success led to an arbitration award deemed too expensive for the sclerotic Wrig...2022
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  • • MLB will use its new rules in the Arizona Fall League
    Plus, some news about a Cubs prospect who won’t make it to the AFL after all. Earlier this month, Major League Baseball announced several rule changes to take effect with the 2023 regular season. Briefly, they are: A pitch clock Limitations on defensive shifting Larger (18 inch by 18 inch) bases There’s going to be one other potential future rule change for MLB regular season games which is goin...2022
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, August 24
    Kerry Wood | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Kid K started young. 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 time. Here...2022
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  • • Former Cubs closer and Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter has died
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images His split-finger pitch was almost unhittable for a while. There was a time, in the late 1970s, when the split-finger pitch thrown by Cubs closer Bruce Sutter baffled nearly every batter who tried to hit it. Sutter had five outstanding seasons for the Cubs, but eventually his success led to an arbitration award deemed too expensive for the sclerotic Wrig...2022
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  • • MLB will use its new rules in the Arizona Fall League
    Plus, some news about a Cubs prospect who won’t make it to the AFL after all. Earlier this month, Major League Baseball announced several rule changes to take effect with the 2023 regular season. Briefly, they are: A pitch clock Limitations on defensive shifting Larger (18 inch by 18 inch) bases There’s going to be one other potential future rule change for MLB regular season games which is goin...2022
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  • • WR Tyler Gaffney returns to baseball
    You won’t be seeing Tyler Gaffney on the pages of Pro Football Rumors, but you may find him on MLB Trade Rumors in time. The former Panthers, Patriots, and Jaguars wide receiver is going back to baseball, as MLB.com’s Adam Berry writes. “My dream has been the big leagues my whole life,” Gaffney said. “I think I’ve been tasting that every time I was hurt. You have time to think about things like th...2018
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  • • Wright on hitless rehab debut: 'I'll take it'
    The Mets' injury-plagued captain, David Wright, who hasn't appeared in a game in over a year, went 0-for-4 as the designated hitter for the Class A Advanced St. Lucie Mets in their 6-3 loss to the Charlotte StoneCrabs in a Florida State League game at Charlotte Sports Park....2017
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  • • Gary Sanchez's MLB Superstar Breakout Just the Start of an All-Star Future
    2016
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  • • Q&A: Luke Weaver, Cardinals Pitching Prospect
    Luke Weaver dominated high-A in his first full professional season. In 19 Florida State League starts, the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2014 first-round pick had a 1.11 WHIP and a 1.62 ERA. There was no opportunity for the lanky righty to prove himself in Double-A. He didn’t make his first 2015 appearance until mid-May — according to St. Louis assistant GM Michael Girsch, there was “no specific injury” — ...2016
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  • • NBA Teams in Need of Midseason Shakeups
    2015
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  • • Moore throws bullpen session without issues
    Matt Moore threw a bullpen session Friday and everything went well. The left-hander, who is in the final stretches of his rehab from Tommy John surgery, is scheduled to make his next start on Monday or Tuesday for Class A Advanced Charlotte of the Florida State League....2015
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  • • Stock Up, Stock Down for Cincinnati Reds' Top 10 Prospects for Week 1
    2015
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  • • Pittsburgh Pirates' Top 10 Prospects for 2015
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2022
    "His first couple of minor league seasons didn’t go well and then he landed with the Key West Conchs, a Class A affiliate of the Cubs in the Florida State League in 1974."

  • 2020
    "MLB will test a "camera-based system" to call balls and strikes during spring training games, a source told ESPN, adding that the system will be available for use during the Florida State League season."

  • 2019
    "That technology has already been tested in the Atlantic League, and it may be tested in the Class-A Florida State League in 2020."

  • 2018
    "The Daytona Tortugas and Jupiter Hammerheads combined to set a new Florida State League record Saturday with 11 home runs in Jupiter's 18-13 win at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Fla."

  • 2017
    "The Tampa Yankees rallied from an early five-run deficit on Tuesday to defeat Class A Advanced Dunedin, 8-6, in 10 innings in Game 1 of the Florida State League semifinals."

  • 2016
    "(The news, it would seem, first appeared on the Florida State League’s transactions page."

  • 2015
    "And now he is back, clearing customs, a brief stop home and then back to see more prospects in the Single-A Florida State League."

  • 2014
    "MLSsoccer.com to stream MLS Commissioner Don Garber's State of the League event"

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State League Trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Former Cubs closer and Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter has died
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images His split-finger pitch was almost unhittable for a while. There was a time, in the late 1970s, when the split-finger pitch thrown by Cubs closer Bruce Sutter baffled nearly every batter who tried to hit it. Sutter had five outstanding seasons for the Cubs, but eventually his success led to an arbitration award deemed too expensive for the sclerotic Wrig...2022
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  • • WR Tyler Gaffney returns to baseball
    You won’t be seeing Tyler Gaffney on the pages of Pro Football Rumors, but you may find him on MLB Trade Rumors in time. The former Panthers, Patriots, and Jaguars wide receiver is going back to baseball, as MLB.com’s Adam Berry writes. “My dream has been the big leagues my whole life,” Gaffney said. “I think I’ve been tasting that every time I was hurt. You have time to think about things like th...2018
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  • • Gleyber Torres' Fall Breakout Shows Yankees Their Superstar of the Future
    2016
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  • • Gary Sanchez's MLB Superstar Breakout Just the Start of an All-Star Future
    2016
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  • • NBA Teams in Need of Midseason Shakeups
    2015
    Read about Jorge Castillo
  • • Once Ticketed for 2-Sport Superstardom, Drew Henson Travels New Big League Path
    2015
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  • • New York Mets News: Latest Surrounding Pitching Prospect Robert Gsellman
    2015
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  • • Stock Up, Stock Down for Cincinnati Reds' Top 10 Prospects for Week 1
    2015
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  • • 7 Prospects Turning Heads in 1st Week of the Minor League Season
    2015
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  • • Crawford’s Chronicles: JP Crawford talks Spring Training
    JP Crawford, image- Jay Floyd Entering this year as the widely regarded top prospect in the Phillies organization, J.P. Crawford will be taking time each week to provide insight  directly from inside spring training in Clearwater, FL, right here on PhilliesNation.com. Crawford, 20, was named the top positional prospect in two leagues (Class A South Atlantic League and Class A Advanced Florida Sta...2015
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State League stats and results

  • • Tim Tebow says he intends to return to Mets next season
    Who’s ready for another season of Tim Tebow playing professional baseball? Tebow told reporters on Thursday that he intends to return to the New York Mets’ organization after his minor league season ends on Sunday. Unsurprisingly, Tebow is not expected to be a September call-up by the big club. That would be an unreasonable jump for a 30-year-old who has only played single-A ball. Tebow began his...2017
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  • • Gary Sanchez's MLB Superstar Breakout Just the Start of an All-Star Future
    2016
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  • • NBA Teams in Need of Midseason Shakeups
    2015
    Continue with Jorge Castillo
  • • Mets star Wright gets a hit, scores a run in 1st rehab game
    2015
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  • • Once Ticketed for 2-Sport Superstardom, Drew Henson Travels New Big League Path
    2015
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  • • Stock Up, Stock Down for Cincinnati Reds' Top 10 Prospects for Week 1
    2015
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  • • 7 Prospects Turning Heads in 1st Week of the Minor League Season
    2015
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  • • Top MLB Prospects Left Exposed to Being Stolen in Upcoming Rule 5 Draft
    2014
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  • • Early Report Card Grades for MLB's Top September Call-Ups
    2014
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State League parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Former Cubs closer and Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter has died
    2022
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  • • Tim Tebow says he intends to return to Mets next season
    2017
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  • • Gary Sanchez's MLB Superstar Breakout Just the Start of an All-Star Future
    2016
    Visit the page Gary Sanchez
  • • NBA Teams in Need of Midseason Shakeups
    2015
    Click for news about Jorge Castillo
  • • Once Ticketed for 2-Sport Superstardom, Drew Henson Travels New Big League Path
    2015
    See more articles New York Yankees
  • • New York Mets News: Latest Surrounding Pitching Prospect Robert Gsellman
    2015
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  • • Stock Up, Stock Down for Cincinnati Reds' Top 10 Prospects for Week 1
    2015
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  • • Kick Off: MLS MVP unveiling | Commissioner's State of the League | MLS Best XI
    2014

Top State League news

  • • Former Cubs closer and Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter has died
    2022
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  • • Source: MLB to test robot umps in spring training
    2020
  • • MLSsoccer.com to stream MLS Commissioner Don Garber's State of the League event
    2014
  • Yanks' Balkovec on minors job: 'American dream'
    • Yanks' Balkovec on minors job: 'American dream'
    Rachel Balkovec was introduced Wednesday as manager of the New York Yankees' low-A affiliate in the Florida State League....2022
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  • • Kick Off: MLS MVP unveiling | Commissioner's State of the League | MLS Best XI
    2014
  • MLB testing modified 'pie slice' shift ban in minors
    • MLB testing modified 'pie slice' shift ban in minors
    The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22....2022
  • • Once Ticketed for 2-Sport Superstardom, Drew Henson Travels New Big League Path
    2015
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  • • Blue Jays Release Michael Bourn
    The Blue Jays released outfielder Michael Bourn from his minor league deal over the weekend, tweets John Lott of Vice Sports. (The news, it would seem, first appeared on the Florida State League’s transactions page.) The veteran center fielder had agreed to a minors pact with Toronto late last month and was playing well with the club’s…...2016
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  • • Minor league teams cancel game due to circus tent
    It was an absolute circus in Tampa on Friday night. That was the site of a Florida State League game between the Clearwater Threshers and the Tampa Yankees, which was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, so it looked like the game would go off without a hitch. Right before game time, however, the clubs made a surprising announcement. Tonight's Threshers game at Tampa has ...2015
  • • Commissioner Don Garber recaps 20th year of MLS in State of the League address
    2015
  • Jays' Single-A team whiffs 24 batters in a game
    • Jays' Single-A team whiffs 24 batters in a game
    Three Dunedin Blue Jays pitchers combined to strike out 24 batters in a 1-0 win over the Tampa Tarpons in the Florida State League on Saturday night....2022
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  • • Rays' Honeywell among top prospect performers Tuesday
    Brent Honeywell added another chapter to his impressive full-season debut Tuesday, picking up his first professional postseason win as Class A Advanced Charlotte hammered Palm Beach, 14-1, in the opening round of the Florida State League playoffs....2015
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  • MLB to experiment with rule limiting defensive shifts in Single-A Florida State League
    • MLB to experiment with rule limiting defensive shifts in Single-A Florida State League
    Major League Baseball has been exploring a number of ways to improve the game, and a new rule that is being tested out in the minors could eventually lead to one of the most significant changes we have seen in years....2022
  • • MLS Commissioner Don Garber delivers annual 'State of the League' on Friday, Dec. 9
    2016

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State League fantasy rankings and news

  • • New Jays On The Block: Castro and Ozuna
    The Toronto Blue Jays will open the season with six rookies on the Opening Day roster when they take the field against Masahiro Tanaka and the New York Yankees in less than a week. It’s the most fascinating storyline in baseball that isn’t garnering enough attention, especially from fantasy owners in dynasty leagues. While Dalton Pompey, Aaron Sanchez, Daniel Norris, and Devon Travis are far more ...2015
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State League schedule, game

  • • MLB will use its new rules in the Arizona Fall League
    2022
    Visit the page Arizona Fall League
  • • MLB testing modified 'pie slice' shift ban in minors
    2022
  • • Source: MLB to test robot umps in spring training
    2020
  • • WR Tyler Gaffney returns to baseball
    2018
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  • • Allard fans 10 for Mississippi
    Free from the pitcher-friendly ballparks of the Florida State League, Nick Senzel's home-run power is starting to show in earnest....2017
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  • • White goes five scoreless for Tulsa
    Free from the pitcher-friendly ballparks of the Florida State League, Nick Senzel's home-run power is starting to show in earnest....2017
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  • • Dalbec hits walk-off homer for Greenville
    Free from the pitcher-friendly ballparks of the Florida State League, Nick Senzel's home-run power is starting to show in earnest....2017
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  • • Kiermaier set to start rehab on Thursday
    Kevin Kiermaier is scheduled to begin his rehab assignment for Class A Advanced Charlotte of the Florida State League on Thursday....2017
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  • • Gleyber Torres' Fall Breakout Shows Yankees Their Superstar of the Future
    2016
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  • • Gary Sanchez's MLB Superstar Breakout Just the Start of an All-Star Future
    2016
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