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• Marlins Claim Seth Martinez
The Marlins announced that they have claimed right-hander Seth Martinez off waivers from the Diamondbacks. The latter club had designated him for assignment earlier this week. To open a roster spot, the Marlins transferred right-hander Eury Pérez to the 60-day injured list. Pérez is recovering from Tommy John surgery and isn’t expected back until around…...2025
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• McClanahan to be Opening Day stater

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images McClanahan will take the bump on Opening Day for the third time in his career The Tampa Bay Rays have named Shane McClanahan their Opening Day starter for the 2025 season when they’ll take on the Colorado Rockies on Friday, March 28th at Steinbrenner Field. This will be McClanahan’s third time as the Rays Opening Day starter; he starte...2025
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• Preseason Draft Prep - February 20, 2025
Mariners Starting Rotation The Mariners' starting rotation is fascinating. Luis Castillo is the veteran with the most impressive resume, but he could turn out to be the worst starter on the team by the end of the season. He is certainly the oldest at 32 years old. In fact, every other Seattle starter is 27 years old or younger. The youth-infused rotation is buoyed by a pitcher-friendly ballpark an...2025
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• Means signs with Guardians following TJ surgery
Free agent pitcher John Means, who had Tommy John surgery in June and is still recovering, has signed a one-year deal with the Guardians....2025
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• Today in White Sox History: February 19

Liam Hendriks’ recovery from TJS rendered him just a charity volunteer during his first year in Boston, after signing there on this day one year ago. This spring, he’ll be competing for the closer’s job. | Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Liam, mid-TJS recovery, leaves for Boston 1985 The White Sox traded Roy Smalley back to his longtime Minnesota Twins for minor league outfielder ...2025
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• Camp Notes: Sal Frelick adds muscle, Brandon Woodruff pitches live batting practice

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images As the remaining players report to camp, stories of their offseason workout programs take the early focus All players are in Milwaukee Brewers camp now, and the full team is getting ready for the start of game action. Many of the players in camp took batting practice for the first time yesterday, and we’re getting some new reports on what players did with their offs...2025
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• Marlins Claim Seth Martinez
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• McClanahan to be Opening Day stater
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• Means signs with Guardians following TJ surgery
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• Camp Notes: Sal Frelick adds muscle, Brandon Woodruff pitches live batting practice
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 19, 2025
Hyeseong Kim 2B/OF LAD In addition to Korean import Kim, the Dodgers also have Tommy Edman, Kiké Hernández, and Chris Taylor as players who could play the infield and outfield. Per Roberts, Kim is expected to get reps at second base, third base and center field this spring. Kim is known for his bat-to-ball skills and is making adjustments to his bat path with hitting coach Aaron Bates. Draft for p...2025
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• The risk and reward of the Cole Ragans deal

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals get a discount while Ragans gets a guarantee. There is a social media account called “Freezing Cold Takes” that exposes sports takes that age incredibly poorly. To my knowledge, I have avoided being highlighted by the account, but I certainly gave them fodder back in 2023 when the Royals traded Aroldis Chapman to the Rangers. In return, the Royals ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
Cardinals: Changing of the guard at catcher - two viable fantasy options? It was announced during the offseason that veteran catcher Willson Contreras will be making the switch from Catcher to First Base full time. Contreras has delivered 10+ home runs every year (other then 2020) while his career .814 OPS has made him a valuable commodity behind the plate. I love the switch here from a fantasy ...2025
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• Luke Jackson lands deal with Rangers

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The veteran reliever returns to the organization who drafted him out of high school. Luke Jackson’s second tour of duty with the Atlanta Braves has officially come to an end as the right-handed reliever has agreed to a major league deal with the Texas Rangers, the organization who drafted him in the first round out of high school in 2010....2025
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• Camp Notes: Sal Frelick adds muscle, Brandon Woodruff pitches live batting practice
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025

I couldn’t find any good “Uecker Royals” pictures, so how about Bob Uecker interviewing Hank Aaron? | Photo by 1975 Diamond Images via Getty Images We have reached the winter lull of the baseball season Oh, boy. We’ve really hit the winter doldrums. The last story from The Star was last week when Lorenzen signed. There hasn’t been a new story on the Royals site since Tuesday. Their last ...2025
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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"Ragans has had two Tommy John surgeries in his career, so there is a substantial injury risk."

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"Guardians ace Shane Bieber will have season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery, a major blow to the team and the 2020 Cy Young winner."

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"He would have Tommy John surgery in early 1999 and miss the entire season, not returning until May 2000, and threw that many pitches only three other times, twice in 2003 and once in 2004."

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"Phillies' Harper undergoes Tommy John surgery"

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"Snydergaard pitched just two innings last season following his recovery from Tommy John surgery"

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"New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow and will undergo Tommy John surgery this week, the team announced Tuesday."

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"The Angels' Shohei Ohtani completed the final step in his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery and will return to Japan, where he'll recover for his anticipated return to a two-way role next season."

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"Tommy John red flags?"

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"Gleyber Torres, the Yankees' top prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the rest of this season after tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in his left (non-throwing) elbow during a collision at home plate in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's game on Saturday."

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"Brandon McCarthy won his second consecutive start after returning from Tommy John surgery, with the Dodgers bullpen finishing off the final four innings of a three-hitter and 4-3 win over the Padres on Saturday afternoon at Dodger Stadium."

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"At first it was noted he might need Tommy John surgery."

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"In the past, Matt Harvey has battled with the Mets over aspects of his rehab from Tommy John surgery."

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• Means signs with Guardians following TJ surgery
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• Today in White Sox History: February 19
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• The risk and reward of the Cole Ragans deal
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• Luke Jackson lands deal with Rangers
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 30: Jake Eder

Jake Eder possesses the talent to pitch in the majors, but injuries and inconsistencies have plagued the southpaw. | John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s time for the southpaw to strut his stuff Jake EderLeft-Handed Starting Pitcher6´4´´215 poundsAge: 262024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 7 2024 High Level Chicago (MLB)Age relative to high level -4.0 yearsSSS rank among a...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17

Photo by Brian Westerholt/Four Seam Images Suarez drops from 10 to 16. Previous Winner 16. Santiago Suarez, RHP20 | 6’2” | 175A | 4.11 ERA, 3.51 FIP, 111.2 IP (23 GS) 25.7% K, 4.7% BB Suarez is everything you want in a starting pitching prospect, with projectable command and plus-plus control exhibited by his consistent, low walk rates. It’s a good body and delivery, a major league fastbal...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 30: Jake Eder
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• Preseason Prep - February 17, 2024
Francisco Alvarez (C-NYM) enters the 2025 campaign as a question mark after a torn thumb ligament suffered in April forced him to miss a chunk of last season. He's reportedly retooling his swing this offseason at the suggestion of J.D. Martinez to lift the ball more and use the opposite field more often. After bursting onto the scene with 25 homers in just 423 PA as a 21 year-old rookie in 2023, A...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 16, 2025
Wyatt Langford Langford came into the 2024 season with quite a fair bit of hype, as the former No. 4 overall pick effectively skipped the minor leagues and was thrusted into a starter role immediately. He got off to a slow start, posting just an 80 wRC+ in March/April. His May was shortened due to an injury, before he bounced back in June and posted a 151 wRC+ and.380 wOBA across 106 PAs. Across t...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 15, 2025
Welcome Back! Around the League Alex Bregman-Red Sox-3B Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, including opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons. He reportedly chose this higher average annual value contract over longer-term offers from the Tigers and Cubs. Bregman is expected to transition to second base, a position he last played in 2018. This is going t...2025
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Breakout Candidates

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The final in our series surrounding the preseason top 30 list looks at the top candidates to improve their stock in 2025 Every year a handful of prospects make huge leaps in the system, and often those players will come out of nowhere to vault into the upper tiers of the system. In 2023 that was Jhancarlos Lara, who stunned in Single-A with his upper-90s ...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 11, Gabriel Hughes

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The right-hander was the Rockies’ first pick in 2022, but lost half of 2023 and all of 2024 to Tommy John surgery 11. Gabriel Hughes (534 points, 28 ballots) Hughes is another Colorado Rockies pitching prospect who was felled by an arm injury that required Tommy John surgery in July 2023 (along with Jordy Vargas and Jackson Cox). The 6’4” 23-y...2025
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• Ranking the Brewers’ pitching staff by how cool they dress

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Swag as an advanced statistic Pitchers and catchers reported to their spring training facilities today, marking the official start of Spring Training. To celebrate the occasion, the Brewers’ social media pages shared photos of various pitchers arriving. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Milwaukee Brewers (@b...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: February 19
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• Camp Notes: Sal Frelick adds muscle, Brandon Woodruff pitches live batting practice
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• The risk and reward of the Cole Ragans deal
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17
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• Monday Rockpile: Where are these former members of the 2024 Rockies?

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 17th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies are reporting to their spring training home in Scottsdale, Arizona with a full 40-man roster an 23 non-roster invitees. These 63 players all have the same goal: to prepare for the upcoming 2025 baseball season and to hopefully be one of the 26 men named to the Rockies’ Opening Day ...2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (14 February 2025)

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Today’s focus was on lefty relievers. Today’s notes are short since only Bud Black spoke with media. (Perhaps everyone else got their work in and headed out to enjoy Valentine’s Day.) At any rate, here’s what’s on the mind of the Colorado Rockies manager: During the offseason, Lucas Gilbreath had surgery to relieve some pressure from his neck-shoulder area and...2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (13 February 2025)

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The focus today was on the ABS system as well as an experienced ace and a prospect who might take his place. Here’s the latest news from Colorado Rockies spring training. Pitchers and catchers reported on Tuesday, and today, they held their first workout. The first full-squad workout will take place on Tuesday, Feb....2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (13 February 2025)

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The focus today was on the ABS system as well as an experienced ace and a prospect who might take his place. Here’s the latest news from Colorado Rockies spring training. Pitchers and catchers reported on Tuesday, and today, they held their first workout. The first full-squad workout will take place on Tuesday, Feb....2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 16

A piece of the Paredes trade consolidates at No. 15. Previous Winner 15. Ty Johnson, RHP23 | 6’6” | 205A (CHC) | 3.48 ERA, 2.45 FIP, 33.2 IP (10 G, 4 GS) 36.1% K, 7.5% BBA+ (CHC) | 3.62 ERA, 3.04 FIP, 27.1 IP (8 G, 6 GS) 28.4% K, 10.3% BBA+ (TBR) | 0.78 ERA, 0.95 FIP, 23.0 IP (6 G, 3 GS) 46.4% K, 4.8% BB Acquired as the final piece of the Paredes trade, Johnson is tall with blossoming velocity as ...2025
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• Richard Sherman's Girlfriend Ashley Moss Gives Birth to Son Rayden
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• Perfect 'pen helps McCarthy earn win No. 2
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• McCarthy stymies Rockies in season debut
Brandon McCarthy is the latest starter to step up in the absence of ace Clayton Kershaw, making a triumphant return from Tommy John surgery on Sunday as the Dodgers finished off a series sweep of Colorado, 4-1, for their fourth consecutive win....2016
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• McCarthy returns with scoreless outing vs. Rox
Brandon McCarthy is the latest starter to step up in the absence of ace Clayton Kershaw, making a triumphant return from Tommy John surgery on Sunday as the Dodgers finished off a series sweep of Colorado, 4-1, for their fourth consecutive win....2016
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• Source: Sherman might need elbow surgery
Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman played Super Bowl XLIX with torn ligaments in his left elbow that may require Tommy John surgery in the off season, according to a source....2015
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• Matt Harvey Won't Be on Strict Innings Limit, Will Pitch in Playoffs
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• Mets' Syndergaard to have Tommy John surgery
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• Sherman to have surgery; Thomas getting 2nd opinion
Richard Sherman will undergo Tommy John surgery after injuring his elbow in the NFC Championship Game. Seahawks safety Earl Thomas will have a second opinion on his shoulder injury before deciding on surgery....2015
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• Preseason Draft Prep - February 20, 2025
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• Adam Wainwright Calls into Radio Show to Argue His Fantasy Baseball Stock
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• Mets Should Consider Trading ROY Jacob deGrom in Winter Blockbuster
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• Nelson Cruz Splash Could Finally End Mariners' 13-Year Postseason Drought
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• Is John Smoltz Worthy of Being First-Ballot 2015 Hall of Famer?
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• Juggernaut Angels Positioned as World Series Favorites Heading Toward Postseason
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• McClanahan to be Opening Day stater
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• Camp Notes: Sal Frelick adds muscle, Brandon Woodruff pitches live batting practice
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• The risk and reward of the Cole Ragans deal
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• Dodgers’ Dustin May Recounts Freak Accident That Required Emergency Surgery

Last year was supposed to be different for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May. After undergoing flexor tendon surgery and a Tommy John revision, he had been sidelined since midway through 2023, but was steadily working toward a comeback. By early July, he was just a week away from starting a minor-league rehab assignment and …...2025
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Best Tools, Pitchers

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Hurston Waldrep’s splitter is one of many standout pitches in the Braves system Yesterday we gave you our best tools amongst the position player prospects in our top 30 Atlanta Braves prospects list, and today we’re going to flip it around and look at pitchers. While the lack of depth led to many of the best tools being shared between the same handful of...2025
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• Battery Power 2025 Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Risers

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin was one of many players who improved his stock in 2024 Many of you have been following along with our preseason top 30 Atlanta Braves prospect list rollout, and this year I decided to tack on some pieces to the end that will hopefully help explain some more of our viewpoints on players and how the list evolved since 2024. I will be going over an arti...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: The top 5

Matt Shaw | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Our countdown of the Cubs top prospects finishes with the top five prospects in the Cubs system. We finish up our look at the top prospects in the Cubs system today with the top five prospects in the system. While I’ve written that the Cubs system is down from its heights last year, it’s still a top 10 farm system in my mind and that’s mostly b...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 11 through 15

Cole Mathis | Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK Our overview of Cubs prospects continues with a catcher, two shortstops, a third baseman and a right-handed starter. It’s day three of our countdown of the top prospects of the Cubs system for 2025. Today we look at prospects 11 through 15. To be eligible for this list, you have to have fewer than 130 major league plate appeara...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 16 through 20

Pedro Ramirez | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK The second installment of series features four infielders and a pitcher. Let’s continue with our countdown of the Top 25 prospects in the Cubs system with prospects 16 through 20 today. Just as a reminder, to be eligible for this list, you need to still have rookie eligibility, which means 130 or fewer at bats or 50 or f...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 25-30

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images 2025 will be a “prove it” season for many of the player on the opening installment of a fresh top 30 It’s finally February, and we are merely days away from pitchers and catchers reporting. The buzz for the future is growing louder, and what represents the future more than a top 30 propsects list. Once again we are happy to present you, the Ba...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 29, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Bobby Witt Jr. isn’t the video game cover boy? MLB.com’s Anne Rogers detailed how the rotation stands now. She writes as if five pitchers, including Kris Bubic, are competing for the final rotation spot. The Royals are confident in Bubic’s potential return to the rotation, even after seeing how much success he had in the bullpen last year when he returned from...2025
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• Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez

Anthony Gruppuso-Imagn Images Salvy stayed with Kansas City through the wilderness and made it to the other side On a brisk October night in 2010, Citizens Bank Park buzzed with anticipation and nervous energy. The back-to-back National League champs entered the seventh inning down a run against the Cincinnati Reds, facing rookie phenom Aroldis Chapman. They rallied. Chase Utley hustled P...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ older, wiser, sadder day
Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Recent #Cubs,#MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Happy birthday to me. Welcome to today’s edition 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, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Pity about Alexand...2022
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