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• Martín Pérez To Miss Majority Of 2025 Season
White Sox left-hander Martín Pérez is on the injured list with inflammation in his throwing elbow and it doesn’t appear he will be coming back soon. Jesse Rogers of ESPN reports that the southpaw won’t require Tommy John surgery but his season is effectively done regardless, though he could be throwing again in September. The…...2025
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• Checking in on three Rockies’ prospects facing crucial seasons in 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Veen and Dollander have arrived, but whom else is on the horizon? Through the Easter holiday weekend, the Colorado Rockies own the worst record in baseball and a sub-Mendoza winning percentage in the young 2025 season. The franchise didn’t realistically have high expectations for this season, so that needs to be made clear up front. T...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Series Preview

Jacob Young reacts during the game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals (9-13) head home to Washington, D.C. to take on the Baltimore Orioles (9-12) in the Battle of the Beltway After disappointing series losses against the Miami Marlins and the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Washington Nationals took care of business on the road against...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Red Sox

Jonathan Cannon will be on the mound for the finale. | Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Time for the Patriots’ Day Finale in Boston The White Sox hope to even the series in Boston for the final game of a long four-game battle. A win today would knot the current series and ensure the South Siders a season series win against the Red Sox. Jonathan Cannon has had a bumpy start to 2...2025
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• Martín Pérez skips diagnosis, heads straight to 60-day IL

Without even word of the severity of his injury, Martín Pérez has landed on the 60-day IL, meaning he may have pitched his last in Chicago. | Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Also, Chase Meidroth’s thumb will sideline him for 10 days For those of you rooting against another run at 120 losses, your hopes have been dealt a blow: Martín Pérez, who left his start after three innings on Friday with ...2025
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• White Sox 8, Red Sox 4: The Good Sox Win!

Cam Booser and Matt Thaiss celebrate the win at Fenway this afternoon. | Eric Canha-Imagn Images Watch out, we had some late-inning scoring for the South Siders! My first coverage win of the season! (And hopefully not my last.) The Chicago White Sox won the third game of this four-game set, 8-4, in an all-around solid game. But the offensive comeback was really the story this Easter Sunda...2025
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• Martín Pérez To Miss Majority Of 2025 Season
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• Checking in on three Rockies’ prospects facing crucial seasons in 2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Series Preview
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• Martín Pérez skips diagnosis, heads straight to 60-day IL
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• White Sox 8, Red Sox 4: The Good Sox Win!
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• Tigers pitcher lands on 15-day IL after incredible start to season

The right-hander is unfortunately no stranger to long injury absences, as a Tommy John surgery cost him all of the 2020 season and most of the 2021 season....2025
• Brooks Raley Throws For Teams
Free agent reliever Brooks Raley threw a bullpen session for scouts in Texas this morning, reports Will Sammon of The Athletic. According to Sammon, there were 12+ teams in attendance. Raley is around 11 months removed from last May’s Tommy John procedure, so he’s presumably not yet ready for game action. The surgery ended his two-year…...2025
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• Padres minor league update week #3

Fort Wayne and San Antonio off to good starts The San Diego Padres minor league affiliates have barely gotten started but several prospects have begun well and the two top prospects, Ethan Salas and Leodalis De Vries have begun slowly. That is to be expected considering the challenge given to both of them. They are the youngest players in both of their levels. It is to be seen whether they can adj...2025
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• Poll: When Should The Marlins Trade Sandy Alcantara?
While this year’s trade deadline is still more than three months away, there’s perhaps no more obvious trade candidate in the game right now than Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara. The 2022 NL Cy Young award winner, Alcantara missed last season due to Tommy John surgery but is back in action with Miami this year. While…...2025
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• Player of the Series: Shane Baz

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Baz has been among the best starting pitchers in baseball early on Shane Baz only has three starts this year but he emerged as an early season candidate for the American League Cy Young award. The 25-year old former top prospect has been fantastic for the Rays this season and was no exception on Monday as he dominated the Boston Red Sox during the series...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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• 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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"Cole to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery"

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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."

2014
"In the past, Matt Harvey has battled with the Mets over aspects of his rehab from Tommy John surgery."

• Checking in on three Rockies’ prospects facing crucial seasons in 2025
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• Poll: When Should The Marlins Trade Sandy Alcantara?
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• Player of the Series: Shane Baz
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• Braves Minor League Preview 4/16

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports JR Ritchie headlines another day of Braves MiLB action Four games on tap for the Atlanta Braves farm system with MLB Veteran Chasen Shreve taking to the mound for the Gwinnett Stripers, while hot shot prospect JR Ritchie looks to continue his strong start to the season. Riley Frey aims to make his first start of the season for the Augusta GreenJackets whi...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Craig Kimbrel makes season debut

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kimbrel’s return to the organization started with a scoreless inning in Columbus What a day it was for Atlanta Braves pitching prospects, with three of the mid-tier starters having terrific second outings. Blake Burkhalter, Herick Hernandez, and Luke Sinnard are all three among the leaders for players who could have ...2025
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• Braves News: Bats cold in Toronto, Ronald Acuña Jr., and more

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. No matter what side of the ball they were on, there was essentially nothing going for the Atlanta Braves Tuesday night, who dropped a contest to the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3. Spencer Schwellenbach got the start, and to say it was an uncharacteristic performance would be an understatement. He lasted just 4.2 innings ...2025
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• Cardinals’ Cooper Hjerpe Undergoes Tommy John Surgery
The Cardinals announced that pitching prospect Cooper Hjerpe has undergone Tommy John surgery. The left-hander will miss the entire 2025 season and won’t be expected back until midway through the 2026 campaign. Hjerpe, 24, is one of the club’s top pitching prospects. He was selected in the first round, 22nd overall, in the 2022 draft.…...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the best long-term replacement for Justin Steele. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the hippest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re glad you decided to stop by. Come on in and sit with us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a couple of good tables av...2025
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• Kris Bryant placed on the IL, C Braxton Fulford called up

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images This might officially be it for Kris Bryant. The Colorado Rockies have announced that designated hitter Kris Bryant is being placed on the 10-day injured list with lumbar degenerative disk disease. The news was first reported by MLB.com’s Thomas Harding. Bryant, 33, has struggled with injuries since the Rockies signed him to a seven-year, $182 million...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 18

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Cubs win 4-2 and take the series from the Dodgers in LA. When does being on the Sunday night national broadcast suck less? When you are in California. I mean, it is certainly possible the game would have been a Sunday “afternoon” game in Los Angeles. But for me over here in Florida, them playing a game that only ended around 10 p.m. local time wa...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Series Preview
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• White Sox 8, Red Sox 4: The Good Sox Win!
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Craig Kimbrel makes season debut
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 18
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Carson Williams #65 and Brayden Taylor #93 of the Tampa Bay Rays run off the field during the first ever spring training Spring Breakout game | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Eleven new players enter the annual top prospect list. Welcome back to the annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List, a treasured tradition at the site where our community diligently votes ...2025
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• Justin Steele will have elbow surgery this week and is out for the season

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Well... this is definitely not good news. Cubs lefthander Justin Steele has had elbow issues off and on over the last couple of years. This season, it resulted in him being scratched from a scheduled start today against the Dodgers. Now, he’s scratched for the rest of 2025 (Bluesky link): Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will ...2025
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• Game Thread #12: Milwaukee Brewers (6-5) @ Colorado Rockies (2-8)

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Brewers look to end woeful series streak in Colorado Astute Brewers observers will undoubtedly have heard over the past couple of days an interesting fact about the Milwaukee Brewers: they, despite being one of the best teams in baseball over the past seven years, haven’t won a series in Colorado since 2018, despite them being one of the worst teams in baseba...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ambioris Tavarez clubs first 2025 Home Run

Photo by Diamond Images via Getty Images Tavarez has had a good start to 2025, and down in Double-A Columbus finally earned their first win. Tuesday was an exciting slate of games on the farm system for the Atlanta Braves, each level featuring some sort of unique result from the game. Two big comebacks, a home run from a player hoping to restore his prospect status, and a no-hitter (okay, ...2025
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• AL Week 2 Strategy-April 5, 2025
In The Field SS Zach Neto started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Salt Lake City. He hit a solo home run on Thursday night. He is getting closer to a return because he was able to play in the field on Friday night. He is tracking towards a return sometime next week. He is looking to build off his strong 2024 season (.249 AVG with 23 HR/30 SB). The Angels have been mixing and matching at short w...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Red Sox
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• White Sox 8, Red Sox 4: The Good Sox Win!
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins

Brad Mills-Imagn Images A National League East showdown between the red-hot Washington Nationals (5-7) and the Miami Marlins (6-6). The past week of Washington Nationals baseball has been a treat for fans in the nation’s capital. After series wins against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the almighty Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington is putting together encouraging wins and will try to build on ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs keep winning without Justin Steele?

Justin Steele with the scoreboard in the background on Monday | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images One of the Cubs’ best pitchers has hit the IL. Welcome to your late night, indie coffee shop and bar where we’re serving up all the drinks you need early in the baseball season. Whether it’s a glass of wine to chill after work or a cup of coffee to keep you rolling when the Cubs ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ambioris Tavarez clubs first 2025 Home Run
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• Today in White Sox History: April 7

On this day, 48 years ago, it was time to PLAY BALL! in Toronto. It’s time to play ball — dodging flurries 1970 The worst White Sox team in history began their forgettable season by getting pounded, 12-0, at home by the Twins before just 11,473 fans. Starting pitcher Tommy John only lasted into the fifth inning by giving up six runs (five earned). The Sox would go on to lose a franchise-re...2025
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• Nestor Cortes to IL with flexor strain

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images A potentially ominous injury leaves the Brewers comically short in the starting rotation There was a brief moment this spring when it looked like the Brewers’ starting rotation depth was going to be a strength for the 2025 team. Now, on April 6, barely a week into the season, Nestor Cortes has been placed on the injured list, and the Brewers have exactly one of th...2025
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• Nestor Cortes to IL with flexor strain

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images A potentially ominous injury leaves the Brewers comically short in the starting rotation There was a brief moment this spring when it looked like the Brewers’ starting rotation depth was going to be a strength for the 2025 team. Now, on April 6th, barely a week into the season, Nestor Cortes has been placed on the injured list, and the Brewers have exactly one of ...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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• AL Week 2 Strategy-April 5, 2025
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• Coming Down the Homestretch- Preseason Prep- March 23, 2025
As we come close to the domestic Opening Day on Thursday, rosters and rotations are falling in line. Players are getting slotted into where they will open the season. There are also still some moves. And, of course, not a day goes by without some injury news to raise questions about how playing time will be impacted. The Tigers were a surprise participant in the 2024 postseason. P Tarik Skubal ca...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 19, 2025
Drake Baldwin (C-ATL) appears likely to open the 2025 campaign as Atlanta's starting backstop. That is interesting news from a fantasy standpoint given Baldwin's status as the organization's top prospect. As a 23 year-old last season, he batted .276 with 16 dingers, 88 RBI, and 58 runs scored across 551 total PA at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He showed strong command of the plate with a 13% ...2025
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• Sometimes It Hurts- Preseason Prep- March 17, 2025
Happy St. Patrick's Day! The Luck o' the Irish hasn't been with several teams and players so far in Spring Training as a rash of injuries has hit them. The first game that counts will be tomorrow when the Dodgers and Cubs face off in Tokyo. SS Mookie Betts may not be playing in the two games of the Tokyo Series. He has been suffering an illness that has forced him to miss the exhibition games tha...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 14, 2025
Injury Updates Bobby Witt Jr, SS, Royals Bobby Witt was recently hit in the forearm with a pitch in Spring Training and left the game. After getting tested, it was determined it was nothing serious, just a bruise. This is a relief for any fantasy manager who has already drafted, as they likely had to use a top-three overall pick on him. He is coming off of a 32 home run, 31 stolen base season whi...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 6, 2025
Luken Baker, 1B (STL) Baker's prodigious power has been on display this spring. The 27-year-old hit his third home run on Wednesday, improving his OPS to 1.233 in 17 Grapefruit League at-bats. Power is Baker's game. He hit 33 home runs in 314 AAA at-bats in 2023 and 32 homers in 376 AAA at-bats in '24. However, the rest of his game is lacking. He is a classic Three True Outcomes batter, striking o...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2025
Alejandro Kirk (C-TOR) is in line to see more time behind the dish than ever before since Danny Jansen is no longer in town. The 26 year-old has flashed some upside in the past, most notably registering a .285 average, with 4 homers, 63 RBI, and 59 runs scored across a career-high 541 PA in 2022, with a well above-average 129 wRC+, but he has underwhelmed ever since. In just 386 PA last year, Kirk...2025
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• Rosters In Flux- Preseason Draft Prep March 2, 2025
As Spring Training rolls on, every day seems to bring up stories of injuries and prospects causing teams to examine who they are going to be putting on their rosters and in their starting lineups in a few weeks when the games start to count. Giancarlo Stanton- DH- NYY- The injury news about Stanton continues to be negative. He will definitely start the 2025 season on the IL. He has received PRP i...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 28, 2025
Old Faces In New Places Thairo Estrada, 2B, Rockies Thairo Estra signed with the Rockies this offseason on a one-year contract worth $3.25 million. He was a huge disappointment in 2024, slashing just .217/.247.343 with 9 home runs and 2 stolen bases in 96 games. This was the follow-up to a 2023 season where he batted .271 with 14 homers and 23 steals. He suffered a wrist injury in May, and the in...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Series Preview
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• Padres minor league update week #3
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• Player of the Series: Shane Baz
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• Nationals News: DJ Herz to undergo Tommy John Surgery

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images It has been headed in this direction for a while, but now we know that DJ Herz is going to have Tommy John Surgery When DJ Herz went down with a UCL sprain in late March, the fear was that he would have to undergo Tommy John Surgery. Based on reports and his reaction, that seems to be where we are headed. Herz put out a tweet that heavily implied that he would go u...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview 4/16
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Craig Kimbrel makes season debut
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• Braves News: Bats cold in Toronto, Ronald Acuña Jr., and more
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• Gamethread: White Sox vs. Athletics

Sean Burke will look to get on track tonight against the A’s. | Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Sacramento (?) team has arrived Sean Burke’s Opening Day debut with the Chicago White Sox was less than a month ago, and fans were quite impressed with what they saw. A no-walk, no-runs-allowed six-inning outing seems like the perfect way to start the season. That is, until you remember you h...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele
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• Game Thread #12: Milwaukee Brewers (6-5) @ Colorado Rockies (2-8)
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• Today in White Sox History: April 1

On this day 18 years ago, Matt Thornton was guaranteed his White Sox duds for another three years. | Jeff Gross/Getty Images Matt Thornton is rewarded for a great 2006 — and become a high-leverage cornerstone on the South Side 1901 Following teammate Clark Griffith, who signed with the White Sox to become player-manager, Chicago Colts (Cubs) pitcher Nixey Callahan jumped leagues to the Whi...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2025

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images One. More. Day. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers has some huge questions surrounding the Kansas City Royals’ “Great Unknown” in 2025. The Royals weren’t able to bring in the middle-of-the-order bat they wanted this offseason, so the pressure is on for MJ Melendez and Hunter Renfroe to improve from a year ago and provide a power threat in the fifth and sixth spots. C...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Vandalizing history

Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Department of Defense dishonors a hero before reversing course. The pitching injuries are stacking up. The Orioles set a record and no one noticed. A high school baseball powerhouse. Good morning. No comments today. I know most of you would be respectful, but better safe than sorry. The Department of Defense temporarily removed a article praising...2025
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• 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins

Photo by Jasen Vinlove/Miami Marlins/Getty Images Well, at least Sandy Alcantara’s back, because a lot of this roster looks bad. Ah, the Miami Marlins. Whether they’re serving in their usual position at-or-near the bottom of the NL East or they’re shocking the baseball world with an appearance (or even a deep run) in October, this is a team that’s spent most of its existence with one eye s...2025
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 Spring Breakout Preview

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports And so begins prospect season 2025 The prospects are about to take center stage for the Atlanta Braves, as Spring Breakout comes to CoolToday Park as the Braves take on a host of Detroit Tigers prospects. Despite last season’s game not going so well for the duo, the spring breakout game set the stage for breakout campaigns from pitchers Owen Murphy and Sp...2025
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• Brewers’ roster announced for annual Spring Breakout game

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Jesus Made, Cooper Pratt, Jacob Misiorowski among prospects named to annual showcase This morning, Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the second annual iteration of the Spring Breakout games. These games were implemented during spring training last year with the goal of showcasing baseball’s future: the top prospects of M...2025
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, March 2025

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How do things look to start 2025? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 69 players across 28 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even who has a more casu...2025
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