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Good morning friends. It was kind of a slow news day yesterday around baseball. Hopefully things will pick up again soon as we close in on spring training. Regardless, here are the stories we’re tracking as we pass the mid-week point. In Mariners news… Around the league…
From Lookout Landing | 9 days ago | 1 read
When news broke that the Detroit Lions had added former Giants interim head coach/offensive coordinator Mike Kafka to their coaching staff, many began immediately wondering how he’d fit in. A week prior, the Lions had hired Drew Petzing to be their offensive coordinator, and many believed Kafka was worthy of that job either in Detroit […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 9 days ago | 1 read
21. Jordy Vargas (161 points, 14 ballots) Vargas was one of Colorado’s headline prospects from their January 2021 amateur free agent class, signing for $500k out of the Dominican Republic. The 6’5” 22-year-old right-handed starter has MLB bloodlines — he is the son of pitcher Yorkis Perez, who played in parts of nine big-league seasons for […]
From Purple Row | 9 days ago | 0 reads
In the MacKenzie Gore trade, the Washington Nationals got five pieces in return. They received Gavin Fien, Alejandro Rosario, Devin Fitz-Gerald, Abimelec Ortiz and Yeremy Cabrera. We have talked about the first four prospects, but I thought Yeremy Cabrera was worth discussing too. He may be the 5th piece in the deal, but he is […]
From Federal Baseball | 9 days ago | 1 read
Happy 62nd birthday to John Habyan, a local boy done good who was a key cog in the Yankees’ bullpen for parts of four seasons. Habyan was born on Long Island and pitched well enough at St. John the Baptist High School in West Islip to garner the attention of the Orioles, who picked him […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 9 days ago | 1 read
The Royals have potential arbitration hearings with Kris Bubic and Vinnie Pasquantino this winter. Neither player came to terms on a contract with the team, leading each to file for an arbitration hearing. Bubic filed for $6.15 million, while the Royals countered with $5.15 million. Pasquantino filed for $4.5 million, with the team offering $4 […]
From Royals Review | 9 days ago | 1 read
Morning A’s fans! Spring Training is right around the corner with just 13 days until pitchers and catcher report. The rest of the squad reports a few days later and the first games of the season begin shortly after that. The long winter is coming to a close (except for the people on the East […]
From Athletics Nation | 9 days ago | 0 reads
By this point in the year, most of the major publications — other than Baseball Prospectus, which deserves its own article — have released their list of the top 100 prospects in baseball heading into the 2026 season. I already covered the Brewers prospects named to MLB Pipeline and Baseball America’s lists, but ESPN and […]
From Brew Crew Ball | 9 days ago | 0 reads
Michael Cerami, Published Children’s Author. He wrote a kids Cubs book! So freaking cool. If you missed the particulars, see here . And you can get your copy at Amazon or Barnes & Noble or Bookshop.org . Very proud of you, Michael. People probably don’t realize how much work goes into a book like that, and how hard it is to get from conception to publishing. It’s a lot, and you deserve some celebration (including a TV hit last night !). If you were curious about the World Baseball...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 9 days ago | 0 reads
Big Sugar! Zach Maxwell and his 100+ mph heater landed at spot #12 on this year’s Community Prospect Rankings, and he’ll take his talents to Goodyear for spring training in just over two weeks with an eye on a spot on the Opening Day roster of the Cincinnati Reds. Now, it’s time to vote for […]
From Red Reporter | 9 days ago | 0 reads
Xander Bogaerts brought a winning track record to the San Diego Padres, but he struggled to get comfortable in San Diego. He was asked to move from shortstop to second base and he did so. Bogaerts then moved back to shortstop and the defensive uncertainty seems to have taken a toll on his offensive production. […]
From Gaslamp Ball | 9 days ago | 1 read
Let’s get this out of the way quickly. In 2018, both Craig Kimbrel (former Brave) and Dallas Keuchel (eventual Brave) received Qualifying Offers. No team wanted to sign them and give up a draft pick. So, both Kimbrel and Keuchel had to wait until midseason in order to join a club. Kimbrel signed a three-year, […]
From Talking Chop | 9 days ago | 3 reads
The final review of the 2025 season will be looking at each position in the Astros farm system. Next up is the relief pitchers. BEST OF THE BUNCH Nick Hernandez Hernandez has been in out of the season for a few years. He had a dominant season in Triple-A posting a 2.12 ERA with 63 […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 9 days ago | 0 reads
Liverpool locked down a place in the Round of 16 of the Champions League with Wednesday’s 6-0 thumping of Qarabag FK that means they finish third in the league phase of Europe’s premier cup competition. For a side that has struggled as much as the Reds have at times this season, it’s unquestionably a big […]
From The Liverpool Offside | 9 days ago | 7 reads
Prospect rankings are a great tool to get to know what a team has coming in the pipeline. However, each one is different, as the writer’s own biases naturally come into play, and everyone has a different opinion on a player’s future. After all, projecting what players in their late teens and early twenties who […]
From The Good Phight | 9 days ago | 1 read
1900 Charles Comiskey received permission to relocate the Western League’s St. Paul Saints to Chicago, where they will become the White Sox of the American League. 1957 With air travel commonplace and MLB now stretching from coast to coast, the league considered drafting a plan to create a player pool to be used in the […]
From South Side Sox | 9 days ago | 2 reads
This week’s Ombudsman Report cleans up the record, relitigates NHL trade disasters, and asks the uncomfortable question: will the Rangers actually get this one right?
From Blueshirt Banter | 9 days ago | 2 reads
Meet the Mets Outside of some minor moves the Mets are most likely done adding this offseason. The team has not shown any recent interest in Austin Hayes after they signed Luis Robert Jr. Manager Carlos Mendoza dropped some hints as to how he would construct this year’s lineup on a recent podcast appearance. The […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 9 days ago | 5 reads
All of Major League Baseball has been debating for a while if A), what the Dodgers are doing with their payroll is the ‘correct’ way of doing things; B), how long it would be sustainable; and C) will it finally trigger a salary cap. For the Dodgers front office, doing it ‘correctly’ is just semantics. […]
From True Blue LA | 9 days ago | 1 read
The final infield bat? Up in the air. Free agents? Available. A trade for CJ Abrams? Possible. Maybe? The Washington Nationals did just trade Mackenzie Gore so it’s possible they burn things completely to the ground. Gore, however, did cost the Texas Rangers a king’s ransom of prospects. We are, as of today, January 29, […]
From Over the Monster | 9 days ago | 5 reads
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
From Blueshirt Banter | 9 days ago | 2 reads
As mentioned in few other profiles, a part of the Detroit Tigers draft strategy under Scott Harris has been tilted toward allocating their bonus pool to lure prep talent from their college commitments. The corollary to that strategy is finding inexpensive college players who have some major league potential and trying to develop them into […]
From Bless You Boys | 9 days ago | 2 reads
In the vote for the #4 prospect, Quinn Mathews did not win by a lot. It was a two-man race and Joshua Baez was only 14 total votes short of Mathews’ total. He received over double the votes of the third-place vote getter. It is not a hard and fast rule, but it was a […]
From Viva El Birdos | 9 days ago | 1 read
We’re here to talk about the one thing on everybody’s minds: who is going to be the Milwaukee Brewers’ backup catcher when the 2026 season starts? There was a bit of news on this front on Tuesday, when the Brewers — after rumors swirled for some time — signed the Chicago Cubs’ 2025 backup, Reese […]
From Brew Crew Ball | 9 days ago | 1 read
There are a few more signing rumors out there, but we’ll wait for confirmation. The Dylan Carlson deal is done. More pitching and infield help (Gabe Klobosits, Karson Simas) may be on the way. We, um, await developments. *means autoplay on, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used on […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 9 days ago | 1 read