I know that the big league moves draw most of the attention – and, for good reason, since they are designed to generate most of the big league impact – but I have been very pleased by the Chicago Cubs’ front office continuing to supplement deeper within the organization throughout December and January.
Plenty of reclamation pitching signings , as always, and a number of more development-inclined pitcher signings, too. There was also the Scott Kingery signing late last year as Triple-A dep...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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Keith Law has released his updated Top 100 Prospects List on The Athletic, in an article found here. The only Atlanta Braves farmhand to make the list was Cam Caminiti, coming in at No. 35. This means prospects such as JR Ritchie, Didier Fuentes, and Owen Murphy came up shy of cracking the Top 100 […]
From Talking Chop
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After the game, I was watching the SEC Network show waiting to rewatch the highlights and hear what the in studio hosts had to say. I think it was Pete Burns who was the host, and he said something along the lines of “this is one of the best basketball games I’ve watched in several […]
From Rock M Nation
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The 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List marches on, and folks, we’re getting close! After this next chapter concludes, we’ll be three-quarters of the way to ranking the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. Friday’s ballot was very close, but a winner emerged: it’s outfielder Lisbel Diaz, who has been voted […]
From McCovey Chronicles
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The Giants have reportedly signed outfielder Harrison Bader to a two-year deal, $20.5 million deal, that includes another $500,000 in incentives. The Royals had been reportedly interested in Bader earlier this offseason, but later reporting by Ken Rosenthal indicated they were being priced out on his market. Bader was coming off a career-best season at […]
From Royals Review
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Miles Mastrobuoni was the 26th man on the roster for most of his time with the Cubs in 2023 and 2024, a substitute fielder, pinch-hitter and pinch-runner. The Cubs were 14-10 after defeating the Padres April 27, but then went on a long losing skid, losing 10 of 15 entering the final game of a […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Previous Winner Michael Forret, RHP22 | 6’3” | 190A+ (BAL) | 1.51 ERA, 2.45 FIP, 59.2 IP (16 G, 15 GS), 33.5% K, 7.5% BBAA (BAL) | 1.88 ERA, 2.03 FIP, 14.1 IP (3 GS), 15 K, 3 BB A product of the State College of Florida Manatee – Sarasota (formerly Manatee Junior College), Forret […]
From DRaysBay
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The JJ Wetherholt hype train continues to pick up steam as the St. Louis Cardinals get closer to Spring Training as Keith Law has just ranked him as the #7 prospect in baseball plus he makes a bold prediction about his future. Ken Rosenthal shared the news of Keith’s top 100 prospect list which was […]
From Viva El Birdos
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Midweek USMNT action is here. All kickoff times are in EST. All MLS games are available on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, as well as any other networks listed. Let’s get into it! Monday Also in action: Tuesday Also in action: Wednesday Thursday Friday Also in action: That’s it! Did I miss anything that […]
From Stars and Stripes FC
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Prospect list season continued on Monday with the release of Keith Law’s top 100 list at The Athletic. His list joins recently-published ones by Baseball America and MLB Pipeline. Five Orioles minor leaguers made the cut for Law’s list this year, headlined by Samuel Basallo at #8. Basallo has been a top ten prospect in […]
From Camden Chat
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While most of the players the Nationals received in the MacKenzie Gore trade are years away from the big leagues, Abimelec Ortiz is an exception. He may not possess the upside or athleticism of other players in the deal, but Ortiz has proven he can mash. At some point in 2026, we are likely to […]
From Federal Baseball
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Real Madrid are two Bournemouth games away from losing any rights they currently hold over Bournemouth’s breakout star and former Castilla player Alex Jimenez, according to The Athletic. Jimenez joined Bournemouth on loan from AC Milan in the summer, and has amassed 1382 minutes in the Premier League so far. The player is two appearances […]
From Managing Madrid
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In an NHL rarity, the New York Rangers and New York Islanders are about to pull off a trade. According to a report from insider Vince Mercogliano of The Athletic, the Rangers will be sending pending unrestricted free agent defenceman Carson Soucy to the Isles. I'm hearing #NYR are on the verge of their first move of the retool. A trade that sends Carson Soucy to the #Isles is brewing. No official announcement yet as they work out the particulars, but expect him to be held out of the lineup ton...
From NHL Trade Rumors
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As reported last week with the Baseball America news, end of January means updated prospect list and just like that we saw MLB Pipeline drop their updated Top 100. Last week we saw JR Ritchie come in at No. 84 overall, while Cam Caminiti rose all the way up to No. 53 for Baseball America. […]
From Talking Chop
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Arnaldo Lantigua rocketed to spot #10 after adding his name to the list of existing top prospects. Maybe that’ll be the case again with spot #11 in this year’s Community Prospect Rankings! Per usual, here’s a link to the Google Form where you can vote, though it should be embedded at the end of the […]
From Red Reporter
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I guess the Cleveland Browns and HC Kevin Stefanski’s detailed plan for QB Shedeur Sanders worked in 2025. While Stefanski and the Browns hoped that Sanders would sit all season behind Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and/or Dillon Gabriel, that didn’t happen. Instead, poor play, two trades, and an injury led to Sanders playing in eight […]
From Dawgs By Nature
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The San Francisco Giants have had an offseason that lives at the margins of the roster, signing a steady back-end starter in Adrian Houser, a fringier bounce-back play in Tyler Mahle, and OK relievers in Jason Foley and Sam Hentges. They also hired a new manager in Tony Vitello, of course, and that may well prove to be the most impactful move of the offseason.
In free agency, it’s more at the margins:
Free-agent outfielder Harrison Bader in agreement with Giants on two-year contract,...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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It’s been a hard year and we’re still in January. I’ve been working on some stuff. Researching. Hitting the archives. Looking for lost media. The digital world is an interesting place. The saying was, at one point, “the internet is forever” but now we know linkrot is a plague for the internet as websites shut […]
From Over the Monster
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Current New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh will forever be linked with the DMV after his long tenure as coach of the Baltimore Ravens. And those ties shone through over the weekend. Harbaugh’s first official hire as Giants head coach was bringing in former Maryland cornerback and safety Dennard Wilson to be the team’s […]
From Testudo Times
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We’ve definitely hit a lull here in the offseason — one where no news is good news as you hope that players and coaches are continuing to make personal preparations for the season while hopefully avoiding pratfalls such as, oh, I don’t know, slipping on ice or something like that. As such, this is a […]
From Talking Chop
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This weekend, Michael discussed the new MLB Pipeline top-100 prospects list, which largely matched the Baseball America list that had dropped a couple days earlier . Namely, the Chicago Cubs have two prospects in the top-100, Moises Ballesteros and Jaxon Wiggins. Lots of recent graduates, some trades, some stalling out, and a lack of huge breakouts from deeper in the draft or in International Free Agency over the last five years have left the Cubs’ system relatively thin on impact-caliber tale...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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If I’m being honest, baseball has not been top of mind for most folks in Twins Territory the past few weeks. It was a relatively busy week for the Twins, though, with the Twins Caravan in full swing around the state and surrounding areas, TwinsFest this past weekend, and the reunion with an old friend. […]
From Twinkie Town
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We’re back this week with more Photos of the Week! Wrestling gets its first feature as the Tigers fell to Oklahoma State 33-3 at home on Friday. Men’s basketball faced Oklahoma on Saturday in an overtime thriller topped off with not one but two buzzer beater threes amid rumors of cancellation due to weather. Apart […]
From Rock M Nation
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There are three Blue Jays on Keith Law’s Top 100 Prospect list. You can likely guess who they are: Among the things Law said: ….throwing both from a very high slot that gives the fastball more riding life and more generally makes it harder for hitters to pick the ball up out of his hand. […]
From Bluebird Banter
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Third in the series. Today we look at the Cubs’ young DH/C/1B. In previous episodes, we looked at the Cubs’ two catchers, Miguel Amaya and Carson Kelly, indulged in a little speculation, and had video of some of their exploits. As we move on to the rest of the roster, it seems reasonable to look […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue
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