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- The Reported Asking Price for White Sox Ace Garrett Crochet is VERY High
- Here is a Sliver of Roki Sasaki Hope If You Like
- Too Many Lefties is Probably Not a Concern Here, MLBPA Changes, Tepera Returning(?), and Other Cubs Bullets
- Dodgers Out on Soto? Just About There on Hernández?
- Jeff Passan Gives Definitive Timeline for Juan Soto Decision (And It’s Very Soon)
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The Reported Asking Price for White Sox Ace Garrett Crochet is VERY High
[BN_drinks] This morning, Bruce Levine hopped on 670 The Score to share a handful of rumors as we approach Juan Soto's final decision (this weekend?) and the start of the Winter Meetings. Among the more notable bits, Levine reports that...
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Here is a Sliver of Roki Sasaki Hope If You Like
Although our expectations on Japanese ace Roki Sasaki have been about as low as you can get for every team outside of the Los Angeles Dodgers (with an only slightly more non-zero shot for the San Diego Padres), Jeff Passan...
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Too Many Lefties is Probably Not a Concern Here, MLBPA Changes, Tepera Returning(?), and Other Cubs Bullets
Got an out-of-town appointment today, so it's a bit of a road trip with The Little Boy. Hopefully I can avoid missing out on anything too major, but the good news is that he's a BN reader these days, so...
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Dodgers Out on Soto? Just About There on Hernández?
With word coming down that we could hear about a Juan Soto decision BEFORE the Winter Meetings start on Monday, and having already known that Soto was in the process of eliminating teams, it is perhaps not a surprise that...
Dec 05, 2024
Jeff Passan Gives Definitive Timeline for Juan Soto Decision (And It’s Very Soon)
Unlike some recent winters, this MLB offseason hasn't really been held up by Juan Soto's pending choice between $600M+ offers (he may have as many as FIVE on the table). But it is still an enormous domino with a lot...
Dec 04, 2024
Korean Infielder Hyeseong Kim Has Officially Been Posted
Add another player to the positional pool of available free agents, as star KBO infielder Hyeseong Kim has been posted for MLB teams. https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1864358631308726303 Hyeseong Kim - not to be confused with fellow Korean (and also a free agent infielder)...
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REPORT: Cubs Have Discussed Nico Hoerner Trade with Mariners
[BN_drinks] The Cubs' willingness to trade Nico Hoerner (and desire to add impact starting pitching) and the Mariners' desire to acquire big-league infield help (and willingness to deal from their crop of impact starting pitchers) should be news to no...
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Is More TV and Streaming Certainty Helping Move the Free Agent Market Along?
As discussed this morning, the long-standing Diamond bankruptcy, with the former Bally-branded Regional Sports Networks wrapped up therein, has more or less finally fully resolved as far as MLB teams are concerned. The company, with the RSNs rebranded under the...
Dec 04, 2024
Pat and Ron Officially Returning, Palencia in VZ, TV Deals in Place, and Other Cubs Bullets
Nobody likes change, and it's good to know that at least one very important part of our Chicago Cubs fan experience will not be changing ... The Cubs have made it officially official on Pat and Ron, staying in the...
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REPORT: Cubs Are a “Viable Candidate” to Acquire Garrett Crochet
A surprisingly specific report this morning from Jon Morosi, who names two NL Central clubs that are apparently sufficiently in on White Sox lefty Garrett Crochet that a trade could happen. One of them is the Cubs: . @MLB trade...
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Here is a Sliver of Roki Sasaki Hope If You Like
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