MLB
MLB Draft: The greatest first overall picks in MLB history
Ahead of the MLB Draft, we are taking a look at the greatest first overall picks in MLB history.
Prospects
Chicago Cubs
Padres send Cubs into deep rebuild with bargain Darvish trade
Just 24 hours after making a trade to acquire Rays ace Blake Snell, the San Diego Padres made another massive move toward their increasingly evident goal of a World Series, trading for Yu Darvish of the Chicago Cubs, alongside his personal catcher Victor Caratini. In return, Chicago got RHP Zach Davies and four young prospects.
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Padres pay high price to land Blake Snell from Rays
This trade surprised many in the MLB world, as Snell still has three years left on his contract, and without a notably high price on those years too. He was due $10.5 million in 2021 and the following two years would cost $12.5m and $16m respectively, before he would become a free agent going into his age-31 season of 2024.
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Vlad Guerrero Jr., Atlanta Braves top MLB Pipeline’s prospect lists
MLB Pipeline announced their 2019 top 100 prospect list on Saturday evening. Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros all feature heavily.
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Five of the most exciting September call-ups
Roster expansion brings the final month of the baseball season alive.
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Names to look out for in the MLB Draft
With the current trend of fast tracking top prospects through the minor leagues we could see a handful of prospects from this draft in the majors sooner rather than later. As we saw with Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger last year prospects can have an immediate impact.… Read more
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Steven Duggar: Rookie of the Year Candidate
The San Francisco Giants were concerned about Steven Duggar’s bat. His Fall League and Spring Training performances have abolished such worries.
Chicago Cubs
Why are clubs reassigning their prospects?
Spring Training is ramping up. Major league starting pitchers have edged their pitch counts higher, with aces now going five innings into games, just as Max Scherzer and Madison Bumgarner did on Tuesday.
