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Padres send Cubs into deep rebuild with bargain Darvish trade

December 29, 2020 Tyler Arthur 0

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.

Padres pay high price to land Blake Snell from Rays

December 28, 2020 Tyler Arthur 0

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.

MLB Draft: The greatest first overall picks in MLB history

June 10, 2020 Sam Cox 0

Ahead of the 2020 MLB Draft, we are taking a look at the greatest first overall picks in MLB history.

Vlad Guerrero Jr., Atlanta Braves top MLB Pipeline’s prospect lists

January 27, 2019 Sam Cox 0

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.

Five of the most exciting September call-ups

September 8, 2018 Joe Cox 0

Roster expansion brings the final month of the baseball season alive.

Names to look out for in the MLB Draft

May 30, 2018 Joe Cox 0

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

March 18, 2018 Sam Cox 0

The San Francisco Giants were concerned about Steven Duggar’s bat. His Fall League and Spring Training performances have abolished such worries.

Why are clubs reassigning their prospects?

March 14, 2018 Sam Cox 0

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.