The Atlanta Braves will lose 12 international prospects after Major League Baseball’s investigation on their violations in regards to signing international amateurs according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. The biggest name among the 12 is infielder Kevin Maitan. He was the Braves top international prospect as they signed him for $4.25 million in 2016. All 29 other teams will be able to...
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The Miami Marlins and San Francisco Giants have had deeper discussions regarding a Giancarlo Stanton trade according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. The source also told Feinsand that the Giants are currently the favorites to get Stanton, but the Cardinals may still be contenders. The Cardinals joined the Giants by making a formal trade offer for Stanton on Sunday according to Jon Morosi of MLB...
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With the Mets opting to add Gerson Bautista, Tyler Bashlor, Luis Guillorme, and Corey Oswalt to the Major League roster, they protected those players from the Rule 5 Draft. Conversely, the Mets made some tough decisions on some other players whom they exposed and risked losing on Dec. 14 in the Rule 5 Draft: Mickey Jannis Level: Binghamton 2017 Stats: 8-7, 3.60 ERA, 1.251 WHIP, 2.8 BB/9, 6.1 K/9...
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Lots of roster moves were made yesterday as teams had an 8:00 p.m. EST deadline to protect certain players from being chosen in the Rule 5 Draft set for Dec. 14. However, a bigger deadline discussed yesterday was in regards to the MLB-NPB posting negotiations. A decision on Shohei Otani’s MLB fate was supposed to be determined yesterday. The negotiations over a new posting agreement will...
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Major League Baseball has a pace of play problem and it appears they have a plan to solve it. The length of games have gotten even longer just in the last year. An average game took three hours and 42 seconds to complete in 2016. Most recently that number has risen by 4 1/2 minutes meaning it took three hours, five minutes, and 11 seconds for a game to be completed in 2017. Surprisingly it is...
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Every year in baseball there are players who surprise some by taking a huge step forward in their career. Players who metaphorically wake up from their slumber. This happens a lot in the minor leagues. One year a player could be low on a team’s prospects list and the next year he could be ranked towards the top. Three sleepers in the Mets organization that you should keep an eye on for the...
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