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The Tampa Bay Rays 2026 draft is starting to take shape with the announcement of the Competitive Balance picks (below) and the upcoming draft lottery to be conducted on Dec 9. Here’s where the Rays odds stand today, per mlb.com: White Sox (.370) — 27.73%Twins (.432) — 22.18%Pirates (.438) — 16.81%Orioles (.463) — 9.24%A’s (.469) […]
From DRaysBay | 3 days ago | 0 reads
How Acquired The Braves signed Rolddy Munoz in the same 2017-18 international free agent class as his twin brother Roddery, giving him a $20k signing bonus – or $10k less than his brother.What Were Expectations? After spending the 2024 year mostly in Double-A, after initially being in High-A, the expectation for Munoz this year was […]
From Talking Chop | 3 days ago | 0 reads
News & Rumors from around the league – The Crawfish Boil 12/2/2025 The Contemporary ballot includes players whose primary contributions were made since 1980. The eight member ballot includes: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela. A player needs 75% of the vote (12 of […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 3 days ago | 0 reads
MLB Rumors — A few days ago, free agent reliever (and rumored Cubs offseason target) Ryan Helsley signed a two-year, $28M deal with the Baltimore Orioles. Last night, Devin Williams followed suit, signing a meaty, three-year, ~$50 million deal with the Mets . We knew Helsley was a Cubs free agent target from various reports across the industry, but I can also tell you that Devil Williams was, too. I’m not sure if the Cubs were one of the “five other offers from teams with glaring needs at...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 days ago | 1 read
The first NET rankings of the season are our and, as expected, Purdue is among the nation’s elite teams. The hot stretch for Michigan in Las Vegas has the Wolverines at No. 1, but Purdue is currently third with a chance to take over the top spot in the next few weeks. Saturday’s game alone […]
From Hammer and Rails | 3 days ago | 0 reads
On a depth chart full of veteran wide receivers, Kyle Williams has learned a valuable lesson throughout his rookie season. “You just always got to be ready,” Williams said. “It’s a saying, ‘Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready.’ You don’t want to wait until it is the last day or the moment. […]
From Pats Pulpit | 3 days ago | 1 read
EDITOR’S NOTE: Once again, I am doing a repost here, largely because this walkoff home run by Willson Contreras came very, very close to me in the left-field bleachers on what was a very, very cold, rainy and long afternoon (four hours, 56 minutes of game time in a 15-inning contest). Lightly edited, here is […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Yeah, it has come to this. We all knew this day would come. It’s just time. The Arizona Cardinals did not just lose to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday; they were eliminated from any playoff contention in the 20-17 loss. Keep in mind, the team has five games remaining. The offense is a roller […]
From Revenge of the Birds | 3 days ago | 0 reads
How Acquired The Braves took Mason Guerra in the 14th round of the 2024 MLB Draft out of Oregon State. He had previously been in the mix for a potential first round pick as a middle infielder in his high school days, but he came into the pros as a first baseman whose bat hadn’t […]
From Talking Chop | 3 days ago | 1 read
Inspiration. Last Season, Eugenio Suarez hit 49 homers, divided between two teams. This season, he will not be a Diamondback. How are the Diamondbacks going to compensate for the loss? Let’s assume that Suarez will regress to only 10% more than his 2024 total of 30 homers (2026 projected 33 homers). Currently, Blaze Alexander is […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Maybe your first instinct when reading the title of this post will be the same as mine when first contemplating the idea of writing about the subject. Jo Adell is a young player who the Angels surely will want to keep hold of for their long-term—but, well, it isn’t quite so simple. Adell will be […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Hunter Brown’s top-3 finish in the AL Cy Young Award voting has officially yielded it’s reward. Thanks to the Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI), the Houston Astros will officially have the 28th pick in the MLB Amateur Draft as a reward, according to Joe Trezza of MLB.com. This pick is in addition to the Astros first […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 3 days ago | 1 read
Back in November, rumors began to spread that New York Rangers' pending UFA Artemi Panarin might actually forego signing anywhere in the NHL after the season, and could actually head home to Russia to continue his career. But at that point, it was still a rumor emanating from Russia... We hadn't heard Panarin address it. Until now. And in an ominous statement about his NHL future, per Mollie Walker in the New York Post , the Rangers' best player refused to deny the ...
From NHL Trade Rumors | 3 days ago | 1 read
The Royals were awarded a selection after the first round of the 2026 draft, part of MLB’s program to help lower revenue clubs. The Competitive Balance rounds award extra draft picks to lower revenue clubs after the first and second rounds. As of right now, this would be the #30 pick overall, although free agent […]
From Royals Review | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Among the news items during Thanksgiving week was the allocation of the annual $50 million bonus pool for players not yet eligible for salary arbitration. Outfielder Andy Pages and pitcher Emmet Sheehan were the two Dodgers to receive bonuses under the system, which began in 2022 with the current collective bargaining agreement. All 30 MLB […]
From True Blue LA | 3 days ago | 2 reads
How Acquired Cooper was an undrafted free agent signed by the Braves following the 2025 MLB Draft. What Were Expectations?After a strong collegiate career, Cooper went undrafted so while the potential is there, the expectations were not. 2025 Results In his final year at Auburn, Cooper appeared in 61 games and hit a robust .326/.431/.588 […]
From Talking Chop | 3 days ago | 1 read
It’s December now. The cold days are ahead of us, the dreary ending to the baseball season behind us. Soon, we’ll have the hot stove set aflame with rumors from the Winter Meetings, things that will occupy us for days on end. For now, we have little. Except mailbag questions! Those are always fun! On […]
From The Good Phight | 3 days ago | 0 reads
‘Tis the season for trade rumors, which are more fun than free agency rumors, IMO, because they’re about more than just money. And here’s one I didn’t see coming: the Diamondbacks are reportedly open to trading all-star second baseman Ketel Marte, with the Red Sox considered to be “on the radar.” The 32-year-old Marte, who […]
From Over the Monster | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Today in our Season In Review series we take a look at one of the better pitching prospects in the organization and his first taste of the big leagues. Right-handed starter Mason Barnett has a high ceiling and could be a big contributor to a future A’s playoff squad, and we finally got to see […]
From Athletics Nation | 3 days ago | 1 read
The Cincinnati Reds play in one of the smaller markets in all of Major League Baseball, something COO Phil Castellini will effectively tell you whilst introducing himself. Considering that for most of the last three decades the team itself has been terrible on the field, they’re also one perennially one of the lower-attended teams during […]
From Red Reporter | 3 days ago | 1 read
It was another relative runaway this round, as Peyton Pallette became the first relief pitcher to advance. His success, while a bigger win than No. 17 George Wolkow’s just previously, came with a similar share: 24 of 63 (38%) votes: This was Pallette’s 12th ballot. Before not placing in our Vote in 2025, the righthander […]
From South Side Sox | 3 days ago | 0 reads
You may have heard this before, but I think it’s worth pointing out every offseason, especially ahead of much of the Chicago Cubs’ spending. The Collective Bargaining Agreement, as part of its efforts to ensure competitive balance across the league – which is a good and legitimate goal – offers up to smaller-market teams a freebie draft pick each year, aptly called a Competitive Balance Pick. Those picks were just assigned today as follows: Round A (after the first round): Gua...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Earlier this year, April 16 to be specific, Spencer Strider made a long-awaited return to the mound after missing nearly the entirety of the 2024 season due to surgery on his elbow. Considering how poor of a start the Braves got off to in 2025, his return was truly a sight for sore eyes and […]
From Talking Chop | 3 days ago | 1 read
The baseball free agent signing frenzy hasn’t taken off yet. After the Blue Jays signed Dylan Cease for seven years and $210 million, which seems like an overpay, there are a few free agents who could help the Royals. Kyle Tucker, Bo Bichette, and Alex Bregman are among the remaining big names. There are a […]
From Royals Review | 3 days ago | 1 read
There are few things more cruel in professional sports than a promising player getting injured. It’s part of the game, but it’s demoralizing for a multitude of reasons. While Clarke Schmidt doesn’t fit the billing of a burgeoning superstar or promising rookie that suffers a long-term injury, he was emerging as an above-average, consistent homegrown […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 days ago | 0 reads