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Rays-Cardinals swap a good old-fashioned win-win trade
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Thursday, 09 January 2020 15:11
We have a trade!Tampa Bay Rays get: OF/1B Jose Martinez, OF Randy Arozarena, compensation pick A (after first round)St. Louis Cardinals get: LHP Matthew Liberatore (MLB.com's No. 41 overall prospect), low-level catching prospect Edgardo Rodriguez, compensation pick B (after second round)I love it. It's what an old-school general manager might refer to as a "baseball trade." You have somebody we…
Sources: Cards to get LHP prospect in Rays trade
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Thursday, 09 January 2020 14:55
The St. Louis Cardinals are acquiring pitching prospect Matt Liberatore, one of the top left-handed arms in the minor leagues, in a trade expected to send major league outfield help to the Tampa Bay Rays, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN on Thursday.The Cardinals and Rays have been in active conversations with multiple teams as Tampa Bay tries to…
Mets extend spring training invite to Tebow
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Thursday, 09 January 2020 10:21
The New York Mets just can't quit Tim Tebow.Despite hitting just .163 with four home runs in 77 games at Triple-A Syracuse in 2019, the Mets have extended a spring training invitation to the 32-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner. He's one of eight non-roster invitees the club announced on Thursday.Tebow begins his fourth full season in the Mets organization and…
Buster Olney's top 10 left fielders: The Juan Soto era has just begun
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Thursday, 09 January 2020 06:14
There's a self-awareness that kicks in with the very best hitters, Nationals hitting coach Kevin Long says, so that no matter the achievements and the adulation, they can feel they're in trouble at the plate, vulnerable to the first flicker of a slump. They want to extinguish that as soon as possible, and so they go to work, get into…
MLB Stock Watch: Ranking all 30 teams midway through offseason
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Wednesday, 08 January 2020 08:50
Welcome to the first Stock Watch of the new decade!We've got a little less than five weeks before spring training gets going with the first full-squad workouts. The hot stove season seems to be about 80 percent complete, judging by the rate of transactions in the books so far. We've been pretty light on trades this winter, so perhaps a…
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