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7 Negro Leagues recommended for majors status
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Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:43
NEW YORK -- Seven Negro Leagues have been recommended for major league status by a task force of the Society for American Baseball Research.The announcement Thursday followed Major League Baseball's decision on Dec. 16 that it was reclassifying the Negro Leagues to majors. They had been excluded in 1969 when a special committee on baseball records identified six official major…
Rays lose again: Blake Snell laughs at Twitter roast of his former team
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Thursday, 11 February 2021 13:57
Wendy's is becoming almost as well-known for its Twitter barbs as its hamburgers these days, and the fast-food chain landed a sharp jab on the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, referencing the controversial move by manager Kevin Cash in pulling starter Blake Snell in Game 6 of the 2020 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers -- much to the…
Dodgers, Buehler avoid arbitration with $8M deal
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Thursday, 11 February 2021 07:48
LOS ANGELES -- Walker Buehler and the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a salary arbitration hearing scheduled for Thursday, agreeing to an $8 million, two-year contract that would escalate to more than $12.12 million if he starts regularly this year and wins a Cy Young Award.Buehler gets a $2 million signing bonus, half payable of March 1 and…
Top 100 MLB prospects for 2021: The best No. 1 since Mike Trout and Bryce Harper
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Thursday, 11 February 2021 03:54
This year's top 100 MLB prospects list is unlike any other, and it's for the reason you're probably thinking of -- there wasn't a minor league season.Players certainly improved from last year, and there were trades, a draft and an international signing period, but there isn't as much movement because there isn't anywhere near as much new information as I'm…
Were Red Sox right to move Benintendi now in three-way deal with Royals, Mets?
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Wednesday, 10 February 2021 23:09
The evident way to view the three-sided trade between the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and New York Mets that sends outfielder Andrew Benintendi to Kansas City is that the Red Sox don't believe Benintendi will return to the heights he reached in 2018, while the Royals are willing to spend more than $6 million because they believe he…
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