Baseball America

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Oct. 16, 1994 “I know I’m not considered a guy with a lot of tools, but I’ve improved every aspect since I first stepped on the field as a professional,” said a 20-year-old Frank Catalanotto after he hit .325 at low Class A Fayetteville. Frank Catala

Sports Collectors Digest

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When Paul Jones was 10 years old, his parents took him to a Las Vegas Stars minor league baseball game. The Joneses sat in their seats and watched kids on the rail of the front row seeking autographs from players. Paul’s mom, Lorraine, suggested his

Chicago Tribune

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Former White Sox pitcher Daniel Webb died in an ATV accident in Tennessee on Saturday at the age of 28. Webb pitched in parts of four seasons with the Sox, going 7-5 with a 4.50 earned-run average in 94 games as a reliever from 2013-16. "Daniel left

Baseball America

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The Arizona Fall League’s usual six teams will have a little bit of company this year, with a handful of games involving teams from the Mexican Pacific League and crossover with the Mexican Baseball Fiesta. Overall, MPL teams will play 10 games in th

Baseball America

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FORMER BALLPLAYERS REFLECT ON PRO SUCCESS AND FAILURE Cody Decker wasn’t the first minor leaguer to garner the “real-life Crash Davis” moniker, and he won’t be the last, but he might just be the best modern-day example of a minor leaguer who lived up

Chicago Tribune

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PEORIA, Ariz. - The circus some expected at White Sox camp never materialized. Manny Machado snubbed them for the Padres and an extra $50 million of guaranteed money, while Bryce Harper wound up with the Phillies on Thursday after agreeing to a recor

Chicago Tribune

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Jon Jay and Yonder Alonso have adjoining lockers in a section of the White Sox spring training clubhouse. Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin would love to party there. Jay and Alonso worship at the altar of "The U," aka the University of Miami, where both

Los Angeles Times

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WASHINGTON - After surging to first place in the National League West during the final week of the first half, the Los Angeles Dodgers stand on the verge of an acquisition which would increase their chances of returning to the World Series. As the Al

Chicago Tribune

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Michael Kopech ushered in 2020 with a wedding. The White Sox pitcher married "Riverdale" actress Vanessa Morgan on Saturday in Homestead, Fla., according to E! News. "We both knew the first day we met that 'this is it' and I'm so excited that today o

TV Guide Magazine

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Los Angeles Times

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ANAHEIM, Calif._Tyler Skaggs' shoes were lined up in neat rows in his locker. Casual shirts hanging on the rod were pushed to the left, his white pants and red batting practice top pushed over to the right. His glove was on the shelf, waiting to mold

Baseball America

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Thirty years of employment with UPS near Sacramento has afforded LaVel Freeman plenty of reflection on his professional baseball career. Time to ponder whether he should have attempted to reach .400 on the final day of the 1987 Texas League season—an

Baseball America

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No Minor League Top 10 Prospects ranking in BA history has produced more value, as measured by WAR, than the Texas League class of 1998. Among its top 10 were five future all-star position players, plus Freddy Garcia, the ace of the 2001 Mariners, th

Baseball America

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The five-round draft this year gave teams an unprecedented opportunity. Players who normally would have been drafted as high as the sixth round were on the free market available to any team, all for a maximum signing bonus of $20,000. Needless to say

Chicago Tribune

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White Sox slugger Jose Abreu doesn't seem too concerned about entering his walk season without a contract extension, believing everything will work out in the long run. The Sox have repeatedly said Abreu is an integral part of the rebuild as a mentor

Chicago Tribune

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In the White Sox clubhouse Sunday, players gathered as manager Rick Renteria announced first baseman Jose Abreu had been named an American League All-Star starter. Abreu responded with an apology. Becoming an All-Star means never having to say you're

Chicago Tribune

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The Cubs' recent failure to develop homegrown major-league pitchers has put the team on high alert as a veteran rotation consumes a large chunk of a stretched payroll. "It's a sense of urgency," Jason McLeod, the Cubs' senior vice president of player

Baseball America

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Baseball America has tracked Best Tools winners in the American and National leagues continuously since 1988. In that time, no player has medaled—placed in the top three—in balloting for all five of the traditional scouting tools: hit, power, run, fi

The Saturday Evening Post

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In 1948, the Chicago Cubs were having a bad season. Their long string of losses provided Norman Rockwell an opportunity to contrast a visiting team’s dejection with the raucous elation of home-team fans of the then-Boston Braves. Several Cubs good-na

Los Angeles Times

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ARLINGTON, Texas - The sensation was familiar, the overwhelming sadness that made him break down in the middle of a news conference. "This feels identical," Brad Ausmus said. "It really does." Seventeen years ago, Ausmus lost a friend when former bat

Chicago Tribune

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The gap between the rebuilding White Sox and the perennial division favorite Indians remains as wide as a pothole, but there's reason to believe it won't be that way for long. Indians Chairman Paul Dolan doesn't seem all that interested in lengthenin

Chicago Tribune

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GLENDALE, Ariz. - When a Brinks truck pulled up to the Dodgers offices at Camelback Ranch on Monday morning, it could've been a harbinger to the conclusion of the months-long Bryce Harper saga. "Sometimes real life is simply too much," ESPN reporter

Baseball America

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The 2019 signing deadline came and went, and with it came a return to normalcy. All but two players selected among the top 10 rounds agreed to deals, making the 2018 first-round signing snafus look more like outliers than concerning trends. High scho

Chicago Tribune

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As a lifeless Super Bowl officially ended the football season Sunday, baseball's buzz-free winter limped toward the finish line. Camps open across Florida and Arizona next week, though dozens of free agents remain unsigned, including the best outfiel

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - Jose Abreu made it clear that he wanted to return to the White Sox. Abreu said through an interpreter on a couple of occasions during the 2019 season, "If the team doesn't sign me, I'm going to sign myself here." He got his wish without hav

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - The theft of the 2017 World Series championship continues. A week after the revelation of their sign-stealing scandal, the pathetic Houston Astros are still cheating the Los Angeles Dodgers. They're cheating them out of any show of remo

Los Angeles Times

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. - The tears flowed first, and then the words. Speaking would not come easily for Andrew Heaney on this day. There are mercifully few baseball players practiced in the art of eulogizing a teammate. But there are few Tyler Skaggs s

Baseball America

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The Twins’ 2009 international class helped form the core of two playoff teams. PAGE 43 As restrictions ease, minor league teams find creative new ways to attract fans. PAGE 44 Teams prepare their best sales pitch during a wild NDFA signing period. PA

NPR

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At least 17 Miami Marlins players and staff members have reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus. The team is currently self-quarantining in Philadelphia.

Baseball America

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The No. 8 prospect available in the 1987 draft coming out of Montoursville (Pa.) High, Mike Mussina fell to the Orioles in the 11th round because he demanded a $350,000 bonus. He didn’t sign and went on to a distinguished career at Stanford. Mussina