Melissa Lockard
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Senior Editor, MLB — The Athletic
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MLB Trade Rumors
about 19 hours ago
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NPB’s Chiba Lotte Marines Sign Sam Long
The Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball announced that left-hander Sam Long has been signed to a contract for the 2026 season. Long heads to Japan after five MLB seasons, and after posting a 5.36 ERA over 40 1/3 relief innings for the Royals in 2025. Long’s top big league campaign was in 2024,…
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Chris Vannini
about 24 hours ago
SOURCE: Cal has fired head coach Justin Wilcox,
@theathletic.com
has learned. The Bears are 6-5 and lost 31-10 to Stanford. (ESPN first reported)
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How do the financials work for the Rangers in that deal if they are supposedly in cost-cutting mode?
about 24 hours ago
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Marcus the Met? I dunno
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CJ Fogler
1 day ago
Northwestern wins the Women's NCAA Field Hockey championship in 2OTs on this goal
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Sickos Committee
2 days ago
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Remember when Fridays were slow news days?
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John Mabry played 14 years in the big leagues and only once put up a WAR of 1.0 or higher and that was his 1.8 WAR in 89 games with the A's in 2002, which pretty much means he had the perfect career.
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Which one of these two will secure it first?
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3 days ago
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What a Baller!
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I’m glad Ricky Tiedemann made the Jays 40-man roster because when I see his name I think of the Netflix series Dark, and Dark was a great series, so now I’ll probably get tot think about it more if he earns a regular role the big leagues.
6 days ago
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We all know way too much about each other. I miss when dramas were mostly just on big screens or obliquely written gossip pages. Also when there was shame.
7 days ago
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I hadn't thought about it until now, but given how the manager searches have trended, I'm kind of shocked Sean Doolittle wasn't one of the new manager hires this offseason. He'd be great at it.
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7 days ago
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I remember covering Gio in Triple A and a scout telling me he’d never make it as a starter because his extension wasn’t good enough. That memory makes me laugh and feel incredibly washed at the same time.
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7 days ago
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When you have a chance to lock up a prolific base-stealer for five years when he’s 28, you have to take it. In all seriousness, Josh Naylor is fun and I’m looking forward to seeing him play with Julio and Cal for the next few years.
8 days ago
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With the rout on, seems like a good time for the Niners to see what they have in their backup QB.
8 days ago
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lol this dude went to my high school. Life likely hasn’t been too unfair to him at any point.
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9 days ago
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Honestly I’m ready to be a bird
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10 days ago
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Nevada Current
10 days ago
Bowyer, best known for taking sports bets from baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, who stole millions of dollars from Ohtani, gambled for years at Caesars Palace, despite the hotel’s knowledge that he lacked the income to support his gambling.
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Caesars agrees to $7.8 million fine for years of letting illegal bookie Bowyer gamble • Nevada Current
Caesars Palace and its subsidiaries agreed Thursday to a stipulated fine of $7.8 million in connection with a five-count complaint filed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board regarding the casino’s failu...
https://nevadacurrent.com/briefs/caesars-agrees-to-7-8-million-fine-for-years-of-letting-illegal-bookie-bowyer-gamble/
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This growing trend of Niners fans traveling well was surprising to me until last year when I finally made it to Levi's for a game for the first time and it took me roughly the same amount of time to get home as it would have to fly to like four different NFL cities.
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Jason Collette
10 days ago
blogs.fangraphs.com/joey-bart-pl...
-- this is interesting & well-written
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Joey Bart, Plate Discipline God?
Don’t look now, but Bart has turned himself into a viable big league catcher in Pittsburgh.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/joey-bart-plate-discipline-god/
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Earthquake but not when it's sunny? Weird
11 days ago
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Eno Sarris
11 days ago
The math behind what Emmanuel Clase's alleged actions cost the Guardians
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
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How much did Emmanuel Clase’s alleged actions cost the Cleveland Guardians?
The difference between a 1-0 count and an 0-1 count is equivalent to the difference between facing Mike Trout and Luis Rengifo.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6801580/2025/11/13/cleveland-guardians-emmanuel-clase-gambling-investigation-impact/
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Was not aware that monkey paw Nostradamus was playing centerfield.
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11 days ago
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cc:
@grantbrisbee.bsky.social
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12 days ago
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My take on how old, rich people type is that they used to dictate everything to a person who would make their letters readable.
12 days ago
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Too bad coffee costs $50 a cup now. Could probably use two or three to get through today.
12 days ago
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What can’t he do?
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12 days ago
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Just the absolutely stupidest timeline.
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13 days ago
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A vote for Vogt is never the wrong call.
13 days ago
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Blues Brothers
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13 days ago
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Washington Nationals
13 days ago
HUGE FIRST BSKY POST
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I don’t know what has changed because I’m a Luddite with cable but live sports on my TV remains at least a play or two behind live and it sucks.
14 days ago
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Every morning at 7am my son's high school sends out a newsletter. I've actually started using it as a gauge for how late or not I'm running in the morning. But despite the daily updates, I still have no idea if school ends at 3 or 3:30 today. The art of communication! 🙄
14 days ago
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There is a huge rat who either is dying or sleeping next to my garbage cans (I’m too scared to find out, lol) and I think that might be the good news from today. 😞
15 days ago
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😞 Garvin Alston should be a big league pitching coach.
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16 days ago
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good hyuck, babe!
18 days ago
i hate it when people have skin in the game. get that skin out of there!!!! it's gross and it's ruining the game!!!
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Well, you can't say that DePodesta isn't familiar with being under 50 feet of crap, though I'd argue the Rockies are probably at at least 100 feet.
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18 days ago
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Oakland Ballers
18 days ago
A letter from our Co-Founders Paul and Bryan: "If They Won’t, We Will: Building the Ballers’ Beat"
https://dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/building-the-ballers-beat
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Matt Eddy
18 days ago
Are you ready for the ultimate Let's Remember Some Guys? Every No. 1 Prospect For Every Organization In
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History BA began ranking Top 10 Prospects in 1983, so that's more than 40 names for all franchises except the ’90s expansion teams
www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ever...
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Every No. 1 MLB Prospect For All 30 Teams Since 1983
Baseball America has been ranking prospects for over 40 years. Here's every No. 1 for all 30 teams since 1983.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/every-no-1-mlb-prospect-for-all-30-teams-since-1983/
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I didn’t realize Craig Stammen had retired from pitching.
18 days ago
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I admit it. I ruined the workplace. Sorry!
18 days ago
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MLB Trade Rumors
19 days ago
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Rangers Claim Willie MacIver, Michel Otañez
The Rangers announced that they have claimed catcher Willie MacIver and right-hander Michel Otañez from the Athletics. Additionally, Texas has outrighted outfielders Dustin Harris and Billy McKinney. Both outfielders have elected free agency. More to come.
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Perry Barber
20 days ago
The draft for the 4-team Women's Professional Baseball League is drawing nigh. But it's not just about the players and coaches. Stay tuned for news about something huge about to happen in the world of women umpires, one of the most exciting and profoundly personal projects I've ever been a part of.
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Why does this guy look like young Phil Collins?
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20 days ago
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Tim Britton (he/him)
20 days ago
It's Contract Projection Day:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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What will Kyle Tucker, Bo Bichette, Dylan Cease and other MLB free agents make this offseason?
How much will it cost to reel in a big star this offseason? Our analysis uses historical contract data and other trends to make a forecast.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6774254/2025/11/04/mlb-free-agent-contract-projections/
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Kind of annoying that we aren't entering the top of the 8th inning in a wildly crazy postseason game right now.
21 days ago
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It's kind of cool that the last two players selected in the first round by the Oakland A's are finalists for the Rookie of the Year award. Feels like this one should count towards the Oakland total (currently seven).
21 days ago
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Only current MLB manager I invited to my Bat Mitzvah (he didn't respond). 😂
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21 days ago
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Jim Calabro
21 days ago
This is a fun chart! The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday) The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
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