All posts tagged "Chicago Cubs"
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/ 1 month agoIn baseball-mad Japan, Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers triumph on Opening Day
TOKYO — The baseball-mad country of Japan greeted perhaps the brightest star it has ever produced with silence. When Shohei Ohtani...
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/ 1 month agoMLB wants Japan to cheer for more than the Dodgers and Ohtani. The prize could be billions
TOKYO — During the early innings of a nighttime exhibition between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yomiuri Giants, Nori Kawana walked...
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/ 1 month agoMLB Preseason Power Rankings: Where is your favorite team starting the 2025 season?
By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. Nesbitt Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers —...
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/ 1 month agoPutting a price tag on extending Kyle Tucker, Dylan Cease and other looming free agents
Monday’s deep dive into Paul Skenes, perhaps the most interesting extension case in baseball, was a sneak peek of Extension Week....
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/ 1 month agoBowden’s 2025 MLB report card: Offseason grades, takeaways, predictions for all 30 teams
With spring training in full swing and Opening Day three weeks away, it’s time for my annual offseason report card that...
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/ 2 months ago2025 MLB Franchise Rankings: Dodgers closing in on No. 1 team of past 25 years
It’s time for another round of the tested, trusted, completely objective, never-been-questioned, all-math, no-bias MLB franchise rankings. First, a change: Rather...
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/ 2 months agoMLB All-Under-25 Team: Bobby Witt Jr., Elly De La Cruz, Paul Skenes and more
If you ask FanGraphs for the greatest seasons by WAR for hitters aged 24 or younger, the stats machine spits out...
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/ 2 months agoThe 25 MLB rookies most likely to have an impact in 2025 regular season
When I rank prospects every offseason here at The Athletic, I’m considering the players’ eventual peaks and their long-term values, which...
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/ 2 months agoMLB offseason grades for all 30 teams, from the Dodgers (A) to the Cardinals (F)
By Chad Jennings, Aaron Gleeman and Tim Britton The semester was about to end, and too many of our students still...
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/ 3 months agoMLB commissioner Rob Manfred reflects on decade spent putting ‘my mark on the game’
NEW YORK — The passage of time is an unavoidable conversation these days for Rob Manfred, the 66-year-old commissioner of Major...
