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NL Central update: Cardinals have been active in effort to upgrade pitching staffDec 29, 2023 6:30 am - Has Jed Hoyer's vision of a powerhouse Cubs team blurred into oblivion? It's still too early to say, but the off-season has been quiet thus far. Eerily quiet. After Hoyer...
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Sox sign Hill to one-year, $1.8 million dealDec 28, 2023 6:43 pm - The White Sox signed left-handed relief pitcher Tim Hill to a one-year, $1.8-million contract Thursday. The 33-year-old Hill was 1-4 with a 5.48 ERA in 48 games with the ...
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AL Central update: Sox making ripples, surprising Royals making wavesDec 28, 2023 6:15 am - Chris Getz has not been big-game hunting this off-season, but the new White Sox general manager did land a potential quality starting pitcher in Erick Fedde. Getz also tr...
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Looking ahead to 2024: Cubs look to build on last season’s successDec 26, 2023 6:00 am - They didn’t land Shohei Ohtani, and the Cubs likely never had much of a chance at signing baseball’s best player. An impact talent like Ohtani would have made the Cubs in...
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Looking back on 2023: Cubs run out of gas; Counsell replaces RossDec 24, 2023 6:12 pm - It was a season of ups and a big down for the Cubs in 2023. Expected to finish in the middle of the NL Central pack and possibly play .500 baseball, the Cubs wound up sec...
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Looking ahead to 2024: White Sox have to be better, right?Dec 24, 2023 6:00 am - On and off the field last season, everything that could go wrong for the White Sox did go wrong. There were losses, lots of them (101). The clubhouse was morose througho...
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Looking back on 2023: White Sox look to regroup after miserable seasonDec 23, 2023 6:00 am - The best thing about 2023 for the White Sox? It’s almost over. In the 123-year history of the franchise, last season checks in near the top of the misery list. Just ask t...
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History can help explain Cubs’ offseason cautionDec 18, 2023 11:16 pm - There's still a couple months before players start filing in for spring training, but Cubs fans seem anxious for some action. When will the team sign a free agent? Will m...
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Ohtani aces this math quiz, but you have to wonder about the DodgersDec 17, 2023 6:00 am - Let’s look at this another way. In 1930 Babe Ruth’s highest salary was $80,000. That would be worth $1.3 million today. On the other hand, Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million de...
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Jim O'Donnell: If Reinsdorf's team is going, please leave a fresh AL franchise on the South SideDec 10, 2023 7:00 am - ALMOST ALL OF THE BEST PLOTS involving Jerry Reinsdorf only grow thicker and thicker. The man could have been a conceptual adviser to spy novelist John le Carre'. The Wh...