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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
2024 MLB International Signings Tracker — Major League Baseball's international signings for 2024 have started. — While many of these players have agreed to sign years in advance, Jan. 15 is the official opening of the signing period, marking the first date players can sign contracts.
Baseball Prospectus:
2024 Prospects: The Top 101 — Full access to this article is for Baseball Prospectus subscribers.
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Jim Bowden / The Athletic:
Where will the top 10 remaining MLB free agents land? Jim Bowden plays matchmaker — Don't let anyone tell you otherwise: This MLB free-agent market has been exciting. Yes, especially if you're a fan of the Dodgers, who pulled off the trifecta of landing the best overall free agent …
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New Jersey Online, Yahoo Sports and Covering the Corner
Dan Primack / Axios:
Scoop: Uber shutting down alcohol delivery service Drizly — Uber has decided to shutter Drizly, an alcohol delivery service it bought three years ago for $1.1 billion, Axios has learned. … Instead, Drizly provided backend tech that let local liquor stores provide their own deliveries.
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New York Daily News, CNN, New York Post and Associated Press
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
The case for signing Blake Snell, plus more MLB offseason notes — The Baltimore Orioles' farm system is so well-regarded, perhaps no other team is as well-positioned to trade for a top starting pitcher. But if neither Chicago White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease nor Miami Marlins lefty Jesús Luzardo …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Why are there no Black catchers in MLB? Backstop prospects hoping to change perception — TEMPE, Ariz. — It's the most stunning, appalling and numbing statistic in all of baseball. — It has been 20 years since there was an African-American everyday catcher in Major League Baseball.
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Benjamin Hochman / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
At Cardinals' Winter Warm-up, John Mozeliak discusses Yadier Molina's 2024 role with club — During an on-stage interview Saturday at Ballpark Village, John Mozeliak tried to pump up the thawing crowd of Winter Warm-up fans: — “So, you guys excited about Yadi coming back?” — There were some applause, sure.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals brace for the chill, ready to gauge the temp of their fan base at Winter Warm-up — In today's 10 a.m. “Ten Hochman” video — brought to you by Siteman Cancer Center — Ben Hochman discusses Cardinals Winter Warm-up and the exciting storylines. Also, a happy birthday shoutout to Dominique Wilkins!
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Cincinnati.com:
How Cincinnati Reds newest pitcher, Brent Suter, brings important passion to hometown team — If it sometimes seems like Brent Suter wants to save the world, maybe that's because he actually does. — One beach cleanup at a time. One forestation project at time.
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Bleacher Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
