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Mark Chiarelli / Baseball America:
2024 Top 100 Prospects — The Baseball America Top 100 Prospects rankings are our 35th edition of our flagship prospect ranking, which means the players included below are part of a fraternity of the best prospects in baseball that stretches from 1990 (which included Hall of Famer Frank Thomas) …
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2024 Prospects: The Top 101 — Full access to this article is for Baseball Prospectus subscribers.
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Amazon to help save bankrupt Diamond Sports with $100M deal to stream five MLB teams: sources — Amazon is poised to stream the games of five Major League Baseball teams this season after extending a roughly $100 million lifeline to help broadcaster Diamond Sports emerge from bankruptcy, The Post has learned.
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Business Wire:
Diamond Sports Group Enters into Restructuring Support Agreement that Provides Framework for Comprehensive Reorganization Plan to Emerge from Chapter 11 as a Going Concern — Obtains Commitment for $450 Million in New Debtor-In-Possession Financing — Diamond's Creditors Reach Agreement on Company's Go-Forward Capital Structure
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Brendan Coffey / Sportico:
Diamond Sports Agrees to Deal With Amazon, Sinclair, Debt Holders — Regional sports network Diamond Sports Group says it has agreed to a proposed restructuring that has approval from most of its debt holders and features an investment from Amazon. — In the Wednesday announcement …
Peter Abraham / The Boston Globe:
Craig Breslow acknowledges that 'it's been a challenge' to find starting pitching for the Red Sox — Craig Breslow knows what Red Sox fans are thinking. The team essentially promised there would be major upgrades to the roster after another last-place finish, and it has yet to happen.
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:
White Sox in ‘serious’ talks to build new South Loop stadium — The White Sox are negotiating with developer Related Midwest about the possibility of building a new ballpark on the South Loop parcel known as “The 78.” — Sources familiar with the talks, all of whom asked to remain anonymous …
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Forbes, MLB Trade Rumors, Bleacher Nation, ClutchPoints and Boston Herald
Destiny Lugardo / Phillies Nation:
Phillies announce 2024 non-roster invitees — The Phillies' list of spring training non-roster invitees is in and there are some familiar names heading to camp. — Mick Abel, who could factor into the Phillies' pitching plans later this season, gets his second big league camp invite.
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Associated Press:
Mets to honor Dwight Gooden in April, Darryl Strawberry in June — NEW YORK — Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden thought back to what might have been, how their starry accomplishments would have been so much greater had they not succumbed to the drugs and alcohol that shattered their careers.
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Kelli Skye Fadroski / Orange County Register:
No Doubt hints at reunion just before Coachella announcement — The core four members of the band, including vocalist Gwen Stefani, jumped on a video call to tease a forthcoming live performance. — It's been nearly a decade since Anaheim rock band No Doubt played a proper show and now they're …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Channel surfers: How RSN collapse has Cardinals prepping to get into the broadcast business — President Bill DeWitt III also discusses what changes could be ahead to how Cardinals fans watch their team on television... The Cardinals are preparing to go into the broadcast business …
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The Athletic, Barrett Media and MLB Trade Rumors
Bruce Levine / audacy.com:
Adding to their bullpen remains an ‘area of focus’ for the Cubs — CHICAGO (670 The Score) - In what's been a slow-moving offseason for the Cubs, adding to their bullpen remains a focus. — The bullpen was a big part of the Cubs' success and their struggles in 2023, when they went 83-79 and missed the playoffs by one game.
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