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Kluber to throw BP for interested teams next week
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Monday, 04 January 2021 16:02
Free agent Corey Kluber, the two-time Cy Young Award winner who has been derailed by injuries over the past two years, is on schedule for a normal spring training and will throw for interested suitors next week.Kluber will conduct a 30-pitch bullpen on the morning of Jan. 13 at Cressey Sports Performance in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where the 34-year-old…
Sciambi to call play-by-play on Cubs broadcasts
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Monday, 04 January 2021 10:16
CHICAGO -- Jon "Boog" Sciambi is the new TV play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs, replacing Len Kasper.Sciambi joins color analyst Jim Deshaies in the booth for Marquee Sports Network, which is jointly owned by the Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group.Sciambi has worked at ESPN in a variety of roles since taking a full-time position at the network in 2010,…
Hughes retires more than 2 years after last pitch
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Monday, 04 January 2021 08:38
Phil Hughes has retired from baseball more than two years after throwing his last pitch.The 34-year-old right-hander said on Twitter on Sunday that he was announcing what's been "fairly apparent ... these last couple years.""Through many ups and downs over 12 years, I look back and am incredibly proud of what I was able to accomplish," he said. "While injuries…
The biggest storylines that will define baseball in 2021
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Monday, 04 January 2021 03:58
Now that 2020 is (finally) behind us, baseball is entering a new year with uncertainty the only certainty across the sport, so we asked our team of MLB experts to each identify and lay out one storyline that will most define 2021 along with something they can't wait to see as things hopefully begin to return to some normalcy throughout…
A blockbuster for an elite shortstop? Why Rockies might need to trade Trevor Story now
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Sunday, 03 January 2021 04:18
Because of Francisco Lindor's rapid ascension on Major League Baseball's stage, and because of Cleveland's long-standing payroll limitations and its history of dealing its biggest stars, a cottage industry of trade speculation has swirled around the All-Star shortstop since he turned down a big offer in the spring of 2017. The expectation is that Lindor will be dealt before the…
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