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Keith Law / ESPN:
Top 100 prospects (Nos. 1-50) — Kris Bryant tops our 2015 rankings of MLB's top 100 prospects … Welcome to ESPN Insider's 2015 ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. — This is my eighth such ranking for Insider, with a lot of the same names near the top of last year's list …
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Keith Law / ESPN:
2015 ranking of all 30 farm systems — Cubs, Twins top Keith Law's annual rankings of minor league talent — To kick off my look this week at the best prospects in the minor leagues, I've ranked all 30 MLB farm systems from top to bottom, considering only the players who are currently …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Commissioner Manfred talks pace, players, plans in new role — FOX Sports … ROSENTHAL: You're the commissioner now. Your signature is on the ball. What was your reaction when you first saw that? — MANFRED: You know, I never focused on the ball until they came to collect my signature.
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Associated Press:
Report: Omar Minaya to join MLBPA — NEW YORK — Former New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya is leaving his job as senior vice president of the San Diego Padres to become a special adviser to union head Tony Clark. — Minaya started in baseball management as a scout for the Texas Rangers, where he helped sign Sammy Sosa.
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Nationals' Jayson Werth pleads guilty to reckless driving, gets 5 days in jail — Washington Nationals' outfielder Jayson Werth will serve five days in jail after pleading guilty Thursday to a reckless driving charge in Fairfax County. — Under the terms of an agreement reached with prosecutors …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
MAKE RELIEVERS FACE MORE THAN 1 BATTER FOR FASTER GAME, MORE OFFENSE — The two goals seem at odds. Baseball wants to increase offense? Baseball wants to improve the pace of game? Wait, wouldn't more offense lead to longer, slower games? — The answer seemingly is yes, but eureka!
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Teddy Cahill / MLB.com:
Twins' Buxton leads list again, followed by Pederson (Dodgers), Soler (Cubs), Winker (Reds) — MLBPipeline.com's 2015 Top 100 Prospects list will be unveiled on Friday, Jan. 30, on MLB.com, with the Top 50 revealed during a one-hour show on MLB Network at 9 p.m. ET.
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Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Santana, Escobar to engage in shortstop competition — Twins manager Paul Molitor joins Chris Russo on High Heat to discuss the club's outlook for the 2015 season — MINNEAPOLIS — When Paul Molitor took over as Twins manager from Ron Gardenhire, one of the major questions was how he'd handle the shortstop position in 2015.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Finding at-bats for Ichiro a good problem for Marlins — MLB.com Marlins reporter Joe Frisaro breaks down the Marlins' agreement with veteran outfielder Ichiro Suzuki on a one-year deal — MIAMI — The Marlins believe Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna and Giancarlo Stanton form the best outfield trio in the National League.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Miami to introduce 10-time All-Star at news conference Wednesday in Tokyo
Miami to introduce 10-time All-Star at news conference Wednesday in Tokyo
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