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Organization Talent Rankings: How They Line Up — As we continue our offseason prospect rankings, we line up the minor league talent in every organization from 1-30.
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redsminorleagues.com, Talking Chop, Dallas Morning News and Lone Star Ball
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Baseball America:
Organization Talent Rankings — As we continue our offseason prospect rankings, we line up the minor league talent in every organization from 1-30. — HEADLINES — Organization Talent Rankings — John Manuel and J.J. Cooper -Thursday, February 11, 2016
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Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
Red Sox should be better than last year ... but are we sure they're going to be good? — And so that celebrated truck departed Van Ness Street Wednesday, destined for the sunshine of Fort Myers, Fla. and carrying an assortment of baseball equipment and necessities (400 pairs of socks!) …
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WEEI, BostonGlobe.com, Over the Monster and providencejournal.com
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals Reach Two-Year Extension With Mike Moustakas — The Royals are closing in on a two-year deal with third baseman Mike Moustakas, MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan reports (Twitter links), with Jon Heyman tweeting that it's a done deal. He is expected to be guaranteed $14.3MM in the contract …
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Royals Review and Yahoo Sports
Mark Feinsand / New York Daily News:
After alcohol rehab and family time, CC Sabathia ready for Yankees return — October was one of the most challenging months of CC Sabathia's life, as the Yankees' star pitcher addressed his alcohol problem with a stint in rehab. — With pitchers and catchers set to report to Tampa on Thursday …
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
April woes won't alter spring training plans for Texas Rangers — Bad offense, injuries led to 7-14 start in 2015 Lewis, Hamilton could have different schedules Daniels to revisit Beltre extension this spring — ARLINGTON — By the end of April, the Texas Rangers had no where to go but up.
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Dallas Morning News and Lone Star Ball
ESPN:
2016 ranking of all 30 farm systems — 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 in the systems and have not yet exhausted their rookie year of eligibility.
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Baseball Prospectus, Chin Music Baseball, AZ Snake Pit, The Good Phight, Kings of Kauffman, Lookout Landing, Bleed Cubbie Blue, The Crawfish Boxes, Athletics Nation, River Avenue Blues, The San Diego Union …, SBNation.com, Bucs Dugout, Red Reporter, Bless You Boys, Federal Baseball, Pinstripe Alley, Talking Chop and DRaysBay
Bill Petti / The Hardball Times:
Developing The baseballr Package For R — When this package is finished, it will hopefully be a mighty tool for baseball researchers and analysts. — Introduction — Late in 2015 I wrote a piece here at The Hardball Times that walked through some of my favorite R packages for gathering and analyzing baseball data.
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Beyond the Box Score, DRaysBay and GitHub
Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
Jacob deGrom to Mets: ‘Willing’ to do long-term deal now — PORT ST. LUCIE — The deGrom door is open. — Last week, Sandy Alderson said there was a chance the Mets could lock up all of their young starters. Though Matt Harvey may be impossible to keep for a variety of reasons …
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NBCSports.com, Amazin' Avenue and MLB Trade Rumors
J. Scott Trubey / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Atlanta Braves, city clash over fate of Hank Aaron statue — For about three hours Wednesday, it looked like the statue of baseball hall of famer Hank Aaron would be staying in Atlanta. — The agency that owns Turner Field proudly announced it holds documents showing …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Talking Chop
ESPN:
The Wow Factor … ILLUSTRATION BY LINCOLN AGNEW — O … One NFL owner called the meeting a “s— show.” A “nightmare,” another said. Yet another described it as “the most contentious and polarizing” in decades. On Dec. 2 at the Four Seasons in Irving, Texas …
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The Big Lead, The San Diego Union …, Blogging The Boys, Dallas Morning News and ProFootballTalk
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates To Sign Eric O'Flaherty To Minors Deal — The Pirates have agreed to a minor league deal with lefty reliever Eric O'Flaherty, Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports tweets. He'll receive an invitation to MLB camp. — It has become cliche at this point, but the Bucs do have a record of helping to turn around once-productive pitchers.
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Bucs Dugout and MLB Daily Dish