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2026 Top 100 Prospects  — Padres Assistant Director of Player Development Mike Daly Sees Promise in a Depleted San Diego System  — Miami Marlins Top Prospect Thomas White Is Refining His Wipeout Arsenal  — 2026 Top 100 Prospects Chat - ZiPS 2026 Top 100 Prospects
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Evan Woodbery / MLive.com:
Tigers prospect opens up about grief, growth and lessons from a tough season  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers catching prospect Thayron Liranzo lost 35 pounds this winter after the team challenged him to reshape his body.  —  “He looks more like a center fielder than a catcher right now …
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Ian O'Connor / The Athletic:
Inside Giants coach John Harbaugh's frantic first 30 days in office  —  Share full article  —  John Harbaugh was back in his Baltimore-area home Saturday, catching up with his wife on Valentine's Day while remembering the call from New York Giants co-owner John Mara last month that changed his life.
AJ Cassavell / MLB.com:
Preller stays on, signs multiyear extension with Padres  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres have signed A.J. Preller to a long-awaited contract extension, the team announced Monday, just as Spring Training gets underway.  —  Preller, the Padres' president of baseball operations and general manager …
Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
Kris Bubic has Royals' attention.  Will it be enough to secure long-term deal?  —  AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.  — Bubic threw to live hitters for first time in nearly seven months after shoulder injury.  — Royals will ramp him up in spring; he'll get Cactus League game action soon.
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Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
An injury halted this KC Royals starter's career. Now he is eager to pitch again
Discussion: Yahoo Sports
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
What's next for D-Backs and Orioles, plus the Boras scoreboard and more notes  —  Share full article  —  Every offseason, it seems, at least one free agent who rejects a qualifying offer gets burned.  —  This offseason that free agent was right-hander Zac Gallen, who on Friday agreed to a one-year …
Tim Healey / The Boston Globe:
Red Sox president Sam Kennedy addresses departures of Rafael Devers, Alex Bregman  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — One year after the Red Sox signed Alex Bregman and upset Rafael Devers — triggering a series of events that concluded with both leaving the organization — team president and CEO Sam Kennedy …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals crave a right-handed-hitting outfielder.  Their answer may be an infielder.  —  JUPITER, Fla. — If he remembers correctly, the last time Thomas Saggese played a game in the outfield he was 10, on an All-Star team for his youth league, and the reason for relocating him to right field seemed sound enough at the time.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Outfielder Will Brennan reaches one-year agreement with Giants to provide depth  —  The San Francisco Giants added outfield depth on Sunday, reaching agreement with Will Brennan on a one-year contract.  Brennan is guaranteed $400,000.  He will make $900,000 while in the major leagues and $400,000 in the minors.
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Harper addresses Dombrowski's comments about his performance: ‘Kind of wild to me’  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — It sure sounds like Bryce Harper took things personally.  —  He insisted on Sunday morning at BayCare Ballpark that he creates his own motivation every offseason.  He always works to be great, he said.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Odd man out?  Domínguez hears the talk, but ‘a lot of things can happen’  —  TAMPA, Fla. - Jasson Domínguez understands there is uncertainty about his role, after Yankees general manager Brian Cashman suggested the switch-hitting outfielder might be best served to begin the season in the Minors.
Discussion: ESPN and Yahoo Sports
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Padres' Manny Machado: Dodgers' spending ‘great for the game’  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — San Diego Padres star Manny Machado has no problem with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers continuing to spend on players while his own team and others take a backseat in free agency.  —  “I f—ing love it,” Machado said Sunday from Padres camp.
MLB.com:
In move for future, Cubs sign rehabbing reliever Miller to 2-year deal  —  MESA, Ariz. — Not every signing is for the immediate picture.  On Sunday, the Cubs signed veteran righty Shelby Miller with the hope that he could impact the pitching staff in 2027, following a comeback from elbow surgery.
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