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MLB Preseason Power Rankings: Where is your favorite team starting the 2025 season?
Mar 17 · Grant Brisbee, Stephen J. Nesbitt, Andy McCulloughThis article may be behind a paywall
$With the curtain rising on the 2025 MLB season Tuesday in Tokyo, here’s a primer on all 30 teams and their current playoff odds.
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Dodgers’ Mookie Betts won’t play in Tokyo Series due to illness
Mar 17 · Fabian ArdayaThis article may be behind a paywall
$Dodgers manager Dave Roberts noted that at one point Betts had lost 15 pounds and was severely dehydrated.
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Craig Counsell hopes Japan trip bonds Cubs as they enter a pressure-filled season
Mar 16 · Sahadev SharmaThis article may be behind a paywall
$Becoming a winning team "is about getting to know each other," Justin Turner said.
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Shohei Ohtani, other award winners to wear gold MLB logo patches that will go into trading cards
Mar 15 · Brooks PeckThis article may be behind a paywall
$MLB award winners will now be recognizable through the patches on their jerseys, giving way to a new line of rare trading cards.
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Chicago Cubs 2025 season preview: roster breakdown, projections, and bold prediction
Mar 15 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$Even in a division as weak as the National League Central, it won’t be an easy journey for the Cubs.
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Cubs notes from Tokyo: A huge crowd for workouts, pitching updates and Brady Counsell’s viral moment
Mar 14 · Sahadev SharmaThis article may be behind a paywall
$Some estimated that there were upwards of 10,000 fans at workouts, many of them in Dodgers blue.
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Cubs’ Matt Shaw called his shot on draft night. Now he’s poised to debut in Tokyo
Mar 14 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$Despite 35 Triple-A games and just 600 at-bats overall in the minors, Shaw is expected to be a big part of the 2025 Cubs.
Brad Keller part of Cubs’ push to never stop looking for the next pitching edge
Mar 13 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$Keller, a 6-foot-5 right-hander, impressed in the Cactus League with a fastball jump that has the Cubs envisioning him in shorter bursts.
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MLB Extension Week Tiers: Which deals should get done and which should wait?
Mar 13 · Tim BrittonThis article may be behind a paywall
$Of the 16 players analyzed, which deals make the most sense for both sides and which favor the player more than the team?
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Cubs Opening Day roster projection 2.0: Matt Shaw makes the Tokyo Series team
Mar 12 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$"I’ve been preparing for this opportunity for my entire life," the 23-year-old Shaw said of making Chicago's travel roster.
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Cubs bringing top prospect Matt Shaw to Japan, setting him up for Opening Day
Mar 11 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$Shaw, a first-round pick in the 2023 draft, had the inside track to become the Opening Day third baseman entering spring training.
MLB Hope-O-Meter results: Ranking fans’ optimism in 2025 for all 30 teams
Mar 11 · Stephen J. NesbittThis article may be behind a paywall
$For the fourth year in a row, we asked readers a simple question: Are you optimistic about your favorite MLB team in 2025?
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Putting a price tag on extending Kyle Tucker, Dylan Cease and other looming free agents
Mar 11 · Tim BrittonThis article may be behind a paywall
$Also featuring contract extension projections for Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Zac Gallen, Framber Valdez and Devin Williams.
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Cubs’ goal for Tokyo Series is bigger than Kevin Alcántara or Matt Shaw
Mar 11 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$The team plans to finalize its travel roster Tuesday morning and leave promptly following an afternoon Cactus League game.
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