NEW YORK -- Thanksgiving means a lot to Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins. One can hear the glee in his voice. He has a lot to tell, and it's not just about counting his blessings from his days on the baseball field. He loves talking about growing up in
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... as very fortunate to have some success with the Rangers, the Red Sox and the Cubs.” Jenkins is 78 years old and is thankful to be with his fiancée, Kathy. He ...
CHICAGO -- Nico Hoerner has witnessed the impact that more established players like Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo have made away from the field in Chicago. The young Cubs infielder has picked Ian Happ's brain on his own charitable endeavors. Hoerner has not been in the big leagues long enough
CHICAGO -- Prior to the Arizona Fall League's championship game on Saturday, Cubs outfielder prospect Nelson Velazquez was presented with the year's MVP trophy. Then, Chicago pitching prospect Caleb Kilian spun six perfect innings to help Mesa to the title. With much of the focus shifting to the...
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... t, in which he allowed seven runs without retiring a batter, Kilian ( on the Cubs' Top 30) spun a 0.45 ERA the rest of the way. In that span, he had 26 strike ...
Who will make the third annual All-MLB team? Find out tonight at 6 ET on MLB Network. As was the case in 2019 and 2020, the 2021 team will be chosen through a process in which 50% of the vote came from fans and 50% from a panel of experts.
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Every Arizona Fall League team feels like an All-Star team of sorts. Players from five different organizations combine forces for six weeks in hopes of getting in more work and production before the long, cold offseason. Even then, it's still possible to create another, bigger super team of top...
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The Baseball Writers’ Association of America revealed its 2022 Hall of Fame ballot Monday, and four players who were among the best of their generation -- two pitchers and two position players -- are in their 10th and final year of eligibility. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling and Sammy
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... ng two unremarkable seasons on the South Side, he was dealt to the crosstown Cubs, with whom he found stardom. Even prior to his monster 1998 campaign, Sosa b ...
The ink is dry on the 2021 Arizona Fall League season. That’s right, ink. All stats are final and unchanging. So now with everything settled, the end of this year’s AFL campaign allows us one final chance to look back and evaluate how some of the top prospects in baseball
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The 2021 Arizona Fall League season is in the books, with the Mesa Solar Sox winning Saturday’s championship game, 6-0. It was a night where the developmental focus of the league could be put aside and winning a ring became tantamount. A number of players stood out
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Nelson Velazquez’s Arizona Fall League got off to a booming start and finished with an MVP. Velazquez was named the Arizona Fall League’s Joe Black Most Valuable Player and recognized prior to Saturday’s Championship Game between his Mesa Solar Sox and the Surprise Saguaros. "It
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... s 2014 -- Greg Bird (Yankees), 1B, Scottsdale Scorpions 2013 -- Kris Bryant (Cubs), 3B, Mesa Solar Sox 2012 -- Chris McGuiness (Rangers), 1B, Surprise Solar S ...
CHICAGO -- If there were any doubts that Nelson Velazquez should be rostered for next season, the Cubs prospect let his bat plead his case for him throughout a torrid Arizona Fall League performance. Prior to Friday's 5 p.m. CT deadline for 40-man roster additions -- which protects eligible players
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Nelson Velazquez is simply having one of those stretches where everything is clicking. The Cubs’ No. 29 prospect has been locked in throughout the Arizona Fall League and has shown no signs of slowing down. Velazquez is among the league leaders in several offensive categories...
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... at I can do. I just put in the work.” That strong AFL performances gives the Cubs plenty to think about as Velazquez is eligible for the Rule 5 Draft and need ...
Here's a look at Wednesday's top performers in the Fall and Winter Leagues from each team's Top 30 Prospects list.
CHICAGO -- Plenty of pitchers in need of a personal revival, or sometimes simply career survival, wind up in the Driveline Baseball warehouses outside Seattle. That was the case for Daniel Moskos three years ago. Moskos had an offer to keep pitching in the Mexican League, but the former big
There are many purposes to the Arizona Fall League. Getting as many top prospects in a single six-team league is one. Affording players opportunities to make up for lost at-bats and innings is certainly another. For this particular story, let’s focus on a third. The AFL is a chance for
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