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Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Orlando Arcia getting the nod for the beginning shortstop job in Atlanta raised some eyebrows this spring. After all, he had regarded extra like a utility infielder in recent times than a viable beginning shortstop, and it felt a bit like that ship had lengthy since sailed. The current and future was Vaughn Grissom, our high Braves prospect final 12 months after the graduations of Spencer Strider and Michael Harris II. Grissom didn’t precisely wrestle in his debut final fall, whomping pitchers to the tune of a .293/.353/.440 line, a triple-slash that will be viable for a primary baseman, not to mention a man who can deal with quick. Yet it was Arcia who ended up with the job within the spring. It didn’t even appear to be the standard service time sh...

DETROIT (AP) — Right-hander Logan Webb and the San Francisco Giants agreed Friday to a $90 million, five-year contract protecting 2024-28. The 26-year-old has a $4.6 million wage this season in his first yr of arbitration eligibility and would have been eligible without cost company after the 2025 season. ...

The AFL additionally performs an element in our first two Pipeline Inbox questions this week . . . Did you see Kumar Rocker throw final evening? Thoughts on the mechanic? They appeared a lot improved. I watched some video of Rocker's official professional debut on Wednesday, and the Rangers' No. 9 prospect, appeared much more just like the man who excelled for 3 years at Vanderbilt than the one who underwhelmed within the AFL final fall. Working for High-A Hickory, he pumped 41 of 53 pitches for strikes in 5 scoreless innings, permitting simply two baserunners (each singles) whereas placing out eight. After the Mets drafted him tenth general in July 2021 however declined to signal him when a post-Draft bodily revealed shoulder and elbow points that led to shoulder surgical procedure two mo...

Matt Blewett-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to a different installment of the 5 issues that almost all caught my eye in baseball over the previous week. As I discussed final time and can little question proceed to say lengthy into the long run, this column was impressed by Zach Lowe’s glorious weekly NBA column. To shortly recap, the thought right here is that there are continuously tons of little, pleasant issues occurring in baseball. They can’t all have a column of their very own, however that doesn’t make them any much less pleasing – or irksome. The following isn’t an exhaustive checklist; it’s merely a couple of issues that I believe you’ll take pleasure in. 1. One Pitch KnockoutsI found a brand new class of walk-off this week, and I can’t imagine I’ve by no means acknowledged it earl...

SAN DIEGO — Rowdy Tellez hit a two-run homer within the first inning and a go-ahead sacrifice fly within the tenth for the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers, who beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Thursday evening. Tellez’s sac fly introduced in Christian Yelich, who started the inning as the automated ru...