The National League outdueled the American League at the top of our rankings, with three red-hot squads featured in the top five.

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With the 2022 season behind us and the Hot Stove ready to burn, we're taking a close look at some of the most prominent players eligible for free agency. Name: Trea TurnerPosition: ShortstopTeam: Los Angeles DodgersAge (as of Opening Day 2023): 292022 stats: .298/.343/.466, 21 HR, 100 RBI, 101 R, 27 SB For the second consecutive offseason, the free-agent shortstop class is loaded. While Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts and Dansby Swanson will draw plenty of interest, Turner is the best of the bunch.

https://www.mlb.com/news/trea-turner-top-prize-in-loaded-shortstop-market

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Why did the M's hand a 21-year-old rookie an unprecedented nine-figure deal? Because Seattle saw something special.

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John Davies, PA announcer for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons from 1989 through 2013. MOOSIC, Pa. -- April 26, 1989 was an auspicious day for northeast Pennsylvania baseball fans, as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons played their first home game at Lackawanna County Multi-Purpose Stadium. This marked the return of Minor League Baseball to the region after a 35-year absence, and 11,000 fans packed the ballpark to witness the occasion. The Red Barons -- Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies -- lost that game to the Tidewater Tides, but this paled in significance to the fact that it had happened at all.

https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-affiliate-pa-announcer-reflects-on-phillies-affiliation

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Here's how a group including former GM Theo Epstein is experimenting to find the right balance for baseball's future.

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Who is rising and falling on our list ahead of Friday's 4 p.m. ET trade deadline?

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As MLB pays tribute to the Yankees legend, I know someday I will lose someone dear to me to the disease that took the Hall of Famer's life.

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The Saint of Second Chances, a new documentary now streaming on Netflix, traces Mike Veeck's professional implosion and resurrection. The implosion was caused by Disco Demolition Night, an infamous disaster that Veeck staged in 1979 while serving as promotions director for the Chicago White Sox (a team then owned by his father, Bill Jr.). The resurrection came more than a decade later, when Veeck entered the world of Minor League Baseball and made a name for himself via his innovative and often absurd promotions.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-veeck-documentary-features-his-zany-and-influential-promotions

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