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Cody Bellinger Is Looking On the Bright Side of His New Cubs Contract

Bellinger and his agent, Scott Boras, are saying, if not thinking, all the right things about the former MVP’s return to Chicago on a deal that fell far below expectations.

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Mets Owner Delays Decision On Pete Alonso's Future

Stay updated on MLB news with updates on Pete Alonso, Austin Nola, Mitch Keller, and Joely Rodríguez's recent contracts and signings.

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Yankees Aren’t Finished Adding to Roster After Last Year’s ‘Failure’

Team owner Hal Steinbrenner indicated Thursday that New York is still looking to acquire pitching depth as starters Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery remain unsigned.

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MLB 2024 Spring Training Preview

Ohtani and the Dodgers will create quite a buzz this spring, but they're not the only story lines to track in the lead-up to Opening Day.

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Cubs’ new year’s resolution: Sign or trade for major-league talent

The Cubs announced they’d claimed catcher Brian Serven off waivers Friday, making him the first player the team has acquired this offseason on a major-league deal.

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Polling Place: Does Hall finalist Devin Hester deserve to be enshrined in Canton?

The former Bears great is a Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist for the third time.

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SI:AM | Giannis’s Enormous (and Bizarre) Night

He had 64 points and then was at the center of a strange dispute over the fate of the game ball.

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Cubs leave winter meetings with momentum despite lack of acquisitions

The offseason market has been slow, but the Yankees made a splash by reportedly agreeing to a trade for Juan Soto on Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bryce Harper Desires Contract Extension to End Career with Phillies, Scott Boras Says

The superstar has eight years left on his contract.

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Cubs must be aggressive at winter meetings as division threatens to improve

So far this winter, speculation about the top free agents, including Shohei Ohtani, has time and again included the Cubs as contenders. That’s a good start. But free agent and trade action should pick up at winter meetings next week.

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Cody Bellinger honed his consistency with the Cubs, making him a top free agent

As expected, Bellinger rejected a qualifying offer from the Cubs this week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs expected to take a swing at bolstering lineup — but how aggressive will they be?

Jed Hoyer says Cubs will have financial flexibility but won’t promise ‘some crazy-aggressive offseason’

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Scott Boras Slammed by Baseball Fans for Novel World Series Suggestion

The MLB power broker did not have public opinion on his side Wednesday.

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MLB fans crushed Scott Boras’ nonsensical idea of moving the World Series to a neutral site

Could an idea be any worse?

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Here’s a wacky thought for the Cubs: Bring back Cody Bellinger — no ‘buts’ about it

“We’d love to have him back,” Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said, “but that’s something that will be up to the baseball guys and the free-agent markets.”

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Blake Snell Will Be an Exceptionally Unusual Cy Young Winner

Despite leading the league in walks, Snell represents the state of the art of pitching.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gervon Dexter sues to nullify NIL deal at Florida

The Bears’ rookie defensive tackle owes Big League Advance Fund 15% of his pre-tax NFL earnings in exchange for $436,485 he received from the company last year. But the lawsuit argues the contract he signed violated Florida’s NIL Statute.

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Cody Bellinger has been Cubs’ ‘rock,’ as both he and team have bounced back

Since the trade deadline, each trip to a major market has come with questions about Bellinger’s impending free agency.

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Why NFL Running Backs Are Justified in Trying to Break the System

They should look around at other positions and other sports, and learn from how Kirk Cousins and Darrelle Revis maximized their value in the marketplace.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Like the weather in Chicago, the Cubs’ ‘buy or sell’ mode can change by the minute

CHICAGO — As one of baseball’s most prominent in-between teams, the sub-.500 Chicago Cubs have teetered between being buyers and sellers as the Aug. 1 trade deadline nears.

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Randy Arozarena Is Finally Doing His Homework, and It’s Working

His signature pose may be the same, but the Tampa Bay star is making changes at bat with a newfound interest in his opponents.

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Scott Boras Reveals Why Mets’ Max Scherzer Didn’t Appeal 10-Game Suspension

Boras represents Scherzer, who was just suspended after umpires deemed he used a foreign sticky substance to manipulate the ball in his most recent start.

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The Sticky Situation Behind Max Scherzer’s MLB Suspension

Until the next inevitable controversy, let’s—ahem—stick to the facts of Max Scherzer’s suspension and the league’s enforcement of sticky substances.

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Scherzer’s Ejection Sheds Light on MLB’s Unclear Sticky Stuff Rules

Days after Yankees starter Domingo Germán remained in the game after a similar incident, the Mets star was tossed for what he insists was only rosin.

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Juan Soto Recalls Tumultuous Trade to Padres: ‘Even My Family [Was] Against Me’

Juan Soto says the weeks surrounding his trade to the Padres last summer were among the hardest of his career. Now, the San Diego star is settling in.

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