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A’s Coverage:
- Kleinschmidt: AL West champions? Five A’s predictions for upcoming 2020 MLB season...
- Jenkins: A’s lost Kyler Murray to the NFL - But Oakland should have no regrets... ($)
MLB News:
- Merkin: Top OF prospect Luis Robert, White Sox agree on six-year, $50M deal...
- McTaggart and Silver: Nationals sign reliever Will Harris to three-year deal worth $24M...
- Morosi: Betts deal more likely as Dodgers’ Lindor talks cool...
- Morosi: “Roughly a 50/50 chance” star Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado is traded...
- Hoch: Yankees RHP Domingo Germán suspended for first 63 games of 2020...
- Passan: Angels reach one-year deal with C Jason Castro...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Fegan: $50 million deal or not, Luis Robert already belonged on the White Sox’s Opening Day roster... ($$$)
- Jaffe: JAWS and the 2020 Hall of Fame Ballot - One-and-Dones, Part 2...
- Posnanski: Don Larsen understood what one perfect day meant to people... ($$$)
- Gelb: Baseball-Reference at 20 - After spawning a 1B page-view business, what’s next for the website of record? ($$$)
- Callis, Mayo and Rosenbaum: These 30 prospects are set to break out in 2020...
- Castrovince: Finding the perfect match for remaining FAs...
- Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 85, Sadaharu Oh... ($$$)
Today in Baseball History:
Best of Twitter:
- The White Sox have built a great, mostly young core...
The White Sox control players through the following years:
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 2, 2020
Luis Robert: 2027
Eloy Jimenez: 2026
Dylan Cease: 2025
Tim Anderson: 2024
Michael Kopech: 2024
Lucas Giolito: 2023
Yoan Moncada: 2023
Yasmani Grandal: 2023
Dallas Keuchel: 2023
Madrigal, Vaughn, Dunning: at least 2026.
- But I’m not sure I’d go this far...
No one is outworking the White Sox this year. They are very fortunate Manny Machado didn’t take their offer last winter. This is a much better use of their money.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 2, 2020
- This man belongs in the Hall, no matter how you slice it...
At least .300 AVG, 300 HR, and 200 SB in career, MLB history
— Foolish Baseball (@FoolishBB) January 2, 2020
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
LARRY WALKER
George Brett
That's it. No frills. No WAR. No fancy adjusted stats. No 7 Gold Gloves. Walker is in elite company just by virtue of hitting for average, power, and stealing bases.
