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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.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Chicago Tribune

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Sports Illustrated

MLB has a process for avoiding pitch-clock violations like Cody Bellinger's

LOS ANGELES — The agent for Cody Bellinger called Major League Baseball deputy commissioner Dan Halem to complain about the pitch-clock violation that Bellinger received when the Chicago Cubs center fielder stepped out of the batter's box in anticipation of a lengthy ovation before his first at-bat as a visitor…

Los Angeles Times

MLB free agent watch: Ohtani leads possible 2023-24 class

Shohei Ohtani watch is on

The Independent UK

Paul Sullivan: Should MLB turn off the pitch clock in the postseason? Thrilling WBC games suggest time limits aren’t needed.

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel chimed in Monday night on Twitter after watching Japan’s epic comeback win over Mexico in a World Baseball Classic semifinal.

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Cubs hoping they can get the right numbers from Cody Bellinger

The next chapter in Cody Bellinger's professional baseball career began Saturday with a mistake as he walked to the plate for his first at-bat as a member of the Chicago Cubs.

Tribune News Service

La Velle E. Neal III: After decades of avoidance, Twins embracing relationship with Boras

MINNEAPOLIS — Now that they have taken their relationship with super agent Scott Boras to another level, one thing is certain:

Los Angeles Times

Dylan Hernández: Julio Urías proved he can be the Dodgers' ace; now they must pay him like one

Don't mistake his humility for weakness. Don't confuse his silence for contentment.

Tribune News Service

Chris McCosky: Are Tigers walking thin line between diverse instruction, paralysis by analysis?

DETROIT — I’ve been carrying around these quotes from agent Scott Boras since he spoke at the general managers’ meetings in Las Vegas in November. His words struck me at the time as extremely relevant to the Tigers, and even more so since manager AJ Hinch and president Scott Harris…

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Jim Souhan: How Falvey, Twins kept the door open for Carlos Correa

The Twins have rarely competed for top talent on the free-agent market. The signing of Carlos Correa to a franchise-record contract could alter perceptions of the franchise, and if that happens, it will be due mostly to the Correa deal, a long-running, sharp-winding negotiation that required chief baseball officer Derek…

Chicago Sun-Times

Dylan Cease easing way into offseason

The Cy Young runner-up is fine-tuning and aiming for another strong finish in 2023.

Tribune News Service

Bill Madden: Where do Steve Cohen’s Mets stand after moving on from Carlos Correa?

NEW YORK — Now that Steve Cohen has successfully gotten out from under his $315 million flight of fancy with Carlos Correa, there is no way of really knowing just how much of a difference the free-agent shortstop would have made for the Mets, who still need another bat. Or…

Boston Herald

Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox go all-in on Rafael Devers, but 2023 season still looks bleak

One day after the Red Sox announced that Xander Bogaerts’ replacement, Trevor Story, would miss most of the 2023 season with an elbow injury, they turned their attention to the future.

Tribune News Service

Lingering questions after Carlos Correa finalizes contract with Twins

Carlos Correa was finally able to shed some light on his six weeks of contract negotiations after his six-year, $200 million deal with the Minnesota Twins was finalized this week.

Tribune News Service

Patrick Reusse: Carlos Correa’s return to Twins is good, even if some fans won’t like it

MINNEAPOLIS — The reaction when it was revealed on Dec. 20 that agent Scott Boras had rebounded from San Francisco's cold feet on the signing of Carlos Correa to land a similar deal with the New York Mets was two-fold:

Tribune News Service

‘My heart was here.’ Carlos Correa describes twisting road that led back to Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS — Saying "all that matters is what I do from this point forward," Carlos Correa rejoined the Twins, passing the team's physical exams after two other teams balked at giving the 28-year-old shortstop long-term deals.

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