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MASN: Steve Melewski

Jackson Holliday may be closing in on an Opening Day roster spot

On Dec. 4, Jackson Holliday, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, turned 20. He was a teenager no more. The next day at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, O’s executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias let the world know the kid had a good chance to make the O's 2024 Opening Day roster."It's definitely a very strong possibility,” Elias said that day, getting reporters attention in stating it so strongly.Fast forward to this spring camp and the kid that is 20 is starting to really swing it well in spring games. After getting two hits versus the Yankees in Tampa Monday afternoon, he...

Pinstripe Alley

Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Alex Verdugo

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via First, it was Johnny Damon. Then, briefly, came Andrew Benintendi. Now, Alex Verdugo becomes the latest 2000s Boston outfielder to cover left for the Yankees. As the Winter Meetings continued and rumors of Juan Soto to the Yankees swirled, Jeff Passan dropped a bomb that shocked the American League East, announcing that the Yankees had acquired outfielder Alex Verdugo from their archrivals, the Boston Red Sox, in exchange for reliever Greg Weissert and a pair of minor league pitchers. Although the deal caught us a bit off guard,...

Purple Row

Tuesday Rockpile: How will the Colorado Rockies’ “six-man platoon” work?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/ Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, February 27, 2024 As you probably remember, the Rockies have too many outfielders and first basemen but not enough playing time for them. On one hand, this is a good problem. Lots of talent is good! On the other, it raises a number of practical issues. Back in December, Skyler Timmins laid out what we knew then about the Colorado Rockies “six-man platoon” based on comments from general manager Bill Schmidt and manager Bud Black at the Winter Meetings. Here’s a tidy explanation: Black...

Indians acquire Jake Bauers in a three-team deal

The Indians traded for 23-year old first baseman Jake Bauers in a three-team trade with the Rays and Mariners during the Winter Meetings.

Winter Meetings News Conference: Red Sox re-sign Nathan Eovaldi

RHP Nathan Eovaldi addresses the media from Las Vegas, NV to discuss re-signing a four-year contract with the Boston Red Sox.