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Where Freddy Freeman and Carlos Correa could land

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We are closer to Major League Baseball. This sentence does not contain much insight. The League and Players Association will negotiate a settlement in the coming days and the season will start on time on March 31, or the opening day will not be pushed back to mid-April or early May, or… Unless the league is dissolved, every second brings us closer to the return of the sport. And I may not have much faith in the negotiators, but I doubt this will lead to a breakup. Well, I’m sure…

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How to make the MLB Playoffs, a more fun and competitive project

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MLB’s competitive balance problem may be exaggerated, but that doesn’t mean it can’t use some fix How an expanded playoff and a revamped draft could lead to a baseball arena for the haves and have-nots MLB has a competitive balance problem. We take that as a fact, like The sun rises daily from the east or Cement is harder than gel. But is it really? Competitive balance, at least in theory, is an important issue in the ongoing collective bargaining between MLB and the players’ union. .

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Freddy Freeman may not be a distant dream for the Yankees

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Last week, I delved into the first basic possibilities for the Yankees and largely dismissed Freddy Freeman. I really didn’t get rid of it. I still think he’ll re-sign with the Braves. Freeman is the face of the franchise, an elite player and was pivotal to the organization that won its first title in a quarter century. The reaction in Atlanta would be much worse if the Braves let Freeman go, say, the reaction in New York if a year from now the Yankees let Aaron Judge leave. But once…

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