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The Latest Breaking News from Scott Boras

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

The superstar has eight years left on his contract.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

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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’

Chicago Sun-Times

Scott Boras Slammed by Baseball Fans for Novel World Series Suggestion

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

Sports Illustrated

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

Could an idea be any worse?

USA Today Sports Media Group

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

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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.

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

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

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.

Los Angeles Times

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…

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The Independent UK

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

Shohei Ohtani watch is on

Chicago Tribune

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.

Los Angeles Times

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…

Tribune News Service

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…

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