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Since the Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI) was implemented under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, four players have earned their clubs extra Draft picks. The PPI rewards teams for promoting their best prospects to the big leagues at the start of the season,

The San Diego Padres have signed catcher Elias Díaz to a one-year contract through the 2025 season with a mutual option for 2026, President of Baseball Operations and General Manager A.J. Preller announced today.

The Rays will get a glimpse of their future in Spring Training. And that future may not be far away. The Rays announced on Thursday that 30 players on Minor League contracts have been invited to Major League camp.

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The Padres' catching situation is coming into focus, and their offseason is slowly coming to life. San Diego agreed to a one-year contract with backstop Elias Díaz, a source told MLB.com on Tuesday. The club has not yet confirmed the deal,

The Padres bring back catcher Elias Díaz on a one-year deal and Hot Stove discusses other possible moves for San Diego

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Teams from the East and West divisions have dominated baseball lately -- you have to go back to the 2016 Chicago Cubs for the last time a team from the Central won a World Series. But could that be changing in the near future?

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The Marlins on Monday announced 24 non-roster invitees to big league camp, headlined by five of their Top 30 prospects per MLB Pipeline's 2024 list: left-hander Robby Snelling (No. 6), catcher Joe Mack (No.

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