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• Bryce Harper Embarks on Old College Try
• By Jeff Fletcher 2/01/2010 8:30 PM ET
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• HENDERSON, Nev. -- As an athletic director/baseball coach at a junior college, Tim Chambers had his hands full even before "the kid" showed up on his doorstep. Now that Chambers' job includes ... More »
• Baseball Brunch: Time for Draft Reform?
• By Ed Price 8/23/2009 10:00 AM ET
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• Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch. As the No. 1 overall pick in 1990, Chipper Jones signed with the Braves for $275,000. Even in today's dollars, that's about ... More »
• Mariners Sign No. 2 Pick Ackley
• By Gary Washburn 8/18/2009 1:38 AM ET
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• SEATTLE -- Given that the Mariners have struggled mightily offensively, the signing of No. 2 pick Dustin Ackley serves as a serious momentum boost for an organization looking to escape a series of ... More »
• Strasburg Signs for Record $15.1 Million
• By Jeff Fletcher 8/18/2009 1:37 AM ET
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• Stephen Strasburg got the record contract that his agent expected, and the Nationals got the pitcher considered to be the finest amateur in the history of the draft. Strasburg, the No. 1 pick in the ... More »
• Ryan Zimmerman On Strasburg: 'His Value Will Never Be Higher'
• By Tom Fornelli 8/16/2009 1:30 PM ET
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• We're roughly 35 hours short of the MLB deadline for teams to sign their draft picks, and in spite of what's reported as a record-breaking contract offer to Washington Nationals first pick Stephen ... More »
• Despite Record Offer, Nationals Still Unsure if Stephen Strasburg Will Sign
• By Pat Lackey 8/16/2009 12:25 AM ET
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• With just a little less than 48 hours until Monday's midnight deadline to sign picks from June's draft, Washington Nationals' president Stan Kasten told the AP he has "no idea" if top pick Stephen ... More »
• Baseball Brunch: Youth Served in L.A.
• By Ed Price 7/26/2009 10:00 AM ET
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• Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch. Yes, the Dodgers' solar system revolves around Manny Ramirez. He's their star on the field and their main attraction. But they ... More »
• Scott Boras Cooking Up Something 'Unusual' for Stephen Strasburg
• By Jeff Fletcher 6/23/2009 12:12 PM ET
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• Ever since word started to circulate about how special Stephen Strasburg seemed to be, everyone wondered just how agent Scott Boras was going to bend the system to get the most for his client. Boras ... More »
• Baseball Brunch: Unheralded Marlins Pitching Duo Among Game's Best
• By Ed Price 6/21/2009 10:00 AM ET
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• Best 1-2 punch in baseball? Maybe Josh Beckett and Jon Lester. Best young 1-2 combo? Probably Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain. Best young 1-2 starters you may not have heard of? Josh Johnson and Chris ... More »
• Let Tanking Talk Begin, Bryce Harper Will Be Draft Eligible in 2010
• By Andrew Johnson 6/15/2009 2:00 PM ET
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• Fire up the Bryce Harper hype machine. The 16-year-old baseball prodigy who was recently hailed as the "Chosen One" on the cover of Sports Illustrated is poised to accelerate his path to the big ... More »
• Baseball Brunch: (St)Ranger Than Fiction, Texas Pitching Is Pretty Good
• By Ed Price 6/14/2009 10:00 AM ET
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• NEW YORK – Thanks in part to the influence of a 300-game winner, and the brother of a 300-game winner, the Rangers no longer have to try to out-slug people. In the most remarkable turnaround of ... More »
• MLB FanHouse's Stephen Strasburg Pool
• By Andrew Johnson 6/11/2009 9:00 AM ET
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• Drafting Stephen Strasburg No. 1 overall in the MLB Draft was the easy part. Now the Nationals are staring at potentially (OK, likely) two-plus months of negotiations with his adviser, agent Scott ... More »
• How to Fix the Draft? Eliminate It
• By Ed Price 6/11/2009 8:00 AM ET
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• SECAUCUS, N.J. – Baseball's draft took another step forward out of obscurity with Tuesday night's prime-time showing on MLB Network. I'm glad to see it, because I enjoy following the draft and I ... More »
• MLB Draft Needs Hard Slotting System
• By Jeff Fletcher 6/11/2009 7:00 AM ET
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• With all the hand-wringing about the increasingly outrageous bonuses amateur players are getting these days -- and none will be more outrageous than what Stephen Strasburg hauls in -- I can't figure ... More »
• Scott Boras: Stephen Strasburg Deserves Special Treatment
• By Jeff Fletcher 6/10/2009 12:08 PM ET
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• Scott Boras' policy is not to negotiate through the media, but on Wednesday morning he began negotiating through the media. A day after the Nationals made Boras client Stephen Strasburg the No. 1 pick ... More »
• MLB Draft 2009: Who Hit, Who Missed?
• By Jeff Fletcher 6/10/2009 8:00 AM ET
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• It's impossible to really evaluate a baseball draft until years after it's over, when the players have all had a chance to develop and grow into whatever type of big leaguers they are destined to be. ... More »
• MLB Draft Missing Something: Players
• By Ed Price 6/10/2009 12:49 AM ET
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• SECAUCUS, N.J. - Mike Trout was the star of MLB Network's coverage of Tuesday's draft. But only because Trout, a first-round pick of the Angels, lives in Millville, N.J. Trout braved the two-hour ... More »
• The Dugout: Live Draft Results
• By B. Thompson Stroud 6/09/2009 11:30 PM ET
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• I am going to keep reusing this picture of Stephen Strasburg until you've lost track of which article you're reading, and everyone clicks this looking for draft coverage and we get tons of traffic. ... More »
• MLB Draft 2009: Results Tracker
• By Andrew Johnson 6/09/2009 8:50 PM ET
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• San Diego State phenom Stephen Strasburg is the consensus No. 1 pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, but after that, things could go any number of directions. Luckily, the MLB FanHouse team will be on top of ... More »
• Nationals Select Strasburg No. 1 Overall
• By Andrew Johnson 6/09/2009 6:17 PM ET
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• WASHINGTON – To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Washington Nationals selected San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft. "We are thrilled ... More »
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