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01/06/2021 After nearly a decade as MLB.com’s executuive columnust, Richard Justice announced via Twitter that he’s leaving the league outlet. Personal news: I took the https://t.co/8DpyxzYr6X buyout after 9 years. I was proud to be part of a team that does an extraordinary job covering the sport. I made friends for life and will miss them greatly. I had a helluva good time. pic.twitter.com/kOBJb0A7jY Justice’s colleagues in the world of media offered their support: Ok, yeah, sure, you’...

share-square-1012735 SEATTLE -- After a very strange 2020, everyone has reasons to look ahead with hope to a New Year and new beginning in ’21. For the Mariners, that certainly holds true as well following a truncated developmental season that provided a few answers, but left many things unanswered. As the club prepares to push forward again in its rebuilding process, here are five questions for 2021. 1. Is Kelenic ready to make a difference? If you’re looking for a reason to get excited ab...

share-square-1447013 Every season is an opportunity for a new batch of previously unknown or unheralded players to step into the spotlight, for young players to make a leap and for a select few to ascend to superstardom. With 2020 coming to a close, we asked MLB.coms beat reporters to look ahead and name the top candidates to break out in 21. Here is one for every club. American League East The hype surrounding Pearson’s arrival didn’t quite match Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s from the year pri...

share-square-1442740 Every season is an opportunity for a new batch of previously unknown or unheralded players to step into the spotlight, for young players to make a leap and for a select few to ascend to superstardom. With 2020 coming to a close, we asked MLB.coms beat reporters to look ahead and name the top candidates to break out in 21. Here is one for every club. American League East The hype surrounding Pearson’s arrival didn’t quite match Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s from the year pri...

share-square-1030499 Every season is an opportunity for a new batch of previously unknown or unheralded players to step into the spotlight, for young players to make a leap and for a select few to ascend to superstardom. With 2020 coming to a close, we asked MLB.coms beat reporters to look ahead and name the top candidates to break out in 21. Here is one for every club. American League East The hype surrounding Pearson’s arrival didn’t quite match Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s from the year pri...

share-square-13230 SEATTLE -- There’s no big mystery as to why “Mariners” was chosen as the nickname for Seattle’s Major League Baseball team when the franchise began in 1977, given Seattle’s nautical ties and location on the waters of Puget Sound. But as for the man who came up with that moniker? That’s another story. When the American League awarded an expansion franchise to Seattle, the team owners -- a group consisting of actor Danny Kaye and five Seattle-area businessmen -- dec...

share-square-2043754 While the baseball world didn’t have the normal Winter Meetings experience this past week, there still were some similarities to the normal happenings, like a trade involving a big leaguer for prospects and of course, the usual Winter Meetings finale on Thursday: the Rule 5 Draft. And what a Rule 5 it was! It certainly was more active than any of us thought it would be, with 18 players taken in the Major League phase and another 56 taken in the Triple-A phase. So we delay...