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MLB notebook: Phillies hire Dombrowski as president of baseball operations The former Red Sox president will take over a team that has missed the playoffs nine years in a row. News service report Share Dave Dombrowski, who won a World Series title in 2018 as president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox, only to be fired the following season, has been hired to fill the same position with the Philadelphia Phillies. Chris O’Meara/Associated Press file PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelp...

share-square-2067774 With a lack of a 2020 Minor League season, or even an Arizona Fall League, the general feeling ahead of Thursday’s Rule 5 Draft was the annual event that typically ends with the Winter Meetings would be relatively quiet. Turns out, that feeling was wrong. A total of 18 players were taken in the Major League phase, tying the 2016 and ‘17 Drafts for the most selections since 19 were taken back in 2010. The Minor League phase was extremely active, with 56 players taken. Th...

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Every year, the MLB Rule 5 Draft brings a conclusion to the winter meetings, and often, the Yankees lose a couple of prospects to other clubs. This year was no exception, as the Yankees saw a handful of interesting talents selected by their rivals. As a refresher, players who signed at age 18 or earlier and haven’t been added to their team’s 40-man roster within five years are vulnerable in the Rule 5 Draft, while players who signed at age 19 or later m...