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Who's Up And Who's Down? Cubs Farm System Midseason Stock Market Report, The Upper Levels - Bleacher Nation
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Power Rankings -- Red-hot Yankees make a run at Dodgers for No. 1 - ESPN
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3 positives, 3 negatives for Cubs
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Luis Castillo brilliant as the Reds bullpen survives at Wrigley - Redleg Nation
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Hendricks looking like playoff-savvy veteran of old for Cubs
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The Prospect Vault: Fantasy Baseball's Top 100 Prospects of 2022
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Graham Ashcraft struggles as the Reds drop series at Wrigley - Redleg Nation
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Analyzing EVERY Prospect Traded at the Deadline, by Tieran Alexander
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Why the Cubs are taking a chance on Eric Hosmer for 2023 - The Athletic
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Phillies 7, Astros 0: How Houston fell behind 2-1 in World Series
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MadFriars Top 25 Prospects for 2021 – MadFriars
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MLB Sunday Spotlight -- David Ross, the busy Cardinals and the state of the Indians - ESPN
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Off The Bat: One trade the Pirates would be better off not making
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Fourth-place Cubs, with NL Central up for grabs, are blowing their shot; is Jed Hoyer to blame?