MLB Veterans On Minor League Contracts Can Get Up To $50,000 Advance Payment

About 370 players who were at big league spring training with minor league contracts will get advance payments of up to $50,000 each from the Major League Baseball Players Association.

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Brandon Morrow Will Miss 10-14 Days With Mild Tear In Calf

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Brandon Morrow Shut Down With Mild Right Upper Chest Strain

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Cubs Re-Signed Brandon Morrow To Minors Deal

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Cubs, Brandon Morrow Discussing Return

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Cubs Declined 2020 Option On Brandon Morrow

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Cubs Regaining Full Strength In Time For Late Push

Maybe the Chicago Cubs aren’t collapsing after all.

Gordo

Cubs Shut Down Brandon Morrow For Rest Of Season

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Craig Kimbrel's Next Iowa Outing Could Be His Last

The Cubs are one day closer to circling a date on the calendar for the arrival of Craig Kimbrel. Following Kimbrel’s scheduled Minor League appearance for Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday, Chicago's decision-makers will convene with the closer to determine his next step, and whether that will be joining the Cubs.

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Joe Kelly's 'Bizarre' Inning Results In Wild Loss

Joe Kelly had dreadful stretches last summer and still won the Fall Classic, so anything is possible.

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Cubs Transferred Brandon Morrwo From Ten-Day To 60-Day Injured List

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Cubs Shut Down Brandon Morrow After Recovery Setback

The Cubs were hoping to have closer Brandon Morrow miss only the season's first month, but the pitcher's comeback from a right elbow injury has been put on hold.

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Brandon Morrow Close To Throwing Live BP

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Cardinals Reside In Division That Has Been Consistently Strong

Since 1995, the case can be made that the Central Division is the strongest division in the National League.

Post-Dispatch

Brandon Morrow Threw 25-Pitch Bullpen Session

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Jon Lester Builds Pitch Count In Minors Game

One Minor League batter called for time as Jon Lester had already started his delivery. There were a handful of defensive plays that were not made behind the veteran Cubs starter. Through it all on Monday afternoon, Lester was able to tune those things out and focus on the goals for his latest start.

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Daniel Descalso's Injury Keeps Cubs' Bench In Flux

There might still be time for Daniel Descalso to be ready for Opening Day, but each day that passes without him swinging a bat diminishes that possibility.

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Jon Lester Looking To Bounce Back From Outing Vs. Athletics

Jon Lester could not corral his cutter in the bullpen and it abandoned him on the mound during Wednesday's start against the A's. The veteran lefty struggled to command his four-seamer and the offspeed offerings were a mess as well.

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Cole Hamels Works On Offspeed Pitches In Sim Game

Cole Hamels fired a cutter on Monday morning on Field 6 at the Cubs' complex, sending the pitch a little too far inside against Anthony Rizzo. The baseball struck Rizzo's right shoulder, and the big first baseman took a step forward, pretending to charge the mound.

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Paul DeJong Ranked Among MLB's Best Shortstop

MLB Network's countdown of baseball's best players at each position came to a conclusion on Saturday night, with the final installment of the "Top 10 Right Now!" series featuring the game's top relief pitchers and shortstops.

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