- (4:47pm) Bill James predicts Joc Pederson will hit 26 HRs and get 29 SBs in 2015, something no rookie but Mike Trout has done * * *
- (4:36pm) Ryan Kalish‘s minor-league contract with the Blue Jays has fallen through for undisclosed reasons, returning him to free agency * * *
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