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Matt Chapman will not be joining the NL Central. The free agent third baseman signed a three-year, $54 million contract with the San Francisco Giants late Friday night. Chapman’s contract will pay him $20 million for the following season and permits him to opt out after the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Throughout the offseason, there were reports that Chapman was on the Chicago Cubs’ radar. After agreeing to a three-year, $80 million contract with Cody Bellinger, it was assumed that the Cubs would be in the market for Chapman, increasing their chances of winning the NL Central in 2024. That…

Although the calendar shows 22 games remaining, the Raptors’ season came to an end on Friday night in Toronto. When a groaning Scottie Barnes rushed to the locker room to have his aching left hand examined during the second quarter of an eventual loss to the Golden State Warriors, there was still some hope of a run at the Eastern Conference’s final play-in position. However, imaging revealed that the all-star and new face of the franchise had suffered a fractured finger, which was wrapped. The Raptors collapsed without Barnes against the Warriors, and the team will be unable to make…

The Brewers have signed right-handed pitcher Kevin Herget to a minor league contract. He is in major league camp and made his spring debut yesterday, pitching a scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts against Texas. Herget became a minor league free agent at the start of the past offseason. The 32-year-old had a career-high MLB workload with the Reds a season prior. He appeared in 14 games and recorded 24 1/3 innings of largely low-leverage relief. He allowed 5.18 earned runs per nine innings and struck out 12.4% of the time, which was considerably below average. Herget missed more…

Steph Curry, the Golden State Warriors’ star, is not only one of the best players in NBA history, but also one of its most influential. This is frequently brought up when discussing Curry’s standing in the all-time rankings, and Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic made a strong comment about Curry’s impact on the game. “He would be on the top of the list,” Rajakovic said of Curry before Friday night’s game against the Warriors. “I believe Michael Jordan revolutionized basketball. But Steph Curry is the player at the top of the list. You simply did not have a guard…

Forward Scottie Barnes fractured his left hand’s third metacarpal bone in the second quarter of Friday’s loss to Golden State, according to a press release from the Raptors, as reported by Shams Charania. He is out indefinitely. It’s a tough blow for the former Rookie of the Year, who has averaged career highs in every major metric this season, including points (20.0), rebounds (8.3), assists (6.1), steals (1.3), and blocks (1.5) in 59 games. His shooting slash line in those games was.474/.340/.781. Barnes, an All-Star for the first time in 2023-24, has taken on a larger role on both sides…

Though nothing has been formally confirmed, the Chicago Bears are expected to keep the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft while trading quarterback Justin Fields. The 24-year-old signal-caller is likely to have a few suitors, and according to USA Today, three teams have already “expressed some level of interest” in Fields: the Atlanta Falcons, Las Vegas Raiders, and Pittsburgh Steelers. So far, Bears general manager Ryan Poles has kept the situation quiet. He hinted that Fields’ input on where he ends up will be taken into account, implying that he does not want to sell the Ohio State…

Russell Wilson is still a member of the Denver Broncos, but with NFL free agency just around the corner, it’s probable that action will pick up as the NFL Combine continues. While the Broncos are expected to trade Wilson rather than release him, teams throughout the league understand it’s just a matter of time before the nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback is placed on waivers. There are several potential free agency destinations for Wilson this summer, but a few organizations may appeal to the 35-year-old quarterback more than others. The Pittsburgh Steelers, a team that is never truly out of contention,…

Running back Aaron Jones has been mentioned as a potential cap casualty since the end of the Packers’ season, but the team is allegedly working on a deal to keep him. However, Jones would have to accept a pay decrease as part of this effort. According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Packers met with Jones’ agent Drew Rosenhaus at the Scouting Combine to discuss a possible contract adjustment. Jones’ basic salary is set at $11.1 million, with a cap hit of little more than $17 million. The negotiations about a wage decrease are concentrated on reaching…

The Cincinnati Reds finalized two minor-league deals this week, and free agent outfielder Cody Bellinger will return to the NL Central for at least one more season. The Reds have signed former utility player Tony Kemp and first baseman Mike Ford to minor-league contracts with invitations to spring training. If the duo wants to break camp with the big league team, they will face heavy competition. To the dismay of Reds fans, the Chicago Cubs will welcome back their All-Star outfielder from a year ago. Bellinger resigned in the wee hours of Sunday morning. However, that was hardly the deal…

The San Francisco 49ers face a wide receiver dilemma this summer, as they are in need of depth, and their future status may get hazy if Brandon Aiyuk begins extension talks with the team. With Aiyuk potentially receiving an extension, it’s unclear whether San Francisco can maintain both him and Deebo Samuel long-term, raising worries about what their receiver room will look like in the future. A potential answer could be to acquire depth at some time in the 2024 NFL Draft, and that may come as early as the 49ers conducted a formal meeting with LSU Tigers wideout Brian…