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Dayn Perry

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WATCH: Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet wins first automated ball-strike challenge of 2025 spring training

Poteet successfully challenged a called ball against the Dodgers' Max Muncy

Breakout star Lawrence Butler in talks on contract extension with Athletics, per report

Butler put up an impressive 131 OPS+ in 2024, his second season in the majors

Geraldo Perdomo extension: Diamondbacks lock up shortstop to four-year, $45 million deal, per report

The 25-year-old Perdomo was an All-Star for the D-backs in 2023

Three MLB would-be contenders who didn't do enough: How Brewers, Padres and Mariners blew their offseasons

For whatever reason, these teams failed to help themselves this winter and could pay the price come October

Where does Alex Bregman fit into Red Sox infield? Conversations are 'ongoing' but there's an easy answer

Boston executive Craig Breslow said Sunday that the team hasn't decided how to deploy the newly signed Bregman

Clayton Kershaw returns to Dodgers for 18th season in hunt for third World Series ring

Kershaw was drafted by the Dodgers all the way back in 2006

Nick Pivetta to sign with Padres: Veteran righty agrees to four-year, $55 million deal, per report

Pivetta declined a qualifying offer from the Red Sox after the 2024 season

Pete Alonso re-signs with Mets: All-Star slugger agrees to two-year, $54 million deal

Alonso, 29, has spent his entire career with the Mets and made four All-Star Games in six seasons

Jasson Dominguez will get 'every chance' to be Yankees' starting left fielder, says manager Aaron Boone

Dominguez will still have to earn the gig, Boone said Tuesday as spring training opened in Tampa

MLB rumors: Padres bulk up in outfield, Angels bench Anthony Rendon in favor of Yoán Moncada

Here are all of Saturday's most notable MLB rumors, moves, and news

Dayn Perry has been a baseball writer for CBS Sports since early 2012. Prior to that, he wrote for FOXSports.com and ESPN.com. He's the author of three books, the most recent being Reggie Jackson: The Life and Thunderous Career of Baseball's Mr. October. A native of Mississippi, he now lives in Chicago with wife, son, and dog.

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